Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand Historical Understanding Standard 1: Historical Understanding: CHANGE, CONTINUITY, AND CAUSALITY-Understand change and/or continuity and cause and/or effect in history Topic Chronological Thinking Benchmark SS.K.1.1 Explain change and continuity over time, using calendars and simple timelines Sample Performance The student: Describes historical events or other familiar events in sequence (days, weeks, and Assessment (SPA) months), using calendars and timelines. Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Explain, with detail, change Explain change and continuity Recognize examples of change Recognize calendars and and continuity over time, using over time, using calendars and and continuity over time, using simple timelines calendars and simple timelines simple timelines calendars and simple timelines Converted by HTML2PDF (www.zoomlane.com) Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand Historical Understanding Standard 2: Historical Understanding: INQUIRY, EMPATHY AND PERSPECTIVE- Use the tools and methods of inquiry, perspective, and empathy to explain historical events with multiple interpretations and judge the past on its own terms Topic Benchmark SS.K.2 No benchmark at this level Sample Performance Assessment (SPA) Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Converted by HTML2PDF (www.zoomlane.com) Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand History Standard 3: History: HISTORICAL CONTENT-Understand people now and then, here and now (learning, living, working together) Topic Celebrations Benchmark SS.K.3.1 Describe historically significant events and observances in American history Sample Performance The student: Explains why Americans celebrate significant events and observances (e.g., Fourth Assessment (SPA) of July, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving). Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Compare historically significant Describe historically significant Give examples of historically Recognize historically events and observances in events and observances in significant events and significant events and American history American history observances in American observances in American history history Converted by HTML2PDF (www.zoomlane.com) Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand Political Science/Civics Standard 4: Political Science/Civics: GOVERNANCE, DEMOCRACY, AND INTERACTION-Understand the purpose and historical impact of political institutions, the principles and values of American constitutional democracy, and the similarities and differences in government across cultural perspectives Topic Governance, Power, and Authority Benchmark SS.K.4.1 Identify rules that apply in different settings and the results from complying or not complying with these rules Sample Performance The student: Describes rules for the classroom, school, library, and home and describes the Assessment (SPA) results from complying or not complying with these rules. Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Consistently identify rules that Usually identify rules that apply Sometimes identify rules that Rarely identify rules that apply apply in different settings and in different settings and the apply in different settings and in different settings and the the results from complying or results from complying or not the results from complying or results from complying or not not complying with these rules complying with these rules not complying with these rules complying with these rules Converted by HTML2PDF (www.zoomlane.com) Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand Political Science/Civics Standard 5: Political Science/Civics: PARTICIPATION AND CITIZENSHIP-Understand roles, rights (personal, economic, political), and responsibilities of American citizens and exercise them in civic action Topic Rights and Responsibilities Benchmark SS.K.5.1 Describe his or her rights and demonstrate responsibilities of self in classroom, school, and neighborhood settings Sample Performance The student: Practices good citizenship in various environments, such as taking personal Assessment (SPA) responsibility, respecting others property, taking turns, sharing, and performing classroom chores. Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Describe his or her rights and Describe his or her rights and Describe his or her rights or Ineffectively describe his or her consistently demonstrate usually demonstrate demonstrate responsibilities of rights and rarely demonstrate responsibilities of self in responsibilities of self in self in classroom, school, and responsibilities of self in classroom, school, and classroom, school, and neighborhood settings classroom, school, and neighborhood settings neighborhood settings neighborhood settings Topic Civic Participation Benchmark SS.K.5.2 Demonstrate ways to improve the quality of life in own school or community Sample Performance The student: Engages in actions in the classroom that improve the quality of classroom life (e.g., Assessment (SPA) contributes positively to a discussion, cleans up litter). Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Consistently demonstrate ways Usually demonstrate ways to Sometimes demonstrate ways Rarely demonstrate ways to to improve the quality of life in improve the quality of life in to improve the quality of life in improve the quality of life in own school or community own school or community own school or community own school or community Converted by HTML2PDF (www.zoomlane.com) Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand Cultural Anthropology Standard 6: Cultural Anthropology: SYSTEMS, DYNAMICS, AND INQUIRY-Understand culture as a system of beliefs, knowledge, and practices shared by a group and understand how cultural systems change over time Topic Cultural Systems and Practices Benchmark SS.K.6.1 Explain how and why people from different cultures observe different holidays/celebrations Sample Performance The student: Describes how and why people from different cultures celebrate their holidays (e.g., Assessment (SPA) games they play, songs they sing, traditional practices, foods they eat, clothing worn, symbols). Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Compare how and why people Explain how and why people Explain how or explain why Ineffectively explain how and from different cultures observe from different cultures observe people from different cultures why people from different different holidays/ celebrations different holidays/ celebrations observe different cultures observe different holidays/celebrations holidays/ celebrations Converted by HTML2PDF (www.zoomlane.com) Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand Geography Standard 7: Geography: WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS-Use geographic representations to organize, analyze, and present information on people, places, and environments and understand the nature and interaction of geographic regions and societies around the world Topic Physical characteristics in Spatial Terms Benchmark SS.K.7.1 Identify location and physical characteristics represented on maps and globes (e.g., land, water, roads, cities) Sample Performance The student: Locates and describes physical characteristics of objects represented on a map or Assessment (SPA) globe. Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Identify location and physical Identify location and physical Identify location and physical Identify location and physical characteristics represented on characteristics represented on characteristics represented on characteristics represented on maps and globes, with maps and globes, with no maps and globes, with a few maps and globes, with many accuracy significant errors significant errors significant errors Topic Physical characteristics in Spatial Terms Benchmark SS.K.7.2 Use terms to describe relative location (i.e., above/below, near/far, left/right, and cardinal directions) Sample Performance The student: Describes the specific location of a place and/or physical feature using appropriate Assessment (SPA) terms. Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Use terms to describe relative Use terms to describe relative Use terms to describe relative Use terms to describe relative location, with accuracy location, with no significant location, with a few significant location, with many significant errors errors errors Converted by HTML2PDF (www.zoomlane.com) Content Area: Social Studies Grade/Course: K / ACCN: No ACCN Strand Economics Standard 8: Economics: RESOURCES, MARKETS, AND GOVERNMENT-Understand economic concepts and the characteristics of various economic systems Topic Limited Resources and Choice Benchmark SS.K.8.1 Explain people's basic needs and how they fulfill them Sample Performance The student: Names basic needs that everyone shares, such as food, water, or shelter and Assessment (SPA) describes ways people fulfilled these needs now and in the past. Rubric Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Novice Analyze people's basic needs Explain people's basic needs Identify people's basic needs Recognize examples of and compare how they fulfill and how they fulfill them people's basic needs them Topic Role and Function of Markets Benchmark SS.K.8.2 Differentiate buyers (e.g., a parent or caregiver) and sellers (e.g., a storeowner or other producer) Sample Performance The student: Compares a buyer and a seller. Assessment