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The big ideas in the Kindergarten social studies program are two
social studies program explored from kindergarten all the way up until
students neighborhood, or their family all the way to the national and
ideas are explored here; students will learn how aspects of their
studies, students learn how to cherish themselves, and the people around
them, which lays a solid foundation of self esteem and confidence, which
is crucial at the primary level, seeing as how students come from all walks
of life, whether that be preschool, homeschooling, day care etc., and are
purposefully.
How does it connect with the subjects core concepts of citizenship and
identity?
identity in that it is, essentially, the foundational level where students are
introduced to these concepts, upon which the rest of their education will
place, so that by grade 12, students will have made sense of the past, to
and their unique identity and strengthen their sense of belonging at all
levels of community.
means of local and current affairs. Plus, these perspectives are introduced
would teach proper behavior, ways of thinking and critical thinking and
Given the age at this level, I would exercise care and caution when
notions of uniqueness and belonging which are the founding ideas of the
communities.
What challenges does the grade level present to teaching and learning?
the various worlds around them. The challenge for teachers is to lay the
What unique opportunities might the grade level provide for powerful
This grade level will provide opportunities for truly innocent, honest,
experiencing the communities, the greater world, the people, and the
events around them for the first time, together. This first-hand exploration is
something that will be completely new, and unique for everyone in that
values and beliefs about the world, they bring that to the classroom to
enhance the learning community. But, for kindergarteners, they bring but
new, and that much more affective and effective in shaping their senses
and experience the world around them, together, first-hand, for the first
so that students are given the best opportunities possible to learn about
world around them, to feel and experience what it means to belong in all
levels of community, which are the foundational building blocks for the