New Mexico

I Inquiry

• 23 Construct Compelling and Supporting Questions

  • K.1 With prompting and support, recognize a compelling (big idea) question.

  • K.2 With prompting and support, identify the relationship between compelling (big idea) and supporting questions.

• 26 Communicate and Critique Conclusions

  • K.3 With prompting and support, construct responses to compelling questions using examples.

• 27 Take Informed Action

  • K.4 Take group or individual action to help address local, regional, or global problems or issues.

  • K.5 Participate in deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems or issues in their classrooms.

Theme 1 Roles and Responsibilities

• Civics

  • 2 Processes, Rules, and Laws

    • K.6 Communicate the purpose of rules.

      • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

    • K.7 Explain how the rules help us work together.

      • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

  • 4 Roles and Responsibilities of a Civic Life

    • K.8 Identify the consequences of following and not following rules.

    • K.9 Identify authority figures and describe their roles.

Theme 2 Myself and My Community

• Civics

  • 3 Civic Dispositions and Democratic Principles

    • K.10 Identify the local, state, and national symbols (e.g., flag, bird, song).

      • Identify American symbols (K-C.1)
      • Identify American landmarks and monuments (K-C.2)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
      • Independence Day (K-J.2)

• History

  • 15 Historical Change, Continuity, Context, and Reconciliation

    • K.11 Compare traditions found in communities over time.

      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
      • Independence Day (K-J.2)

  • 19 Power Dynamics, Leadership, and Agency

    • K.12 Demonstrate an awareness of community leaders (teacher, principal, mayor, tribal leaders).

      • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.1)
      • Tools community helpers use (K-A.2)

• Ethnic, Cultural, and Identity Studies

  • 20 Diversity and Identity

    • K.13 Sequence important events in their life.

      • Days of the week (K-L.1)
      • Months of the year (K-L.2)

    • K.14 Identify how individuals are similar and different.

      • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.1)
      • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.3)

Theme 3 Needs and Wants

• Economics/Personal Financial Literacy

  • 6 Incentives and Choices

    • K.15 Distinguish between a need (basic needs like food, clothing, and shelter) and a want.

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

  • 8 Money and Markets

    • K.16 Identify examples of goods and services.

      • Goods and services (K-G.3)

    • K.17 Explain what scarcity is and how scarcity affects the accessibility of goods and services.

      • Scarcity (K-G.2)
      • Goods and services (K-G.3)

Theme 4 Spaces and Places

• Geography

  • 11 Representations and Reasoning

    • K.18 With prompting and support, create maps of familiar areas, such as the classroom, school, and community that include labels.

      • Left and right (K-E.1)
      • Use cardinal directions (K-F.)

  • 12 Location, Place, and Region

    • K.19 Recognize and identify signs and symbols around their town and community including the locations of places, people, and objects.

      • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
      • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
      • Left and right (K-E.1)
      • Use cardinal directions (K-F.)

    • K.20 Identify the differences and similarities between a globe and a map. Explain the purpose of a globe and map.

  • 13 Movement, Population, and Systems

    • K.21 Explain why and how people move from place to place within a community.

      • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.3)
      • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)
      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
      • Natural resources (K-G.5)
      • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)

Theme 5 Social Identity

• Ethnic, Cultural, and Identity Studies

  • 20 Diversity and Identity

    • K.22 Communicate a positive view of themselves and identify some of their group identities.

    • K.23 Describe ways they are similar and different from people who share their identities and people who do not.

    • K.24 Explore their personal history, culture, and past.

      • Days of the week (K-L.1)
      • Months of the year (K-L.2)

    • K.25 With support, learn about current contributions of people in their main identity groups.

Theme 6 Personal Financial Literacy

• Economics/Personal Financial Literacy

  • 10 Personal Financial Literacy

    • K.26 Recognize personal finance choices people make.

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
      • Scarcity (K-G.2)
      • Goods and services (K-G.3)
      • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)