Virginia SOL K.5.b

Social StudiesKindergarten

The Standard

identifying historic events

Virginia Standards of Learning for History and Social Science

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify important events that happened in the past, such as the first moon landing or the first presidential inauguration. They tell what happened instead of naming only a person, place, or object.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a picture or short story, the student names the event and says that it happened in the past. The student can separate an event from a historical person or place.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call any old person, place, or object a historic event. They may name George Washington when asked what happened, rather than naming an event from his life.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the first presidential inauguration. Ask, “Which picture shows a historic event, and what happened?”

Lesson moves

Give pairs picture cards of people, places, and events, then have them sort the cards and explain each event choice.
Read a short account of the first moon landing, then ask, “What happened that makes this an event from the past?”
Play Event or Not by naming examples, such as a parade, Abraham Lincoln, and a moon landing, while students hold up answer cards.
Use an old photograph of a local school celebration, and have students identify what happened and compare it with celebrations now.

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