Virginia

Skills

• K.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by

  • a viewing artifacts and primary and secondary sources to develop an understanding of history;

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)

  • b using basic map skills to support an understanding of the community;

  • c gathering and classifying information, sequencing events, and separating fact from fiction to improve understanding of the community;

  • d asking appropriate questions to solve a problem;

  • e comparing and contrasting people, places, or events;

    • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.1)
    • Tools community helpers use (K-A.2)
    • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.3)
    • Left and right (K-E.1)
    • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)

  • f recognizing direct cause-and-effect relationships;

  • g making connections between past and present;

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)

  • h using a decision-making model to make informed decisions;

  • i practicing good citizenship skills while collaborating, compromising, and participating in classroom activities; and

  • j developing fluency in content vocabulary and comprehension of oral, written, and visual sources.

    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
    • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)
    • Needs and wants (K-G.1)
    • Scarcity (K-G.2)
    • Goods and services (K-G.3)
    • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
    • Independence Day (K-J.2)
    • Days of the week (K-L.1)
    • Months of the year (K-L.2)

History

• K.2 The student will recognize that history describes events and people from other times and places by

  • a identifying examples of historical events, stories, and legends that describe the development of the local community; and

  • b identifying people who helped establish and lead the local community over time.

• K.3 The student will sequence events in the past and present and begin to recognize that things change over time.

  • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
  • Independence Day (K-J.2)

Geography

• K.4 The student will describe the relative location of people, places, and things by using positional words, with emphasis on near/far, above/below, left/right, and behind/in front.

  • Left and right (K-E.1)

• K.5 The student will use simple maps and globes to

  • a develop an awareness that a map is a drawing of a place to show where things are located and that a globe is a round model of Earth;

  • b describe places referenced in historical events, stories, and real-life situations;

  • c locate land and water features;

    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)

  • d identify basic map symbols in a map legend; and

  • e identify places and objects of a familiar area.

• K.6 The student will develop an awareness that maps and globes

  • a show a view from above;

  • b show things in smaller size; and

  • c show the position of objects.

• K.7 The student will describe how the location, climate, and physical surroundings of a community affect the way people live, including their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.

Economics

• K.8 The student will match simple descriptions of work that people do with the names of those jobs.

  • Jobs community helpers do (K-A.1)

• K.9 The student will

  • a recognize that people make choices because they cannot have everything they want; and

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

  • b explain that people work to earn money to buy the things they want.

Civics

• K.10 The student will demonstrate that being a good citizen involves

  • a taking turns and sharing;

  • b taking responsibility for certain classroom chores;

  • c taking care of personal belongings and respecting what belongs to others;

  • d following rules and understanding the consequence of breaking rules;

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

  • e practicing honesty, self-control, and kindness to others;

  • f participating in decision making in the classroom; and

  • g participating successfully in group settings.

• K.11 The student will develop an understanding of how communities express patriotism through events and symbols by

  • a recognizing the American flag;

    • Identify American symbols (K-C.1)

  • b recognizing the Pledge of Allegiance;

  • c knowing that the president is the leader of the United States; and

  • d recognizing the holidays and the people associated with the holidays Thanksgiving Day; Martin Luther King, Jr., Day; George Washington Day (Presidents' Day); and Independence Day (Fourth of July).

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