Standards
Students learn they are citizens of their school, community, and the United States and identify symbols of the nation. They learn the importance of being a responsible citizen who explains why rules are needed and follows them.
Generate resourceGive examples of classroom and school rules, and explain the importance of following these rules to ensure order and safety. (E)
Generate resourceStudents explain that people do different jobs and work to meet basic economic wants.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe different kinds of jobs that people do and the tools or equipment used in these jobs. (E)
Generate resourceStudents understand that maps and globes are different representations of the Earth's surface and begin to explore the physical and human geographic characteristics of their school, neighborhood, and community.
Generate resourceUse words related to location, direction, and distance, including here/there, over/under, left/right, above/below, forward/backward, and between. (E)
Generate resourceIdentify maps and globes as ways of representing Earth and understand the basic difference between a map and globe, including the difference in water/oceans and land/continents.
Generate resourceLocate and describe places in the school and community using words such as here/there, over/under, left/right, above/below, forward/backward, and between.
Generate resourceIdentify and describe the address and location of the school; understand the importance of an address.
Generate resourceIdentify and compare similarities and differences in families, classmates, neighbors and neighborhoods, and ethnic and cultural groups.
Generate resourceStudents examine the connections of their own environment with the past. They begin to distinguish between events and people of the past and the present and use a sense of time in classroom planning and participation.
Generate resourceIdentify ways by which people, heritage, and events are commemorated and recognized. (E)
Generate resourceExplain that calendars are used to represent the days of the week and months of the year. (E)
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