Idaho Social Studies K.SS.1.1

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The Standard

Describe how individuals have similarities and differences by sharing stories, pictures, and music of one’s own personal life, family, and culture.

Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students share a story, picture, or song from their own life. They listen to classmates and name one way their experiences are alike and one way they differ.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain why they chose a picture or song. They can point to a detail they share with a classmate and a detail that differs, without calling either one better.
Common Misconceptions: Some children assume all families eat the same foods or follow the same routines. Others think a classmate's different routine is strange or wrong.
How to Assess It: Have partners draw something they enjoy doing and swap drawings. Ask each child to name one similarity and one difference.

Lesson moves

Give each child paper to draw a favorite meal or activity, then pair students to find one shared detail and one different detail.
After two students share short stories about a home routine, ask, 'What was alike, and what was different?'
Play Picture Match with student drawings: partners find two pictures with one matching detail and explain one difference.
Invite children to hum or name a song heard at home or nearby, then tell where they hear it.

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