Iowa

Inquiry Standards

• Inquiry Practice: Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

  • SS.K.1 With teacher guidance, ask questions about disciplinary content and discuss ways to learn.

• Inquiry Practice: Gather, Interpret, and Evaluate Sources

  • SS.K.2 With teacher guidance, gather information from different sources and explain what they show about a topic.

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

• Inquiry Practice: Claims and Evidence

  • SS.K.3 With teacher guidance, share facts and opinions about topics and support them with evidence from sources.

    • Identify facts and opinions (K-K.)

• Inquiry Practice: Communicate Conclusions

  • SS.K.4 Construct responses to questions using examples.

• Inquiry Practice: Civic Engagement and Participation

  • SS.K.5 Describe ways people can participate in their community and explain why being involved is important.

    • What is a community? (K-A.1)
    • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.2)

I Belong

• Geography: Human-Environmental Interaction

  • SS.K.6 Describe students' roles in different groups of which they are members, including their family, school, and community.

    • What is a community? (K-A.1)

• History: Multiple Perspectives

  • SS.K.7 Describe ways in which students and others are alike and different in a variety of contexts.

    • What is a community? (K-A.1)

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.K.8 Create a route to a specific location.

    • 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)

• Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

  • SS.K.9 Explain why and how people move from place to place.

    • Use maps of the community (K-F.4)
    • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)

Comparing the Past to the Present

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.K.10 Describe ways in which students and others are alike and different in the past and present.

    • Then and now: work and play (K-H.3)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.K.11 Distinguish between at least two related items or events by sequencing them from the past to the present.

    • 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)
    • 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)

• History: Comparison and Corroboration

  • SS.K.12 Compare life in the past to life today.

    • 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)
    • Rosa Parks (K-I.11)
    • Independence Day (K-J.6)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)

Rules and Responsibilities

• History: Multiple Perspectives

  • SS.K.13 Name the rules and responsibilities students have for different groups they are members of.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)
    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

• Civics/Government: Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • SS.K.14 Recognize ways people can effectively work together to make decisions to improve their classrooms or communities.

    • Government services (K-B.3)

• Civics/Government: Citizenship and Civic Rights and Responsibilities

  • SS.K.15 Compare and contrast rules from different places.

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

• Civics/Government: Role and Systems of Government

  • SS.K.16 Describe roles of community helpers and leaders.

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

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.K.17 Compare rules and responsibilities in Iowa with other states.

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

• Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.K.18 Compare and contrast rules and responsibilities in local environments, like towns and counties, to those in other parts of the state of Iowa.

Needs and Wants (Financial Literacy)

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Economic Decision Making

  • SS.K.19 Describe some needs and wants.

    • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Credit and Risk Management

  • SS.K.20 Explain the difference between buying and borrowing.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

  • SS.K.21 Recognize ways to earn and save money.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending, and Investing

  • SS.K.22 Identify forms of money.