History and Geography

Orientation in Time

Orientation in Space

GOAL: VOCABULARY: UNDERSTAND AND USE THE LANGUAGE OF TIME 

GOAL: MEASURES: ESTABLISH REFERENCE POINTS IN TIME 

GOAL: DEMONSTRATE AN AWARENESS OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME AND OF PERIODS OF TIME AS “THE PAST,” “THE PRESENT,” OR “THE FUTURE”

GOAL: UNDERSTAND AND USE THE LANGUAGE OF SPACE 

GOAL: ESTABLISH REFERENCE POINTS IN ACTUAL AND REPRESENTATIONAL SPACE 

GOAL: USE SIMPLE MAPS OF FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENTS

GOAL: DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC GEOGRAPHIC CONCEPTS  

Understand and use temporal words to describe Critical Skill day-to-day occurrences: today-tomorrow, before- after, now, first-last, day-morning-afternoon- evening-night, current day, week, weekend, once upon a time, finally.

Understand and use temporal words to describe day-to-day occurrences: today-tomorrow-yester- day, always-never-sometimes, before-after, now- immediately, first-last, beginning-middle-end, then-next, already, soon, during-while, etc.

Use present, past, and future tenses of verbs to describe day-to-day occurrences.

Classify and describe images of everyday activities according to the time of day with which they are associated: day-night, morning- afternoon-evening.

Sequence chronologically and describe three images of events or phases of a single event, occurring at temporally distinct times that have actually been experienced.

Sequence chronologically and describe three to five images of events or phases of a single event that have been experienced.

Name the current day of the week.

Name the days of the week in sequence.

Identify the days of the weekend.

Name the day that was “yesterday” and the day that will be “tomorrow.” 

Name the current month.

Identify the following by name: clock, schedule, Critical Skill calendar.

Name own date of birth (month and day).

Use a schedule of daily activities represented in images to describe the order of events for the day.

Use a simple, illustrated schedule of daily activities to indicate which activity preceded and which will follow the current activity.

Use a weekly calendar to locate and name the current day of the week.

Use a monthly calendar to locate and name the current day of the week.

Use a monthly calendar to name the current month.

Use a monthly calendar to locate own date of birth.

Use a monthly calendar to identify a horizontal series of seven squares as representing one week.

Use a monthly calendar to name holidays and special events marked by symbols.

Use a timeline: year-long timeline to mark annual events.

Use a timeline: century-long timeline to mark events across several generations.

Sequence images depicting the evolution and completion of a project or undertaking over an extended period of time.

Sequence and describe photos and/or drawings that represent a timeline of one’s own life and experiences.

Progression of the stages of development in the life of one person: Sequence and describe photos and/or drawings of a baby, school-age child, young adult, elderly adult.

Generations within the context of family: Sequence and describe photos and/or drawings of a baby, school-age child, young adult, elderly adult.

Arrange photos and/or drawings of members of one’s own family on a genealogical tree or diagram to represent three generations.

Consider photos and/or drawings of activities associated with specific periods of life in reference to present age/stage of development and indicate verbally whether these are activities that may be part of past, present or future experiences.

Match images of contemporary objects with like objects from past, indicating whether the objects belong to the “present” or “past.”

Distinguish objects of the more “recent past” from objects of the “distant past.” 

Situate oneself in space or situate objects in relation to one another according to the indications given by spatial terms: there-here, in- on, in front of-behind, at the top of-at the bottom of, under, next to-in the middle of, near-far, around, etc.

Situate oneself in space or situate objects in relation to one another according to the indi- cations given by spatial terms: here-there, in-on, in front of-behind, at the top of-at the bottom of, under-over, above-below, next to-in the middle of, etc.

Follow or give oral, spatially related directions to move from one location to another within a familiar environment.

Given oral, spatially referenced directions correlated to a picture in which different objects represent different “landmarks,” trace the path described.

Reproduce a design, using parquetry blocks, mosaic toys or pegs, by placing the objects directly on top of a design card.

Reproduce a design represented on a pattern card using parquetry blocks, mosaic toys or pegs.

Copy a tower or construction that has been made by another person using blocks of different shapes, colors or sizes.

Match halves of symmetrical objects to make a whole.

Color squares on a blank grid to reproduce designs represented on other grids.

Continue a linear frieze-like pattern of symbols on a grid.

Use simple coordinates to locate a point on a grid, in which points along one axis are designated by a symbol and points along the other axis are designated by a color.

Use the shortest route to go from the exterior to the center of a simple maze.

On a simple map of a single room showing furniture arrangement, indicate one’s own position with an “X.” 

Mark the location of specific objects, places, etc., as requested on a simple map of a familiar place.

Mark with arrows or other symbols a path that has been taken from one place to another on a simple map of a familiar place.

Identify these geographic features and environments by name in real life, photos or drawings: land, water, river, lake, ocean, farm, city.

Identify these geographic features and environments by name in real life, photos or drawings: land, water, ocean, lake, river, farm, forest (woods), jungle, desert, city.

Identify a map of the United States, indicating the location of his or her state.

Name the city, state and country in which he or she lives.

Identify a map of the United States, indicating land and ocean areas.

Identify a globe by name, indicating land and ocean areas.