Ms. Wells' Class
Social Studies
1st and 2nd Grade Standards
1st Grade
Citizenship
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1.1 Students describe the rights and individual responsibilities of citizenship.
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1 Understand the rule-making process in a direct democracy
(everyone votes on the rules) and in a representative democracy (an
elected group of people make the rules), giving examples of both systems
in their classroom, school, and community.
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2 Understand the elements of fair play and good sportsmanship,
respect for the rights and opinions of others, and respect for rules by
which we live, including the meaning of the "Golden Rule."
Geography and Mapping Skills
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1.2 Students compare and contrast the absolute and relative
locations of places and people and describe the physical and/or human
characteristics of places.
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1 Locate on maps and globes their local community, California, the United States, the seven continents, and the four oceans.
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2 Compare the information that can be derived from a
three-dimensional model to the information that can be derived from a
picture of the same location.
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3 Construct a simple map, using cardinal directions and map symbols.
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4 Describe how location, weather, and physical environment
affect the way people live, including the effects on their food,
clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.
American Symbols, Landmarks, and Traditions
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1.3 Students know and understand the symbols, icons, and
traditions of the United States that provide continuity and a sense of
community across time.
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1 Recite the Pledge of Allegiance and sing songs that express American ideals (e.g., "My Country 'Tis of Thee").
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2 Understand the significance of our national holidays and the heroism and achievements of the people associated with them.
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3 Identify American symbols, landmarks, and essential documents,
such as the flag, bald eagle, Statue of Liberty, U.S. Constitution, and
Declaration of Independence, and know the people and events associated
with them.
Continuity and change
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1.4 Students compare and contrast everyday life in different
times and places around the world and recognize that some aspects of
people, places, and things change over time while others stay the same.
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1 Examine the structure of schools and communities in the past.
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2 Study transportation methods of earlier days.
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3 Recognize similarities and differences of earlier generations
in such areas as work (inside and outside the home), dress, manners,
stories, games, and festivals, drawing from biographies, oral histories,
and folklore.
Community and Cultural Connections
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1.5 Students describe the human characteristics of familiar
places and the varied backgrounds of American citizens and residents in
those places.
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1 Recognize the ways in which they are all part of the same
community, sharing principles, goals, and traditions despite their
varied ancestry; the forms of diversity in their school and community;
and the benefits and challenges of a diverse population.
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2 Understand the ways in which American Indians and immigrants have helped define Californian and American culture.
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3 Compare the beliefs, customs, ceremonies, traditions, and social practices of the varied cultures, drawing from folklore.
Economics
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1.6 Students understand basic economic concepts and the role of individual choice in a free-market economy.
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1 Understand the concept of exchange and the use of money to purchase goods and services.
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2 Identify the specialized
work that people do to manufacture, transport, and market goods and
services and the contributions of those who work in the home.
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2nd Grade
2.1 Students differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday.
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1 Trace the history of a family through the use of primary and secondary sources, including artifacts, photographs, interviews, and documents.
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2 Compare and contrast their daily lives with those of their parents, grandparents, and/or guardians.
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3 Place important events in their lives in the order in which they occurred (e.g., on a time line or storyboard).
2.2 Students demonstrate map skills by describing the absolute and relative locations of people, places, and environments.
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1 Locate on a simple letter-number grid system the specific locations and geographic features in their neighborhood or community (e.g., map of the classroom, the school).
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2 Label from memory a simple map of the North American continent, including the countries, oceans, Great Lakes, major rivers, and mountain ranges. Identify the essential map elements: title, legend, directional indicator, scale, and date.
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3 Locate on a map where their ancestors live(d), telling when the family moved to the local community and how and why they made the trip.
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4 Compare and contrast basic land use in urban, suburban, and rural environments in California.
2.3 Students explain governmental institutions and practices in the United States and other countries.
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1 Explain how the United States and other countries make laws, carry out laws, determine whether laws have been violated, and punish wrongdoers.
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2 Describe the ways in which groups and nations interact with one another to try to resolve problems in such areas as trade, cultural contacts, treaties, diplomacy, and military force.
2.4 Students understand basic economic concepts and their individual roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills.
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1 Describe food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of farmers, processors, distributors, weather, and land and water resources.
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2 Understand the role and interdependence of buyers (consumers) and sellers (producers) of goods and services.
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3 Understand how limits on resources affect production and consumption (what to produce and what to consume).
2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride).