Grade 1 Social Studies IAS Standards

Students explain the meaning of government and why rules and laws are needed in the school and community. They identify individual rights and responsibilities and use a variety of sources to learn about the functions of government and roles of citizens.

Identify rights that people have and the responsibilities that accompany these rights. (E)

Define and give examples of rules and laws in the school and the community, and explain the benefits of these rules and laws.

Describe ways that individual actions can contribute to the common good of the classroom or community.

Define the term citizens and describe the characteristics of good citizenship. (E)

Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance and understand that it is a promise to be loyal to the United States.

Students explain how people in the school and community use goods and services and make choices as both producers and consumers.

Identify goods (e.g., tangible objects, such as food or toys, that can satisfy people's wants) that people use. (E)

Identify services (e.g., actions that someone does for someone else) that people do for each other. (E)

Explain that people have to make choices about goods and services because resources are limited in relation to people's wants (e.g., scarcity).

Students identify the basic elements of maps and globes. They identify selected geographic characteristics of their home, school, and neighborhood.

Identify the cardinal directions (i.e., north, south, east, and west) on maps and globes and at the classroom/school. (E)

Identify and describe continents, hemispheres, oceans, cities, and roads on maps and globes. (E)

Identify and describe the relative locations of places in the school setting.

Identify and describe physical features and human features of the local community, including home, school, and neighborhood.

Compare cultural similarities and differences of various ethnic and cultural groups found in Indiana, such as family traditions and customs and traditional clothing and food.

Students identify continuity and change in the different communities around them, including school and neighborhood communities, and identify individuals, events, and symbols that are important to our country.

Identify continuity and change between past and present in community life using primary sources.

Identify American songs and symbols, and discuss their origins.

Identify local people from the past who have demonstrated good citizenship.

Identify people and events observed in national celebrations and holidays. (E)

Develop a simple timeline of important events in the student's life. (E)

Use the terms past and present; yesterday, today, and tomorrow; and next week and last week to sequentially order events that have occurred in the school. (E)

Explain how clocks and calendars are used to measure time.

Distinguish between historical fact and fiction in American folktales and legends that are part of American culture.

Geography

Civics and Government

Economics

History