Web Resources Supporting the Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum

Social Studies - Pre-Kindergarten

History | Geography | Economics | Political | Peoples of the Nations

HISTORY

Standard 1.0

Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland and the United States. Students will use historical thinking skills to understand how individuals and events have changed society over time.
Topic
A. History
Indicator
1. Distinguish among past, present, and future time

Objectives

a. Identify and describe events of their day in chronological order

b. Describe the events of their lives in terms of yesterday, today, and tomorrow

 

GEOGRAPHY

Standard 2.0

Students will use geographic concepts and processes to examine the role of culture, technology, and the environment in the location and distribution of human activities and spatial connections throughout time. Students will use geographic concepts and processes to understand location and its relationship to human activities.

Topic
A. Geography

Indicator
1. Identify and use maps and globes

Objectives

a. Describe a globe as a model of the Earth showing land and water

b. Describe how a map helps to locate places

Indicator
2. Describe places

Objectives

a. Identify land forms, such as mountains and hills; and identify bodies of water, such as oceans, rivers and streams

b. Identify human-made features of places in their immediate environment, such as buildings, sidewalks, streets, and bridges

Indicator
3 .Describe how transportation links people and places

Objectives

a. Identify ways that people travel on land, water, and air

b. Explain how transportation is used to move goods and people from place to place

 

ECONOMICS

Standard 3.0

Students will develop economic reasoning to understand the historical development and current status of economic principles, institutions, and processes needed to be effective citizens, consumers, and workers participating in local communities, the nation, and the world. Students will identify the economic principles and processes that are helpful to producers and consumers when making good decisions.

Topic
A. Economics

Indicator
1. Identify that resources are used to make products

Objectives

a. Recognize human resources as workers

b. Describe some jobs and what is required to perform them

c. Recognize that natural resources, such as water, trees, and plants are used to make products

Indicator
2. Identify goods as things people want

Objective

a. Recognize that goods are things that people make or grow

b. Make and explain choices about goods they want

Indicator
4. Identify how goods are acquired

Objectives

a. Explain that money is used to buy goods

b. Recognize that goods have different values

Indicator
5. Explain how technology affects the way people live, work and play

Objectives

a. Explain that technology is used in their daily lives to do things better or more easily

 

POLITICAL

Standard 4.0

Students will understand the historical development and current status of the fundamental concepts and processes of authority, power, and influence, with particular emphasis on the democratic skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible citizens. Students will understand the historical development and current status of the democratic principles and the development of skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible citizens.

Topic
A. Political Science
Indicator
1. Identify the importance of rules

Objectives

a. Identify reasons for classroom and school rules, such as maintaining order and keeping everything safe

b. Recognize some rules can help ensure that everyone is treated fairly

Indicator
2. Identify symbols and practices associated with the United States of America

Objectives

a. Recognize common symbols, such as the bald eagle, the American Flag and the White House

b. Recognize that saying the Pledge of Allegiance and singing the national anthem are patriotic practices

Indicator
3. Identify people important to the American political system

Objectives

a. Identify people important in American history, such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.

b. Identify the individuals recognized on holidays, such as Presidents' Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Indicator
4. Describe the roles and responsibilities of being a member of the family and school

Objectives

a. Describe the roles and responsibilities of family members

b. Demonstrate and describe responsibilities in the classroom

c. Describe the roles of members of the school, such as principal, crossing guard, bus drivers and teachers

PEOPLES OF THE NATIONS AND THE WORLD

Standard 5.0
Students will understand the diversity and commonality, human interdependence, and global cooperation of the people of Maryland, the United States and the World through a multicultural and historic perspective. Students will understand how people in Maryland, the United States and around the world are alike and different.

Topic
A. Peoples of the Nations and the World

Indicator
1. Recognize elements of culture

Objectives

a. Recognize clothing and food as elements of culture

b. Recognize traditions celebrated in families

Indicator
2. Explain how groups of people interact

Objectives

a. Describe the importance of appropriate social skills in group interactions