Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Kindergarten
Fall 2008
OPSI Suggested Kindergarten Units:
Learning about Myself and My Classroom Community
My Needs and Wants
Social Studies EALR 1: CIVICS
Component 1.1
GLE 1.1.1
Examples:
GLE 1.1.2
Examples:
Component 1.2
GLE 1.2.1
Examples:
GLE 1.2.2
Examples:
GLE 1.2.3
No Kindergarten GLE
GLE 1.2.4
No Kindergarten GLE
Component 1.3
GLE 1.3.1
No Kindergarten GLE
Component 1.4
GLE 1.4.1
Identifies the teacher, principal, vice principal, counselor, and others who make and carry
out rules at the school.
Explains that classroom rules are important so everyone can learn.
Explains that playground rules are important so everyone is safe.
Understands the purpose of rules in the classroom and school.
Understands the purpose, organization of international relationships and United States foreign policy.
Understands civic involvement.
No Kindergarten GLE
Understands the purposes, organizations, and functions of governments, laws and political systems.
Remembers the people who make and carry out rules in the classroom and school
.
The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental
documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful,
participatory citizenship.
Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution, and other fundamental documents.
Understands the key ideals of justice and fairness within the context of the classroom community.
Applies the ideals of justice and fairness when making choices or decisions in the classroom or on the
playground.
Explains that there are rules to follow in the classroom and on the playground.
Explains that students can demonstrate fairness by sharing classroom
supplies and playground equipment.
Uses the classroom rules when making choices about behavior in the classroom and on
the playground.
Uses the ideal of fairness when sharing classroom supplies and playground equipment.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Kindergarten
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 2: ECONOMICS
Component 2.1
GLE 2.1.1
Component 2.2
GLE 2.2.1
GLE 2.2.2
Component 2.3
GLE 2.3.1
Component 2.4
GLE 2.4.1
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
Understands the government’s role in the economy.
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
Understands how economic systems function.
Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.
No Kindergarten GLE
The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the
interactions between individuals, households, governments, and societies.
Understands that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of
those choices.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Kindergarten
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 3: GEOGRAPHY
Component 3.1
GLE 3.1.1
GLE 3.1.2
Component 3.2
GLE 3.2.1
GLE 3.2.2
GLE 3.2.3
Component 3.3
GLE 3.3.1
Understands human interaction with the environment.
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
Understands the geographic context of global issues and events.
No Kindergarten GLE
The student uses spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location,
region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact
environments.
Understands the location, physical characteristics, cutlural characteristics, and spatial patterns of places and
regions on the Earth's surface.
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Kindergarten
Fall 2008
Social Studies EALR 4: HISTORY
Component 4.1
GLE 4.1.1
Examples:
GLE 4.1.2
Component 4.2
GLE 4.2.1
GLE 4.2.2
GLE 4.2.3
Component 4.3
GLE 4.3.1
GLE 4.3.2
Component 4.4
GLE 4.4.1
Creates and explains an individual timeline that shows personal events over time.
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
Uses history to understand the present and plan for the future.
No Kindergarten GLE
Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.
The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points,
major ideas, individuals, and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in
order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.
Understands historical chronology.
Understands and creates timelines to show personal events in a sequential manner.
No Kindergarten GLE
Understand and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
No Kindergarten GLE
Creates and explains a classroom timeline to show major events over a school day,
school week, or school year.
Washington State
Social Studies GLEs
Kindergarten
Fall 2008
Social Studies EARL 5: SS SKILLS
Component 5.1
GLE 5.1.1
Examples:
GLE 5.1.2
Examples:
Component 5.2
GLE 5.2.1
Examples:
GLE 5.2.2
Component 5.3
GLE 5.3.1
Examples:
Component 5.4
GLE 5.4.1
Examples:
GLE 5.4.2
Determines how to share playground equipment fairly.
States own viewpoints on public issues and listens to viewpoints of others.
Explains physical changes over time.
Retells and explains personal history.
No Kindergarten GLE
Retells a sequence of events that have happened over time.
Brainstorms questions about playground rules.
Brainstorms questions about people who work at school.
Uses inquiry-based research.
Understands how to ask questions about the classroom and school community.
Explains one’s point of view about a playground rule.
Determines one’s point of view about a playground ruled based on how fair it is to one’s
self and others.
The student understands and applies reasoning skills to conduct research, deliberate, form, and evaluate positions through the
process of reading, writing, and communicating.
Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate positions.
Understands one’s point of view.
Evaluates the fairness of one’s point of view
Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a thesis and presents the product in an appropriate manner to a
meaningful audience.
No Kindergarten GLE
Deliberates public issues.
States own viewpoint on following classroom rules and listens to the viewpoints of
classmates and the teacher.
States own viewpoint on fairness and listens to the viewpoints of classmates and the teach