Utah

History

• Students will understand that history is the study of events, people, and places of other times.

  • K.1.1 Compare how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be different today (for example, growing food, making clothing, living by different rules and laws).

    • 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)

  • K.1.2 Use a variety of texts to analyze and retell the stories of a diverse range of key historical figures, including some from United States history, and make inferences about why they are remembered and honored as people who exemplify the traits of honesty, integrity, morality, civility, duty, honor, service, respect, and obedience to law.

    • George Washington (K-I.1)
    • Abraham Lincoln (K-I.2)
    • Helen Keller (K-I.8)
    • Rosa Parks (K-I.11)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.9)
    • Presidents' Day (K-J.11)

  • K.1.3 Explain how families provide physical, social, and emotional support and how each family has its own unique history.

Geography

• Students will demonstrate knowledge of basic physical and human geographical concepts.

  • K.2.1 Construct a simple map, and explain how the map represents a place.

    • 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.2.2 Explain how a globe is a model of the Earth.

    • Introduction to maps (K-F.1)

  • K.2.3 Recognize and describe geographical features in their community that make it unique (for example, mountains, rivers, lakes, roads).

    • 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.2.4 Describe and use relative location terms of objects (for example, left/right, above/below, up/down, near/far) while using maps and globes.

    • 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)

Civics

• Students will learn and exhibit traits of good citizenship.

  • K.3.1 Describe some of the rules students or family members follow and why they are important as a member of a family, class, and school.

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

  • K.3.2 List and describe the essential qualities needed to learn and work together as friends, neighbors, and family members (for example, honesty, integrity, morality, civility, duty, honor, service, respect, obedience to law).

    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

  • K.3.3 Identify ways that people work together to build a strong community (for example, parents, religious leaders, teachers and other school personnel, police officers, firefighters, soldiers, business owners).

    • What is a community? (K-A.1)
    • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.2)
    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)
    • Authority figures (K-B.2)
    • Government services (K-B.3)
    • Good citizenship (K-B.4)

  • K.3.4 Explain why national, state, and other symbols and actions (including the United States flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the bald eagle, the Utah flag) are considered important. What rules and traditions have been made to reflect that importance?

    • 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)

Economics

• Students will identify basic economic concepts of needs, wants, spending, saving, sharing, and the value of work.

  • K.4.1 Make distinctions between basic human needs and individual wants and how that can change over time.

    • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

  • K.4.2 Relate how different types of work can help people and communities meet their needs and wants.

    • Goods and services (K-G.3)
    • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)

  • K.4.3 Identify ways that people use money, including spending, saving, and sharing.