Indiana Social Studies K.G.5

Social StudiesKindergartenGeography

The Standard

Identify similarities and differences in family traditions, homes, and celebrations.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students look at pictures and hear stories about families, homes, and celebrations. They name one way two families are alike and one way they are different.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given two pictures, a student points out a detail the families share and a detail that differs. They describe both without calling either way better.
Common Misconceptions: Children may assume every family lives in a house or celebrates the same holidays. They may think two celebrations have nothing in common because the foods differ.
How to Assess It: Show two drawings: one family shares a celebration meal at home, and another shares one in a park. Ask, “What do both families do? What is different?”

Lesson moves

Give children photos of an apartment and a house; have them mark shared features with blue stickers and different features with red stickers.
Describe one family singing at a birthday meal and another sharing cake without singing; ask, “What is alike? What is different?”
Show drawings of two bedtime routines, one with a story and one with a song; play Same or Different with each detail.
Compare two grocery store flyers for foods families might serve at a celebration; ask how the meals could be alike and different.

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