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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 2 of 13

Good Citizens

Honesty, courage and holidays

What your child practices

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.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.1 · rights and responsibilities, and being a good citizen at school and at home

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A good citizen follows rules and helps others.
  2. Breaking a rule has a consequence.
  3. Honest means telling the truth. Brave means trying.

Example: Which is a way to be a good citizen at school? Good citizens help others. Cleaning up helps the class. Answer: help clean up

Good Citizens in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 2 of 13 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after My Jobs, Rules & Leaders and before Families.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Mei keeps trying to tie her shoes. She shows…

    • fear
    • rudeness
    • boredom
    • determination

  2. Question 2

    The boy who cried wolf told lies. What happened?

    • No one believed him
    • Everyone clapped
    • The wolf left
    • He got a prize

  3. Question 3

    Why do we take turns?

    • So everyone gets a chance
    • So no one plays
    • To be the boss
    • So games end fast

  4. Question 4

    A new kid sits alone. What can you do?

    • Walk away
    • Take their snack
    • Ask them to play
    • Laugh

  5. Question 5

    On Independence Day we celebrate our country's…

    • first snow
    • new school
    • favorite food
    • birthday

  6. Question 6

    Nia says sorry after she bumps a friend. She shows…

    • fear
    • anger
    • laziness
    • responsibility

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