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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 11

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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.C4.1; K.C4.2; K.C1.2 · working together to solve problems, and why classroom rules matter

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 Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 9 of 11 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Days, Weeks & Months and before 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

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors a leader who worked for…

    • fairness for all people
    • faster cars
    • more homework
    • bigger houses

  2. Question 2

    On Independence Day we celebrate our country's…

    • favorite food
    • birthday
    • first snow
    • new school

  3. Question 3

    In a story, the ant works hard to save food. What does it teach?

    • Never work
    • Plan ahead
    • Hide from friends
    • Eat it all now

  4. Question 4

    Why do we take turns?

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

  5. Question 5

    The boy who cried wolf told lies. What happened?

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

  6. Question 6

    Cesar Chavez Day honors a leader who helped…

    • astronauts
    • kings
    • farm workers
    • pirates

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