Votes for all!
America’s democratic journey
and
HER POWER,
HER VOICE,
HER VOTE!
are ALIGNED WITH THE FOLLOWING
HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTENT STANDARDS
FOR CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
KINDERGARTEN
K.6 Students understand that history relates to events, people, and places of other times.
2. Know the triumphs in American legends and historical accounts through the stories of people who shaped events.
FIRST GRADE
1.1 Students describe the rights and individual responsibilities of citizenship. 1. Understand the rule-making process in a direct democracy.
1.3 - 3. Identify American symbols, landmarks, and essential documents (such as the U.S. Constitution) and know the people and events associated with them.
1.4 Students compare and contrast everyday life in different times and places around the world and recognize that some aspects of people, places, and things change over time while others stay the same.
SECOND GRADE
2.1 Students explain governmental institutions and practices in the United States and other countries.
1. Explain how the United States and other countries make laws, carry out laws, deter mine whether laws have been violated, and punish wrongdoers.
2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others’ lives (e.g., from biographies).
THIRD GRADE
3.4 Students understand the role of rules and laws in our daily lives and the basic structure of the U.S. government.
1. Determine the reasons for rules, laws, and the U.S. Constitution.
2. Discuss the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens, including how to participate in a classroom, in the community, and in civic life.
3. Know the histories of important local and national landmarks, symbols, and essential documents that create a sense of community among citizens and exemplify cherished ideals (e.g., the U.S. Constitution).
6. Describe the lives of American heroes who took risks to secure our freedoms.
FOURTH GRADE
4.5 Students understand the structures, functions, and powers of the local, state, and federal governments as described in the U.S. Constitution. Discuss what the U.S. Constitution is and why it is important (i.e., a written document that defines the structure and purpose of the U.S. government and describes the shared powers of federal, state, and local governments).
FIFTH GRADE
5.7 Students describe the people and events associated with the development of the U.S. Constitution and analyze the Constitution’s significance as the foundation of the American republic.
3. Understand the fundamental principles of American constitutional democracy, including how the government derives its power from the people and the primacy of individual liberty.
5. Discuss the meaning of the American creed that calls on citizens to safeguard the liberty of individual Americans within a unified nation, to respect the rule of law, and to preserve the Constitution.
Bold and Brave!
Adventures in activism,
And
Queer Sheroes!
Women who shaped history
are ALIGNED WITH THE FOLLOWING
HISTORY-SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTENT STANDARDS
FOR CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
KINDERGARTEN
K.6 Students understand that history relates to events, people, and places of other times.
2. Know the triumphs in American legends and historical accounts.
3. Understand how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be different today.
FIRST GRADE
1.4 Students compare and contrast everyday life in different times and places around the world and recognize that some aspects of people, places, and things change over time while others stay the same.
3. Recognize similarities and differences of earlier generations in such areas as work (inside and outside the home), dress, manners, stories, games, and festivals, drawing from biographies, oral histories, and folklore.
1.5 Students describe the human characteristics of familiar places and the varied backgrounds of American citizens and residents in those places.
SECOND GRADE
2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others’ lives
THIRD GRADE
6. Describe the lives of American heroes who took risks to secure our freedoms.
FIFTH GRADE
5. Discuss the meaning of the American creed that calls on citizens to safeguard the liberty of individual Americans within a unified nation, to respect the rule of law, and to preserve the Constitution.
Writing workshop:
YOUR WORDS, YOUR VOICE:
WRITE ON!
is ALIGNED WITH THE FOLLOWING
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS & LITERACY
CALIFORNIA COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS:
WRITING STANDARDS
KINDERGARTEN
3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
FIRST GRADE
3. Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
SECOND GRADE
3. Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
THIRD GRADE
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
d. Provide a sense of closure.
FOURTH GRADE
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c. Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
FIFTH GRADE
3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events.
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.