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Social Studies Preschool Curriculum,

Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum SCOPE & SEQUENCE Grade Level: Preschool Curricular Area: Social Studies Unit 1: Myself and My Family

Unit 2: My Friends

Unit 3: My Community and School

Unit 4: My World

1A All About Me

2A Making Friends

3A Types of Communities

4A Geography

1B My Family Members

2B People are Alike/Different

3B Being a Part of My School and My Community

4B History

1C What Families Need

2C Respecting Others

3C Rules and Laws in My School and My Community

4C Taking Care of Our World

3D People in My School and My Community


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum OUTCOMES Curricular Area: Social Studies Outcome 1A: Students will identify physical characteristics and personal traits of self. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.1.1 Begins to develop and express awareness of self in terms of specific abilities, characteristics and preferences. HSCOF.SS.6.5.1 Develops ability to identify personal characteristics including gender, and family composition.

Michigan Benchmark- Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.2.1 Children typically can talk about personal information (e.g., name; family members; and by four, knowledge of personal traits, address, telephone number).

Teaching the Faith Activities

• Have each family bring in a baby picture of their child. Put pictures on a bulletin board without names. See how many can guess which picture belongs to which child. Talk about how glad we are that God helps us grow. (Protect pictures from pinholes and finger prints by displaying them in plastic bags.)


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 1A: Students will identify physical characteristics and personal traits of self. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool

Curricular Area: Social Studies /Unit 1 Myself and My Family School Year:

Michigan Standards, Benchmark, or GLCE (The italicized indicates the one used)

Dates Taught (month/day/initials):

ELE.2.1 Children typically can talk about personal information (e.g., name; family members; and by four, knowledge of personal traits, address, telephone number).


Outcome 1B: Students will identify the members of their family. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOP.SS.6.5.1 Develops ability to identify personal characteristics including gender, and family composition.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.2.3 Children will show an understanding of family and how families are alike and different. ELE.2.4 Children will talk about ways members of a family can work together to help one another.


• Have each child dictate a story about what they like to do with the family that God has given them, or about a favorite place their family likes to go and how God is always with them. Let children add illustrations to their stories.

• Put family books in the reading corner. Be sure to include books that show how God make families different in size, traditions, and cultures. Include books about Jesus as our Savior. Because of Jesus, all who believe in Him are members of God’s family – the biggest family of all!

• Have each child bring a family picture. Display these on a table or bulleting board under the title “God Made All Families Special.” Discuss how God made all families different and unique.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 1B: Students will identify the members of their family. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.2.3 Children will show an understanding of family and how families are alike and different.

ELE.2.4 Children will talk about ways members of a family can work together to help one another.


Outcome 1C: Students will demonstrate knowledge of what people and families need to survive (i.e., food, shelter). Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOP.SS.6.5.2 Progresses in understanding similarities and respecting differences among people, such as genders, race, special needs, culture, language, and family structures.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.2.5 Children will begin to recognize that people celebrate events in a variety of ways. ELE.6.1 Children will begin to identify what families need to thrive (e.g., food, shelter, clothing, love)


• Make a list of the children’s favorite foods to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Read and compare the lists. Underline foods that are listed in more than one category. Reinforce the concept that we can help to take care of the bodies God made for us by eating healthy food, getting plenty of rest, and getting lots of exercise.

• God created food for us to eat. Discuss plants and animals that are used for food. Set out a balancing scale and a variety of fruits and vegetables. The children can weigh and compare the foods.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 1C: Students will demonstrate knowledge of what people and families need to survive (i.e., food, shelter). Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.2.5 Children will begin to recognize that people celebrate events in a variety of ways.

ELE.6.1 Children will begin to identify what families need to thrive (e.g., food, shelter, clothing, love)


Outcome 2A: Students will develop the ability to develop relationships with others. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.2.2 Develops growing understanding of how their actions affect others and begins to accept the consequences of their actions. HSCOF.SS.6.4.2 Shows progress in developing friendships with peers.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.2.2 Children will begin to recognize themselves as unique individuals and become aware of the uniqueness of others.


• Make “Friendship Mix.” Have each child bring in one cup of a favorite finger food (e.g., cereal, crackers, marshmallows, raisins.) Mix items together and share after thanking God for food and friends.

• Make a telephone book listing the names and phone numbers of the children in your class. Title the book “My List of Friends – My List of Blessings from God!” Read and explain the title to the children. Post the book by a play telephone and encourage the children to practice dialing each other’s phone numbers. This activity could also be used to practice phone conversations with each other.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 2A: Students will develop the ability to develop relationships with others. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool

Curricular Area: Social Studies /Unit 2 My Friends School Year:



ELE.2.2 Children will begin to recognize themselves as unique individuals and become aware of the uniqueness of others.


Outcome 2B: Students will become aware of the uniqueness of others. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.5.2 Progresses in understanding similarities and respecting differences among people, such as genders, race, special needs, culture, language, and family structures.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.2.2 Children will begin to recognize themselves as unique individuals and become aware of the uniqueness of others.


• Make a “Friends” chart listing the eye color, favorite foods, hair color, etc. of the children. Include the category “Loved and Forgiven by Jesus.” Write every child’s name in that category.

• Post pictures of children from around the world featuring a variety of cultures as well as differently-abled children. Discuss how we can be helpers to others. Comment that Jesus loves all people; He helps us to be kind and loving to others too.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 2B: Students will become aware of the uniqueness of others. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.2.2 Children will begin to recognize themselves as unique individuals and become aware of the uniqueness of others.


Outcome 2C: Students will demonstrate the ability to treat friends, classmates and authority figures with respect. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.3.1 Increases abilities to sustain interactions with peers by helping, sharing and discussion. HSCOF.SS.6.3.2 Shows increasing abilities to use compromise and discussion in working, playing and resolving conflicts with peers. HSCOF.SS.6.3.3 Develops increasing abilities to give and take in interactions; to take turns in games or using materials; and to interact without being overly submissive. HSCOF.SS.6.4.3 Progresses in responding sympathetically to peers who are in need, upset, hurt, or angry; and in expressing empathy or caring for others.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.2.6 Children will grow in understanding of and respect for differences among cultural groups, as well as their contributions to society.


• Teach Galatians 5:13 through a finger play. “Serve (stretch arms outward) one another (point to your friends) in love (hug yourself).”

• Discuss ways in which we can show love to our friends and solve conflicts with each other. Pose situations to the children that begin with “What if your friend…?” Pray for God’s help in being kind and forgiving friends.

• During circle time give each child a turn to share by completing this sentence with the name of a family member: “I thank God for my _________________ because ________________.” Encourage the children to tell what that person does for them, what he/she is like, or what is special about that person.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 2C: Students will demonstrate the ability to treat friends, classmates and authority figures with respect. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.2.6 Children will grow in understanding of and respect for differences among cultural groups, as well as their contributions to society.


Outcome 3A: Students will demonstrate an awareness of rural and urban communities. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.5.3 Develops growing awareness of jobs and what is required to perform them.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.5.1 Children will talk about some of the workers and services in their community.


• Help the children list things that are the same and things that are different about cities and farms. Write their ideas on chart paper. Talk about how God made each place for a purpose and that people on farms and in cities work together so we can have food, clothing, etc.

• Talk about safety rules, such as not talking to strangers, always staying with an adult, following traffic rules, not playing around farm equipment, and not sticking fingers in animals mouths. God wants us to learn to be safe in the city and on the farm.

• God encourages people from all areas such as the city and the farm to work together. Each place plays an important part in our daily living. Provide toy people, animals, barns, buildings, trees, buses, cars, and other appropriate items for the sand table. Let the children create farm and city environments and play and work together as God wants all people to do.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 3A: Students will demonstrate an awareness of rural and urban communities. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool

Curricular Area: Social Studies /Unit 3 My Community and School School Year:

Michigan Standards, Benchmark, or GLCE (The italicized indicates the one used).


ELE.5.1 Children will talk about some of the workers and services in their community.


Outcome 3B: Students will gain knowledge of their role in their school and community. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.1.2 Develops growing capacity for independence in a range of activities, routines and tasks.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.2.7 Children will participate in creating their own classroom celebrations. ELE.4.1 Children will grow in their understanding of the need for rules for their learning environment. ELE.5.3 Children will begin to understand that people pay for things with a representation of money (e.g., currency, checks, debit cards, credit cards). ELE.5.4 Children will make simple choices about how to spend money.


• Laminate pictures of things found on a farm such as a silo and barn, tractors, animals, fields. Also laminate pictures of things found in a city such as tall buildings, malls, garbage trucks, taxi cabs, buses, lots of people. Have the children sort the pictures into two groups for the farm or city. Discuss how God cares about people in both places and wants all people to know about His love for them through Jesus.

• Visit a grocery store. Arrange a tour that will allow the children to see how the food is delivered. For added fun, divide the children into small groups chaperoned by an adult and send the children on a scavenger hunt, identifying foods from each food group. Thank God for all the people who help us get the food we eat – farmers who grow it, truck drivers who deliver it, store clerks who sell it, and parents who prepare it.

• Use masking tape to make a map on the floor showing the community in which you live. Add paper buildings such as a doctor’s office, dentist’s office, school, library, store, etc. Move play people around the map and talk about how you feel when you visit these places. Talk about the joy we can feel in singing praise to God in church. Read Psalm 122:1.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 3B: Students will gain knowledge of their role in their school and community. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.2.7: Children will participate in creating their own classroom celebrations.

ELE.4.1: Children will grow in their understanding of the need for rules for their learning environment.

ELE.5.3: Children will begin to understand that people pay for things with a representation of money (e.g., currency, checks, debit cards, credit cards).

ELE.5.4: Children will make simple choices about how to spend money.


Outcome 3C: Students will gain knowledge of the rules and laws of their school and community. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.2.3 Demonstrates increasing capacity to follow rules and routines and use materials purposefully, safely, and respectfully.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.4.2 Children will begin to understand consequences of following and breaking (disobeying) rules.


• God gives us leaders to make rules and laws. Have the children dictate letters or draw pictures thanking the leaders of the town, county, or state for making it a good place to live.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 3C: Students will gain knowledge of the rules and laws of their school and community. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool

Curricular Area: Social Studies /Unit 3 My Community and School School Year: :



ELE.4.2: Children will begin to understand consequences of following and breaking (disobeying) rules.


Outcome 3D: Students will identify a variety of workers and services in their school and community. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.4.1 Demonstrates increasing comfort in talking with and accepting guidance and directions from a range of familiar adults.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.4.3 Children will identify people (e.g., parents, teachers, bus drives, lunchroom helpers) who have authority in their home and early learning programs (e.g., who helps them make rules, who tells them when they are breaking a rule, who helps enforce rules). ELE.5.1 Children will talk about some of the workers and services in their community. ELE.5.2 Children will talk about some of the ways that people earn a living.


• Take a tour of your church and /or school. Meet all the people who contribute to helping at the facility (e.g., custodians, secretaries, pastors, director/principal, other teachers). Go back to the room and draw these people on a mural to hang in the hallway or in a multipurpose room. Discuss how each is a helper for God and how we can be helpers for God also, whatever our age. Invite some of the church helpers in your building to come and share a snack with your class. This is a good way to say thank you for all they do for you and for the Lord.

• Help the children develop responsibility by having helpers for clean up, passing out napkins, holding the door, placing the Bible on the altar at worship time, etc. Let them know they are important helpers to you, the other children, and to God.

• Visit places where community helpers work or have them come to the classroom and share how they serve the community. (Trips to or visit from parents of children in your room would be especially meaningful.) Lead the group in prayer. Ask God to bless the work these people do.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 3D: Students will identify a variety of workers and services in their school and community. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.4.3: Children will identify people (e.g., parents, teachers, bus drives, lunchroom helpers) who have authority in their home and early learning programs (e.g., who helps them make rules, who tells them when they are breaking a rule, who helps enforce rules).

ELE.5.1: Children will talk about some of the workers and services in their community.

ELE.5.2: Children will talk about some of the ways that people earn a living.


Outcome 4A: Students will be able to identify landforms and will be able to use words for location and direction. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) HSCOF.SS.6.5.4 Begins to express and understand concepts and language of geography in the contexts of their classroom, home and community.

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.1.1 Children will include representations of various physical features (e.g., roads, bodies of water, buildings) in their play. ELE.1.2 Children will use and understand words to indicate size. ELE.1.3 Children will use and understand words for location and direction.

Teaching the Faith Activities N/A


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 4A: Students will be able to identify landforms and will be able to use words for location and direction. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool

Curricular Area: Social Studies /Unit 4 My World School Year:



ELE.1.1: Children will include representations of various physical features (e.g., roads, bodies of water, buildings) in their play.

ELE.1.2: Children will use and understand words to indicate size.

ELE.1.3: Children will use and understand words for location and direction.


Outcome 4B: Students will identify events from history. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) N/A

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.3.1 Children will be able to use words to describe time (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow) ELE.3.2 Children will be able to talk about recent and past events.


• Set out an unbreakable nativity set. Add Mary first, when you tell the story of the angel coming to Mary. Then add the other figures as you tell more of the Christmas story. Let the children explore the scene and use the figures to retell what they have learned.

• Dramatize being the three Marys on their way to the tomb on Easter morning. Act out their fears and then their joy at discovering Jesus is alive. Say, He is risen. Teach children to respond with, “He is risen indeed!”

• Make sequence cards from Sunday school leaflet pictures depicting events of Holy Week and Easter. Direct children to place the cards in order and tell what is happening.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 4B: Students will identify events from history. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.3.1: Children will be able to use words to describe time (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow)

ELE.3.2: Children will be able to talk about recent and past events.


Outcome 4C: Students will demonstrate ways to take care of their environment. Head Start Child Outcomes Framework (HSCOF) N/A

Michigan Benchmark Early Childhood Standards of Quality for PreKindergarten ELE.6.2 Children can participate in improving their environment (e.g., pick up litter, recycle, plant trees and flowers, conserve lights, water and paper).


• Plan a school grounds clean up day. Bring garbage bags and have children wear gloves. Remind children that God gave us the earth and we should take care of it by keeping it clean.


Michigan District Lutheran School Curriculum TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY RECORD 4C: Students will demonstrate ways to take care of their environment. Teacher Name: ____________________ Grade Level: Preschool




ELE.6.2: Children can participate in improving their environment (e.g., pick up litter, recycle, plant trees and flowers, conserve lights, water and paper).

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