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Social Studies. Deirdri Joiner Keli Swann Cindy Crookston. TEKS Pre-K Guidelines. People, Past and Present Skills Child identifies similarities and differences in characteristics of people Child identifies similarities and differences in characteristics of families

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Social Studies

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  1. Social Studies Deirdri Joiner Keli Swann Cindy Crookston

  2. TEKS Pre-K Guidelines • People, Past and Present Skills • Child identifies similarities and differences in characteristics of people • Child identifies similarities and differences in characteristics of families • Child organizes their life around events, time, and routines • Economic Skills • Child demonstrates that all people need food, clothing, and shelter • Child participates in activities to help them become aware of what it • means to be a consumer • Child discusses the roles and responsibilities of community workers • Geography Skills • Child identifies and creates common features in her immediate environment

  3. Pre-K Cont. • Citizenship Skills • Child identifies flags of the United States and Texas • Child recites the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag and the state flag and observes a moment of silence • The child engages in voting as a method for group decision making • The child identifies similarities among people like himself and classmates as well as among himself and people from other cultures.

  4. TEKS • Kindergarten • In Kindergarten, the focus is on the self, home, family, and classroom. • The study of our state and national heritage begins with an examination of the celebration of patriotic holidays and the contributions of historical people. History • Holidays are celebrations • Historical figures and ordinary people helped to shape the community, state, and nation • Chronology Geography • Understands the concept of location Over/under/near/far/left/right • The student understands the physical and human characteristics of the environment landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather: types of houses and ways of earning a living.

  5. TEKS, Cont. • Economics • Identify basic human needs; and explain how basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter can be met. • Identify jobs in the home, school, and community;  explain why people have jobs. • Government • Identify purposes for having rules;  identify rules that provide order, security, and safety in the home and school. • Identify authority figures in the home, school, and community; explain how authority figures make and enforce rules •  Citizenship • Identify the flags of the United States and Texas • Recite the Pledge of Allegiance • Explain the use of voting as a method for group decision making • Culture • Identify personal attributes common to all people • Identify differences among people. • Identify family customs and traditions and explain their importance; • Compare family customs and traditions; and • Describe customs of the local community.

  6. TEKS, Cont. Science, technology, and society • Identify examples of technology used in the home and school • Describe how technology helps accomplish specific tasks. • Describe how his or her life might be different without modern technology • List ways in which technology meets people's needs. Social studies skills • Obtain information about a topic using a variety of oral sources such as conversations, interviews, and music; • Obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual sources such as pictures, symbols, television, maps, computer images, print material, and artifacts; • Sequence and categorize information; and • Identify main ideas from oral, visual, and print sources. • Express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences; and • Create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps • Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and • Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.

  7. TEKS Cont. • First Grade • History. • Understands how historical figures helped to shape our community, state, and nation. The student is expected to: Understands the origins of customs, holidays, and celebrations.. • Understands the concepts of time and chronology. • Geography. • Understands the relative location of places. • Understands the purpose of maps and globes. The student is expected to: • Understands various physical and human characteristics of the environment • Economics. • Understands the concepts of goods and services

  8. TEKS, Cont. • Understands the condition of not being able to have all the goods and services one wants • Understands the value of work. • Government. • Understands the purpose of rules and laws • Understands the role of authority figures and public officials • Citizenship. • Understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity • Culture. • Understands how families meet basic human needs. •  Understands the importance of family beliefs, customs, language, and traditions. • Science, technology, and society. • Understands how technology has affected daily life, past and present.

  9. TEKS, Cont. • Social studies skills • Applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology. Communicates in written, oral, and visual forms • Uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings • Second Grade • History • Understands the historical significance of landmarks and celebrations in the community, state, and nation. • Understands the concepts of time and chronology. • Understands how various sources provide information about the past. interviews. • Understands how historical figures and ordinary people helped to shape our community, state, and nation.

  10. TEKS, Cont. • Geography • Understands the locations and characteristics of places and regions. • Understands how physical characteristics of places and regions affect people's activities and settlement patterns. • Understands how humans use and modify the physical environment. • Economics • Understands the importance of work. • Understands the roles of producers and consumers in the production of goods and services. • Government • Understands the purpose of governments. • Understands the role of public officials. • Citizenship. • Understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historic figures and ordinary people.

  11. TEKS, Cont. • Citizenship • Understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity • Culture. • Understands the significance of works of art in the local community. • Science, technology, and society. • Understands how science and technology have affected life, past and present • Social studies skills. • Applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology. • Communicates in written, oral, and visual forms • Uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings.

  12. TEKS, Cont. • Third Grade • History. • Understands how individuals, events, and ideas have influenced the history of various communities • Understands common characteristics of communities, past and present • Understands the concepts of time and chronology • Geography. • Understands how humans adapt to variations in the physical environment. • Understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes • Economics • Understands the purposes of spending and saving money. Understands the concept of an economic system. • Understands how businesses operate in the U.S. free enterprise system.

  13. TEKS, Cont. • Government • Understands the basic structure and functions of local government. • Citizenship • Understands characteristics of good citizenship as exemplified by historic figures and ordinary people. • Understands the impact of individual and group decisions on communities in a democratic society. • Culture • Understands ethnic and/or cultural celebrations of the United States and other nations • Understands the role of real and mythical heroes in shaping the culture of communities, the state, and the nation • Understands the importance of writers and artists to the cultural heritage of communities

  14. TEKS, Cont. • Social studies skills • Applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology.. • Communicates effectively in written, oral, and visual forms. • Uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. • Fourth Grade • History. • Understands the similarities and differences of Native-American groups in Texas and the Western Hemisphere before European exploration.. • Understands the causes and effects of European exploration and colonization of Texas and the Western Hemisphere. • Understands the causes and effects of the Texas Revolution, the Republic of Texas, and the annexation of Texas to the United States..

  15. TEKS, Cont. • Understands important issues, events, and individuals of the 20th century in Texas. • Geography. • Uses geographic tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data. Understands the concept of regions. • Understands the location and patterns of settlement and the geographic factors that influence where people live. present. • Understands how people adapt to and modify their environment • Economics. • Understands the basic economic patterns of early societies in Texas and the Western Hemisphere. • Understands the reasons for exploration and colonization. Understands the characteristics and benefits of the free enterprise system in Texas. • Understands patterns of work and economic activities in Texas.

  16. TEKS, Cont. • Understands how Texas, the United States, and other parts of the world are economically interdependent. • Government • Understands how people organized governments in different ways during the early development of Texas.. • Understands important ideas in historic documents of Texas. • Citizenship • Understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations of Texas. • Understands the importance of voluntary individual participation in the democratic process. • Understands the importance of effective leadership in a democratic society. • Culture • Understands the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to Texas.

  17. TEKS, Cont. • Science, technology, and society. • Understands the impact of science and technology on life in Texas. • Social studies skills. • Applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology.. • Communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. • Use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and • (B)  use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.

  18. Community Resources • The Children’s Museum of Houston • http://www.cmhouston.org/ • The Houston Museum of Natural Science • http://www.hmns.org/ • The Menil Collection • http://www.menil.org/ • The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum • http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/

  19. Community Resources • The Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park • http://www.heritagesociety.org/ • Museum of Printing History • http://www.printingmuseum.org/ • The 1940 Air Terminal Museum • http://www.1940airterminal.org/ • Telephone Museum • 1714 Ashland St., Houston, TX 77008 - (713) 861-9784

  20. Community Resources • Miller Outdoor Theatre • http://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com • Japanese Gardens • http://www.jgarden.org • George Ranch Historical Ranch • http://www.georgeranch.org/ • The Pioneer Memorial Log House • http://www.drt-inc.org/loghouse.htm

  21. Community Resources • The Houston Fire Museum • http://www.houstonfiremuseum.org/ • Port of Houston Boat Tours • http://www.portofhouston.com/samhou/samhou.html • Lone Star Flight Museum • http://www.lsfm.org/ • The Galveston Historical Foundation • http://www.galvestonhistory.org/ • http://www.galvestonhistory.org/Texas_Seaport_Museum.asp

  22. Community Resources • Offshore Energy Center’s Ocean Star Museum • http://www.oceanstaroec.com/museum/tour.htm • Galveston Railroad Museum • http://www.galvestonrrmuseum.com/ • West Bay Common School • http://oneroomschoolhouse.org • San Jacinto Museum of History • http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/

  23. Community Resources • Battleship Texas • http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/battleship_texas/ • http://www.battleshiptexas.org/index.cfm • Space Center of Houston • http://www.spacecenter.org/ • Armand Bayou • http://www.abnc.org/ • Galveston County Office of Emergency Management • http://www.gcoem.org/

  24. Community Resources • Teachers • Librarians • Community Workers • Banks • Schools • Construction Sites • Weather • Grocery Stores • Parents • Religious Institutions • Veterans • Grandparents • City Officials • Hospitals • Farms • Everything & Everyone!!!

  25. Online Resources for Teachers • NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) • http://www.socialstudies.org/about • California State University, Northridge – Resources • http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/onlineactivities.html • PBS Teachers – Social Studies • http://www.pbs.org/teachers/socialstudies/ • Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) • http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=178

  26. Online Resources for Teachers • Pearson – Scott Foresman Social Studies • http://www.sfsocialstudies.com/ • Smithsonian Education • http://smithsonianeducation.org/ • Discovery Education • http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ • United Nations – CyberSchoolbus • http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/peace/home.asp • Houston Chronicle – Chronicle in Education • http://www.chron.com/cie/

  27. Online Resources for Students • PBS – Teachers Social Skills & Safety (Early Childhood) • http://www.pbs.org/teachers/earlychildhood/theme/games.html • National Geographic Kids • http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/ • Smithsonian – Great History Mystery • http://www.npg.si.edu/edu/brush/mystery/index.html • Maps.com • http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx

  28. Online Resources for Students • Mr. Nussbaum.com – Social Studies Games • http://www.mrnussbaum.com/socgames.htm • Primary Games – Social Studies • http://www.primarygames.com/social_studies.htm • Game Aquarium – Social Studies • http://www.gamequarium.com/socialstudies.htm • Greta’s Game Station • http://games.pppst.com/socialstudies.html • Google Earth • http://earth.google.com

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