| week | Unit | Topic | Weekly Learning Target | AERO Social Studies Covered | myWorld Textbook Location | Suggested Lesson Plans | Suggested Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to Kindergarten Social Studies | Classroom Rules and Expectations | Students can follow the rules and understand procedures and expectations in social studies class. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 2 | All About Me | Community Rules | Students can work together to choose a set of guidelines that all students can follow. | 2.2a |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 3 | All About Me | Students can distinguish themselves as individuals from others. | 5.2b |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 4 | A Good Citizen | Students can demonstrate that a good citizen takes turns, cooperates, respects others, and shares. | 2.2a |
Unit 1.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 5 | Our Rights | Students can indentify their personal rights, such as the right to food, clothing, shelter, and go to school. | 5.2a 6.2a |
Unit 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 6 | Being Responsible | Students can describe their responsibilities with their family and at school. | 6.2a 6.2b |
Unit 1.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 7 | Getting Along With Others | Students can explain how working with others helps to resolve conflicts. | 2.2a 5.2c |
Unit 1.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 8 | Rules for Me | Students can explain why there are rules and laws. | 6.2a 6.2b |
Unit 1.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 9 | Leaders | Students can identify and describe leaders at home, at school, and in the community. | 6.2b |
Unit 1.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 10 | Making Decisions | Students can identify the consequences of decision making. | 5.2d |
Unit 1.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 11 | Where We Live | Where We Live | Students can identify different places. | 3.2a 5.2a |
Unit 3.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 12 | Where Things Are | Students can describe the relative location of people, places, and things by using positional words. | 3.2b |
Unit 3.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 13 | Maps | Students can use a map to locate and distinguish landmarks, land, and water. | 3.2c 3.2d |
Unit 3.3 – 3.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 14 | Globes | Students can explain the purpose of a globe and differentiate between land and water features on a globe. | 3.2c 3.2d |
Unit 3.4 -3.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 15 | Weather Around You | Students can describe daily weather and its effects on people and places. | 3.2a |
Unit 3.7 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 16 | Seasons Around You | Students can describe patterns of weather and their effects on people and places. | 3.2a |
Unit 3.8 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 17 | Using Earth’s Resources | Students can describe how people interact with and change their environment to satisfy basic needs. | 3.2a 7.2b |
Unit 3.9 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 18 | Traditions | People: Alike and Different | Students can identify ways people and communities are alike and different and can identify differences between the past and present. | 1.2a 5.2a |
Unit 4.1 & 5.9 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 19 | Families: Alike and Different | Students can identify ways families and are alike and different and can identify differences between the past and present. | 1.2a 5.2b |
Unit 4.2 & 5.7 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 20 | Culture | Students can recognize there are different cultures and can name elements of culture like art, music, traditions, and customs. | 4.2a 4.2e |
Unit 4.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 21 | Celebrations | Students can define a celebration and explain that people celebrate in different ways. | 4.2a 4.2b |
Unit 4.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 22 | Holidays | Students can define holidays and explain that people celebrate different holidays. | 4.2a 4.2b |
Unit 4.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 23 | Heroes | Students can recognize folk heroes and heroes. | 4.2a |
Unit 4.6 & 5.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 24 | Cultures: Alike and Different | Students can identify similarities and differences among cultures. | 4.2a 4.2b |
Unit 4.7 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 25 | History | Learning About History | Students can identify ways to learn about the past and use these skills to learn about their school’s history. | 1.2a 1.2b |
Unit 5.5 & 5.8 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 26 | Talking About Time | Students can use specific language to talk about history, focusing on advances in technology. | 1.2a 8.2b |
Unit 5.2 & 5.10 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 27 | Measuring Time | Students can identify tools to measure time and different ways that time can be measured. | 1.2a 8.2a |
Unit 5.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 28 | Timelines | Students can explain what a timeline shows and how to read a timeline. | 1.2a 1.2b |
Unit 5.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 29 | My Personal History | Students can explain that history is a story of the past and every person has a history. | 1.2a 5.2a |
Unit 5.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 30 | Needs and Wants | Needs | Students can define the basic human needs for food, shelter, and clothing. | 7.2a |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 31 | Wants | Students can differentiate between needs and wants. | 7.2a |
Unit 2.1 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 32 | Getting What We Need and Want | Students can explain how people can get their needs and wants. | 7.2a 7.2b |
Unit 2.2 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 33 | Using Money | Students can give examples of how money is used to purchase goods and services. | 7.2d |
Unit 2.3 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 34 | Jobs That People Do | Students can identify a variety of jobs and the tools that they use. | 7.2c 8.2a |
Unit 2.4 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 35 | Making Choices | Students can explain that people must make choices due to limited resources. | 7.2e |
Unit 2.5 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 36 | Goods and Services | Students can distinguish and define goods and services. | 7.2d |
Unit 2.6 | Lesson Plans | Resources | |
| Week 37 | Review of Kindergarten Social Studies | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade K social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |
| Week 38 | Review | Students can review key concepts from Grade K social studies. | Review |
N/A | Lesson Plans | Resources |