Hempstead Union Free School District

Level PK: Self as an Individual

• Basic awareness of self as an individual
• Describes how each person is unique and important
• Identifies family members, family characteristics and functions
• Describes his/her own community
• Demonstrates awareness and appreciation of their own culture and other cultures
• Demonstrates an understanding of roles, rights and responsibility at home, school and in the community

Level K: Self and Others

• Myself and others
• My family and other families
• My school and community
• My neighborhood
• Location of home, school, neighborhood, and community on maps and globes
• Basic human needs and wants
• People helping one another to meet needs and wants
• Symbols of citizenship
• Rights, responsibilities and roles of citizenship
• People making and changing rules and laws
• People making rules that involve consideration of others and benefit all

Grade 1: My Family and Other Families, Now and Long Ago

• My family and other families
• History of my family
• My community local region
• Places in my community and local region
• Challenge of meeting needs and wants
• Economic decision making
• Symbols of citizenship
• Rights, responsibilities and roles of citizenship
• People making and changing rules and laws

Grade 2: My Community and Other United States Communities

• My community and region today
• People depending on and modifying the physical environment
• Challenge of meeting needs and wants
• People using human, capital, and natural resources
• Economic decision making
• Symbols of citizenship
• Rights, responsibilities and roles of citizenship
• People making and changing rules and laws

Grade 3: Communities Around the World—Learning About People and Places

• Cultures and civilizations
• Communities around the world
• The location of world communities
• Physical, human, and cultural characteristics of world communities
• People depending on and modifying the physical environment
• Challenge of meeting needs and wants in world communities
• Economic decision making in world communities
• Symbols of citizenship in world communities
• People making and changing rules and laws
• Governments around the world

Grade 4: Local History and Local Government

• Native American Indians of New York State
• Three worlds (Europe, the Americas, Africa) meet in the Americas
• Colonial and Revolutionary periods
• The Revolutionary War in New York State
• The new nation
• Industrial growth and expansion
• Urbanization: economic, political and social impacts
• Government
• Purposes of government
• Local and state governments

Grade 5: The United States, Canada, and Latin America

• History of the United States, Canada, and Latin America
• Geography of the United States, Canada, and Latin America
• The economies of the United States, Canada, and Latin American nations
• The governments of the United States, Canada, and Latin American nation

Grade 6:  The Eastern Hemisphere

• History of Eastern Hemisphere nations
• Geography of Eastern Hemisphere nations
• Economies of Eastern Hemisphere nations
• Governments of Eastern Hemisphere nations

From www.nysed.gov