Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
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Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards.
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Click here for the full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers Curriculum
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This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 5 full unit plans and 2 mini-units.
The units included are:
UNIT 1: CITIZENSHIP
Rules and Laws
How to be a Good Citizen
Good Choices and Bad Choices
Friendship, Sharing and Taking Turns
Cooperation
Working Hard and Trying Our Best
UNIT 2: THEN AND NOW
Past, Present, and Future
How People Lived Long Ago
Homes, Transportation, and Entertainment Long Ago
Cooking, Jobs, and Responsibilities Long Ago
Going to School Long Ago
Then and Now
UNIT 3: HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD
Customs and Traditions
Mexico: Las Posadas
Germany: Christmas
Italy: Christmas
Sweden: Saint Lucia Day and Christmas
India: Diwali
Israel: Hanukkah
Australia: Christmas
United States: Kwanzaa
Africa/Middle East: Eid al-Fitr
Canada/U.S.: Christmas
UNIT 4: MY COMMUNITY
Types of Communities (rural, suburban, city)
Diverse Families in a Community
Important Places in a Community
Community Helpers/Jobs
Why People Work
Wants and Needs
UNIT 5: OUR WORLD
Positional Words
Maps and Map Symbols
The Globe
Our Continents
Our Oceans
Our Country
My Place in the World
MINI-UNIT A: PILGRIMS AND NATIVE AMERICANS
Celebrating Important Events
Learning about the Pilgrims
Learning about the Wampanoag
The First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Today
MINI-UNIT B: AMERICA
Basics of American government
Laws and voting
Important Presidents of the past
Patriotic symbols and more
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UNIT COMPONENTS:
-A complete Teacher Guide
-Printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds
-Step-by-step Lesson Plans (Twelve, 35-minute lesson plans per unit )
-Essential Question and Learning Target posters
-Anchor Charts
-Whole group Games and Activities
-Craftivities and Culminating Unit Activity
-Student Workbook that follows each lesson
-Quick Check for every lesson
-Kinder-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring
-Parent Letter
-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all books, targets and workbook pages are included in the powerpoint to help you save paper)
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Each unit in this curriculum contains a PowerPoint that guides each lesson and contains the learning targets, read aloud books, some activities, and student workbook pages. You can upload the PowerPoint to your Google Drive, open it in Google Slides, and save as a Google Slide document. (Please note, slides will not contain movable pieces.)
I also have a tutorial for using resources with the Seesaw app. You can find that HERE.
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LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at karen@mrsjonessclass.com .
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Click below to view each unit individually:
UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World
MINI-UNITS:
MINI UNIT A: Pilgrims and Native Americans
Thank you!
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Little Thinkers Social Studies is an original teaching curriculum created and copyrighted by Karen Jones.