Indiana State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 1

IN.1. History: Students will identify continuity and change in the different environments around them, including school and neighborhood communities, and identify individuals, events and symbol that are important to our country.

1.1.1. Historical Knowledge: Compare the way individuals in the community lived in the past with the way they live in the present. 8
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1.1.2. Historical Knowledge: Compare past and present similarities and differences in community life by using biographies, oral histories, folklore and video images. 40
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1.1.3. Historical Knowledge: Identify American songs and symbols and discuss their origins. 10
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1.1.4. Historical Knowledge: Identify local people from the past who have shown honesty, courage and responsibility. (Individuals, Society and Culture) 9
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1.1.5. Historical Knowledge: Identify people and events observed in national celebrations and holidays. 29
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1.1.6. Chronological Thinking, Historical Analysis and Interpretation, Research: Use terms related to time to sequentially order events that have occurred in the school. 24
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IN.2. Civics and Government: Students will explain the meaning of government; explain why rules and laws are needed in the school and community. They identify individual rights and responsibilities, and use a variety of sources to learn about the functions of government and roles of citizens.

1.2.1. Foundations of Government: Identify rights that people have and identify the responsibilities that accompany these rights. (Individuals, Society and Culture) 17
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1.2.2. Functions of Government: Define and give examples of rules and laws in the school and the community. 8
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1.2.3. Functions of Government: Explain why rules and laws exist and describe the benefits of having rules and laws. 8
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1.2.4. Roles of Citizens: Describe ways that individual actions can contribute to the common good of the community. (Individuals, Society and Culture) 34
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1.2.5. Roles of Citizens: Define what a citizen is and describe the characteristics of good citizenship. (Individuals, Society and Culture) 9
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1.2.6. Roles of Citizens: Know the Pledge of Allegiance and understand that it is a promise to be loyal to the United States. 2
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IN.3. Geography: Students will identify the basic elements of maps and globes and explain basic facts concerning the relationship of the sun to daily and seasonal weather. They will identify selected geographic characteristics of their home, school and neighborhood.

1.3.1. The World in Spatial Terms: Identify the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west) on maps and globes. 9
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1.3.2. The World in Spatial Terms: Identify and describe continents, oceans, cities and roads on maps and globes. 9
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1.3.3. Places and Regions: Identify and describe the relative locations of places in the school setting. 1
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1.3.4. Places and Regions: Identify and describe physical features and human features of the local community including home, school and neighborhood. 27
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1.3.5. Physical Systems: Observe and record the weather on a daily basis. 24
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1.3.6. Physical Systems: Explain the effect of seasonal change on plants, animals, and people. 31
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1.3.7. Human Systems: Draw simple maps using symbols that show how space is used in the classroom at school and in the neighborhood. 9
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1.3.8. Human Systems: Compare cultural similarities and differences, such as family traditions and customs, and the traditional clothing and food of various ethnic and cultural groups found in Indiana. (Individuals, Society and Culture) 11
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IN.4. Economics: Students will explain how people in the school and community use goods and services and make choices as both producers and consumers.

1.4.1. Identify goods that people use. 15
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1.4.2. Identify services that people do for each other. 13
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1.4.3. Compare and contrast different jobs people do to earn income. 10
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1.4.4. Describe how people in the school and community are both producers and consumers. 16
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1.4.5. Explain that people have to make choices about goods and services because of scarcity. 1
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1.4.6. Explain that people exchange goods and services to get the things they want. 5
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IN.5. Individuals, Society, and Culture: Students will understand that they are individuals who interact with other individuals and groups; take responsibility for resolving conflicts and working respectfully with others; and examine the ways that similarities and differences in customs, celebrations, recreation, and the arts benefit the community.

1.1.7. Chronological Thinking, Historical Analysis and Interpretation, Research: Explain that clocks and calendars are used to measure time. 21
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1.1.8. Chronological Thinking, Historical Analysis and Interpretation, Research: Develop a simple timeline of important events in the student's life. 13
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1.1.9. Chronological Thinking, Historical Analysis and Interpretation, Research: Use the library and other information resources to find information that answers questions about history. 14
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1.1.10. Chronological Thinking, Historical Analysis and Interpretation, Research: Distinguish between historical fact and fiction in American folktales and legends that are a part of American culture. 8
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1.3.9. Environment and Society: Give examples of natural resources found locally and describe how people in the school and community use these resources. 10
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