Utah

Culture

• 1 Students will recognize and describe how individuals and families are both similar and different.

  • 1 Identify how individuals are similar and different.

    • a Describe and compare characteristics of self and others (e.g., differences in gender, height, language, beliefs, and color of skin, eyes, hair).

    • b Explain how people change over time (e.g., self, others).

    • c Demonstrate respect for each individual.

    • d Explain the elements of culture, including language, dress, food, shelter, and stories.

  • 2 Recognize and describe how families have both similar and different characteristics.

    • a Identify family members (i.e., immediate and extended).

    • b Explain family rules and routine.

      • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

    • c Describe family members' duties and responsibilities within the family.

    • d Share how families celebrate occasions such as birthdays and holidays.

      • Independence Day (K-J.6)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
      • Memorial Day (K-J.10)

    • e Explain how families change over time (i.e., past, present, 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)
      • Use time-order words (K-L.3)
      • Introduction to timelines (K-L.4)

    • f Describe ways that families provide love, care, food, shelter, clothing, companionship, and protection.

Citizenship

• 2 Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities of being a good citizen.

  • 1 Demonstrate appropriate ways to behave in different settings.

    • a Explain why families and classrooms have rules (e.g., examples of rules and consequences).

      • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

    • b Demonstrate positive relationships through play and friendship.

    • c Identify examples of individual honesty and responsibility.

      • Good citizenship (K-B.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)

    • d Identify examples of honesty, responsibility, patriotism, and courage from history, literature, and folklore, as well as from everyday life (e.g., heroes of diverse cultures).

      • Good citizenship (K-B.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)

    • e Demonstrate respect for others, leaders, and the environment.

      • Authority figures (K-B.2)
      • Good citizenship (K-B.4)
      • Natural resources (K-G.5)

  • 2 Identify and demonstrate safe practices in the home and classroom.

    • a Recite name, address, and telephone number.

    • b Follow safety procedures for school emergencies (e.g., fire drill, earthquake, intruder).

      • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

    • c Recognize and explain common traffic symbols.

    • d Identify school personnel to whom students can go to for help or safety.

      • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)

    • e Identify and articulate the purpose and role of authority figures (e.g., parents, secretary, principal, teacher, librarian, police officers, firefighters, tribal leaders).

      • Authority figures (K-B.2)
      • Government services (K-B.3)
      • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)

  • 3 Investigate and explain how symbols and songs unite families and classmates.

    • a Identify school systems and traditions (e.g., mascot, song, events).

    • b Recognize state and national symbols (e.g., state and national flags, bald eagle, seagull, Statue of Liberty).

      • Identify American symbols (K-C.1)
      • Identify American landmarks and monuments (K-C.2)
      • The American flag (K-C.3)
      • Pledge of Allegiance (K-C.4)
      • George Washington (K-I.1)
      • Abraham Lincoln (K-I.2)
      • Independence Day (K-J.6)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
      • Memorial Day (K-J.10)

    • c Learn and sing state and U.S. patriotic songs.

    • d Identify the people and events honored in Utah and U.S. commemorative holidays.

      • George Washington (K-I.1)
      • Abraham Lincoln (K-I.2)
      • Independence Day (K-J.6)
      • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
      • Memorial Day (K-J.10)

    • e Know the words and meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance.

      • Pledge of Allegiance (K-C.4)

    • f Identify the rules and etiquette of citizenship (e.g., stand for the flag, hand over heart).

      • Good citizenship (K-B.4)
      • Pledge of Allegiance (K-C.4)

Geography

• 3 Students will use geographic terms and tools.

  • 1 Identify geographic terms that describe their surroundings.

    • a Locate objects in the classroom using the terms near/far, left/right, behind/in front, and up/down.

      • 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)

    • b Identify and describe physical features (e.g., mountain/hill, lake/ocean, river, road/highway).

      • 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)

    • c Make a simple map (e.g., home, home to school, classroom).

      • 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)

  • 2 Describe the purpose of a map or globe.

    • a Identify maps and globes.

      • Introduction to maps (K-F.1)
      • Use maps of the community (K-F.4)

    • b Distinguish between land and water on maps and globes.

      • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
      • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
      • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)
      • Introduction to maps (K-F.1)

    • c Determine a location by using terms such as near/far, up/down, right/left.

      • 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)

    • d Identify cardinal directions on a map.

      • Use cardinal directions (K-F.2)

Financial Literacy

• 4 Students can explain how humans meet their needs in many ways.

  • 1 Recognize that people have basic needs (food, shelter, and clothing) and wants (toys, games, treats).

    • a Identify the difference between basic wants and needs.

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

    • b Explain that families have needs and wants.

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

    • c Describe how basic human needs, such as food, shelter, and clothing, can be met.

      • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

  • 2 Explain that people have jobs and earn money to meet their needs.

    • a Identify the jobs in the home and in the school.

    • b Explain why people work (i.e., to earn money to buy the things that they need or want).

    • c Describe different types of jobs that people do and the tools and equipment that they use.

      • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.2)
      • Tools community helpers use (K-A.3)

    • d Recognize various forms of United States coins and currency.