Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Kindergarten: Understanding My Communities

Other Connecticut Social Studies sets

Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

  • a

    Develop questions relevant to self, family, and school community.K.Inq.1.a

Apply Disciplinary Concepts and Tools

  • a

    Apply disciplinary knowledge and practices to demonstrate an understanding of social studies content.K.Inq.2.a

Evaluate Sources and Use Evidence 

  • a

    Gather information to answer a question relevant to self, family, and school community.K.Inq.3.a

Communicate Conclusions and Take Informed Action 

  • f

    Use listening, consensus-building, and voting procedures to take action in the classroom.K.Inq.4.f

Roles and Responsibilities in a CommunityK-1

  • 1

    Describe the roles and responsibilities of community leaders (e.g., teachers, principals, town managers, business owners, first responders).K.Civ.1.a

  • 2

    Explain how all people, not just official leaders, contribute to the community (e.g., recycling, following agreed upon rules, advocacy, volunteering, voting, public service).K.Civ.2.a

  • 3

    Explain the need for and purposes of rules and laws in our community (e.g., bike helmets, school rules, traffic laws laws).K.Civ.3.a

  • 4

    Describe how community members work together to accomplish tasks to make their community a better place (e.g., municipal meetings, volunteering, belonging to community organizations).K.Civ.6.a

  • 5

    Describe the skills and knowledge needed to do certain jobs in the communityK.Eco.3.a

Familiar Places and CommunitiesK-2

  • 1

    Distinguish between land and water features on a mapK.Geo.1.a

  • 2

    Demonstrate spatial awareness by creating maps of familiar places including simple text features (e.g., title, labels, compass rose, key).K.Geo.1.b

  • 3

    Describe places connected to student’s lives using maps, photographs, and other representations (e.g., community center, home address, places of worship, school, where family members live and shop). K.Geo.2.a

  • 4

    Describe where goods and services in the community come from (e.g., community gardens, retail locations, farmer’s market, public education, public transportation).K.Eco.4.a

  • 5

    Identify the prices of commonly purchased items in local stores and restaurants and online markets. K.Eco.5.a

  • 6

    Describe how people in the community earn income (e.g., arts, banking, farming, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, service, trades, education).K.Eco.6.a

  • 7

    Describe the role of banks in a community (e.g., lending, saving, storing valuables).K.Eco.9.a

Communities Past and PresentK-3

  • 1

    Identify similarities and differences between the past and the present (e.g., dress, recreation, schools, traditions, transportation, types of buildings).K.His.2.a

  • 2

    Identify a variety of primary sources to explain how people lived in the past (e.g., artifacts, family stories, newspapers, photographs).K.His.9.a

  • 3

    Generate questions about a particular historical source as it relates to a particular historical event or development in the community (e.g., weather related event, festival or holiday, new building).K.His.12.a

  • 4

    Explain how sources can be used to learn about family and community history.K.His.10.a

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