Kindergarten Social Studies
13 units matched to the Alabama Course of Study. Kids see this subject as “My World”.
Focus areas
- Course: Living and Working Together in Family and Community
- Rules, responsibilities and community helpers
- Needs, wants, goods and services
- Maps of places near me, and words for past and present
Units
Unit 1
My Jobs, Rules & Leaders
Practices responsibilities at home and in school, respecting the rules of the classroom and playground, respecting property, sharing, helping, and who makes decisions that affect our lives.
Content standard: K.1; K.2 · rules and responsibilities at home and school, and the helpers and leaders in a community
Unit 2
Good Citizens
Honesty, courage, determination and responsibility in daily life and in well-known stories, what happens when rules are broken, and the people honored by holidays such as Independence Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Content standard: K.1 · rights and responsibilities, and being a good citizen at school and at home
Unit 3
Families
Seeing that families come in many shapes and sizes, growing up from baby to grandparent, family stories and traditions, and helping at home.
Content standard: K.3 · family customs and celebrations
Unit 4
Symbols & Holidays
American symbols such as the flag, the bald eagle and the Statue of Liberty, the Pledge of Allegiance, national holidays, and the different holidays families celebrate.
Content standard: K.3 · the flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem and national holidays
Unit 5
Money & Work
US coins and what they are worth, why people use money, jobs and volunteers in the community, and the difference between goods and services.
Content standard: K.4; K.5 · earning, saving and spending money, and using money to buy goods and services
Unit 6
Needs & Wants
Sorting needs (food, water, a home, warm clothes) from wants (toys and treats), and how families meet their needs.
Content standard: K.6 · telling needs from wants
Unit 7
My First Maps
Introduces maps as pictures that show where places are. Your child finds familiar places on a simple map of a classroom or neighborhood.
Content standard: K.7 · what maps are for and how to read simple maps
Unit 8
Places Near Me
Naming places in the community (library, park, school, hospital), what they are used for, and whether they are natural or built.
Content standard: K.8 · land and water features in the places around us
Unit 9
Days, Weeks & Months
Days of the week, months of the year, yesterday and tomorrow, and putting events in order on a calendar.
Content standard: K.10 · days, weeks and months on a calendar
Unit 10
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Practices yesterday, today and tomorrow, words that describe parts of a day or order of events (first, then, last), telling events in order, and learning from stories of the past told by family and Elders.
Content standard: K.10 · long ago, yesterday, today and tomorrow, and putting events in order
Unit 11
Alabama & America
The Alabama and United States flags, the Pledge and national anthem, the governor and the president, Alabama's state bird, flower and tree, and holidays like Independence Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Thanksgiving and Veterans Day.
Content standard: K.3 · symbols, leaders and celebrations of our state and nation
Unit 12
Near, Far & Maps
Words for where things are (left and right, up and down, in and out, above and below, near and far) and finding places on simple maps.
Content standard: K.9; K.7 · giving and following directions with position words, and using simple maps
Unit 13
Clues from the Past
What a primary source is (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, maps and art), and comparing homes, schools, jobs, travel and technology long ago and today.
Content standard: K.11 · identifying primary sources and comparing daily life in the past and present
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