Alaska

Civics

• 6 Civic and Political Institutions and Systems

  • SS.1.1.6.1 Identify leaders in the student's local community and describe their roles and responsibilities.

    • Authority figures (1-A.2)

  • SS.1.2.6.1 Compare roles and responsibilities of self and others at home, at school, and in the local community.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)
    • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)

  • SS.1.3.6.1 Explain the need for rules at home, at school, and in the community.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

  • SS.1.5.6.1 With support, describe how communities divide responsibilities to achieve common goals.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)
    • What is a community? (1-C.1)

• 7 Participation and Deliberation

  • SS.1.2.7.1 Describe examples of equality and fairness.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

  • SS.1.3.7.1 Demonstrate active listening and positive interactions with group members and at class meetings.

  • SS.1.4.7.1 Compare the student's own point of view on a topic with a peer's point of view on the same topic.

• 8 Processes, Rules, and Laws

  • SS.1.1.8.1 Summarize why rules may be needed to solve a problem.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

  • SS.1.2.8.1 Describe the connection between rules and consequences, and why they're needed in a classroom or school.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

  • SS.1.3.8.1 Identify ways that students can work together to improve the classroom environment over time.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

• 9 Alaska's Governments

  • SS.1.1.9.1 Identify symbols used locally.

  • SS.1.2.9.1 Explain that government systems determine the rules of a society.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)
    • Government services (1-A.3)

• 10 Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Citizens

  • SS.1.1.10.1 Identify some of the rights of American citizens and residents.

Economics

• 11 Economic Systems, Models, and Markets

  • SS.1.1.11.1 With support, explain the difference between producers and consumers.

    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

  • SS.1.2.11.1 Compare and contrast goods produced in the local community with those produced elsewhere.

  • SS.1.3.11.1 Identify prices of products in a local market.

  • SS.1.4.11.1 Define income.

• 12 Decision-Making and Personal Finance

  • SS.1.1.12.1 Identify situations where goods are in high or low demand.

  • SS.1.2.12.1 Explain how and why households make choices between needs and wants.

    • Needs and wants (1-J.1)

• 13 The National Economy

  • SS.1.1.13.1 Examine decisions that people make about spending and saving money.

  • SS.1.2.13.1 With support, describe the difference between public and private providers of goods and services in the local community.

    • Government services (1-A.3)
    • Goods and services (1-J.3)
    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

• 14 The Global Economy

  • SS.1.1.14.1 Explain that people need to trade for resources not found in their geographic region.

    • Trade and money (1-J.6)

  • SS.1.2.14.1 Sort resources into categories based on location of origin.

    • Natural resources (1-J.5)

• 15 Alaska Economies: State, Local, and Tribal

  • SS.1.1.15.1 Identify different ways of acquiring what you need and want in Alaska.

    • Natural resources (1-J.5)
    • Trade and money (1-J.6)

Geography

• 16 Human-Environment Interaction: Place, Regions, and Culture

  • SS.1.1.16.1 Describe local weather and how it affects individuals and their activities.

  • SS.1.2.16.1 Identify human activities that affect the local environment.

    • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)

  • SS.1.3.16.1 Identify cultural characteristics of the local community.

    • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
    • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)

• 17 Global Interconnections: Changing Spatial Patterns

  • SS.1.1.17.1 Compare physical and cultural characteristics of the local community to another Alaskan community.

  • SS.1.2.17.1 Describe how the consumption of products connects people in the local community to nearby communities.

  • SS.1.3.17.1 Describe types of natural disasters common to the local region.

• 18 Geographic Representations and Reasoning

  • SS.1.1.18.1 Design a map of the school and include a key, symbols, and a compass rose.

    • Left and right (1-H.1)
    • Above, below, next to, and between (1-H.2)
    • Use location words (1-H.3)
    • Introduction to maps (1-I.1)
    • Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)
    • Use a map key (1-I.3)

  • SS.1.2.18.1 Identify and name rivers, lakes, and mountains on a map of the local area.

  • SS.1.3.18.1 Use maps of the local community to identify cultural and environmental characteristics.

• 19 Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements

  • SS.1.1.19.1 Identify people and goods that travel from the local community to another place.

  • SS.1.2.19.1 Describe ways people in the local community use local environments to meet their daily needs.

  • SS.1.3.19.1 Describe local economic activities.

• 20 Geography of Alaska

  • SS.1.1.20.1 Locate Alaska on a map of the United States and on a globe.

History

• 21 Perspectives

  • SS.1.1.21.1 Describe an event from two different perspectives.

  • SS.1.2.21.1 Compare the student's own account of an event to a peer's account of the same event.

• 22 Historical Sources and Evidence

  • SS.1.1.22.1 Review various types of historical documents.

    • Which source should you use? (1-K.1)

  • SS.1.3.22.1 With support, use historical sources to ask questions about events.

  • SS.1.1.23.1 Create a personal timeline to show events in a sequential manner.

    • Introduction to timelines (1-L.4)

  • SS.1.2.23.1 Illustrate how communities change over time.

    • 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)

  • SS.1.3.23.1 Ask questions about significant figures in local history.

• 24 Historical Thinking

  • SS.1.1.24.1 Describe cause-and-effect relationships based on an event in the classroom.

  • SS.1.2.24.1 Identify and explain likely reasons for an event in the classroom.

• 25 Alaskan History

  • SS.1.1.25.1 Provide examples of customs, practices, and traditions unique to local Alaska cultures.