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Core Content and Skills
Social Studies K
2007-2008
BOE Approved

Establishing Classroom Rules and Responsibilities  Content   Skills  Members of the school community  Rules    Discuss the importance of rules in the home, classroom, hallways, bathroom, playground and bus. Identify rules for home and the school community. Describe the consequences of not following rules. Compare similiarities and differences between indoor and outdoor rules. Make predictions with regard to rules and responsibilities and the consequences connected to them. Develop rules for the classroom.

My Neighborhood  Content   Skills  places in a local community citizenship people in the neighborhood   identify "places" in the community identify community members roles of community members gathers information about the groups in their neighborhood (standard 1)

Customs, Cultures, and Celebrations  Content   Skills  Thanksgiving, Veteran's Day, The First Thanksgiving - Pilgrims/Native Americans   Identify the symbols and activites that make up specific holiday celebrations. Identify those holidays that are reflective of our country's history.

Basic Human Needs and Wants  Content   Skills  Basic human needs Wants as wishes and not a need   students identify the basic needs: food, shelter, air, clothing and water students will name things they would like/want students will realize that sometimes they will receive a want but needs come first families finances - needs come first and then the family's wants people all have the same needs but wants are different students will identify the difference of a need and a want Students wil compare needs/wants     Customs, Cultures & Celebrations  Content   Skills  Customs & celebrations in our community.   Compare holiday customs in our community.

Rules that affect people  Content   Skills  Rules in school Rules at home Rules in our community Fairness of rules   Identify rules in our homes Identify rules in our school Identify rules in our community Discuss what fairness means Discuss the fairness of rules in our homes, school, and community.     Holidays  Content   Skills  Martin Luther King Jr. Day   Discuss Martin Luther King Jr.

Communities  Content   Skills  The Post Office   Identify who works in a post office Discuss the duties of the postal workers     Holidays  Content   Skills  Abraham Lincoln George Washington   Identify Abraham Lincoln Identify George Washington

Rights, Responsibilities and Roles of Citizenship  Content   Skills  A good citizen in the classroom and school   problem solving (decision making) identify and describe the rules and responsibilities they have in the classroom and at school

Community  Content   Skills  The local library   Identify who works in a library. Identify the duties of a librarian.

Families  Content   Skills  People in a family Kinds of families   Identify people in our family Discuss different kinds of families Identify own role in your family