South Dakota Social Studies Standards

The standards for kindergarten students include learning the concepts of people, places, and self as related to self and family. Yearlong goals involve learning about historical time sequence, geographic direction, and economic choices. Kindergarten students will use maps and globes to identify and locate places related to their lives and stories in history. Citizenship education includes trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, and caring. Students will have opportunities to learn about national symbols. They will learn how individuals acquire the economic goods and services they need and want.

1. describe examples of past events in legends and historical accounts, such as stories of Johnny Appleseed, Betsy Ross, Squanto, and George Washington Carver;
2. recognize characteristics of American leaders through exposure to biographies of important people of our past, such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Rosa Parks; and
3. connect people and events honored in commemorative holidays, including Native American Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, and Memorial Day.

1. compare and contrast the relative size and location of people, places, and things by identifying here/there, near/far, up/down, left/right, and behind/in front.
2. use a map and map symbols to recognize directions, continents, and poles.
3. use map symbols to recognize land, water, roads, and cities.
4. locate areas referenced in historically based legends and stories.
5. compare the globe and a map as models of the earth.
6. recognize that, in addition to maps and globes, geographic locations are communicated through various representational models: pictographs, bar graphs, and diagrams.
7. demonstrate familiarity with the layout of his or her school.

1. recognize the important actions required in demonstrating citizenship: respecting roles of members and leaders in a group; sharing responsibilities in a group; identifying ways to help others; respecting the individual right to express an opinion; and acknowledging that people think and act differently.
2. discuss the attributes of a good citizen with emphasis on trust, respect, responsibility, fairness, and caring.
3. recognize patriotic symbols and activities: national flag; "The Star Spangled Banner"; and Pledge of Allegiance.

1. match occupations with simple descriptions of work.
2. will identify basic economic concepts, including the difference between basic needs (food, clothing, and shelter) and wants (luxuries); and the practice of exchanging money for goods.

The standards for first grade students include comparisons of people and traditions in different places and times. The importance of leaders and achievers will be examined in comparison to the past and the future. First grade students construct simple maps to identify places in South Dakota and the United States. Students will study economic concepts of productive resources, consumption, jobs, and work responsibilities. Civics standards include the value of rights and responsibilities, and help to make and enforce class rules.

1. identify through biographies and stories the admirable deeds performed by past leaders, such as: Helen Keller, Ben Franklin, Martin Luther King, Clara Barton, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln.
2. compare the lives of people and events associated with major holidays, including Native American Day, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day and Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Presidents’ Day.
3. recall people and events from the past and make inferences about everyday life of the time period.
4. compare everyday life in school and community and recognize that people, places, and things change over time.

1. construct a simple map using a map key and symbols.
2. use the globe to identify cardinal directions, the four oceans, the United States, South Dakota, and the local community.
3. use a picture map to locate home and school addresses.

1. recognize attributes and consequences of citizenship that apply to family, school, and community units, such as respecting roles of authority, following rules created for the protection of all, and accepting consequences of rules.
2. recognize political roles of leaders in the larger community, such as the mayor, the governor, the legislators, the congressmen, senators, and the president.
3. differentiate between a paid worker and a volunteer.
4. acknowledge patriotic connections by explaining the design of the flag, understanding the importance of the eagle symbol, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and identifying the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.

1. describe the differences between human resources (people at work); natural resources (water, soil, wood, coal, etc.); and capital resources (machines, tools, etc.) used to produce goods or services.
2. explain the differences between goods and services and how people are both buyers and sellers of goods and services.
3. explain that limits on resources require people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.

The standards for second grade students include an introduction to the heritage and contributions of historic groups of people throughout the world. Second graders will continue the development of map skills, including map symbols. Economic concepts of spending and saving will be emphasized. Students will use charts and graphs to demonstrate an understanding of these basic economic concepts. The rights and freedoms of citizens will be taught.

1. recognize the contributions of ancient Egyptian and Chinese civilizations which have impacted present day life, including communication, architectural monuments, calendar system, number system, and laws.
2. study various community structures and the roles of men, women, and children within the community with emphasis on Pilgrims; pioneers; Native Americans (Sioux); and reservation, rural, suburban, and urban communities of the present.

1. construct a simple aerial view map of the classroom using a map key and symbols.
2. use the globe to label the equator and continents.
3. use a map to identify the four directions on a compass rose; interpret the symbols of a map key/legend; identify South Dakota through the use of boundary lines; locate Washington, D.C.; and transfer and label the seven continents, oceans, North American countries/ major mountain ranges/ major rivers, and the Great Lakes.

STUDENTS WILL:

1. distinguish the difference between rules and laws.
2. recognize that laws are needed in a community.
3. discuss the lawmaking process and how leaders work together.
4. recognize that there are legal consequences for lawbreakers.
5. define conservation in terms of ways citizens protect global resources with emphasis on reducing, reusing, and recycling.

SECOND GRADE ECONOMICS STANDARDS

STUDENTS WILL:

1. explain the interdependence of producers and consumers in a market economy by describing factors that have influenced consumer demand; and ways that producers have used natural resources, human resources, and capital resources to produce goods and services in the past and present.
2. simulate the exchange of money for goods and services and will identify ways to save money.
3. distinguish between money and barter economics.