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Standard II: Students will develop a sense of self in relation to families and community.

Objective 1: Describe behaviors that influence relationships with family and friends. a. Explain how family members support each other. b. Describe tasks at home and school. c. Explain how families change over time. d. Recognize that choices have consequences which affect self, peers, and family. e. Describe behaviors that initiate and maintain friendships.



Objective 2: Describe important aspects of the community and culture that strengthen relationships. a. Practice democratic processes (e.g., follow family and classroom rules, take turns, listen to others, share ideas). b. Describe physical features surrounding the home, school, and community. c. Identify changes in the school and neighborhood over time. d. Identify and use technology in your home, school, and community (e.g., computer, TV, radio). e. Show respect for state and national symbols and patriotic traditions; recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Objective 3: Express relationships in a variety of ways. a. Describe traditions, music, dances, artwork, poems, rhymes, and stories that distinguish cultures. b. Develop dramatic storytelling skills through flexibility in movement and voice, accurate sequencing, and listening and responding to others. c. Create and perform/exhibit dances, visual art, music, and dramatic stories from a variety of cultures expressing the relationship between people and their culture.