How to learn Kindergarten: Social studies
Pennsylvania academic standards: Social studies, Kindergarten
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1. Principles and Documents of Government
- 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
2. Markets and Economic Systems
- 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
- Advertising & Spending: How advertising tries to influence what we buy; being a critical consumer; understanding 'value for money'; the difference between emotional and rational spending
3. Scarcity and Choice
- 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
4. Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions
- 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
5. Historical Analysis and Skills Development
- 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
6. Money and Economic Institutions
- Banks & Saving: What banks do and why people use them; bank accounts as safe places for money; that savings in a bank can earn interest; children's savings accounts