RSD Social Studies Committee 2013
Social Studies Curriculum Map K-5
Grade: Kindergarten
Time
Frame Unit Title
Sept.June
Learning
about Myself
and My
Classroom
Community
Big Idea: Myself and My Classroom Community
Essential
EALRs/GLEs
Questions
Civics 1.2.2 Understand the purpose of rules
in the classroom and school
Civics 1.2.1 Remembers the people who make
and carry out rules in the classroom and
school
Civics 1.1.1 Understands the key ideals of
justice and fairness within the context of the
classroom community
Civics 1.1.2 Applies the ideals of justice and
fairness when making choices or decisions in
the classroom or on the playground
SS Skills 5.2.1 Understands how to ask
questions about the classroom and school
community
SS Skills 5.1.1 Understands one’s point of view
SS Skills 5.1.2 Evaluates the fairness of one’s
point of view
SS Skills 5.3.1: States own viewpoints and
listens to viewpoints of others
SS Skills 5.4.1 Retells and explains personal
history
History 4.1.1 Understands and creates
timelines to show personal events in a
sequential manner
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How can
we work
together?
What rules
are there in
our
classroom
community
and why do
we have
them?
Materials and Resources
(websites, videos, literature, curriculum packages)
Possible
Assessments
TCI: Social Studies Alive!: Me and My World*
 TCI Lesson
 Lesson 2: “What is a Family?”
Assessments
 Lesson 3: “How Do I Get Along with Others?”
(Lesson
 Lesson 4: “How Do I Make Friends?”
Masters)
 Lesson 5: “How Do I Solve Problems with Others?”
 Lesson 2 p.18
 Lesson 6: “How Can I be a Good Helper at School?”
 Lesson 3 p.27
*Other Lessons are suggested, but not required
 Lesson 4 p.37
Story Path: Problems in the Park
 Lesson 5 p.49
BrainPOP Jr.:
 Lesson 6 p.66
 Kindergarten Link to Video
 School Link to Video
*All assessments
Discovery Streaming:
(observational
 Rules and Respect Link to Video
checklists) are found
 Community Rules and Laws Link to Video
in the “Lesson
 The Constitution and Guide to Constitution Day: A Beginners Guide Link to Video
Master” workbook
You Tube:
Additional Text Resources**
 Character Counts: Fairness Link to Video

It's Not Fair! by Anita Harper
Whole Class Read Aloud Literature:

No Fair! by Nancy Loewen
 If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover

Enemy Pie by Derek Munson
 Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Rosenthal

The Sandbox by Dan Rowe
 It Wasn't My Fault by Helen Lester

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
 It's Not Fair by Amy Rosenthal

The Little Red Hen by Diane Muldrow
**These resources are not provided but are suggested supplemental trade books
 True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Lane Smith
Grade K SS Curriculum Map
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