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K–12 Standards

Grade K

Other Iowa Social Studies sets

Inquiry Standards

  • A

    Constructing Compelling Questions

    1. 1

      Recognize a compelling question.SS.K.1.

  • B

    Constructing Supporting Questions

    1. 1

      Identify the relationship between compelling and supporting questions.SS.K.2.

  • C

    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

    1. 1

      Construct responses to compelling questions using examples.SS.K.3.

  • D

    Taking Informed Action

    1. 1

      Take group or individual action to help address local, regional, and/or global problems.SS.K.4.

    2. 2

      Use deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in their classrooms.SS.K.5.

Kindergarten: Spaces and Places

  • A

    Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

    1. 1

      Describe students’ roles in different groups of which they are members including their family, school, and community.SS.K.6.

  • B

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

    1. 1

      Describe ways in which students and others are alike and different within a variety of social categories. SS.K.7.

  • C

    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 1

      Determine a procedure for how people can effectively work together to make decisions to improve their classrooms or communities. (21st century skills)SS.K.8.

    2. 2

      Compare and contrast rules from different places. (21st century skills)SS.K.9.

  • D

    Engage in Economic Decision Making

    1. 1

      Give examples of choices that are made because of scarcity. SS.K.10.

  • E

    Analyze Credit and Debt Levels

    1. 1

      Explain the difference between buying and borrowing. (21st century skills)SS.K.11. 

  • F

    Create a Saving and Spending Plan

    1. 1

      Distinguish between appropriate spending choices. (21st century skills)SS.K.12.

  • G

    Create Geographic Representations

    1. 1

      Create a route to a specific location using maps, globes, and other simple geographic models.SS.K.13.

  • F

    Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

    1. 1

      Compare environmental characteristics in Iowa with other placesSS.K.14.

  • G

    Analyze Human Population Movement and Patterns

    1. 1

      Explain why and how people move from place to place.SS.K.15.

  • H

    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 1

      Distinguish at least two related items or events by sequencing them from the past to the present.SS.K.16.

    2. 2

      Compare life in the past to life today.SS.K.17.

  • I

    Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

    1. 1

      Given context clues, develop a reasonable idea about who created the primary or secondary source, when they created it, where they created it, or why they created it.SS.K.18.

  • J

    Iowa History

    1. 1

      Compare and contrast local environmental characteristics to that of other parts of the state of Iowa.SS.K.19.

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Kindergarten
Where can I read the official document?
K-12 Iowa Core in Social Studies 2017

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