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Skills available for Alabama first-grade social studies standards

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Chronology

1 Construct daily schedules, calendars, and timelines.
- Days of the week (1-L.1)
- Months of the year (1-L.2)
- Introduction to timelines (1-L.4)
- Using vocabulary associated with time, including past, present, and future
  - Use time-order words (1-L.3)

Citizen rights and responsibilities

2 Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within the local community and state.
- Good citizenship (1-A.4)
- Describing how rules in the community and laws in the state protect citizens' rights and property
  - Rules and laws (1-A.1)
- Describing ways, including paying taxes, responsible citizens contribute to the common good of the community and state
  - Good citizenship (1-A.4)
- Demonstrating voting as a way of making choices and decisions

Leaders and significant figures

3 Recognize leaders and their roles in the local community and state.
- Authority figures (1-A.2)
- Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)
- Describing roles of public officials, including mayor and governor
- Identifying on a map Montgomery as the capital of the state of Alabama
4 Identify contributions of diverse significant figures that influenced the local community and state in the past and present.
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
- Rosa Parks (1-F.11)

Historical events and celebrations

5 Identify historical events and celebrations within the local community and throughout Alabama.
- Independence Day (1-D.6)
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
- Memorial Day (1-D.10)
- Differentiating between fact and fiction when sharing stories or retelling events using primary and secondary sources
  - Which source should you use? (1-K.1)

Past and present

6 Compare ways individuals and groups in the local community and state lived in the past to how they live today.
- Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)
- Then and now: home and school (1-E.2)
- Then and now: work and play (1-E.3)
- Identifying past and present forms of communication
  - Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)
- Identifying past and present types of apparel
  - Then and now: home and school (1-E.2)
  - Then and now: work and play (1-E.3)
- Identifying past and present types of technology
- Identifying past and present types of recreation
- Identifying past and present primary sources
  - Which source should you use? (1-K.1)

Geography

7 Describe how occupational and recreational opportunities in the local community and state are affected by the physical environment.
8 Identify land masses, bodies of water, and other physical features on maps and globes.
- Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
- Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
- Introduction to maps (1-I.1)
- Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)
- Use a map key (1-I.3)
- Use maps of the community (1-I.4)
- Identify oceans and continents (2-B.3)
- Select oceans and continents (2-B.4)
- Name oceans and continents (2-B.5)
- Explaining the use of cardinal directions and the compass rose
  - Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)
- Measuring distance using nonstandard units
- Using vocabulary associated with geographical features, including river, lake, ocean, and mountain
  - Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
  - Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
9 Differentiate between natural resources and human-made products.
- Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)
- Natural resources (1-J.5)
- Listing ways to protect our natural resources
  - Natural resources (1-J.5)

Economics

10 Describe the role of money in everyday life.
- Categorizing purchases families make as needs or wants
  - Needs and wants (1-J.1)
- Explaining the concepts of saving and borrowing
- Identifying differences between buyers and sellers
  - Producers and consumers (1-J.4)
- Classifying specialized jobs of workers with regard to the production of goods and services
- Using vocabulary associated with the function of money, including barter, trade, spend, and save

Cultural history

11 Identify traditions and contributions of various cultures in the local community and state.
12 Compare common and unique characteristics in societal groups, including age, religious beliefs, ethnicity, persons with disabilities, and equality between genders.
- What is a community? (1-C.1)

1 Construct daily schedules, calendars, and timelines.

Using vocabulary associated with time, including past, present, and future

2 Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within the local community and state.

Describing how rules in the community and laws in the state protect citizens' rights and property

Describing ways, including paying taxes, responsible citizens contribute to the common good of the community and state

Demonstrating voting as a way of making choices and decisions

3 Recognize leaders and their roles in the local community and state.

Describing roles of public officials, including mayor and governor

Identifying on a map Montgomery as the capital of the state of Alabama

4 Identify contributions of diverse significant figures that influenced the local community and state in the past and present.

5 Identify historical events and celebrations within the local community and throughout Alabama.

Differentiating between fact and fiction when sharing stories or retelling events using primary and secondary sources

6 Compare ways individuals and groups in the local community and state lived in the past to how they live today.

Identifying past and present forms of communication

Identifying past and present types of apparel

Identifying past and present types of technology

Identifying past and present types of recreation

Identifying past and present primary sources

7 Describe how occupational and recreational opportunities in the local community and state are affected by the physical environment.

8 Identify land masses, bodies of water, and other physical features on maps and globes.

Explaining the use of cardinal directions and the compass rose

Measuring distance using nonstandard units

Using vocabulary associated with geographical features, including river, lake, ocean, and mountain

9 Differentiate between natural resources and human-made products.

Listing ways to protect our natural resources

10 Describe the role of money in everyday life.

Categorizing purchases families make as needs or wants

Explaining the concepts of saving and borrowing

Identifying differences between buyers and sellers

Classifying specialized jobs of workers with regard to the production of goods and services

Using vocabulary associated with the function of money, including barter, trade, spend, and save

11 Identify traditions and contributions of various cultures in the local community and state.

12 Compare common and unique characteristics in societal groups, including age, religious beliefs, ethnicity, persons with disabilities, and equality between genders.