How to learn Kindergarten: Social studies

Iowa academic standards: Social studies, Kindergarten

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1. Political Science/Civic Literacy · Understand how government affects citizens and how citizens affect government.

1. Actions and Their Consequences: Understand that actions have consequences — that what you choose to do affects both yourself and other people — and begin to think about what might happen before they act

2. Political Science/Civic Literacy · Understand the basic concepts of government and democracy and that the Constitution defines the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

1. Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship: Know and use the vocabulary of ethics and citizenship — bullying, cyberbullying, bystander, upstander, peer pressure, digital citizenship, rights, responsibility, and ethical — and understand the distinctions between these closely related terms

3. History · Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues.

1. Vocabulary: historical thinking: Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE, AD/CE, century, decade, era, period, timeline, excavation, archaeologist, interpretation, corroborate, bias, perspective — and apply these terms when discussing how we know about the past and how reliable our knowledge is

4. History · Understand economic needs and wants affect individual and group decisions.

1. Needs & Wants: The difference between things we need (food, shelter, clothing) and things we want (toys, treats); that we sometimes have to choose because money is limited

5. History · Understand culture and how cultural diffusion affects the development and maintenance of societies.

1. Similarities & Differences: Notice and appreciate ways that people are similar to and different from each other — including appearance, family structures, languages spoken, foods eaten, and celebrations observed — and understand that differences make communities interesting

6. History · Understand how and why people create and participate in governance.

1. Rules and agreements exist: Understand why rules and agreements exist — that they help keep people safe, make things fair, and help groups work well together — and follow agreed rules willingly rather than only when being watched

7. History · Understand people construct knowledge of the past from multiple and various types of sources.

1. Evidence from the Past: Understand that everything we know about the past comes from evidence — objects, buildings, pictures, documents, and stories that have survived

8. Economics · Understand that changes in technology impact individuals, the economy and society.

1. Buying Things: How buying and selling works: prices, paying for items, receiving change; the basic transaction process in shops and markets

9. Economics · Understand people in all parts of the world trade with one another.

1. What Money Is: What money is and why we use it; that money is exchanged for goods and services; brief history from barter to coins to digital payments

10. Behavioral Sciences · Understand interactions between self and the peer group.

1. Listening to Others: Listen to others when they are speaking — looking at the speaker, waiting until they finish, and showing they have heard by responding to what was said rather than just talking about their own ideas

11. Behavioral Sciences · Understand the changing nature of society.

1. Feelings Change and Differ: Understand that everyone has feelings, that feelings change throughout the day, and that the same event can make different people feel different things

12. Kindergarten: Spaces and Places

1. Taking Turns and Sharing: Take turns, share materials, and play cooperatively with others — understanding that group activities work better when everyone gets a fair go and that waiting for your turn is part of being a good friend

13. Spaces and Places

1. Vocabulary: working with others: Know and use the vocabulary of working with others — cooperate, share, take turns, team, listen, agree, disagree respectfully, and include — and understand that these words describe habits that friendships and group work depend on