AL.K. Standard: Living and Working Together in Families and Communities

Kindergarten students are introduced to the world beyond family and home.

K.1

• K.1.1 Students will:

  Sequence events using schedules, calendars, and timelines (History).

  • Grade Level Example:

    Daily classroom activities, significant events in students’ lives

• K.1.2 Students will practice:

  Differentiating among broad categories of historical time.

  • Grade Level Example:

    Long ago, yesterday, today, tomorrow

K.2

• K.2. Students will:

  Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within the family, classroom, school, and community (Civics and Government).

  • Grade Level Example:

    Taking care of personal belongings and respecting the property of others, following rules and recognizing consequences of breaking rules, taking responsibility for assigned duties

K.3

• K.3.1 Students will:

  Describe how rules provide order, security, and safety in the home, school, and community (Civics and Government).

• K.3.2 Students will practice:

  Constructing classroom rules, procedures, and consequences.

K.4

• K.4.1 Students will:

  Differentiate between needs and wants of family, school, and community (Economics).

• K.4.2 Students will practice:

  Comparing wants among different families, schools, and communities

K.5

• K.5. Students will:

  Differentiate between goods and services (Economics).

  • Grade Level Example:

    Goods—food, toys, clothing
    Services—medical care, fire protection, law enforcement, library resources

K.6

• K.6. Students will:

  Compare cultural similarities and differences in individuals, families, and communities (Geography, History).

  • Grade Level Example:

    Celebrations, food, traditions

K.7

• K.7. Students will:

  Describe roles of helpers and leaders, including school principal, school custodian, volunteers police officers, and fire and rescue workers (Civics and Government).

K.8

• K.8. Students will:

  Recognize maps, globes, and satellite images (Geography).

K.9

• K.9. Students will:

  Differentiate between land forms and bodies of water on maps and globes (Geography).

K.10

• K.10. Students will:

  Apply vocabulary related to giving and following directions.

  • Grade Level Example:

    Locating objects and places to the right or left, up or down, in or out, above or below

K.11

• K.11. Students will:

  Identify symbols, customs, famous individuals, and celebrations representative of our state and nation (History, Civics and Government).

  • Grade Level Example:

    Symbols—United States flag, Alabama flag, bald eagle
    Customs—pledging allegiance to the United States flag, singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"
    Individuals—George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Squanto, Martin Luther King Jr.
    Celebrations—Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day

K.12

• K.12.1 Students will:

  Describe families and communities of the past, including jobs, education, transportation, communication, and recreation (Economics, History, Civics and Government).

• K.12.2 Students will practice:

  Identifying ways everyday life has both changed and remained the same.