Kindergarten Social Studies Oregon Standards

Civics

Civic Engagement

Explain and demonstrate how rules can reduce conflict, address unfairness, and promote fairness in different settings and cultures.

Democratic Principles

Explain how words and actions affect others and explore what causes people to act in caring or hurtful ways.

Recognize holidays as special days that may celebrate democratic values, have religious significance, and recognize noteworthy events or people in history.

Identity, Roles, and Responsibilities

Recognize and develop an understanding of the components of a person’s identity including race, gender, family, ethnicity, culture, religion, and ability.

Identify the social skills necessary for healthy and respectful dialogue and relationships.

Political Institutions

Explain the goals and purpose of public school.

Economics

Earning, Saving, and Spending

Identify denominations of US money and explain uses for money.

Give examples of different jobs and volunteer positions in communities.

Incentives, Choice, and Consumer Behavior

Provide examples of goods and services people purchase with the money they earn.

Geography

Geographic Reasoning

Identify, compare, and contrast pictures, maps, and globes.

Create a representation of where you live, work, and play.

Use terms related to location, direction, and distance.

Human Interaction and Interconnection

Compare and contrast the diverse aspects of culture represented in the community, such as individuals, events, songs, symbols, and community celebrations.

Identify and begin to understand ways humans interact with their environment

Explain the influence of seasonal change on human activities.

Migration and Movement

Identify the migration stories of people to and within the local community/neighborhood.

Use maps to locate, identify, and describe places of importance to self, family, school, and culture.

History

Conflict and Cooperation (H.CC)

Identify examples in stories, biographies, or other primary and secondary sources of unfairness or injustice toward individuals or groups, and the changemakers working for a better world.

Cause and Effect (H.CE)

Explain the cause and effect of an event in a community.

Continuity and Change (H.CH)

Recognize that events happen in sequential order.

Communities and Pluralism (H.CP)

Compare traditions and celebrations of people with different cultural backgrounds within a community.