History – Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools
PEOPLE WHO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE
SAMPLE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, GRADES K–2
Content Standards
Create a class picture book of friends and family members who
are everyday environmental heroes, including a photo or draw ing
of them as well as a few sentences describing their heroic actions.
For inspiration, you might read Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf by
Olivia Bouler (Sterling, 2011), a story about an 11-year-old who
raised over $175,000 for the Gulf Coast oil spill recovery.
K.1. Students understand that being a good citizen involves acting in
certain ways. 2.5. Students understand the importance of individual
action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and
the recent past have made a difference in others’ lives (e.g., from
biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, George
Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Jackie
Robinson, Sally Ride).
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BIG IDEAS
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Grades K–2
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SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION