Kindergarten Social Studies Connecticut standards Standards

Communicate Conclusions and Take Informed Action

Evaluate Sources and Use Evidence

Apply Disciplinary Concepts and Tools

Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

Roles and Responsibilities in a Community

Familiar Places and Communities

Communities Past and Present

Describe the roles and responsibilities of community leaders (e.g., teachers, principals, town managers, business owners, first responders).

Explain how all people, not just official leaders, contribute to the community (e.g., recycling, following agreed upon rules, advocacy, volunteering, voting, public service).

Explain the need for and purposes of rules and laws in our community (e.g., bike helmets, school rules, traffic laws laws).

Describe how community members work together to accomplish tasks to make their community a better place (e.g., municipal meetings, volunteering, belonging to community organizations).

Describe the skills and knowledge needed to do certain jobs in the community

Describe where goods and services in the community come from (e.g., community gardens, retail locations, farmer’s market, public education, public transportation).

Identify the prices of commonly purchased items in local stores and restaurants and online markets.

Describe how people in the community earn income (e.g., arts, banking, farming, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, service, trades, education).

Describe the role of banks in a community (e.g., lending, saving, storing valuables).

Distinguish between land and water features on a map

Demonstrate spatial awareness by creating maps of familiar places including simple text features (e.g., title, labels, compass rose, key).

Describe places connected to student’s lives using maps, photographs, and other representations (e.g., community center, home address, places of worship, school, where family members live and shop).

Explain how sources can be used to learn about family and community history.

Generate questions about a particular historical source as it relates to a particular historical event or development in the community (e.g., weather related event, festival or holiday, new building).

Identify similarities and differences between the past and the present (e.g., dress, recreation, schools, traditions, transportation, types of buildings).

Identify a variety of primary sources to explain how people lived in the past (e.g., artifacts, family stories, newspapers, photographs).

Develop questions relevant to self, family, and school community.

Apply disciplinary knowledge and practices to demonstrate an understanding of social studies content.

Gather information to answer a question relevant to self, family, and school community.

Use listening, consensus-building, and voting procedures to take action in the classroom.