Section 389.238 - Kindergarten: Social studiesInstruction in kindergarten in social studies must be designed so that pupils meet the following performance standards by the completion of kindergarten:
1. For the area of social studies disciplinary skills, with prompting and support: (a) Generate compelling questions to explore how learning and working together builds a classroom community.(b) Generate supporting questions relating to the compelling questions developed pursuant to paragraph (a).(c) Using a primary resource from the school in which the pupil is enrolled or the community in which the pupil lives, develop a reasonable idea about:(1) Who created the primary resource.(2) Where the primary resource was created.(3) Why the primary resource was created.(4) When the primary resource was created.(d) Construct responses to compelling questions generated pursuant to paragraph (a) using examples.(e) Construct organized explanations of relevant concepts for various audiences and purposes.(f) Participate in a structured academic discussion using evidence and reasoning.(g) List and discuss actions by a person or a group that can be taken to address local, regional or global problems.(h) Use deliberative and democratic procedures to take action about an issue in the classroom of the pupil, the school in which the pupil is enrolled or the community in which the pupil lives.2. For the area of history, compare life in the past to the life of the pupil in the community in the present.3. For the area of geography:(a) Use simple geographic models to describe spaces at the home in which the pupil lives and the school in which the pupil is enrolled.(b) Explain why and how persons move from one location to another location in a community.4. For the area of economics, give examples of choices that are made because of the scarcity of resources.5. For the area of civics: (a) Describe an action that exemplifies civic dispositions and democratic principles, including, without limitation: (1) Deliberative discussion;(5) Respect for the individual rights of a person.(b) Compare and contrast rules from different places and cultures.(c) Describe how a person can work to improve his or her community.6. For the area of multicultural education:(a) Share and discuss stories that illustrate honesty, courage, friendship, respect and responsibility.(b) Explore strategies to resolve conflict in the classroom in which the pupil is enrolled.(c) Identify diverse cultural celebrations, events, holidays and symbols, and, if applicable, identify the dates of such items on a calendar.(d) Describe ways in which pupils and families are alike and different across diverse cultures.Nev. Admin. Code § 389.238
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R011-09, eff. 10-27-2009; A by R056-17AP, eff. 8/30/2018NRS 385.080, 385.114, 389.021, 389.520