Oklahoma Social Studies K.C.2.2

Social StudiesKindergartenContent Standards

The Standard

Explain how we honor people and events of the past, such as holidays, statues, monuments, and the naming of civic buildings and schools.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · K.C.2

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students tell how a holiday, statue, monument, or building name helps people remember someone or something from long ago. They name who or what is being remembered.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can look at a picture of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and say whom it honors. They can explain that people visit it to remember him.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think a holiday is only a day off from school. They may think a statue is just a decoration or that every building is named for a person.
How to Assess It: Show a picture of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Ask, “Who does this honor, and why might people visit it?”

Lesson moves

Have students build a paper monument for a person from the past, then draw one thing that person did.
Read a caption beside a statue photo and ask, “Who does it honor? What did that person do?”
Give pairs picture cards of holidays, statues, and named buildings, then have them match each card to a person or event.
Show a photo of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and ask how visiting it helps people remember him.

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