Kindergarten Social Studies Hawaii standards Standards

Content Standards

Anchor and Inquiry Standards

Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries

Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Creating Claims

Communicating Conclusions

Taking Informed Action

Construct a variety of questions about social studies topics with guidance from adults and/or peers

Construct supporting questions to help answer compelling questions with guidance from adults and/or peers

Determine whether a source is primarily fact or opinion

Determine whether a source is primary or secondary

Gather facts from teacher and/or adult-curated sources to answer questions

Begins in grades 3-5

Begins in grades 3-5

Construct explanations using correct sequence and relevant information

Respectfully ask and answer questions about arguments and explanations

Present explanations using a variety of print, oral, and digital technologies

Identify problems or issues in classrooms, schools, or communities

Identify ways in which people are trying to address problems or issues in classrooms, schools, or communities

Use deliberative and democratic procedures (e.g., listening, consensus building, voting) to identify ways to take action on classroom, school, or community problems or issues

Show evidence of taking individual or group action on one or more problems or issues

Compare roles and responsibilities of self and others at home, at school, and in neighborhood settings

Compare rules that apply in different settings and evaluate the consequences of following or not following rules

Determine ways that people can work together effectively to make decisions

Sequence important events in your life

Describe an event from two different perspectives

Explain the effects of an event in your life

Describe differences between needs and wants

Examine physical characteristics on maps and globes using positional words

Describe how and why people move from place to place

Give examples of how scarcity affects your daily choices