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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Social Studies — Kindergarten

Goal 1: The learner will investigate how individuals, families, and groups are similar and different.

Objective 1.05. Compare and contrast customs of families in communities around the world.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

First Americans of North Carolina and the United States
This lesson will use shared reading, center time, hands-on projects, and journal writing to help learners discover facts about first Americans, particularly those in the region that is today North Carolina, while at the same time developing their English language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Development and Social Studies)
By Adriane Moser.
Around the world, a multicultural unit
The students will listen to stories from different cultures. They will participate in directed discussion, followed by a related art activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts, Guidance, Healthful Living, and Social Studies)
By Judy Cliver.

Resources on the web

Weeping camel: Finding rituals in our daily lives
In this Xpeditions lesson, students identify characteristics of traditional and modern rituals found in different cultures. Through reading stories about rituals, students identify some of their characteristics. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
Native American cultures across the U.S.
Students discuss the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Endowment for the Humanities
La familia
In this unit from EDSITEment, students learn about families in various Spanish cultures and gain a preliminary knowledge of the Spanish language, learning the Spanish names for various family members. After completing the lessons in this unit, students... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages and Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
French and family
Young children are fascinated, though sometimes a bit frightened, by cultures different from their own. They are also at a stage of development when it's exciting and relatively easy to acquire new vocabulary. This unit on French language and culture takes... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Second Languages and Social Studies)
Provided by: EDSITEment
Culture goggles: Same holy land, different holidays
Students visit the Culture Goggles exhibit in National Geographic's Xpedition Hall, where they will select a religion to see how a Christian, a Jew, or a Muslim might view the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
America, a home for every culture
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students explore how various cultures have contributed to making the United States the unique and diverse country that it is today. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Music Education and Social Studies)
Provided by: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts