Kindertips Social Studies

 

Click Here for Kindergarten Social Studies Posters

To the left is an easy song from Dr. Jean that teaches the continents. Click on the picture for a copy of the book.
Click on the picture to link to the Western Heritage Center. This page gives children a chance to listen to different words in Crow and Northern Cheyenne. 
The book to the left, Grandma Rides in the Parade, is about the excitement of preparing for the Crow Fair. Click on the picture to download a copy of the book that can be printed.  This can be incorporated with the TCI unit on families.

Click here for a lesson plan from the Little Big Horn College to go with the book, Grandma Rides in the Parade.

Click on this link to get background

 

The book, Far Out, A Rodeo Horse is a story about a Rodeo as told from the horse's perspective.  Click on the picture for a downloadable copy of the book. This will take a moment or two to download. Go to the link below for a lesson plan from  Little Big Horn College that goes with this book.

Lesson Plan

Go to the link below for a guide on how to teach the pledge of allegiance.

 

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Printable Pledge Book

 

   This labeling activity is from one of the TCI lessons.
Teresa Logan uses the posters provided from TCI for shared reading pieces.
Here is another view of Teresa's Social Studies area in her classroom.
Schelle Spencer used interactive writing to label the flag that her class made.

The OPI website features lesson plans designed to teach the Essential Understandings for grades k-12.  Click on the picture for the home page for these lesson plans.

The book Jingle Dancer is about a young contemporay Muscogee (Creek) - Ojibwe(Chippewa) girl, who in putting together
her regalia, honors the women of her family and her community.  Click on the picture for a link to Cynthia Leitich Smith's website which includes lesson plans and additional information and books.

 

 

Click on the picture to go the Billings Montana Indian Nations Website

TCI Literature Connections for Kindergarten

 



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