K.1 Students understand that being a good citizen involves
acting in certain ways.
1. Follow rules, such as sharing and taking turns, and
know the consequences of breaking them.
2. Learn examples of honesty, courage, determination,
individual responsibility, and patriotism in American and world
history from stories and folklore.
3. Know beliefs and related behaviors of characters in
stories from times past and understand the consequences of the
characters' actions.
K.2
Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such as the
national and state flags, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.
K.3 Students match simple descriptions
of work that people do and the names of related jobs at the school, in
the local community, and from historical accounts.
K.4 Students compare and contrast the
locations of people, places, and environments and describe their
characteristics.
1. Determine the relative locations of
objects using the terms near / far, left / right, and behind / in
front.
2. Distinguish between land and water on maps and globes and
locate general areas referenced in historical legends and stories.
3. Identify traffic symbols and map symbols (e.g., those for
land, water, roads, cities).
4. Construct maps and models of neighborhoods, incorporating
such structures as police and fire stations, airports, banks,
hospitals, supermarkets, harbors, schools, homes, places of worship,
and transportation lines.
5. Demonstrate familiarity with the school's layout,
environs, and the jobs people do there.
K.5 Students put events in temporal
order using a calendar, placing days, weeks, and months in proper
order.
K.6 Students understand that history
relates to events, people, and places of other times.
1. Identify the purposes of, and the people and events
honored in, commemorative holidays, including the human struggles that
were the basis for the events (e.g., Thanksgiving, Independence Day,
Washington's and Lincoln's Birthdays, Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day).
2. Know the triumphs in American legends and historical
accounts through the stories of such people as Pocahontas, George
Washington, Booker T. Washington, Daniel Boone, and Benjamin Franklin.
3. Understand how people lived in earlier times and how
their lives would be different today (e.g., getting water from a well,
growing food, making clothing, having fun, forming organizations,
living by rules and laws).
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