Download the Kindergarten Social Studies Checklist

Citizenship:

  • K.1: I can show that being a good citizen means acting in certain ways.
  • K.1.1: I can follow the rules and I know what happens if I break the rules.
  • K.1.2: I can give you examples of people that were honest, courageous, determined, responsible, and patriotic from historical people that I have learned about in class.
  • K.1.3: I can tell you about beliefs of some people in the past. I can give examples of what happened because of the actions of those people.

 

Symbols and Icons

  • K.2: I can tell you about national and state symbols and icons.

 

Jobs

  • K.3: I can tell you about different types of jobs in my school, in my community, and in the past.

 

Locations

  • K.4: I can tell you about things that are similar and different when talking about the locations of people, places, and environments.
  • K.4.1: I can look at two objects and tell you about the location of each one using the words near/far, left/right, and behind/in front.
  • K.4.2: I can find land on a map or globe. I can find water on a map or globe. I can find places on maps.
  • K.4.3: I can tell you what traffic symbols mean. I can tell you what map symbols mean.
  • K.4.4: I can make a map of my community that shows the locations of important places.
  • K.4.5: I can show you where things are located at my school. I can tell you about the jobs done by people that work at my school.

 

Events

  • K.5: I can put events in order using a calendar. I can put the days of the week in the correct order. I can put the months of the year in the correct order.

 

History

  • K.6: I can tell you what “history” means.
  • K.6.1: I can tell you why we celebrate different holidays that happen throughout the year.
  • K.6.2: I can tell you why important people in American history are so important.
  • K.6.3: I can talk about the similarities and differences between the people that live in the past and the way that I live today.