Alaska

Civics

• 6 Civic and Political Institutions and Systems

  • SS.K.1.6.1 Identify leaders in the student's life and describe their roles.

    • Authority figures (K-B.2)

  • SS.K.2.6.1 Explain and provide examples of important roles of society.

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

  • SS.K.3.6.1 Identify rules for different settings.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

  • SS.K.5.6.1 Participate in a discussion of how communities work to accomplish common tasks.

    • What is a community? (K-A.1)
    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

• 7 Participation and Deliberation

  • SS.K.2.7.1 Demonstrate respect for people in the school community.

    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

  • SS.K.3.7.1 Determine ways that people can have productive conversations and work together to make decisions.

    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

  • SS.K.4.7.1 Identify the student's own point of view on a topic.

• 8 Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • SS.K.1.8.1 Identify a problem that can be solved through sharing or compromise.

    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

  • SS.K.2.8.1 Evaluate consequences of following or not following rules.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

• 9 Alaska's Governments

  • SS.K.1.9.1 Identify symbols used at home and school.

Economics

• 11 Economic Systems, Models, and Markets

  • SS.K.1.11.1 With support, identify examples of goods and services.

    • Goods and services (K-G.3)

  • SS.K.2.11.1 Participate in discussions about goods and services in the local community.

    • Government services (K-B.3)
    • Goods and services (K-G.3)
    • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)

  • SS.K.4.11.1 Participate in discussions about how people work to support their families.

• 12 Decision-Making and Personal Finance

  • SS.K.1.12.1 With support, explain the difference between needs and wants.

    • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

  • SS.K.2.12.1 Explain why people have to make choices between needs and wants.

    • Scarcity (K-G.2)

• 13 The National Economy

  • SS.K.1.13.1 With support, explain why people save and provide examples from personal experience or literature.

• 14 The Global Economy

  • SS.K.1.14.1 Describe goods that are produced in the local geographic region.

• 15 Alaska Economies: State, Local, and Tribal

  • SS.K.1.15.1 Demonstrate how sharing and bartering are basic economic systems.

    • Trade and money (K-G.6)

Geography

• 16 Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

  • SS.K.1.16.1 With support, describe seasonal weather patterns in the local community.

  • SS.K.3.16.1 Name environmental characteristics of the area surrounding the school.

    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)

• 17 Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns

  • SS.K.1.17.1 With support, participate in discussions about physical and cultural characteristics of the local community.

    • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)

  • SS.K.2.17.1 With support, explain that products come from both local and distant places.

  • SS.K.3.17.1 Identify types of natural disasters.

• 18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning

  • SS.K.1.18.1 With support, create a map of the classroom.

    • 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)
    • Introduction to maps (K-F.1)
    • Use cardinal directions (K-F.2)
    • Use a map key (K-F.3)

  • SS.K.2.18.1 With support, name an important geographical feature of the local community and be able to identify it in a photograph and on a map.

• 19 Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements

  • SS.K.1.19.1 With support, discuss how and why goods travel to the local community.

  • SS.K.2.19.1 Identify different types of communities.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.4)

  • SS.K.3.19.1 With support, describe the physical environment of the local community.

    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)

• 20 Geography of Alaska

  • SS.K.1.20.1 Locate the local community on a map.

    • Introduction to maps (K-F.1)
    • Use cardinal directions (K-F.2)
    • Use a map key (K-F.3)

History

• 21 Perspectives

  • SS.K.1.21.1 Demonstrate the importance of listening to others' points of view in the classroom and on the playground.

  • SS.K.2.21.1 Describe an event from the student's own perspective.

• 22 Historical Sources and Evidence

  • SS.K.1.22.1 Identify different types of documents.

  • SS.K.3.22.1 With support, engage with historical sources.

    • Which source should you use? (K-K.1)

• 23 Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.K.1.23.1 Demonstrate that a timeline represents a chronological sequence of events.

    • Introduction to timelines (K-L.4)

  • SS.K.2.23.1 Describe a past event.

  • SS.K.3.23.1 Ask questions about local and school history.

• 24 Historical Thinking

  • SS.K.1.24.1 Explain how the student's own actions may affect others.

  • SS.K.2.24.1 Describe a time when the student's own actions affected others.

• 25 Alaskan History

  • SS.K.1.25.1 Explore traditions of local cultural groups.