Illinois Social Studies Standards (Kindergarten)

With guidance and support, identify the roles of individuals and leaders and their responsibility to meet the needs of different people and communities.

Explain that choices are made because of scarcity (i.e., because individuals cannot have everything that they want).

With guidance and support, explain how weather, climate, and other environmental factors affect people's lives and cultural identities in our region.

With guidance and support, explain how people and goods move from place to place.

With guidance and support, identify characteristics of print and digital maps, graphs, and other cultural representations of familiar places.

With guidance and support, compare life in the past to life today, including the points of view of diverse groups of people.

Identify and describe the purpose of the national holidays of the United States, the major holidays of diverse groups, and the bravery or achievements of the diverse people who make these days special holidays.

Create questions that are relevant to self as they relate to the content of the Social Science Standards. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, students will use varied teacher-selected resources to learn procedures to locate evidence that assists with finding answers to their questions. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, gather relevant information from multiple sources to analyze information. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, evaluate a source by distinguishing between fact and opinion. This standard applies to grades K-2.

With guidance and support, students will share their findings on the asked and answered questions with peers. This standard applies to grades K-2.

Using various viewpoints, students will engage in reflective conversations to draw conclusions on inquiry findings and create action steps. This standard applies to grades K-2.