Delaware

Civics

• Government

  • C.1 Students will examine the structure and purposes of governments with specific emphasis on constitutional democracy.

    • C.1.K-3a Students will understand that leaders are sometimes chosen by election, and that elected officials are expected to represent the interests of the people who elected them.

    • C.1.K-3b Students will understand that positions of authority carry responsibilities and should be respected.

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

• Politics

  • C.2 Students will understand the principles and ideals underlying the American political system.

    • C.2.K-3a Students will understand that respect for others, their opinions, and their property is a foundation of civil society in the United States.

      • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

• Citizenship

  • C.3 Students will understand the responsibilities, rights, and privileges of United States citizens.

    • C.3.K-3a Students will understand that American citizens have distinct rights, responsibilities, and privileges.

      • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

• Participation

  • C.4 Students will develop and employ the civic skills necessary for effective, participatory citizenship.

    • C.4.K-3a Students will demonstrate the skills necessary for participating in a group, including defining an objective, dividing responsibilities, and working cooperatively.

      • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

Economics

• Microeconomics

  • E.1 Students will analyze the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy.

    • E.1.K-3a Students will understand that individuals and families with limited resources undertake a wide variety of activities to satisfy their wants.

      • Needs and wants (1-J.1)
      • Goods and services (1-J.3)

    • E.1.K-3b Students will apply the concept that economic choices require the balancing of costs incurred with benefits received.

      • Needs and wants (1-J.1)
      • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

• Macroeconomics

  • E.2 Students will examine the interaction of individuals, families, communities, businesses, and governments in a market economy.

    • E.2.K-3a Students will understand how barter, money, and other media are employed to facilitate the exchange of resources, goods, and services.

      • Goods and services (1-J.3)
      • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)
      • Trade and money (1-J.6)

• Economic Systems

  • E.3 Students will understand different types of economic systems and how they change.

    • E.3.K-3a Students will identify human wants and the various resources and strategies which have been used to satisfy them over time.

      • Government services (1-A.3)
      • Needs and wants (1-J.1)
      • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)
      • Natural resources (1-J.5)

• International Trade

  • E.4 Students will examine the patterns and results of international trade.

    • E.4.K-3a Students will understand that the exchange of goods and services around the world creates economic interdependence between people in different places.

      • Goods and services (1-J.3)
      • Trade and money (1-J.6)

Geography

• Maps

  • G.1 Students will develop a personal geographic framework, or "mental map," and understand the uses of maps and other geo-graphics.

    • G.1.K-3a Students will understand the nature and uses of maps, globes, and other geo-graphics.

      • Introduction to maps (1-I.1)
      • Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)
      • Use a map key (1-I.3)
      • Use maps of the community (1-I.4)

• Environment

  • G.2 Students will develop a knowledge of the ways humans modify and respond to the natural environment.

    • G.2.K-3a Students will distinguish different types of climate and landforms and explain why they occur.

      • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
      • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
      • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)

• Places

  • G.3 Students will develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.

    • G.3.K-3a Students will identify types of human settlement, connections between settlements, and the types of activities found in each.

      • What is a community? (1-C.1)
      • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)

• Regions

  • G.4 Students will develop an understanding of the character and use of regions and the connections between and among them.

    • G.4.K-3a Students will use the concepts of place and region to explain simple patterns of connections between and among places across the country and the world.

History

• Chronology

  • H.1 Students will employ chronological concepts in analyzing historical phenomena.

    • H.1.K-3a Students will use clocks, calendars, schedules, and written records to record or locate events in time.

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

• Analysis

  • H.2 Students will gather, examine, and analyze historical data.

    • H.2.K-3a Students will use artifacts and documents to gather information about the past.

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

• Interpretation

  • H.3 Students will interpret historical data.

    • H.3.K-3a Students will understand that historical accounts are constructed by drawing logical inferences from artifacts and documents.

• Content

  • H.4 Students will develop historical knowledge of major events and phenomena in world, United States, and Delaware history.

    • H.4.K-3a Students will develop an understanding of the similarities between families now and in the past, including:

      • H.4.K-3a.1 Daily life today and in other times

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

      • H.4.K-3a.2 Cultural origins of customs and beliefs around the world

        • Christmas (1-D.1)
        • Día de los Muertos (1-D.2)
        • Easter (1-D.3)
        • Hanukkah (1-D.4)
        • Holi (1-D.5)
        • Kwanzaa (1-D.7)
        • Lunar New Year (1-D.8)
        • Ramadan (1-D.12)
        • Rosh Hashanah (1-D.13)
        • Thanksgiving (1-D.14)

    • H.4.K-3b Students will develop an awareness of major events and people in United States and Delaware history.

      • H.4.K-3b.1 Who lives here and how did they get here? (immigrants, demographics, ethnic and religious groups)

      • H.4.K-3b.2 Important people in our past

        • Benjamin Franklin (1-F.)
        • Paul Revere (1-F.)
        • George Washington (1-F.1)
        • Thomas Jefferson (1-F.)
        • Davy Crockett (1-F.)
        • John Deere (1-F.)
        • Abraham Lincoln (1-F.2)
        • Frederick Douglass (1-F.)
        • Harriet Tubman (1-F.3)
        • Susan B. Anthony (1-F.4)
        • Sitting Bull (1-F.5)
        • Thomas Edison (1-F.6)
        • Theodore Roosevelt (1-F.)
        • George Washington Carver (1-F.7)
        • Helen Keller (1-F.8)
        • Amelia Earhart (1-F.9)
        • Thurgood Marshall (1-F.10)
        • Rosa Parks (1-F.11)
        • Jackie Robinson (1-F.12)
        • Cesar Chavez (1-F.13)
        • Martin Luther King Jr. (1-F.)
        • Neil Armstrong (1-F.)
        • Bill Gates (1-F.)

      • H.4.K-3b.3 Different kinds of communities in Delaware and the United States

        • What is a community? (1-C.1)
        • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)