Arizona

1.SP Disciplinary Skills and Processes

• Chronological reasoning requires understanding processes of change and continuity over time, which means assessing similarities and differences between historical periods and between the past and present.

  • 1.SP1.1 Place important life events in chronological order on a timeline.

  • 1.SP1.2 Understand how events of the past affect students' lives and communities.

    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
    • Independence Day (K-J.2)

  • 1.SP1.3 Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change.

    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (K-J.1)
    • Independence Day (K-J.2)

• Thinking within the discipline involves the ability to identify, compare, and evaluate multiple perspectives about a given event to draw conclusions about that event since there are multiple points of view about events and issues.

  • 1.SP2.1 Compare diverse cultures using primary sources such as photographs, artifacts, and music and secondary sources such as fiction and non fiction.

• Historians and Social Scientists gather, interpret, and use evidence to develop claims and answer historical, economic, geographical, and political questions and communicate their conclusions.

  • 1.SP3.1 Generate questions about issues in your community past and present.

  • 1.SP3.2 With support identify evidence drawn from multiple sources to answer questions about issues in your community.

  • 1.SP3.3 With support construct and communicate solutions to issues in your community.

  • 1.SP3.4 Take group or individual action to help address community issues.

  • 1.SP3.5 Ask and answer questions about explanations given.

1.C Civics

• Civic virtues and democratic principles are key components of the American political system.

  • 1.C1.1 Apply values of respect, responsibility, equality, and fairness as a member of a community.

  • 1.C1.2 Follow agreed upon rules for discussions when responding to others and making decisions including consensus building procedures.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

  • 1.C1.3 Compare one's own thoughts and opinions with others' perspectives.

• An understanding of civic and political institutions in society and the principles these institutions are intended to reflect including knowledge about law, politics, and government are essential to effective citizenship.

  • 1.C3.1 Explain the importance of rules and laws in our community.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

  • 1.C3.2 Explain the role and function of local governments.

    • Government services (1-A.2)

  • 1.C3.3 Explain how community groups work to accomplish common tasks and fulfill responsibilities.

    • Government services (1-A.2)

1.E Economics

• A financially literate individual understands how to manage income, spending, and investment.

  • 1.E1.1 Identify different occupations and the skills and education needed for those jobs in our community.

    • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.1)
    • Tools community helpers use (1-C.2)
    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

  • 1.E1.2 Describe reasons to save or spend money.

    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

• By applying economic reasoning, individuals seek to understand the decisions of people, groups, and societies.

  • 1.E2.1 Explain how needs, wants, and availability of resources affect decision making.

    • Needs and wants (1-J.1)
    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)
    • Natural resources (1-J.5)

  • 1.E2.2 Identify the benefits and costs of making various personal decisions.

    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

• Individuals and institutions are interdependent within market systems.

  • 1.E3.1 Describe the skills, knowledge, and sequence of events required to produce goods and services in our community.

    • Goods and services (1-J.3)

  • 1.E3.2 Explain how people in our community earn income.

    • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.1)
    • Goods and services (1-J.3)
    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

  • 1.E3.3 Explain how people can be producers and consumers in our community.

    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

1.G Geography

• The use of geographic representations and tools helps individuals understand their world.

  • 1.G1.1 Use, explore and construct maps, graphs and other geographical representations to support content focus.

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

  • 1.G1.2 Use a grid to locate places.

    • Read a letter-number grid (2-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (2-A.2)

• Human-environment interactions are essential aspects of human life in all societies.

  • 1.G2.1 Compare how human activities affect culture and the environment now and in the past.

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)

• Examining human population and movement helps individuals understand past, present, and future conditions on Earth's surface.

  • 1.G3.1 Explain why and how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)

  • 1.G3.2 Compare places past and present as it relates to content focus.

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)

1.H History

• The development of civilizations, societies, cultures, and innovations have influenced history and continue to impact the modern world.

  • 1.H1.1 Explain how ideas and innovation can contribute to a community by utilizing primary sources (artifacts, photographs, newspapers, speakers) and secondary sources (biographies, stories, articles).

• Cycles of conflict and cooperation have shaped relations among people, places, and environments.

  • 1.H2.1 Explain the benefits of cooperation and compromise as ways to resolve conflict in communities past and present.

• Patterns of social and political interactions have shaped people, places, and events throughout history and continue to shape the modern world.

  • 1.H4.1 Explain and explore origins of key American symbols, documents, landmarks, holidays, and leaders as well as their importance from the past to the present in our country.

    • Identify American symbols (1-B.1)
    • Identify American landmarks and monuments (1-B.2)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.1)
    • Independence Day (1-D.2)

  • 1.H4.2 Draw upon fictional stories, biographies, and non-fiction/informational text to identify historical figures in your community, state, and nation and explain their significance in history and in the present day.