We will be focusing on the following topics in kindergarten: learning about our family, symbols, rules, jobs in the community and holidays around the world. Learning and Working Now and Long Ago Students in kindergarten are introduced to basic spatial, temporal, and causal relationships, emphasizing the geographic and historical connections between the world today and the world long ago. The stories of ordinary and extraordinary people help describe the range and continuity of human experience and introduce the concepts of courage, self-control, justice, heroism, leadership, deliberation, and individual responsibility. Standard 1: Students understand that being a good citizen involves acting in certain ways. Standard 2: Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such as the national and state flags, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty. Standard 3: Students match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of related jobs at the school, in the local community, and from historical accounts. Standard 4: Students compare and contrast the locations of people, places, and environments and describe their characteristics. Standard 5: Students put events in temporal order using a calendar, placing days, weeks, and months in proper order. Standard 6: Students understand that history relates to events, people, and places of other times. |
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| History & Social Studies Cupertino Union School District Highlights of the Core Subjects (Revised April 2005) |