Curriculum Guide

Social Studies

 

Social Studies Philosophy

Citizen participation in public life is essential for the health of our democratic system. Effective social studies programs help prepare students to identify, understand and work to solve problems that face our increasingly diverse nation and interdependent world organization.  Lakeland's social studies program will foster individual and cultural identity beginning in the primary grades and continuing through the secondary level. Our program will include observation of and participation in the school and community. It will deal with critical issues in the real world and prepare students to make decisions based on American principles. The program will establish high standards of performance and measure student's success in terms of application, analysis and problem solving.

 

District Goals

Lakeland's Social Studies program will:

1. Lead to citizenship participation in public affairs.
2. Foster attitudes and values for participating in a democratic society. Such attitudes will include an understanding of the principles of justice, equality, responsibility, freedom, diversity, and personal privacy.
3. Foster identity as a member of the global human family.
4. Lead to the acquisition of knowledge in the social studies by understanding the various disciplines of the social studies; (i.e. anthropology, geography, government, and economics).
5. Lead to the development of study skills for functioning effectively in a complex society. Such study skills include data gathering, intellectual skills, interpersonal skills and decision-making.
6. Develop knowledge in the geography of the U.S. and the world.
7. Develop the ability to read, analyze and evaluate graphs and charts.
8. Foster awareness of the world's interdependence and how knowledge of the past and present will affect our place in the future.
9. Foster awareness of how our economy works and the place of the citizen, worker and producer in the economy.

 

Kindergarten Revised 2007

Course Description

 

Kindergarten children are able to understand an idea best by relating it to their own background and experience. It starts with self-awareness and moves outward to the world. Social Studies concepts are an integral part of the kindergarten experience of becoming aware of self, rules, and the need for interdependence.

I. Self Awareness

Goal: Students will understand that every person is unique and has special needs.

Objectives: Students will

1. (372I) Identify ways in which they themselves are special and unique.
2. (372.01i)Describe how each person is special and unique within the classroom.
3. Share stories, pictures and music of one’s own personal life, family and culture
4. (375e) Express personal opinions and share them while respecting others.
5. (375f) Develop independence and assume responsibility for one's actions.
6. (372f) Demonstrate an understanding of our own personal history as part of family, school, and neighborhood.
7. (372h) Describe how families are similar and different.
8. Describe how families celebrate in many different ways
9. (375b) Know ways to be helpful.
10. Describe how individuals have similarities and differences

 

II. Government

Goal: Students will understand that rules help people get along together and stay safe.

Objectives: Students will

1. (373c) Identify family, school, and community rules and the reasons for them.
2. Discuss how groups make decisions and solve problems
3. (375g) Identify and interpret safety-oriented symbols and signs.
4. (373b) Learn to work with and respect others.
5. (372c/374b) Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
6. (373c) Sing This Land is Your Land.
7. (374a) Identify U.S. symbols, such as the flag, bald eagle, and red, white, and blue.
8. (372c) Participate in patriotic activities.
9. (366c) Identify (has knowledge of) current community events.
10. (374c/375c and d) Develop awareness of leadership roles in our country, community, and family.
11. (374c/375c and d) Know that people in the U.S. vote for their leaders.
12.  (373.01c)Name some rules and reasons for them.
13. (371.01a, 372.01b) Describe holidays and tell why they are commemorated in the United States, such as Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, President’s Day.
14. (375.01a) Identify Individuals who are helpful to people in their everyday lives.

 

III. History

Goal: Students will understand that all life changes over time and that the past and present shape our future.

Objectives: Students will

1. (366 a and b) Understand that time is measured in weeks, months and years.
2. (366 a and b) Name in order, the days of the week and be introduced to the months of the year.
3. (371 a and b) Learn when and why we observe national holidays (Independence Day, Veterans' Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Presidents' Day).
4. (372a) Listen to stories that reflect the cultural heritage of our past.
5. (370 a and b) Investigate different methods of transportation, past and present.
6. (370 c) Identify forms of communication, past and present.
7. (372 a) Listen to and view stories, pictures, and music of other cultures.
8. (372 d) Realize that people celebrate holidays in different ways.
9. (366 d) Have an awareness of historical events.
10.  372.01f) Name family traditions that came to North America from other parts of the world. (Global Perspectives)

  

IV. Geography

Goal: Students will understand that their surroundings affect their lives.

Objectives Students will

1. (37802. c) Identify different geographic environments and some animals and plants associated with them.
2. (378) Recognize that the earth's rotation determines day and night.
3. (378) Name their community, their state, and country.
4. (378 b)Use the globe to identify geographic features (i.e. water and land).
5. (378 a) Identify/recognize globe as a model of the earth.
6. (378 e) Make and use a map of a familiar area.
7. (378 c) Identify North and South Poles on a map or globe.
8. (378 d) Recognize map of U.S. and know it is the country we live in.
9. (37802. A) Identify the four seasons.
10. (378 f) Use terms bigger and smaller; near and far.
11. (378.01c) Distinguish between land masses and water on a globe or map.

 

V. Community Relations/Economics

Goal: Students will understand that people are interdependent.

Objectives: Students will

1. (376 c and d) Identify paid services provided by workers in the community.
2. (376 a) Identify the universal needs and wants of all people.
3. Describe some jobs that people do to earn money
4. (376 b) Recognize that people meet their needs by sharing, trading, and using money.
5. (372 g) Describe how people in communities help each other.
6. (372 g) Recognize that gender or race should not limit occupations.
7. Recognize that people have limited resources
8. (37802. B) Practice the concept of reducing, reusing and recycling.
9. (375 a) Identify individuals that are helpful in their everyday lives.
10. (376.01a) Observe that all people have needs and wants.

 

Kindergarten

BENCHMARKS

Date Score Benchmark

1. Identify ways that they themselves are important and unique.
2. State reasons that families, schools, and communities have rules.
3. Identify safety-oriented signs.
4. Identify U.S. symbols (flag, bald eagle, and red, white, and blue).
5. State why we observe some national holidays.
6. Give examples of how life has changed from past to present.
7. Name their community, state, and country.
8. Know that a globe is a model of the Earth.
9. Recognize a map of the U.S.
10. Name a way that people need each other and help others.

 

VI. Proficiency Expectations for Technology

Goal: Students will be able to use and care for computer components and identify specific terms related to technology.

Objectives: Students will

1. Identify the CPU, keyboard, mouse, floppy disk drive, monitor, printer and CD-ROM.
2. Understand terms of: login, exit, and cursor.
3. Demonstrate care of: keyboard, mouse, computer disks CDROMs, and printers.
4. Turn the computer on, access and exit software, and shutdown the computer.

 

VII. Information Processing

Goal: Students access and retrieve electronic information.

Objectives Students will

1. Understand that computers can store information.

 

VIII. Personal Productivity

Goal: Students use technology to accomplish personal productions and to develop life-long learning skills.

Objectives: Students will

1. Type names and words with assistance.
2. Understand that computers can print documents.

 

Kindergarten Benchmarks for Technology

 

Date Score Benchmark

1. Identify basic computer components and peripherals.
2. Understand related computer terms
3. Demonstrate appropriate care and use of computer components.

  

First Grade

Revised 2007

Course description

 

The first grade Social Studies program is based on family life experiences and understandings. The children will begin to understand the cultural and social development of the United States. They begin to develop an identity as a member of the family group, a resident of Idaho and a citizen of the U.S. They will begin to understand that all citizens of the United States have responsibilities and rights. The classroom is a laboratory where children explore values, learn rules, and respect for individual differences.

 

STANDARD 1: HISTORY

Goal 1.1:  Build an understanding of the cultural and social development of the United States.

Objectives: Students will

1. (388 a)  Recognize that each person belongs to many groups, such as family, school, friends, and neighborhoods.
2. (388 b and 385 b) Recognize that Americans come from many diverse backgrounds.
3. (387 b) Understand that some people were not free in Early America.
4. (387 a) Explain why we celebrate Independence Day, Veterans' Day, Civil Rights Day, and Presidents' Day.
5. (389 a) Recognize important American leaders, past and present and specify the significance of American symbols.
6. (388 f)  Compare personal histories, pictures, and music of other selected times and places in America’s past.
7. (386 b) Compare the way American families live now to the past.
8. (384 a and 385 a) Study why the Pilgrims came to the U.S. and that Native Americans were already on the continent.
9. (388 e) Describe how people of different cultures have the same basic needs but may meet them in different ways.
10. (384 b) Describe the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
11. (382 a and c) Use the calendar to measure days, weeks, months, and years.
12. (282 d)  Use timelines to show personal and family history.

 

STANDARD 2: GEOGRAPHY

Goal 2.1:  Analyze the special organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.

Goal 2.2:  Explain how human actions modify the physical environment and how physical systems affect human activity and living conditions.

Objectives: Students will

1. (394 d) Identify the difference between continents and water on a globe or map.
2. (394 a) Explain what maps and globes represent and how they are used.
3. (394 b)  Use directions on a map:  East, West, North, South
4. (394 e) Name and locate the community, state, country, and continent in which they live.
5. (394 b and c) Recognize legends, map keys, symbols and directions.
6. (394 a and e) Explore picture maps.
7. (394 a and e) Know that the United States has 50 states.
8. (394 d) Recognize various geographic forms (i.e. rivers, mountains, lakes, and deserts).
9. (39402. A) Describe ways people adjust to their environment.
10. (394 a)  Identify the ways people modify their environment.

 

STANDARD 3: ECONOMICS

Goal 3.1:  Explain basic economic concepts.

Objectives: Students will

1. (392 a) Identify shelter, food, and clothing as basic needs of people.
2. (392 c) Name things that people may want, but do not need, and explain the difference.
3. (392 d) Identify ways to save money for future needs and wants.
4. (392 b) Identify ways people meet their needs by sharing, trading, and using money to buy goods and services.
5. (388 e) Recognize that family members do many kinds of work to provide for the wants and needs of the family.
6. (388 c) Explain how families vary in structure and size.
7. (386 c) Identify workers, machines, and technology that help to provide the services needed in the home and at school.
8. (392 e and b) Explore careers available to all regardless of race or gender.
9. (39502. A) Practice the concept of reducing, reusing and recycling and understand their importance to our natural resources.
10. (382 a) Identify current events involving the community.
11. (386 a) Compare different types of transportation and their uses.

 

STANDARD 4: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT

Goal 4.1:  Build an understanding of the foundational principles of the American political system.

Goal 4.2:  Build an understanding of the organization and the formation of the American system of government.

Goal 4.3:  Build an understanding that all people in the United States have rights and assume responsibilities.

Objectives: Students will

1.  (389 a) Understand the use of symbols and songs that honor our nation.

2.  (389 b)  Discuss how groups make decisions and solve problems, such as voting and consensus.

3.  (391 a and 389 c) Describe some rules and explain why they are necessary in homes and schools.

4.  (390 c) Know that people in the United States vote for their leaders.

5.  (391 b) Explain why people in authority must apply rules fairly.

6.  (391 c) Name some responsibilities that students have in the classroom, at home, and in the community.

7.  (389 a) Recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

8.  (388 f) Listen to the Star Spangled Banner, America, or other national songs of the U.S.

9.  (388 f) Sing America and This Land is Your Land.

10.  (390 a and b) Identify famous presidents, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln, as well as know the current president.

11. (391 d) Know that voting is one way in which rules are developed.

12. (391 e) Demonstrate good citizenship.

13.   (391)  Identify individuals who are helpful to people in their everyday lives.

14.  (371)  Describe holidays and events and tell why they are commemorated in the United States.

 

STANDARD 5: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Goal 5.1:  Build an understanding of multiple perspectives and global interdependence.

Objectives:  Students will

1.      (388 e)  Compare family life in other parts of the world.

2.      (388 e)  Discuss family structures and daily routines of various cultures around the world.

 

BENCHMARKS

First Grade

Date Score Benchmark

1. Describe some rules and explain why they are necessary in homes and schools.
2. Name some responsibilities that students have in the classroom, at home, and in the community.
3. Explain why we celebrate Independence Day, Veterans' Day, Civil Rights Day, and Presidents' Day.
4. Recognize important American leaders, past and present, and the significance of American symbols.
5. Describe the voyage of Christopher Columbus.
6. Name and locate, on a map, their community, state, country, and continent.
7. Recognize map keys, symbols, and directions.
8. Recognize various geographic forms (i.e. rivers, mountains, lakes and deserts).
9. Identify workers, machines, and technology that help to provide services needed in the home and at school.
10. List different types of transportation and their uses.
11. Explain the differences between needs and wants.

 

V. Proficiency Expectations for Technology

Goal: Students will be able to use and care for computer components and identify specific terms related to technology.

Objectives: Students will

1. Identify the CPU, keyboard, mouse, floppy disk drive, monitor, printer and CD-ROM.
2. Understand terms of: edit, hardware, software, and word processing.
3. Demonstrate care of: keyboard, mouse, computer disks, and CDROMs and printers.
4. Manage files by saving and opening with assistance.

 

VI. Information Processing

Goal: Students access and retrieve electronic information.

Objectives: Students will

1. Understand that computers can store information.
2. Introduce resources such as Internet and CD-ROM.
3. Access Internet sites with assistance and guidance.
4. Save and print with assistance.

 

VII. Personal Productivity

Goal: Students use technology to accomplish personal productions and to develop life-long learning skills.

Objectives: Students will

1. Type names and words.
2. Print documents with assistance.
3. Produce a document using text and graphics with assistance.
4. Use multimedia tools: Internet, CD-ROM, video, audio.
5. Format documents including size and color.
6. Introduce output devices.

 

Grade 1

Benchmarks for Technology

Date Score Benchmark

1. Identify basic computer components and peripherals.
2. Understand related computer terms.
3. Demonstrate appropriate care and use of computer components.

 

Second Grade

Revised 2007

Course Description:

 

The second grade social studies program is based on neighborhood life experiences and understandings. Students will recognize that they are members of different groups and that members of these groups contribute in a variety of ways. Students will begin to develop a global awareness through work with maps, globes and studies of other cultures.  Students will begin to explore their roles as citizens, producers and consumers. Students will recognize that technology will affect their jobs, communities and place in the world. Students will be able to obtain information from a variety of sources.

 

I. Government

Goal: Students will develop an understanding of rules, respect for others and responsibilities within their community, family and school.

Objective: Students will

1. (407) Identify rules used in various groups and explain the consequences of how rules and laws help people stay safe and get along with each other.
2. Identify the people or groups that make, apply and enforce the rules.
3. (407) Explain ways neighbors work together to make decisions for their community.
4. (404) Develop an understanding of the worth and dignity of all individuals.
5. Identify characteristics of good citizens.
6. Names historic and contemporary people who model characteristics of good citizenship.
7. (408) Explain that people in a community pay taxes to provide services shared by all people in the community.
8. (406) Explain that adult leaders in our society are selected by voters.
9. (405) Recognize there are certain documents (i.e. U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) that insure our basic freedoms.
10. (406) Experience voting and understand the basic democratic ideal of citizen participation.
11. (405) Recite the Pledge of Allegiance and discuss the meaning of the words.
12. (405) Listen to national songs.

A.     (405) Sing "America", "America the Beautiful", "This Land is Your Land".

B.     (406) Name the current President of the United States and the current Governor of Idaho.

C.     (405) Identify symbols of the United States, such as the American flag.

D.     (406) Recognize that Washington, D.C. is the capitol of the United States and that every state has a capitol city.

13.       Explain important customs, symbols and celebrations that represent the development of American beliefs and principles.

 

II. History

Goal: Students will understand the past can be used to understand the present.

Objectives: Students will

1. (402) Contrast the ways in which people long ago and people today meet the same needs.
2. (404) Understand that celebrating holidays is a way of remembering the past.
3. Recognize that places change over time.
4. (398) Observe that time lines can show the order in which things happen.
5. (400) Study the reasons for Christopher Columbus' voyages and what affect they had on Native Americans, the first inhabitants of North America.
6. (405) Identify George Washington's importance to American History.
7. Identify significant early American leaders.
8. (405) Identify Abe Lincoln's importance to American History.
9. (398) Use the calendar to measure days, weeks, months, and years.
10. (400) Identify Native American tribes, their cultures, and their influences on the development of the United States.
11. 400) Know that people come from different countries to live in the United States, such as pilgrims. 
12. Discuss different groups that a person belongs to such as family and neighborhood and how those roles and/or groups have changed or stayed the same.
13. (401) Describe life during the Westward Movement and Pioneer America.

 

III. Geography

Goal: Students will understand that maps and globes are graphic representations of actual places and things.

Objectives: Students will

1. (410) Read a map using a map key, a compass rose, and recognize a star denotes a capital.
2. (410) Locate and name Idaho and the Idaho Panhandle on a U.S. map.
3. Illustrate that boundary lines separate states.
4. (410) Name and locate the U.S., the equator and the Poles on a world map and globe.
5. Show that map symbols such as key, legend, and scale represent a real object or place.
6. Identify landforms, bodies of water, and human made features such as cities and dams on a map and globe.
7. (410) Name and locate Canada and Mexico on a map.
8. (410) Compare climates of different areas.
9. (410) Identify ways that the physical environment affects the way people live and work.
10. Describe how humans depend on the environment to meet their basic needs.
11. Compare how environmental conditions affect living styles and clothing in different parts of the country.
12. (402) Identify various modes of transportation.
13. (406) Contrast the difference between a country, state, and community.
14. (410) Use cardinal directions to find locations.
15. State the cardinal directions and how to use a compass.

 

IV. Economics

Goal: Students will understand people are both producers and consumers of goods and services.

Objectives: Students will

1. (408) Understand/identify that people everywhere have needs and wants.
2. (408) Recognize that people work at many different kinds of jobs to provide money for goods and services and savings for future needs and wants.
3. Explain how natural resources affect economic activities in the local community.
4. (408) Explain that people are producers and consumers.
5. (407) Practice the concept of reducing, reusing and recycling and understand their importance to our natural resources.
6. (409) Recognize that changes in technology tools also change homes, schools, and communities.
7. (409) Explain how technology can affect jobs.
8. (402) Compare and contrast current transportation with transportation of the past.

 

V. Global Perspectives

Goal: Students will better understand his/her role in social groups.

Objectives: Students will

1. (404) Recognize that they are members of different groups (a family, a neighborhood, a community, a state, and a nation) who contribute a variety of customs and traditions that make up American beliefs and principles.
2. (404) Understand that neighborhoods are made up of people of different ages and different backgrounds and therefore each neighborhood is unique.
3. Compare neighborhoods/communities in various parts of the world.
4. (404) Read stories that illustrate cultural differences.
5. Recognize all human beings have feelings, emotions, and desires that influence behavior.
6. (404) Understand the importance of special community events and be able to name events specific to his/her community.
7. (402) Explain how people in the past and present used many types of communications, such as: Internet, newspapers, books, television, etc.
8. (404) Describe some family traditions.
9. Compare traditions practiced in other parts of the world.

 

BENCHMARKS