1st Grade

analyze their role as a citizen in a community.

• SOC.1.1.1.1(Objective)

  Describe the need for written laws and the main purpose of government, including the concept of consequences for one’s actions when a law or rule is violated.

• SOC.1.1.1.2(Objective)

  Describe how citizens within communities work together to accomplish common tasks and fulfill roles of authority.

• SOC.1.1.1.3(Objective)

  Explain patriotic traditions including The Pledge of Allegiance, describe appropriate flag etiquette and proper behavior during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner.

• SOC.1.1.1.4(Objective)

  Identify important symbols of the United States including the Bald Eagle and the Liberty Bell, and explain their meanings.

demonstrate knowledge of basic geographic concepts.

• SOC.1.1.2.1(Objective)

  Describe the difference between physical and political maps; construct basic maps of specific places.

• SOC.1.1.2.2(Objective)

  Identify cardinal directions and use them to identify specific locations on a map.

• SOC.1.1.2.3(Objective)

  Identify the difference between continents and oceans.

• SOC.1.1.2.4(Objective)

  Compare the features of urban and rural communities.

• SOC.1.1.2.5(Objective)

  Describe community customs and traditions as basic elements of culture.

examine important events and historical figures in the nation’s past.

• SOC.1.1.3.1(Objective)

  Explain why people may see events from different points of view.

• SOC.1.1.3.2(Objective)

  Describe the contributions of people and groups who have shaped our history and ways we commemorate important places and events of the past.

• SOC.1.1.3.3(Objective)

  Read and construct basic timelines to understand the chronology of events in history.

• SOC.1.1.3.4(Objective)

  Identify primary sources and how they help us to learn about the past.

describe the characteristics of the American economic system.

• SOC.1.1.4.1(Objective)

  Explain the costs and benefits of spending and saving in order to meet needs and wants.

• SOC.1.1.4.2(Objective)

  Describe ways people are paid for their labor and how goods and services are purchased using money and credit.

• SOC.1.1.4.3(Objective)

  Identify and explain the roles of consumers and producers in the American economy.

• SOC.1.1.4.4(Objective)

  Describe the role of banks in the community.