Standards
Students will recognize that the Pledge of Allegiance is an oath that affirms American values and freedom.
Generate resourceStudents will identify “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all” as the Pledge of Allegiance.
Generate resourceStudents will identify authority figures in their school and community including, but not limited to, parents, teachers, and law enforcement officers.
Generate resourceStudents will recognize Florida’s state flag and state nickname, “The Sunshine State,” as symbols that represent the state.
Generate resourceStudents will identify patriotic holidays and observances (e.g., American Founders Month, Celebrate Freedom Week, Constitution Day, Independence Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Medal of Honor Day, Memorial Day, Patriot Day, Veterans Day).
Generate resourceStudents will define rules as standards of responsible behavior (e.g., rules for home and school).
Generate resourceStudents will practice decision-making in small and large groups through voting, taking turns, class meetings, and discussion.
Generate resourceStudents will recognize the American flag, the bald eagle, and the U.S. President as symbols that represent the United States.
Generate resourceStudents will define laws as a system of rules intended to protect people and property that are created and enforced by government (e.g., speed limit).
Generate resourceRecognize the importance of celebrations and national holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events, and our nation's ethnic heritage.
Generate resourceCompare our nation's holidays with holidays of other countries’ cultures.
Generate resourceListen to and retell stories about people in the past who have shown character ideals and principles including honesty, courage, and responsibility.
Generate resourceUse words and phrases related to chronology and time to explain how things change and to sequentially order events that have occurred in school.
Generate resourceExplain that calendars represent days of the week and months of the year.
Generate resourceRecognize African American inventors and explorers (i.e., Lonnie Johnson [inventor], Mae C. Jemison, George Washington Carver).
Generate resourceIdentify people who have the authority and power to make and enforce rules and laws.
Generate resourceDescribe and demonstrate the characteristics of being a responsible citizen.
Generate resourceStudents will demonstrate that conflicts can be resolved in ways that are consistent with being a responsible citizen.
Generate resourceStudents will explain why it is important to take responsibility for one’s actions.
Generate resourceDescribe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used.
Generate resourceRecognize that people work to earn money to buy things they need or want.
Generate resourceDescribe the relative location of people, places, and things by using positional words.
Generate resourceExplain that maps and globes help to locate different places and that globes are a model of the Earth.
Generate resourceKnow one’s own phone number, street address, city, or town and that Florida is the state in which the student lives.
Generate resourceDescribe and give examples of seasonal weather changes and illustrate how weather affects people and the environment.
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