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California State Standards

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Social Studies - Grade K

Assessment Exam - CA Social Studies - Kindergarten

Historical and Social Sciences	eTAP Lesson
Learning and Working Now and Long Ago
Learn examples of honesty, courage, determination, individual responsibility, and patriotism in American and world history from stories and folklore. CA.SS.K1.2	Respect for Others(Grade K-1)
Know beliefs and related behaviors of characters in stories from times past and under­stand the consequences of the characters’ actions. CA.SS.K1.3	Rules and Responsibilities(grade K-1)
Students recognize national and state symbols and icons such as the national and state flags, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty. CA.SS.K.2	Symbols and Holidays(Grade K-1)
Determine the relative locations of objects using the terms near/far, left/right, and behind/in front. CA.SS.K3.1
Distinguish between land and water on maps and globes and locate general areas referenced in historical legends and stories. CA.SS.K3.2	How to Read a Map (Grade K-1) The Spread of Industry Total War
Identify traffic symbols and map symbols (e.g., those for land, water, roads, cities). CA.SS.K3.3
Construct maps and models of neighborhoods, incorporating such structures as policeand fire stations, airports, banks, hospitals, supermarkets, harbors, schools, homes, places of worship, and transportation lines. CA.SS.K3.4
Demonstrate familiarity with the school’s layout, environs, and the jobs people do there. CA.SS.K3.5
Students put events in temporal order using a calendar, placing days, weeks, and months in proper order. CA.SS.K.4
Identify the purposes of, and the people and events honored in, commemorative holidays, including the human struggles that were the basis for the events (e.g.,Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Washington’s and Lincoln’s Birthdays, MartinLuther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day). CA.SS.K5.1	Heroes of our World (Grade K-1)
Know the triumphs in American legends and historical accounts through the stories of such people as Pocahontas, George Washington, Booker T. Washington, Daniel Boone,and Benjamin Franklin. CA.SS.K5.2	Heroes in Our Past (Grade 2)
Understand how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be differenttoday (e.g., getting water from a well, growing food, making clothing, having fun,forming organizations, living by rules and laws). CA.SS.K5.3	Our Community Now and Long Ago (Grade K-1) Buying Goods and Services (Grade K-1) People Who Supply Our Food (Grade K-1)