Kindergarten Social Studies Unit 1

Big Idea:

Identify rules and their purpose, as well as authority figures in our home, school and community.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

K.8(B) [Supporting] identify rules that provide order, security, and safety in the home and school

K.10(B) [Supporting] recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag

Focus TEKS

K.3(A) [Supporting] place events in chronological order

K.8(A) [Readiness] identify purposes for having rules

K.9(A) [Readiness] identify authority figures in the home, school, and community

K.9(B) [Supporting] explain how authority figures make and enforce rules

K.10(A) [Supporting] identify the flags of the United States and Texas

K.10(B) [Supporting] recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag and the Pledge to the Texas Flag

K.10(C) [Supporting] identify Constitution Day as a celebration of American freedom

Ongoing TEKS

K.8(B) [Supporting] identify rules that provide order, security, and safety in the home and school

K.14 (A) obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such as conversations, interviews, and music

K.14 (B) obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media, print material, and artifacts

K.15 (A) express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences

K.15 (B) create and interpret visuals, including pictures and maps

K.16(A) use a problem solving process to identify a problem and implement a solution

K.16(B) identify a situation that requires a decision

Student Learning Targets:

• I will identify the rules of my classroom.
• I will draw a picture of a rule in my classroom. (writing)
• I will identify authority figures in my home, school, and community.
• I will explain why we have rules.
• I will recite the pledge of the United States and Texas.
• I will identify the Texas and United states flags.
• I will identify Constitution Day as a celebration of American freedom.
• I will place events in chronological order.

Essential Questions:

• Why do we need classroom rules?
• Why do we have rules?
• What do rules do for our classroom?
• How do rules help at home?
• How do rules help at school?
• Why is Constitution Day celebrated?
• Why do we celebrate our freedom?
• Why is there one star on the Texas flag?
• What do the colors of the flags represent?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: American Legacy, Studies Weekly

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