Living Close to the Land Correlation to Core Curriculum
Standards listed are not covered exhaustively, but in varying degrees
Kindergarten
Science
Standard 1 - Processes of generating and communicating scientific evidence framed by Big Ideas.
Social Studies
Standard 1 - Students will recognize and describe how individuals and families are both similar and different
Objective 1 - Identify how individuals are similar and different
Indicators:
- Demonstrate respect for each individual
- Explain the elements of culture, including language, dress, food, shelter, and stories
Objective 2 - Recognize and describe how families have both similar and different characteristics
Indicators:
- Describe family members' duties and responsibilities within the family
- Explain how families change over time
- Describe ways that families provide love, care, food, shelter, clothing, companionship, and protection
Standard 2 - Students will recognize their role and responsibilities of being a good citizen
Objective 1 - Demonstrate appropriate ways to behave in different settings
Indicators:
- Explain why families and classrooms have rules
- Identify examples of honesty, responsibility, patriotism, and courage from history, literature, and folklore, as well as from everyday life
- Demonstrate respect for others, leaders, and the environment
Standard 4 - Students can explain how humans meet their needs in many ways
Objective 1 - Recognize that people have basic needs and wants
Indicators:
- Explain that families have needs and wants
- Describe how basic human needs, such as food, shelter, and clothing, can be met
Objective 2 - Explain that people have jobs and earn money to meet their needs
Indicators: Explain why people work
First Grade
Science
Standard 1 - Processes of generating and communicating scientific evidence framed by Big Ideas
Social Studies
Standard 2 - Students will recognize their roles and responsibilities as citizens in the school and in the neighborhood
Objective 1 - Describe and demonstrate appropriate social skills neccessary for working in a group
Indicators:
- Describe behaviors that contribute to cooperation within groups at school and in a neighborhood
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities of being a member of a group
Objective 2 - Identify and list responsibilities in the school and in the neighborhood
Indicators:
-Describe and practice responsible behavior inherent in being a good citizen in the school and neighborhood
- Explain why schools have rules, and give examples of neighborhood rules
- Demonstrate respect for others in the neighborhood
Standard 4 - Students will describe the economic choices people make to meet their basic economic needs
Objective 1 - Explain how goods and services meet people's needs
Indicators: Explain ways that people exchange goods and services
Second Grade
2nd Grade
Science
Standard 1 - Processes of generating and communicating scientific evidence framed by Big Ideas
Social Studies
Standard 1 - Students will recognize and describe how people within their community, state and nation are both similar and differnt
Objective 1 - Examine and identify cultural differences within the community.
Indicators:
- Explain ways people respect and pass on their traditions and customs
- Give examples of how families in the community borrow customs or traditions from other cultures
Objective 2 - Recognize and describe the contributions of different cultural groups in Utah and the nation
Indicators:
- Identify various cultural groups within the state and the nation
- Explain ways American Indians and immigrants have shaped both Utah's and America's culture (e.g., names of places, food, customs, celebrations)
Standard 3 - Students will use geographic tools and skills to locate and describe places on earth
Objective 1 - Identify common symbols and physical features of a community, and explain how they affect people's activities in that area.
Indicators:
- Describe how geographic aspects of the area affect a community and influence culture
- Describe ways in which people have modified the physical environment in a community
Third Grade
Science
Standard 1 - Students will understand how geography influences community location and development
Objective 2 - Describe how various communities have adapted existing environments and how other communities have modified the environment
Indicators: Describe how communities have modified the environment to accomodate their needs
Objective 3 - Analyze ways cultures use, maintain, and preserve the physical environment
Indicators:
- Identify ways people use the physical environment
- Compare perspectives of various communities toward the natural environment
Standard 2 - Students will understand cultural factors that shape a community
Objective 1 - Evaluate key factors that determine how a community develops
Indicators:
- Describe how stories, folktales, music, and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture
- Identify and explain the interrelationship of the environment and community development
- Explain changes within communities caused by human inventions
Objective 2 - Explain how selected indigenous cultures of the Americas have changed over time
Indicators:
- Describe and compare early indigenous people of the Americas
- Analyze how these cultures changed with the arrival of people from Europe, and how the cultures of the Europeans changed
- Identify how indigenous people maintain cultural traditions today
Standard 3 - Students will understand the principles of civic responsibility in classroom, community, and country
Objective 3 - Apply principles of civic responsibility
Indicators:
- Identify and consider the diverse viewpoints of the people who comprise a community
- Demonstrate respect for the opinions, backgrounds, and cultures of others
Fourth Grade
Social Studies
Standard 2 - Students will understand how Utah's history has been shaped by many diverse people, events, and ideas
Objective 1 - Describe the historical and current impact of various cultural groups on Utah
Indicators:
- Explore points of view about life in Utah from a variety of cultural groups using primary source documents
- Explore cultural influences from vaious group found in Utah today
