Grade 1 Social Studies IAS Standards

Economics

Geography

Civics and Government

History

Economics

Geography

Civics and Government

History

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)

Identify two basic rights people have and 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.

Explain and give an example of rules and laws in the school and the community. (E)

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

Identify two actions a student can do to help contribute to their classroom.

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

Differentiate examples of what good citizens do as opposed to those who do not show good citizenship. (E)

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

Describe the Pledge of Allegiance as 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 three goods that people use every day. (E)

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

Identify 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 the cardinal directions (i.e., north, south, east, and west) on a map or a globe. (E)

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

Identify continents, hemispheres, oceans, and cities. (E)

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

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

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

Identify and describe physical or human features of home and school.

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.

Compare the family traditions of two ethnic or cultural groups found in Indiana.

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 how technology and modes of transportation have changed between the past and present in community life using a primary source.

Identify American songs and symbols, and discuss their origins.

Identify an American song and an American symbol.

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

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

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

Identify a person and an event observed in national celebrations and holidays. (E)

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

Place three events from the student's life in chronological order on a provided timeline. (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)

Sequentially order three events and identify if they occurred yesterday, today, or tomorrow. (E)

Explain how clocks and calendars are used to measure time.

Identify that a clock measures time of day and a calendar measures days of a month.

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

Identify American folktales and legends that are part of American culture.