Tennessee

Culture

• Students will explore different traditions, customs, and cultures within their families, schools, and communities.

  • K.01 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events within a student's home, school, and community.

  • K.02 Compare and contrast family traditions and customs, including: food, clothing, homes, and games.

    • What is a community? (K-A.1)

Economics

• Students will identify basic wants and needs, the ways families produce, consume, and exchange goods and services in their communities, and the work people do in order to spend and save money.

  • K.03 Distinguish between wants and needs.

    • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

  • K.04 Identify and explain how basic human needs of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation are met.

  • K.05 Explain the benefits of saving money.

  • K.06 Recognize and describe different types of jobs, including work done in the home, school, and community.

    • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.2)
    • Tools community helpers use (K-A.3)
    • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)

  • K.07 Give examples of how people use money to make purchases.

Geography

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of location, what maps and globes represent, and their geographical location.

  • K.08 Use personal directions such as: up, down, near, far, left, right, in front of, and behind.

    • 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.09 Explain what a map and globe represent.

    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
    • 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.10 Recall the student's and/or school's street address, city/town, and state.

Government and Civics

• Students will learn the foundations of good citizenship, including: civic responsibilities and patriotism through the rules by which they live, the authority figures within their community and the United States, and national symbols.

  • K.11 Give examples of the following concepts: authority, fairness, responsibility, and rules.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)
    • Authority figures (K-B.2)
    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

  • K.12 Identify the following state and national symbols: American flag, Tennessee flag, and the words of the Pledge of Allegiance.

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

  • K.13 Recognize and name the current President of the U.S.

  • K.14 Explain that the President is the leader of the U.S.

  • K.15 Describe roles of authority figures in the home, school, and community, including: caregivers, teachers, school principal, police officers, and fire/rescue workers.

    • Authority figures (K-B.2)

  • K.16 Explain the purpose of rules and laws.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

History

• Students will understand the chronological organization of history and the importance of holidays.

  • K.17 Use correct words and phrases related to chronology and time, including: now, morning, today, week, long ago, last, afternoon, tomorrow, month, before, next, night, yesterday, year, after.

    • 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.18 Identify days of the week and months of the year.

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

  • K.19 Locate and describe events on a calendar, including: birthdays, holidays, cultural events, and school events.

  • K.20 Identify and discuss the following holidays, and analyze why we celebrate them: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day.

    • Independence Day (K-J.6)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
    • Presidents' Day (K-J.11)