Content: Introduction to History and Social Science



Content: Introduction to History and Social Science

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Strand: History |

Grade: Kindergarten

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|Standard of Learning |National Information Literacy Standards |Essential Knowledge For Information |

| | |Literacy |

|Content Area |Standard 2 The student who is |The student will select recreational and |

|K.1 The student will recognize that history |information literate evaluates |informational sources appropriate to his |

|describes events and people of other times and|information critically and competently. |level. |

|places by identifying examples of past events | | |

|in legends, stories, and historical accounts | |The student will obtain information |

|of Pocahontas, George Washington, Betsy Ross, | |through a variety of listening |

|and Abraham Lincoln. | |experiences. |

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|b) Identifying the people and events honored | | |

|by the holidays of Thanksgiving Day, Martin | | |

|Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, and | | |

|Independence Day (Fourth of July). | | |

|Computer/Technology | | |

|C/T K-2.4 The student will use technology | | |

|responsibly. | | |

|Demonstrate respect for the rights of others | | |

|while using computers. | | |

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|Understand the responsible use of equipment | | |

|and resources. | | |

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|C/T K-2.5 The student will use technology to | | |

|locate, evaluate, and collect information from| | |

|a variety of sources. | | |

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|Identify information in various formats. | | |

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|Identify available sources of information. | | |

|Information Retrieval Skills |

|The student will locate the Easy section of the library media center. |

|The student will differentiate between fiction and nonfiction. |

|The student will use the calendar as a reference source. |

|Library Media Strategies Collaboration between the librarian and the teacher is essential for student academic achievement. |

|The librarian will present easy books that relate facts about the lives of Pocahontas, George Washington, Betsy Ross, and Abraham |

|Lincoln and will show students where these books are located in the library. |

|The librarian will read a portion of a fictional work (legend or story) about George Washington, Pocahontas, Betsy Ross, or Abraham|

|Lincoln and will lead a discussion with the students about why some books about people are factual and some are make-believe. |

|The librarian will show students a calendar and will ask them to identify which months have historical events or people associated |

|with them. |

|Essential Questions |

|Local Strategies |

|Sample Project/Activity |

|The librarian will read a book, such as A New Flag for Our Country by June Behrens, and the students will take a virtual tour by |

|accessing the Betsy Ross homepage. |

|The students will create a flag using one piece of white paper (8 1/2X11), seven strips of red paper (1/2x11), one square of blue |

|paper (2 1/2x4), thirteen sticking stars. |

|Local Activities |

|Internet Safety |

|Internet safety can be addressed when students are using online resources for research or interactive sites for practicing other |

|skills. Remind students that they must follow the division’s Acceptable Use Policy; and not all web sites contain truthful and |

|accurate information. |

| |

|Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools – see: |

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|Web-based Resources on Internet Safety in Schools –see: |

| |

|Technology Connection (from state plan) |

|The Educational Technology Plan for Virginia |

|Educational Applications Target 1 Goal 1 Teaching and learning resources that effectively support the Virginia Standards of |

|Learning (SOL) have been identified, communicated, and developed. |

|Technology Connection (division plan) |

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|Content: Introduction to History and Social |Strand: History |Grade: Kindergarten |

|Science | | |

|Standard of Learning |National Information Literacy Standard |Essential Knowledge For Information |

| | |Literacy |

|Content Area: |Standard 3 The student who is |The student will use appropriate |

|K.2 The student will describe everyday life in |information literate uses information |questioning skills to retrieve |

|the present and in the past and begin to |accurately and creatively. |information. |

|recognize that things change over time. | | |

|Computer/Technology | | |

|C/T K-2.1 The student will demonstrate knowledge| | |

|of the nature and operation of technology | | |

|systems. | | |

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|Identify the computer as a machine that helps | | |

|people at school, work, and play. | | |

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|Use technology to demonstrate the ability to | | |

|perform a variety of tasks; among them turning | | |

|on and off a computer, starting and closing | | |

|programs, saving work, creating folders, using | | |

|pull-down menus, closing windows, dragging | | |

|objects, and responding to commands. | | |

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|C/T K-2.2 The student will demonstrate | | |

|proficiency in the use of technology. | | |

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|Demonstrate the use of mouse, keyboard, printer,| | |

|multimedia devices, and earphones. | | |

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|Use multimedia resources such as interactive | | |

|books and software with graphical interfaces. | | |

|Information Retrieval Skills |

|The student will sort or classify pictures or other items to distinguish past and present. |

|The student will use questioning skills to discover how life has changed. |

|The student will participate in the creation of a time line showing changes over time. |

|Library Media Strategies Collaboration between the librarian and the teacher is essential for student academic achievement. |

|The librarian will display materials relating to life in the present and past (bulletin boards, artifacts, photos). |

|The librarian will show the students print and nonprint resources that include timelines and/or virtual field trips showing changes|

|over a period of time. |

|Local Strategies |

|Sample Project/Activity |

|The librarian will read a book, such as Long Ago and Today by Rozanne Lanczak Williams, and will provide digital photographs of |

|historical sites and new architecture of the community. The students will create a presentation to be shared with the school |

|community. |

|Essential Questions |

|Local Activities |

|Internet Safety |

|Internet safety can be addressed when students are using online resources for research or interactive sites for practicing other |

|skills. Remind students that they must follow the division’s Acceptable Use Policy; and not all web sites contain truthful and |

|accurate information. |

| |

|Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools – see: |

| |

|Web-based Resources on Internet Safety in Schools –see: |

| |

|Technology Connection (from state plan) |

|The Educational Technology Plan of Virginia |

|Integration Target 9 Goal 1 Students routinely use technology in a variety of learning activities across the curriculum. |

|Technology Connection (division plan) |

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|Content: Introduction to History and Social | | |

|Science |Strand: History |Grade: One |

|Standard of Learning |National Information Literacy Standard |Essential Knowledge For Information |

| | |Literacy |

|Content Area |Standard 3 The student who is information|The student will use appropriate |

|1.1 The student will interpret information |literate uses information accurately and |questioning skills to retrieve |

|presented in picture time lines to show |creatively. |information. |

|sequence of events and will distinguish between| | |

|past and present. | | |

|Computer/Technology | | |

|C/T K-2.6 The student will use technology | | |

|resources for solving problems and making | | |

|informed decisions. | | |

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|Recognize that technology can be used to solve | | |

|problems and make informed decisions. | | |

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|Identify and select technologies to address | | |

|problems. | | |

|Information Retrieval Skills |

|The student will differentiate between the past and present. |

|The student will locate the history section of the library. |

|The student will interpret data from a print or nonprint time line. |

|Library Media Strategies Collaboration between the librarian and the teacher is essential for student academic achievement. |

|The librarian will present literature that compares and contrasts past and present events. |

|The librarian will display materials from the past (artifacts, photos). |

|The librarian will locate and pull resources, including print and nonprint examples of timelines, to aid instruction. |

|Local Strategies |

|Sample Project/Activity |

|A questionnaire will be sent home to gather information about significant events in the student’s life. The student will use the |

|information and a software program such as TimeLiner (Tom Snyder Productions) to create a time line of his/her life. |

|Essential Questions |

|Local Activities |

|Internet Safety |

|Technology Connection (from state plan) |

|The Educational Technology Plan of Virginia |

|Integration Target 9 Goal 1 Students routinely use technology in a variety of learning activities across the curriculum. |

|Integration Target 11 Goal 1 Student learning and achievement will be enhanced through the effective integration of technology. |

|Technology Connection (division plan) |

| | | |

|Content: Introduction to History and Social | | |

|Science |Strand: History |Grade: One |

|Standard of Learning |National Information Literacy Standard |Essential Knowledge For Information |

| | |Literacy |

|Content Area |Standard 2 The student who is information|The student will select information |

|1.2 The student will describe the stories and |literate evaluates information critically|appropriate to the problem or question at|

|contributions of American leaders (George |and competently. |hand. |

|Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham | | |

|Lincoln). | |The student will distinguish between real|

| | |and make-believe. |

|Computer/Technology | | |

|C/T K-2.7 The student will use a variety of | | |

|media and formats to communicate information | | |

|and ideas effectively to multiple audiences. | | |

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|Identify the best tool to communicate | | |

|information. | | |

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|Use technology tools for individual writing, | | |

|communication, and publishing activities. | | |

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|Demonstrate the ability to create, save, | | |

|retrieve, and print document. | | |

|Information Retrieval Skills |

|The student will locate the biography section in the library media center. |

|The student will become aware that the online catalog can be used to search for a biography. |

|The student will become aware that biographies contain factual information. |

|Library Media Strategies Collaboration between the librarian and the teacher is essential for student academic achievement. |

|The librarian will display material showcasing the contributions of American leaders (bulletin boards, books, students work, |

|mobiles). |

|The librarian will show the students where biographies are located in the library. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to conduct a keyword search using the online catalog. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to locate a book’s call number on an online catalog record. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to locate a book on the shelf using a call number. |

|Local Strategies |

|Sample Project/Activity |

|The student will select a biography of a famous American and will research one key contribution of an American leader. |

|Essential Questions |

|Local Activities |

|Internet Safety |

|Internet safety can be addressed when students are using online resources for research or interactive sites for practicing other |

|skills. Remind students that they must follow the division’s Acceptable Use Policy; and not all web sites contain truthful and |

|accurate information. |

| |

|Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools – see: |

| |

|Web-based Resources on Internet Safety in Schools –see: |

| |

|Technology Connection (from state plan) |

|The Educational Technology Plan for Virginia \ |

|Integration Target 11 Goal 1 Student learning and achievement will be enhanced through the effective integration of technology. |

|Technology Connection (division plan) |

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|Content: History and Social Science |Strand: History |Grade: Two |

|Standard of Learning |National Information |Essential Knowledge For |

| |Literacy Standard |Information Literacy |

|Content Area |Standard 2 The student who |The student will identify |

|2.1 The student will explain how the contributions of ancient China and |is information literate |and use beginning reference |

|Egypt have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, |evaluates information |sources. |

|invention, the calendar, and written language. |critically and competently.| |

| | |The student will demonstrate|

| |Standard 8 The student who |an understanding of the |

| |contributes positively to |ownership of ideas. |

| |the learning community and | |

| |to society is information | |

| |literate and practices | |

| |ethical behavior in regard | |

| |to information and | |

| |information technology. | |

|Computer/Technology | | |

|C/T K-2.3 The student will practice responsible use of technology systems,| | |

|information, and software. | | |

| | | |

|Know the school’s rules for using computers. | | |

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|Understand the importance of protecting personal information or passwords.| | |

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|Understand the basic principles of the ownership of ideas. | | |

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|C/T K-2.5 The student will use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect| | |

|information from a variety of sources. | | |

| | | |

|Identify information in various formats. | | |

| | | |

|Identify available sources of information. | | |

|Information Retrieval Skills |

|The student will use the online catalog to find books on ancient China and Egypt and locate books on shelf. |

|The student will use print and nonprint encyclopedias to gather facts on both countries. |

|The student will decide which facts represent the contributions of Ancient China and Ancient Egypt to life in today’s world. |

|The student will cite sources used in a basic bibliography. |

|Library Media Strategies Collaboration between the librarian and the teacher is essential for student academic achievement. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to use a subject or keyword search to locate books. |

|The librarian will demonstrate the proper way to cite a source including title, author, publisher, and copyright date. |

|The librarian will discuss why documenting sources is important. |

|Local Strategies |

|Sample Project/Activity |

|The librarian will divide students into four groups. Two groups will be asked to find one contribution of Ancient China or Ancient |

|Egypt using print resources pre-selected by the librarian. The other two groups will be asked to find information from electronic |

|sources such as Grolier Online or World Book Online that have been book marked by the library media specialist. The librarian will |

|provide a chart for students to write their inventions or ideas that have influenced the present world that includes space for |

|title, author, publisher, date, or other information concerning the source of the information. |

|Essential Questions |

|Local Activities |

|Internet Safety |

|Internet safety can be addressed when students are using online resources for research or interactive sites for practicing other |

|skills. Remind students that they must follow the division’s Acceptable Use Policy; and not all web sites contain truthful and |

|accurate information. |

| |

|Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools – see: |

| |

|Web-based Resources on Internet Safety in Schools –see: |

| |

|Technology Connection (from state plan) |

|The Educational Technology Plan for Virginia |

|Integration Goal 1 Target 9 Students routinely use technology in a variety of learning activities across the curriculum. |

|Integration Goal 1 Target 11 Student learning and achievement will be enhanced through the effective integration of technology. |

|Technology Connection (division plan) |

| | | |

|Content: History and Social Science |Strand: History |Grade: Two |

|Standard of Learning |National Information Literacy Standard |Essential Knowledge For |

| | |Information Literacy |

|Content Area |Standard 3 The student who is |The student will use |

|2.2 The student will compare the lives and contributions of |information literate uses information |appropriate questioning |

|American Indians (First Americans), with emphasis on the |accurately and creatively. |skills to retrieve |

|Powhatan of the Eastern Woodland, the Sioux of the Plains, | |information. |

|and the Pueblo people of the southwest. |Standard 9 The student who contributes | |

| |positively to the learning community |The student will identify and|

| |and to society is information literate |use beginning reference |

| |and participates effectively in groups |sources. |

| |to pursue and generate information. |The student will demonstrate |

| | |an understanding of the |

| | |ownership of ideas. |

|Computer/Technology | | |

|C/T K-2.1 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the | | |

|nature and operation of technology systems. | | |

| | | |

|Identify the computer as a machine that helps people at | | |

|school, work, and play. | | |

| | | |

|Use technology to demonstrate the ability to perform a | | |

|variety of tasks; among them turning on and off a computer, | | |

|starting and closing programs, saving work, creating folders,| | |

|using pull-down menus, closing windows, dragging objects, and| | |

|responding to commands. | | |

| | | |

|C/T K-2.2 The student will demonstrate proficiency in the use| | |

|of technology. | | |

| | | |

|Demonstrate the use of mouse, keyboard, printer, multimedia | | |

|devices, and earphones. | | |

| | | |

|Use multimedia resources such as interactive books and | | |

|software with graphical interfaces. | | |

|Information Retrieval Skills |

|The student will locate print and nonprint resources using the online catalog, and the students will retrieve the items from the |

|shelves. |

|The student will locate information using online/print encyclopedias. |

|The student will cite sources of materials used. |

|Library Media Strategies Collaboration between the librarian and the teacher is essential for student academic achievement. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to conduct a keyword or subject search using the online catalog. |

|The librarian will discuss how a book’s call number reveals whether the work is fiction or nonfiction. |

|The librarian will discuss with students the importance of a bibliography and how to do a basic one. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to use the online databases from school and home. |

|Local Strategies |

|Sample Project/Activity |

|The librarian will ask student teams to use books and electronic sources to find information on Eastern Woodland, Sioux of the |

|Plains, and Pueblo people, and then the student will create a graphic organizer showing similarities and differences between the |

|lives of early American Indians. |

|The students will create a simple bibliography of the sources used. |

|Essential Questions |

|Local Activities |

|Internet Safety |

|Internet safety can be addressed when students are using online resources for research or interactive sites for practicing other |

|skills. Remind students that they must follow the division’s Acceptable Use Policy; and not all web sites contain truthful and |

|accurate information. |

| |

|Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools – see: |

| |

|Web-based Resources on Internet Safety in Schools –see: |

| |

|Technology Connection (from state plan) |

|The Educational Technology for Virginia |

|Integration Goal 1 Target 11 Student learning and achievement will be enhances through the effective integration of technology. |

|Educational Applications Goal 1 Target 1 Teaching and learning resources that effectively support the Virginia Standards of |

|Learning have been identified, communicated, and developed. |

|Technology Connection (division plan) |

| | | |

|Content: History and Social Science |Strand: History |Grade: Two |

|Standard of Learning |National Information Literacy Standard |Essential Knowledge For Information |

| | |Literacy |

|Content Area |Standard 3 The student who is information|The student will recognize the |

|2.3 The student will identify and compare |literate uses information accurately and |availability of information from a |

|changes in community life over time in terms of|creatively. |variety of community resources. |

|buildings, jobs, transportation, and | | |

|population. | |The student will participate in a variety|

| | |of media production activities. |

| | | |

| | |The student will identify the periodical |

| | |and the Internet as sources of |

| | |information. |

|Computer/Technology | | |

|C/T K-2.2 The student will demonstrate | | |

|proficiency in the use of technology. | | |

| | | |

|Demonstrate the use of mouse, keyboard, | | |

|printer, multimedia devices, and earphones. | | |

| | | |

|Use multimedia resources such as interactive | | |

|books and software with graphical interfaces. | | |

|Information Retrieval Skills |

|The student will use print, nonprint, and/or human resources to find pictures of old and new buildings, transportation, and jobs. |

|The student will learn about community resources and periodicals as a source of information. |

|The student will identify and use beginning reference sources. |

|Library Media Strategies Collaboration between the librarian and the teacher is essential for student academic achievement. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to locate reference materials using the online catalog. |

|The librarian will demonstrate how to use an online encyclopedia responsibly and effectively. |

|The librarian will collect and display a variety of resources provided by the community. |

|The librarian will show the students how to access print and nonprint periodicals. |

|Local Strategies |

|Sample Project/Activity |

|The students will demonstrate the changes in the community by creating a picture collage out of images provided by the librarian. |

|Essential Questions |

|Local Activities |

|Internet Safety |

|Internet safety can be addressed when students are using online resources for research or interactive sites for practicing other |

|skills. Remind students that they must follow the division’s Acceptable Use Policy; and not all web sites contain truthful and |

|accurate information. |

| |

|Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools – see: |

| |

|Web-based Resources on Internet Safety in Schools –see: |

| |

|Technology Connection (from state plan) |

|The Educational Technology Plan for Virginia |

|Integration Goal 1 Target 11 Student learning and achievement will be enhanced through the effective integration of technology. |

|Integration Goal 2 Target 1 Educators and students have access to technology to support instructional goals. |

|Technology Connection (division plan) |

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