Arkansas

Civics/Government

• 1 Civic and Political Institutions

  • Structure and Function

    • C.1.K.2 Describe the role of a school and its leaders

      • Authority figures (K-B.2)

• 2 Participation and Deliberation

  • Citizenship

    • C.2.K.1 Recognize state and national symbols and patriotic songs

      • 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)
      • Independence Day (K-J.6)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
      • Memorial Day (K-J.10)

    • C.2.K.2 Identify the procedures for the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and proper etiquette for the Arkansas and American Flags

      • The American flag (K-C.3)
      • Pledge of Allegiance (K-C.4)

    • C.2.K.3 Discuss responsibilities of being a good citizen

      • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

    • C.2.K.4 Follow agreed upon rules for listening, consensus-building, and voting procedures in the classroom

      • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

• 3 Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • Processes, Rules, and Laws

    • C.3.K.1 Recognize the need for rules and consequences

      • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

    • C.3.K.2 Discuss ways people improve communities

      • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.2)
      • Tools community helpers use (K-A.3)
      • Government services (K-B.3)
      • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

    • C.3.K.3 Discuss the importance of problem solving related to classroom issues

Economics

• 4 Economic Decision Making

  • Scarcity

    • E.4.K.1 Recognize that all people have unlimited wants and limited resources (e.g., scarcity)

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
      • Scarcity (K-G.2)

  • Costs and Benefits

    • E.4.K.2 Explain reasons behind a personal decision

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
      • Scarcity (K-G.2)

• 5 Exchange and Markets

  • Human Resources

    • E.5.K.1 Identify human, natural, and capital resources

      • Natural resources (K-G.5)

  • Production and Consumption

    • E.5.K.2 Discuss ways producers use human, natural, and capital resources in the production of goods and services

      • Goods and services (K-G.3)
      • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)
      • Natural resources (K-G.5)

  • Markets

    • E.5.K.3 Identify markets in the community

• 6 Growth and Stability

  • Money

    • E.6.K.1 Recognize consumers use money as a medium of exchange to satisfy economic wants

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
      • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)

    • E.6.K.2 Discuss reasons people save money

  • Public Goods and Services

    • E.6.K.3 Discuss examples of public goods and services

      • Goods and services (K-G.3)

• 7 Global Economy

  • Economic Interdependence

    • E.7.K.1 Discuss why people trade goods and services

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
      • Scarcity (K-G.2)
      • Goods and services (K-G.3)
      • Natural resources (K-G.5)

    • E.7.K.2 Identify where products used in daily life are produced

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

Geography

• 8 Geographic Representations

  • Spatial Views of the World

    • G.8.K.1 Describe familiar places using words related to location, direction, and distance

      • 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)

    • G.8.K.2 Use maps, globes, and photographs to identify and describe the physical characteristics of familiar places

      • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.4)
      • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
      • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
      • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)
      • 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)
      • Use maps of the community (K-F.4)

    • G.8.K.3 Explain map symbols, legends, and compass rose

      • 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)

• 9 Human-Environment Interaction

  • Place, Region, and Culture

    • G.9.K.1 Describe ways humans have a positive impact on the environment

      • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.4)
      • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)

    • G.9.K.2 Discuss cultural characteristics among families and in the community

      • What is a community? (K-A.1)

• 10 Spatial Patterns and Movement

  • Resources and Movement

    • G.10.K.1 Discuss natural resources in the community which can be used to meet daily needs

    • G.10.K.2 Identify people and goods that move from place to place

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
      • Natural resources (K-G.5)

    • G.9.K.3 Identify ways weather and climate impact daily life

      • Goods and services (K-G.3)
      • Natural resources (K-G.5)

• 11 Global Interconnections

  • Changing Spatial Patterns

    • G.11.K.1 Discuss connections to other people in places around the world (e.g., where products are made, celebrations, dance, art, food, toys)

    • G.11.K.2 Discuss the needs of people during natural and human-made disasters

History

• 12 Chronology, Change Over Time, and Contextualization

  • Chronology

    • H.12.K.1 Discuss changes over time using chronological terms (e.g., first, next, last, before, after, past, present, now, long ago)

      • 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)

    • H.12.K.2 Develop a personal timeline to sequence events of your own life

      • Use time-order words (K-L.3)
      • Introduction to timelines (K-L.4)

  • Change Over Time

    • H.12.K.3 Compare a child's life of the present to that of the past using visual representations (e.g., growing food, rules and laws, making clothing, transportation, communication)

      • 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)

  • Contextualization

    • H.12.K.4 Recognize historic figures and other people that have made an impact on history

      • George Washington (K-I.1)
      • Abraham Lincoln (K-I.2)
      • Helen Keller (K-I.8)
      • Rosa Parks (K-I.11)
      • Independence Day (K-J.6)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
      • Memorial Day (K-J.10)

    • H.12.K.5 Identify the purpose of national holidays and describe the people or events celebrated (e.g., Thanksgiving, Veteran's Day, President's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)

      • George Washington (K-I.1)
      • Abraham Lincoln (K-I.2)
      • Independence Day (K-J.6)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
      • Memorial Day (K-J.10)

• 13 Perspective, Historical Evidence, and Causation

  • Perspective

    • H.13.K.1 Discuss a historical topic from different points of view

      • 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)
      • 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)

  • Evidence

    • H.13.K.3 Describe ways people learn about the past (e.g., photos, artifacts, diaries, oral history, stories)

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

    • H.13.K.4 Compare the differences in sources written in the present or the past

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

    • H.13.K.5 Formulate questions that relate to a family member, family event, or family tradition

  • Causation

    • H.13.K.6 Identify changes in the classroom/school in terms of cause and effect