North East Social Studies Excellence
Kindergarten Curriculum Guide
By the end of Kindergarten the Student will:
1. Understand the purpose of rules and the role of authority figures in the home and school.
2. Understand basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter and the way that people meet these needs.
3. Learn customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principles that contribute to our national identity.
4.
Compare family customs and
traditions and describe examples of technology in the home and school.
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Unit of Study |
Timeline |
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Continuous Threads - Social Studies Skills |
Integrated throughout the school year |
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Beginnings - Citizenship and Economics
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9 weeks |
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Patterns - Cultures, Customs, and Traditions
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9 weeks |
| Foundations - Historical Concepts |
9 weeks |
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Harmony - My Place |
9 weeks |
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UNIT: Continuous Threads - Social Studies Skills |
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Time Frame: Year Long Integration |
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TEKS K.1A explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents’ Day and Independence Day K.1B identify customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as parades and fireworks on Independence Day K.4 The student understands the concept of location K.4A use terms, including over, under, near, far, left, and right to describe relative location K.4B locate place on the school campus and describe their relative locations K.12 The student understands how people learn about themselves through family customs and traditions K.12A identify family customs and traditions and explain their importance K.13 The student understands ways technology is used in the home and school K.13A identify examples of technology used in the home and school K.13B describe how technology helps accomplish specific tasks K.15 The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology K.15A obtain information about a topic using a variety of oral sources such as conversations, interviews, and music K.15B obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual sources such as pictures, symbols, television, maps, computer images, print material, and artifacts K.15C sequence and categorize information K.15D identify main ideas from oral, visual, and print sources K.16 The student communicates in oral and visual forms K.16A express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences K.16B create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps K.17 The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. K.17A use problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution K.17B
use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a
decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and
take action to implement a decision September—Labor Day, Citizenship Day, Patriot’s Day, Hispanic Heritage Month October—Columbus Day, Geography Awareness Week, Hispanic Heritage Month November—Freedom Week (week of 9/17), Election Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving January—Martin Luther King Day February—President’s Day, Black History Month March—Texas Independence Month (March 2, 1836), Women’s History Month May—Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day |
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Language/Vocabulary disadvantage advantage category categorize computer conversation location experience far information interview left problem-solving main idea map near oral sources over right sequence technology |
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Literature Connections O’Neill, A. The Recess Queen.
Young,
E. What About Me? Petty,
K. The Amazing Pop-up Geography Book. |
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Time Frame: 9 Weeks |
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TEKS K.10 The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity K.10B recite the Pledge of Allegiance K.8 The student understands the purpose of rules K.8A identify purposes for having rules K.8B identify rules that provide order, security, and safety in the home and school K.9 The student understands the role of authority figures. K.9A identify and locate the authority figures in the home, school, and community K.9B explain how authority figures make and enforce rules K.16 The student communicates in oral and visual forms K.16B create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps K.4 The student understands the concept of location K.4B locate place on the school campus and describe their relative locations K.6 The student understands that basic human needs are met in many ways. K.6A identify basic human needs K.6B explain how basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter can be met K.7 The student understands the importance of jobs K.7A identify jobs in the home, school, and community K.7B explain why people have jobs K.9 The student understands the role of authority figures K.9A identify authority figures in the home, school, and community K.10 The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity K.10C explain the use of voting as a method for group decision making |
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Language/Vocabulary enforce authority campus clothing community earn home jobs food location map needs Pledge of Allegiance order parent, parents principal rule vote safety school security shelter teacher |
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Time Frame: 9 Weeks |
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TEKS K.11 The student understands similarities and differences among people K.11A identify personal attributes common to all people such as physical characteristics K.11B identify differences among people K.12 The student understands how people learn about themselves through family customs and traditions K.12A identify family customs and traditions and explain their importance K.12B compare family customs and traditions K.12C describe customs of the local community K.1 The student understands that holidays are celebrations of special events K.1A explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents’ Day and Independence Day [explain that holidays are celebrations of special events like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa] K.1B identify customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as parades and fireworks on Independence Day K.3 The student understands the concept of chronology K.3A place events in chronological order K.3B use vocabulary related to time and chronology, including before, after, next, first, and last [yesterday, today, tomorrow, past, present, future] |
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Language/Vocabulary custom order parade patriotic
seasons |
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UNIT: Foundations - Historical Concepts |
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Time Frame: 9 Weeks |
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TEKS K.2 The student understands how historical figures and ordinary people helped to shape the community, state, and nation. K.2A identify the contributions of historical figures such as Stephen F. Austin and George Washington who helped to shape our state and nation [Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King] K.1 The student understands that holidays are celebrations of special events. K.1A explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents’ Day and Independence Day [Martin Luther King Jr. Day] K.2 The student understands how historical figures and ordinary people helped to shape the community, state, and nation. K.2B identify ordinary people who have shaped the community K.3 The student understands the concept of chronology.
K.3A
place events in chronological order |
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Language/Vocabulary history future patriotic present order ordinary today
state |
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UNIT: Harmony - My Place |
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Time Frame: 9 Weeks |
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TEKS K.10 The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principals and contribute to our national identity. K.10A identify the flags of the United States and Texas [and Texas Pledge] K.10B recite the Pledge of Allegiance K.5 The student understands the physical and human characteristics. K.5A identify the physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather K.5B identify the human characteristics of places such as types of houses and ways of earning a living K.14 The student understands ways in which technology has changed how people live. K.14A describe how his or her life might be different without modern technology K.14B list ways in which technology meets people’s needs K.4 The student understands the concept of location K.4B locate places on the school campus and describe their relative locations [locate Texas and the United States on maps and globes] K.4A use terms, including over, under, near, far, left, and right to describe relative location [identify the cardinal directions – North, South, East, West – on a map and globe] K.16 The student communicates in oral and visual forms K.16B create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps |
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Language/Vocabulary fireworks independence Independence Day United States patriotic Pledge of Allegiance symbols Texas volunteer |