Arkansas State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 1

AR.G. Geography

G.1. Physical and Spatial: Students shall develop an understanding of the physical and spatial characteristics and applications of geography.

G.1.1.1. Location, Place, and Region: Identify and locate student's town/city on an appropriate map. 5
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G.1.1.2. Location, Place, and Region: Locate Arkansas on a United States map. 5
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G.1.1.3. Location, Place, and Region: Identify and locate the United States on a world map or globe. 8
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G.1.1.4. Location, Place, and Region: Identify the North and South Poles and the Equator on a map or globe. 8
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G.1.1.5. Location, Place, and Region: Recognize that there are seven major continents. 10
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G.1.1.6. Location, Place, and Region: Recognize that there are four major oceans in the world. 1
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G.1.1.7. Location, Place, and Region: Explain how climate, location, and physical surroundings affect the way people live (e.g., food, clothing, shelter, transportation, recreation). 87
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G.1.1.8. Map and Globe Skills: Understand how and why maps and globes are used. 9
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G.1.1.9. Map and Globe Skills: Recognize that pictorial symbols on a map represent real objects. 9
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G.1.1.10. Map and Globe Skills: Show a relationship between places using directional words (e.g., school, home, community). 3
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G.1.1.11. Map and Globe Skills: Name and label the cardinal directions on a map: north, south, east, and west. 9
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G.1.1.12. Map and Globe Skills: Recognize physical features of maps and globes: rivers, lakes, oceans, mountains, islands, desert, and coast (e.g., use pictures, visual aids, stories). 9
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G.1.1.13. Map and Globe Skills: Illustrate and label a map of a familiar place. 9
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G.2. Culture and Diversity: Students shall develop an understanding of how cultures around the world develop and change.

G.2.1.1. Culture and Diversity: Discuss elements of culture (e.g., food, clothing, housing, language, sports/ recreation, customs, traditions, art, music, religion). 11
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G.2.1.2. Culture and Diversity: Explain ways in which the location of a community affects people's lives, dress, and occupation. 4
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G.2.1.3. Culture and Diversity: Explain the difference between rural and urban areas. 24
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G.3. Interaction of People and the Environment: Students shall develop an understanding of the interactions between people and their environment.

G.3.1.1. Movement: Recognize reasons people need various types of transportation. 76
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G.3.1.2. Human Environment Interaction: Identify ways to take personal action to protect the environment (e.g., cleaning up litter, recycling, Earth Day, Arbor Day). 34
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G.3.1.3. Human Environment Interaction: Identify ways in which people depend on the physical environment. 41
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AR.C. Civics

C.4. Government: Students shall develop an understanding of the forms and roles of government.

C.4.1.1. Forms and Roles of Government: Understand that government is an organized form of rules and procedures. 8
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C.4.1.2. Forms and Roles of Government: Explain the importance of government in the classroom and school. 8
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C.4.1.3. Forms and Roles of Government: Discuss the roles of people in families and schools who hold positions of authority. 91
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C.4.1.4. Forms and Roles of Government: Discuss the basic role of the current president of the United States and current governor of Arkansas 6
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C.5. Citizenship: Students shall develop an understanding of how to participate, develop, and use the skills necessary for effective citizenship.

C.5.1.1. Roots of Democracy: Identify and discuss national symbols that represent American democracy: American flag, Bald Eagle, Statue of Liberty, White House, and United States Constitution. 5
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C.5.1.2. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Demonstrate the rights and responsibilities of being a good citizen (e.g., politeness, reliability, fairness, honesty, patriotism). 51
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C.5.1.3. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Discuss the voting process as it relates to an election. 8
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C.5.1.4. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens: Demonstrate the appropriate procedures for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance: standing up straight, placing the right hand over heart, removing hats, and observing location of the flag. 2
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AR.H. History

H.6. History: Students shall analyze significant ideas, events, and people in world, national, state, and local history and how they affect change over time.

H.6.1.1. Regionalism/ Nationalism: Identify people and events observed in national celebrations and holidays: Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Columbus Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, President's Day, Independence Day, and Constitution Day . 34
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H.6.1.2. Regionalism/ Nationalism: Identify state symbols of Arkansas: flower, bird, fruit/vegetable, folk dance, and instrument. 4
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H.6.1.3. Regionalism and Nationalism: Identify historical sites of Arkansas (e.g., Old Washington, Arkansas Post). 4
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H.6.1.4. Continuity and Change: Recognize time equivalency using chronological terms: yesterday/past, today/present, and tomorrow/ future. 22
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H.6.1.5. Continuity and Change: Determine the sequential order of events on a timeline (e.g., school events, holidays, birthday, historical events). 18
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H.6.1.6. Continuity and Change: Explore people and events from the past using primary and secondary sources (e.g., photos, artifacts, maps). 23
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H.6.1.7. Continuity and Change: Discuss daily life in the past and present. 8
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H.6.1.8. Continuity and Change: Recognize that the Pilgrims came to America on the Mayflower and arrived at Plymouth Rock. 6
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H.6.1.9. Continuity and Change: Understand that the name of Arkansas originated from the Quapaw Indians. 4
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H.6.1.10. Continuity and Change: Discuss methods of transportation of today and long ago. 93
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H.6.1.11. Movement: Describe the voyage of Christopher Columbus. 4
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H.6.1.12. Cultural Diversity and Uniformity: Demonstrate the relationship between the American Indians and the Pilgrims (e.g., play, skit, song). 5
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AR.E. Economics

E.7. Choices: Students shall analyze the costs and benefits of making economic choices.

E.7.1.1. Costs and Benefits: Identify the categories and priorities of wants and needs. 6
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E.7.1.2. Costs and Benefits: Describe how people satisfy basic wants (e.g., grow food; earn money to buy things, trade with others). 19
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E.7.1.3. Costs and Benefits: Determine the relationships between unlimited wants and limited resources (e.g., scarcity).

E.8. Resources: Students shall evaluate the use and allocation of human, natural, and capital resources.

E.8.1.1. Factors of Production: Recognize that people are producers of goods and services (e.g., make a bed, turn in homework, make a craft). 16
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E.8.1.2. Factors of Production: Recognize that people are consumers of goods and services (e.g., buy a toy, get a haircut, go to a movie). 16
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E.8.1.3. Factors of Production: Discuss skills and education necessary to perform a job. 29
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E.8.1.4. Factors of Production: Identify uses for natural resources. 28
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E.8.1.5. Factors of Production: Understand that capital resources are the tools of trade (e.g., carpenter uses hammer and nails, painter uses paint). 15
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E.9. Markets: Students shall analyze the exchange of goods and services and the roles of governments, businesses, and individuals in the market place.

E.9.1.1. Financial Markets: Discuss barter as a method of exchange. 3
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E.9.1.2. Financial Markets: Recognize that money is a medium of exchange. 25
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E.9.1.3. Financial Markets: Discuss the role of a financial institution. 6
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E.9.1.4. Goods and Services: Understand that the production of any good or service requires: natural resources, human resources, and capital resources. 16
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E.9.1.5. Goods and Services: Recognize that markets exist in various places (e.g., physical locations home, Internet) 15
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