Alabama

Chronology

• 1 Sequence events using schedules, calendars, and timelines.

  • Days of the week (K-L.1)
  • Months of the year (K-L.2)
  • Use time-order words (K-L.3)
  • Introduction to timelines (K-L.4)

  • Differentiating among broad categories of historical time

    • Use time-order words (K-L.3)

Citizen rights and responsibilities

• 2 Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within the family, classroom, school, and community.

  • Authority figures (K-B.2)
  • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

Rules

• 3 Describe how rules provide order, security, and safety in the home, school, and community.

  • Rules and laws (K-B.1)
  • Authority figures (K-B.2)

  • Constructing classroom rules and procedures

  • Determining consequences for not following classroom rules and procedures

Needs and wants

• 4 Differentiate between needs and wants of family, school, and community.

  • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

  • Comparing wants among different families, schools, and communities

    • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

Good and services

• 5 Differentiate between goods and services.

  • Goods and services (K-G.3)

Cultural comparisons

• 6 Compare cultural similarities and differences in individuals, families, and communities.

  • What is a community? (K-A.1)
  • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.4)
  • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)
  • Then and now: home and school (K-H.2)
  • Then and now: work and play (K-H.3)

Community members

• 7 Describe roles of helpers and leaders, including school principal, school custodian, volunteers, police officers, and fire and rescue workers.

  • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.2)
  • Tools community helpers use (K-A.3)
  • Authority figures (K-B.2)

Geography

• 8 Recognize maps, globes, and satellite images.

  • Introduction to maps (K-F.1)
  • Use maps of the community (K-F.4)

• 9 Differentiate between land forms and bodies of water on maps and globes.

  • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
  • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
  • Introduction to maps (K-F.1)
  • Use cardinal directions (K-F.2)
  • Use a map key (K-F.3)
  • Use maps of the community (K-F.4)

• 10 Apply vocabulary related to giving and following directions.

  • Left and right (K-E.1)
  • Above and below (K-E.2)
  • Next to and between (K-E.3)
  • Use location words (K-E.4)

• 11 Identify symbols, customs, famous individuals, and celebrations representative of our state and nation.

  • Identify American symbols (K-C.1)
  • Identify American landmarks and monuments (K-C.2)
  • The American flag (K-C.3)
  • Pledge of Allegiance (K-C.4)
  • George Washington (K-I.1)
  • Abraham Lincoln (K-I.2)
  • Helen Keller (K-I.8)
  • Independence Day (K-J.6)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
  • Memorial Day (K-J.10)

History

• 12 Describe families and communities of the past, including jobs, education, transportation, communication, and recreation.

  • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)
  • Then and now: home and school (K-H.2)
  • Then and now: work and play (K-H.3)

  • Identifying ways everyday life has both changed and remained the same

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)
    • Then and now: home and school (K-H.2)
    • Then and now: work and play (K-H.3)