Kindergarten: History-Social Science Framework

Students in kindergarten begin their formal education by learning to understand the character traits that are necessary for good civic behavior. They will listen to stories of times past and about men and women who have made a difference. They will learn how it might have been to live in other times and places and how their lives would have been different. They will observe different ways people lived in earlier days; for example, getting water from a well or growing their food. (pp. 27-29)

Kindergarten: History-Social Science Standards

• Standard K.1 Students understand that being a good citizen involves acting in certain ways.

• K.1.2 Learn examples of honesty, courage, determination, individual responsibility, and patriotism in American and world history from stories and folklore.

• Standard K.3 Students match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of related jobs at school, in the community, and from historical accounts.

• Standard K.6 Students understand that history relates to events, people, and places of other times.

• K.6.1 Identify the purpose of, and the people and events honored in, commemorative holidays, including the human struggles that were the basis for the events (e.g., Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Washington’s and Lincoln’s Birthdays, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day).

• K.6.3 Understand how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be different today (e.g., water from a well, growing food, making clothing, having fun, forming organizations, living by rules and laws).