AISL Kindergarten Benchmarks in Social Studies

(Revised June, 2010)

• AISL.SST.01 HISTORY: Students will understand patterns of change and continuity, relationships between people and events through time, and the causes and effects of interaction among societies.
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• AISL.SST.01.KG.01 Distinguish between events that have happened in the past and are happening now.
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• AISL.SST.01.KG.02 Recognize the differences of everyday life long ago with that of today’s life.
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• AISL.SST.01.KG.03 Understand how people, places and things change over time.
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• AISL.SST.02 GEOGRAPHY: Students will understand the concepts of geography and how they contribute to the interaction between humans and natural and man-made environments.
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• AISL.SST.02.KG.01 Identify the different seasons of the year.
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• AISL.SST.02.KG.02 Identify the different forms of weather.
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• AISL.SST.02.KG.03 Identify the various bodies of water (streams, lakes, rivers, oceans).
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• AISL.SST.02.KG.04 Recognize that maps show where places are.
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• AISL.SST.02.KG.05 Distinguish land and water on a map.
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• AISL.SST.03 CIVICS AND GOVERNMENT: Students will understand why societies create and adopt systems of government and how these systems address human needs, rights, and citizen responsibilities.
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• AISL.SST.03.KG.01 Develop an understanding for having rules.
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• AISL.SST.03.KG.02 Demonstrate good citizenship.
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• AISL.SST.03.KG.03 Cooperate and share with others.
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• AISL.SST.03.KG.04 Understand how rules help people to get along with one another and consequences of breaking the rules.
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• AISL.SST.04 CULTURE: Students will understand cultural and intellectual developments and interactions among and within societies
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• AISL.SST.04.KG.01 Understand why people have different languages, food and culture.
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• AISL.SST.04.KG.02 Describe the similarities and differences in families around the world.
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• AISL.SST.04.KG.03 Describe his/her family.
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• AISL.SST.05 ECONOMICS: Students will understand fundamental economic principles and ways in which economies are shaped by geographic and human factors
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• AISL.SST.05.KG.01 Understand that people of the world depend on each other.
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• AISL.SST.05.KG.02 Understand that people need food, clothes and shelter to survive
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• AISL.SST.05.KG.03 Understand why people have jobs.