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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 11

American Stories

Stories of people from America's past

What your child practices

Stories of key people from American history, told simply through biographies and informational text, including people from Arizona such as Sandra Day O'Connor and César Chávez.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.H4.2 · the stories of key historical figures through informational text and biographies

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Stories of brave people teach us to keep trying.
  2. Clara Barton was a nurse who started the American Red Cross.
  3. César Chávez helped farm workers.

Example: Clara Barton started the American… She was a nurse who helped hurt people. Her group is the Red Cross. Answer: Red Cross

American Stories in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 11 of 11 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Flags & Symbols.

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: Arizona Department of Education

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

    Sally Ride was the first American woman to…

    • go to space
    • be a teacher
    • drive a car
    • bake bread

  2. Question 2

    Sandra Day O'Connor, from Arizona, was the first woman to…

    • serve on the US Supreme Court
    • be president
    • walk on the moon

  3. Question 3

    Stories of brave people from long ago teach us to…

    • break rules
    • keep trying and be brave
    • give up
    • be unkind

  4. Question 4

    Johnny Appleseed is remembered for planting…

    • apple trees
    • cactus
    • rose bushes
    • corn mazes

  5. Question 5

    Ruby Bridges was brave when she was six. She…

    • flew to the Moon
    • climbed a mountain
    • went to a new school
    • sailed a ship

  6. Question 6

    The Wright brothers flew the first…

    • bike
    • boat
    • airplane
    • train

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