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Grade K Social Studies Learning Progression

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Welcome to the Sample Unit Progressions for Kindergarten. The sample unit progressions and corresponding resources were developed and identified by Oklahoma teachers to support instruction aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies. The sample unit progressions and corresponding resources are designed to support schools and teachers as they plan instruction and classroom assessments aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies. The resources provided are for optional use and are not required. 

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Unit 1. Citizenship 

OAS Standard K1. The student will exhibit traits of good citizenship.

Suggested Instructional Time: 

Standards are integrated throughout the curriculum and the year; however, focus on a particular standard (strand) per 9 weeks is also appropriate. 

Driving Question:

Essential Questions:

Supporting Questions:

  •   How can I be a good citizen?       

  • What does it mean to be a good citizen?

  • How can I be an active member of my community? 

  • What makes a good citizen? 

  • What is a citizen?

  • How can I help my community?

  • What are symbols of our country?

  • Why do I need to follow the rules at home and at school?

  • Why is following the rules at home and at school an important responsibility?

Unit 2. Geography 

OAS Standard K2. The student will demonstrate knowledge of basic physical and human geographic concepts.

Suggested Instructional Time: 

Standards are integrated throughout the curriculum and the year; however, focus on a particular standard (strand) per 9 weeks is also appropriate. 

Driving Question:

Essential Questions:

Supporting Questions:

  • Where do I fit in the world?  

  • What tools can we use to learn about the world around us?

  • How do we create a community? 

  • What is a map?

  • Where is Oklahoma?

  • What is a community?

  • Who is a part of a community?

  • Why are customs and traditions important to culture?

  • What makes up a people's culture?

Unit 3. History 

OAS Standard K3. The student will understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places.

Suggested Instructional Time: 

Standards are integrated throughout the curriculum and the year; however, focus on a particular standard (strand) per 9 weeks is also appropriate. 

Driving Question:

Essential Questions:

Supporting Questions:

  • Why are holidays important to us and our country?

  • What does it mean to be a hero?

  • What changes have happened to my school and community?

  • How do holidays help us remember the past? 

  • What does it mean to see something from a different point of view?

  • Why does our community, state, and country honor people from the past?

  • How do we remember and honor important events?

  • How do people change the world around them?

  • How do stories help us understand our past?

Unit 4. Economics 

OAS Standard K4. The student will identify basic economic concepts.

Suggested Instructional Time: 

Standards are integrated throughout the curriculum and the year; however, focus on a particular standard (strand) per 9 weeks is also appropriate. 

Driving Question:

Essential Questions:

Supporting Questions:

  • Why is work important?

  • What are basic needs?

  • How do people save for getting what they want?

  • How do people at work help one another? 

  • Why do people work?

  • How does money help us get what we need and want?

  • How do we use things around us to make what we need or want? 

  • In what ways do community workers meet our needs and wants? 

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