Kindergarten

=Process Skills Strand= toc =**Civics and Government**= || || =Economics Strand= || || [|Community Helper Books] || || || =Geography Strand= || || ||  || =History Strand= || || ||  || ||  || ||  ||
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 * Use a variety of sources to gain information ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Places events in sequential order || Sequence Community Helper Events ||  ||   ||
 * Asks questions in order to seek out information ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Uses a map to locate geographic features ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Learns social skills through cause and effect ||  ||   ||   ||
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 * Recognizes rules and why they exist (e.g., home, school, community) || [|Discovery Education - Going to School is Your Job] || [[file:Manners Book.pdf]] || [[file:Classroom_Rules_Sorting_Game.flipchart]][[file:learning_playground_rules.flp]][[file:Classroom Rules-2.flipchart]] ||
 * Identifies the characteristics of a friend and/or helpful classmate ||  || [[file:Alike and Different.pdf]]
 * Identifies leaders at home and at school ||  || [[file:Leaders Say Act Think.pdf]] ||   ||
 * [[image:Econ.jpg]] || [[image:Websites.jpg]] || [[image:Documents.jpg]] || [[image:PowerPoints.jpg]] ||
 * Identifies the difference between wants and needs ||  || [[file:Wants and Needs Sort.pdf]]
 * Gives examples of types of jobs done at home, school, and community || Financial Foundations for Kids
 * [[image:Geography.jpg]] || [[image:Websites.jpg]] || [[image:Documents.jpg]] || [[image:PowerPoints.jpg]] ||
 * Uses parts of a map to locate direction and distance (key, North/South, East/West) ||  || [[file:Cardinal Directions.pdf]]
 * Locates geographic features (e.g. Equator, North Pole, South Pole, Topeka, Kansas, USA) ||  || [[file:Geographic Locations.pdf]] ||   ||
 * Uses parts of a map to locate different parts of the classroom and school (whole group area, work station, library, nurse, gym office) ||  || [[file:Finding things in the Classroom.pdf]] ||   ||
 * Describe seasonal changes and how they affect daily life (e.g., people's activities change as the seasons change) ||  || [[file:Season Flipbook.pdf]]
 * [[image:History.jpg]] || [[image:Websites.jpg]] || [[image:Documents.jpg]] || [[image:PowerPoints.jpg]] ||
 * Explains how each individual has a personal history || Starfall - All About Me || [[file:About Me Book.pdf]]
 * Compares and contrasts his/her own life in a city and/or rural community || Build a Community || [[file:City Book.pdf]] ||  ||
 * Identifies family customs and traditions and explains their importance ||  || [[file:Family Customs.pdf]]
 * Understands that Kansas is a state in the United States and the significance of Kansas Day as the celebration of the state's birthday ||  || [[file:Kansas Day Streamer.pdf]] ||   ||
 * Recognizes the important Kansas state symbols ||  || [[file:Kansas Day Book.pdf]]
 * Identifies important US Holidays (MLK Day, Constitution Day, Veteran's Day, President's Day) || Build the US Flag || [[file:Abe Lincoln.pdf]]

=**Additional Resources**= Sorted by Social Studies strand || ||
 * Resources for Books
 * Curriculum Design Map || [[file:CDM Kindergarten.pdf]] ||
 * Standards || [[file:Standards.pdf]] ||