Grade 1 Social Studies

District 2853

Timelines

Content

Technology Used

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

 

September

·         Social Skills

VII A1

VII A2

VII A4

VII B1

VII B2

·         Video

·         Listening to cassettes

·         Filmstrips

·         Computer use

·         Remind students that school is their job.

·         Students are expected to do their job and follow through with school related tasks.

·         Demonstrate responsibilities for rules in school.

·         Identify who school workers are and what they do.

·         Teacher observation

·         Completion of projects

·         Class discussions

·         Class participation

·         Teacher-made test

October

·         Families

I A1       IV A2

I A2        V A3

I A3

 

VI A1

VI A2

VI A3

VI A5

·         Video

·         Listening to cassettes

·         Filmstrips

·         Computer use

·         Understand how students change in their life time.

·         Discuss a variety of cultures.

·         Discuss homes and shelters.

·         Discuss different types of clothing in the world.

·         Discuss many different kinds of family units.

·         Discuss family rules.

·         Describe different ways our family helps us learn.

·         Discuss wants and needs of a family.

·         Teachers observation

·         Completion of projects

·         Class discussions

·         Class participation

·         Teacher-made test

November through December

·         US History

I A2

I A3

I B1

I C2

IV A1

VII A3

VII B 3

·         Video

·         Listening to cassettes

·         Filmstrips

·         Computer use

·         Introduce, discuss or review Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, and Thanksgiving.

·         Discuss elections in election years.

·         Understand how individuals lived during a variety of periods.

·         Introduce customs.

·         Teacher observation

·         Completion of projects

·         Class discussions

·         Class participation

·         Teacher-made test

January through

February

·         Citizenship

I B1

VII A1

VII A2

VII B1

VII B2

VII C1

·         Video

·         Listening to cassettes

·         Filmstrips

·         Computer use

·         Refer back to social skills unit.

·         Understand love of country.

·         Understand the respect for the flag.

·         Review behaviors regarding patriotic events.

·         Recognize famous men and women and their events.

·         Identify national symbols:  flag, Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, American eagle, White House.

·         Teacher observation

·         Completion of projects

·         Class discussions

·         Class participation

·         Teacher-made test

March through May

·         Map Skills

V A1

V A2

V A4

V A5

V A6

V B1

V B2

V B3

V B4

V B5

V C1

·         Video

·         Listening to cassettes

·         Filmstrips

·         Computer use

·         Understand the world is mostly made of water.

·         Introduce world landmarks such as equator, poles, continents, and oceans.

·         Introduce scale measurements.

·         Identify cardinal directions: N, E, S, and W.

·         Realize that town, state and country are different.

·         Compare maps and globes.

·         Identify map keys, cardinal directions, land and water on a globe and maps.

·         Teacher observation

·         Completion of projects

·         Class discussions

·         Class participation

·         Teacher-made test