How to learn Kindergarten: Social studies

Minnesota academic standards: Social studies, Kindergarten

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1. Kindergarten: Foundations of Social Studies

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
Goods & Services: Some people make things (goods) and some people do things for others (services); recognising both in everyday life and understanding that both have value
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
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

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

Fair Trade & Ethics: Where products come from and who makes them; that people around the world produce what we buy; fair pay for workers; making ethical choices as consumers
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
Saving Money: Why people save money; piggy banks and saving jars; setting a savings goal; the idea that not spending now means having more later

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