Washington

SSS Social Studies Skills

• SSS1.K Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate claims.

  • SSS1.K.1 State and clarify one's point of view.

  • SSS1.K.2 Evaluate the fairness of one's point of view.

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

  • SSS1.K.3 State own viewpoints on fairness and listen to the viewpoints of classmates and teacher.

  • SSS1.K.4 Retell a sequence of events that have happened over time.

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

• SSS2.K Uses inquiry-based research.

  • SSS2.K.1 Demonstrate how to ask questions about the classroom and school community.

• SSS3.K Deliberates public issues.

  • SSS3.K.1 Share their own viewpoints and give respectful attention to the viewpoints of others.

• SSS4.K Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a claim and presents the product in a manner that meaningfully communicates with a key audience.

  • SSS4.K.1 Use a graphic organizer to explain the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

C Civics

• C1.K Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and other foundational documents.

  • C1.K.1 Recognize a key ideal of justice and fairness within the context of the classroom community.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)
    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

  • C1.K.2 Apply the ideals of justice and fairness when making choices or decisions in the classroom or on the playground.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)
    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

• C2.K Understands the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws, and political systems.

  • C2.K.1 Explain the purpose of rules in the classroom.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

  • C2.K.2 Know the people and the roles that make and carry out rules in the classroom.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

  • C2.K.3 Demonstrate how rules provide structure for problem solving within the classroom.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

• C3.K Understands the purposes and organization of tribal and international relationships and U.S. foreign policy.

  • C3.K.1 Identify names and locations of tribal nations and bands in your area.

  • C3.K.2 Identify key technologies and natural resources tribal nations and bands in their area valued prior to contact with Europeans and Americans.

    • Natural resources (K-G.5)

  • C3.K.3 Understand key values, relationships, and characteristics tribes in their area had prior to contact with Europeans and Americans.

• C4.K Understands civic involvement.

  • C4.K.1 Be a contributing member of the classroom and school community.

  • C4.K.2 Demonstrate that good citizenship is to follow the established rules of a classroom and school community.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

  • C4.K.3 Explain, give examples, and demonstrate ways to show good citizenship in the classroom and school community.

E Economics

• E1.K Understands that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of those choices.

  • E1.K.1 Explain the difference between a need and a want.

    • Needs and wants (K-G.1)

  • E1.K.2 Explain why people have to make choices between needs and wants.

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

• E2.K Understands the components of an economic system.

  • E2.K.1 Identify consumers and producers.

    • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)

  • E2.K.2 List and provide examples of goods and services.

    • Goods and services (K-G.3)

• E3.K Understands the government's role in the economy.

  • E3.K.1 Identify public and private providers of goods and services.

    • Government services (K-B.2)
    • Goods and services (K-G.3)
    • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)

• E4.K Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.

  • E4.K.1 Describe goods that are produced in local geographic regions.

    • Goods and services (K-G.3)
    • Producers and consumers (K-G.4)
    • Natural resources (K-G.5)

G Geography

• G1.K Understands the physical characteristics, cultural characteristics, and location of places, regions, and spatial patterns on the Earth's surface.

  • G1.K.1 Recognize one's classroom and school as distinct environments based on physical characteristics and expectations.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.3)
    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
    • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)
    • Use cardinal directions (K-F.)

• G2.K Understands human interaction with the environment.

  • G2.K.1 Explain how weather, climate, and other environmental characteristics affect people's lives in a place or region.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.3)
    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
    • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)

  • G2.K.2 Identify natural events or physical features such as air, water, land, or wind.

    • Identify Earth's land features (K-D.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (K-D.2)
    • Identify human and physical features (K-D.3)
    • Natural resources (K-G.5)

  • G2.K.3 Describe how environment affects one's own activities.

• G3.K Understands the geographic context of global issues and events.

  • G3.K.1 Describe how the things we use in our lives come from different locations.

    • Goods and services (K-G.3)
    • Natural resources (K-G.5)

H History

• H1.K Understands historical chronology.

  • H1.K.1 Demonstrate that a timeline represents a chronological sequence of events.

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

• H2.K Understands and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.

  • H2.K.1 Describe the factors that influence an individual student's life.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.3)
    • 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)
    • Then and now: transportation and communication (K-H.1)
    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

  • H2.K.2 Explain how their actions may cause change in others.

    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

• H3.K Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.

  • H3.K.1 Demonstrate the importance of listening to other points of view in the classroom and on the playground.

  • H3.K.2 Distinguish between the expectations in the classroom and in different settings.

    • Rules and laws (K-B.1)

• H4.K Understands how historical events inform analysis of contemporary issues and events.

  • H4.K.1 Explain how previous actions and experiences can be used to make decisions.

  • H4.K.2 Identify different types and parts of documents.