Common Planner
K–12 Standards

Kindergarten

Other Iowa Essential Elements for Social Studies sets

Spaces and Places

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    Constructing Questions

    1. 1

      With guidance and support, recognize a question about a familiar topic.EE.SS.K.1

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    Taking Informed Action

    1. 4

      With guidance and support, identify a civic problem in their classroom.EE.SS.K.4

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    Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

    1. 6

      With guidance and support, identify one role within the student's family, school, or community.EE.SS.K.6

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    Examine Factors that Led to Continuity and Change on Human Development and Behavior 

    1. 7

      With guidance and support identify one way in which students are alike and different within one social category.EE.SS.K.7

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    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 8

      With guidance and support, identify one way in which people work together to make a decision.  EE.SS.K.8

    2. 9

      With guidance and support, identify one school rule and one community rule.EE.SS.K.9

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    Analyze Credit and Debt Levels 

    1. 11

      With guidance and support identify the difference between buying and borrowing.EE.SS.K.11

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    Create Geographic Representations  

    1. 13

      Identify maps, globes or other simple geographic models. EE.SS.K.13

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    Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

    1. 14

      Identify environmental characteristics in Iowa.EE.SS.K.14

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    Analyze Human Population Movement and Patterns

    1. 15

      With guidance and support, identify reasons why people move from place to place. EE.SS.K.15

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    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 16

      With guidance and support, identify a past and a present event.EE.SS.K.16

    2. 17

      With guidance and support categorize events/items according to when they existed in the past or the present. EE.SS.K.17

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    Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

    1. 18

      With guidance and support, identify the creator of a document.  EE.SS.K.18

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    Iowa History

    1. 19

      With guidance and support, identify how where you live in Iowa is different than another part of the state.EE.SS.K.19

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