Kindergarten

Strand: HISTORY

Strand: GEOGRAPHY

Strand: ECONOMICS

Strand: CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT

Standard 1: Historical Inquiry and Analysis

Standard 2: Historical Knowledge

Standard 3: Chronological Thinking

Standard 1: The World in Spatial Terms

Standard 2: Places and Regions

Standard 3: Physical System

Standard 1: Beginning Economics

Standard 1: Foundations of Government, Law, and the American Political System

Standard 2: Civic and Political Participation

Develop an understanding of how to use and create a timeline.

Begin to understand the Bible as the book which contains [historical] two parts: Old Testament (prepare us for Jesus) and the New Testament (about Jesus and the Church.)

Develop an awareness of a primary source.

Compare children and families of today with those in the past.

Recognize the importance of celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events, and our nation's ethnic heritage.

Compare our nation's holidays with holidays of other cultures.

Listen to and retell stories about people in the past, including native and ethnically diverse people, who have shown character ideals and principles including honesty, courage, and responsibility.

Know that saints are heroes of our faith and have special days on which the church remembers (memorial) their holy lives. Include resources representing the diversity of saints and holy people.

Identify the importance of U.S. symbols.

Use words and phrases related to chronology and time to explain how things change and to sequentially order events that have occurred in school.

Explain that calendars represent days of the week and months of the year.

Celebrate and associate Jesus’ life with the following: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter and special feasts of Mary and the saints.

Describe the relative location of people, places, and things by using positional words. Examples are near/far; above/below, left/right and behind/front.

Explain that maps and globes help to locate different places and that globes are a model of the Earth.

Identify cardinal directions (north, south, east, west).

Differentiate land and water features on simple maps and globes.

Locate and describe places in the school and community.

Know one's own phone number, street address, city or town, and that Florida is the state in which the student lives.

Identify basic landforms.

Identify basic bodies of water.

Describe and give examples of seasonal weather changes, and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.

Describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used.

Recognize that United States money comes in different forms.

Recognize that people work to earn money to buy things they need or want.

Identify the difference between basic needs and wants.

Identify the purpose of rules and laws in the home and school; i.e. rules as standards of responsible behavior; rules intended to protect people and property that are created and enforced by government; and identify what can happen without rules and laws.

Know that God gave us guides (Ten Commandments) to help us know how to live good lives. Ten Commandments as ways God loves us and invites us to stay close to Him and to one another.

Ten Commandments as ways God loves us and invites us to stay close to Him and to one another.

Understand consequences of our actions, and develop an awareness of our need to be sorry when we choose an action that hurts someone or something (sin).

Identify people who have the authority and power to make and enforce rules and laws.

Identify a picture of the Bishop and name him as the leader of our Diocese, the local Church.

Describe and demonstrate the characteristics of being a responsible citizen through conflict resolution and personal responsibility.

Know the difference between right and wrong; name and describe actions that illustrate this understanding.

Understand consequences of our actions, and develop an awareness of our need to be sorry when we choose an action that hurts someone or something (sin).

Describe and demonstrate ways for groups to make responsible decisions; practice decision-making in small and large groups through voting, taking turns, class meetings and discussion.

Identify patriotic holidays and observances (e.g., American Founders Month, Celebrate Freedom Week, Constitution Day, Independence Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Medal of Honor Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Patriot Day, Veterans' Day).

Recognize symbols that represent the United States; i.e. the American flag, the bald eagle, and the U.S. President.

Recognize symbols that represent Florida; i.e. Florida’s state flag and state nickname (“The Sunshine State”).