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Well Versed

12 episodes

Animated civics songs, three to four minutes apiece, pitched at two levels. The preschool and kindergarten tracks stay close to the rug: why we have rules, what to do when a friend disagrees with you, doing your part, and how differences make a group stronger. The older songs step up to the actual machinery, taking on what a government does day to day, the three branches and why splitting the work matters, rules versus laws, rights, voting as a fair way to decide, and local government handling the trash pickup and the library. Useful when an elementary civics unit needs something everyone can sing.

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What Well Versed covers

12 episodes in the library, tagged for Pre-K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Social Studies. Between them they line up with 8 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

Pre-K: 4
K: 12
1st: 8
2nd: 8
3rd: 8
4th: 8
5th: 8
6th: 8

Episodes per subject

Social Studies: 12

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 8

D2.Civ.2.K-2Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in a community.
D2.Civ.1.3-5Distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government and in different times and places.
D2.Civ.1.K-2Describe roles and responsibilities of people in authority.
D2.Civ.2.3-5Explain how a democracy relies on people's responsible participation, and draw implications for how individuals should participate.
D2.Civ.6.3-5Describe ways in which people benefit from and are challenged by working together, including through families, workplaces, voluntary organizations, and government.
D4.6.K-2Identify and explain a range of local, regional, and global problems, and some ways in which people are trying to address these problems.

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D4.1.K-2Construct an argument with reasons to support a claim.
D4.7.3-5Explain different strategies and approaches students and others could take in working alone and together to address local, regional, and global problems.

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