Grade 1 Social Studies Curriculum Standards

Written by Joanne Harriman Sunday, 06 February 2011 21:10

Bold-faced standards are the MDIRSS essential standards and the standards in regular font are supporting standards. Click on the green bold-faced MDIRSS essential standards to see the unpacked version, list of resources, and corresponding performance rubric for that standard.

Grade 1 Social Studies Context: Classroom in the School Community

Process Skills

A1. Identify and investigate research questions related to social studies by locating, organizing, and sharing information.
A2. Make individual and collaborative decisions on matters related to social studies using research and discussion skills.
A3. Select, plan, and participate in a civic action or service-learning project based on a classroom or school asset or need, and describe the project’s potential civic contribution.

Civics and Government

B1a. Describe and provide examples of the democratic ideals of Popular Sovereignty, Equality, and Diversity.
B1b. Recognize the symbols and traditional practices that honor and foster patriotism in the United States by a) Identifying the American flag, bald eagle, Washington Monument, and Statue of Liberty; b) Demonstrating respect for the American flag by learning the Pledge of Allegiance; and c) Identifying the governor of Maine.

B1c. Label school community workers and volunteers with the roles they play in promoting the common good.

B2a. Create, practice, and recognize the purpose of classroom rules.

B2a. Identify individual rights and responsibilities within the classroom and recognize their differences.

B2a. Recognize the traits of a good citizen, including:a) Exhibiting fair play and good sportsmanship, helping others, and treating others with respect; c) Working hard in school; d) Taking responsibility for one’s own actions;e) Valuing honesty and truthfulness in oneself and others.

B3a. Identify their own opinions and interests regarding classroom traditions and decisions.

B3b. Compare the similarities in traditions across different cultures/nations (including the Wabanaki nations in Maine).

Economics

C1a. Explain that people make choices because they cannot have everything they want or need.

C1a. Make choices about scarce resources in the classroom, such as pencils, crayons, paper, etc.

C1b. Participate in a teacher-simulated activity in which they work to earn “money” and buy goods and services.

C2a. Order pictures of goods and services from least to most expensive.

C2b. Identify groups of workers who provide goods and services in the community.

C2b. Explain how groups of workers (ex. artists, fishermen, educators, scientists, etc) provide goods and services.

Geography [see research on student learning in Geography for this age level]

D1a. Understand how maps are representations of real-world objects and locations.

D1b. Create a map of a familiar location, such as their classroom or the playground by working collaboratively with their classmates for a real purpose.

D1c. Identify their current location on a map.

D1c. Locate the United States on a map of the world.

D1c. Identify north, south, east, and west on a flat map.

D1c. Identify landforms: lake, river, coast, hill, valley, and summit.

D2a. Understand how mountains, islands, beaches, and oceans, lakes, rivers, coasts, hills, valleys, and summits impact families and communities.

D2a. Understand the correlation between types of housing and the environment.

History

E1a. Understand that “history” is made up of stories of the past and that history can be viewed from many different perspectives that don’t necessarily tell the same story.

E1a. Understand that history is never simple.

E1b. Sequence photographs or drawings from their classroom community into a timeline.

E1c. Create a timeline that shows a sequence of events from a story in correct order.

E1d. Understand the concepts of before and after, and past and present, through narrative formats.

E1e. Tell a story from an event on a timeline.

E2a. Identify similarities and differences among traditions and celebrations within the school community.

E2a. Understand how similarities and differences among experiences shape our perspectives on events in history.

E2a. Understand the term “culture” to mean…a shared set of beliefs, practices, attitudes and behaviors that are passed down from one generation to the next. A “value” to mean…something that one holds dear or very important; "beliefs" to mean something that one accepts as real or true.

E2b. Describe traditions of Maine Native Americans and various historical and recent immigrant groups and traditions common to all.

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