Michigan

K-H History

• K-H2 Living and Working Together: Use historical thinking to understand the past.

  • K-H2.0.1 Distinguish among the past, present, and future.

    • 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)

  • K-H2.0.2 Create a timeline using events from their own lives.

    • Introduction to timelines (K-L.4)

  • K-H2.0.3 Describe ways people learn about the past.

    • 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)

K-G Geography

• K-G1 The World in Spatial Terms: Use geographic representations to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.

  • K-G1.0.1 Recognize that maps and globes represent places.

    • 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)

  • K-G1.0.2 Use directions or positional words to identify significant locations in 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)

• K-G2 Places and Regions: Understand how regions are created from common physical and human characteristics.

  • K-G2.0.1 Identify and describe places in the immediate environment.

    • What is a community? (K-A.1)
    • 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)

• K-G5 Environment and Society: Understand the effects of human-environment interactions.

  • K-G5.0.1 Describe ways in which the environment provides for basic human needs and wants.

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

K-C Civics and Government

• K-C1 Purposes of Government: Explain why people create governments.

  • K-C1.0.1 Identify and explain reasons for rules at home and in school.

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

• K-C2 Democratic Values and Constitutional Principles of American Government

  • K-C2.0.1 Identify the American flag as an important symbol of the United States.

    • Identify American symbols (K-C.1)
    • The American flag (K-C.3)
    • Pledge of Allegiance (K-C.4)

  • K-C2.0.2 Explain why people do not have the right to do whatever they want.

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

  • K-C2.0.3 Describe fair ways for groups to make decisions.

    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

• K-C5 Civic Participation: Explain important rights and how, when, and where members of American society demonstrate their responsibilities by actively participating in civic life.

  • K-C5.0.1 Describe situations in which they demonstrated self-discipline and individual responsibility.

    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)
    • George Washington (K-I.1)
    • Abraham Lincoln (K-I.2)
    • Helen Keller (K-I.8)

K-E Economics

• K-E1 Market Economy: Use fundamental principles and concepts of economics to understand economic activity in a market economy.

  • K-E1.0.1 Describe economic wants they have experienced.

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

  • K-E1.0.2 Distinguish between goods and services.

    • Goods and services (K-G.3)

  • K-E1.0.3 Recognize situations in which people trade.

K-P Process and Skills Standards

• K-P1 Reading and Communication - Read and Communicate Effectively

  • K-P1.1 Use appropriate strategies to read and interpret basic social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts.

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

  • K-P1.2 Differentiate between primary and secondary source documents.

  • K-P1.3 Express social science ideas or information in written, spoken, and graphic forms including tables, line graphs, bar graphs, and maps.

    • 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)

  • K-P1.4 Identify point of view and bias.

• K-P2 Inquiry, Research, and Analysis

  • K-P2.1 Use compelling and supporting questions to investigate social studies problems.

  • K-P2.2 Differentiate between compelling questions and supporting questions.

  • K-P2.3 Use supporting questions to help answer compelling social studies questions.

  • K-P2.4 Know how to find relevant evidence from a variety of sources.

    • 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)
    • Rosa Parks (K-I.11)
    • Independence Day (K-J.6)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
    • Memorial Day (K-J.10)
    • Which source should you use? (K-K.1)

  • K-P2.5 Use data presented in social science tables, graphs, graphics, maps, and texts to answer compelling and supporting questions.

    • 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)

• K-P3 Public Discourse and Decision Making

  • K-P3.1 Identifying and Analyzing Public Issues: Clearly state a problem as a public policy issue, analyze various perspectives, and generate and evaluate possible alternative resolutions.

    • K-P3.1.1 Identify classroom issues.

    • K-P3.1.2 Use simple graphs to explain information about a classroom issue.

    • K-P3.1.3 Compare their viewpoint about a classroom issue with the viewpoint of another person.

  • K-P3.3 Persuasive Communication About a Public Issue: Communicate a reasoned position on a public issue.

    • K-P3.3.1 Express a position on a classroom issue.

• K-P4 Civic Participation

  • K-P4.2 Civic Participation: Act constructively to further the public good.

    • K-P4.2.1 Develop and implement an action plan to address or inform others about a classroom issue.

    • K-P4.2.2 Participate in projects to help or inform others.