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Skills available for Arkansas first-grade social studies standards

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Civics

C.1 Students will understand the impact of origins, structures, and functions of institutions and laws on society and citizens. This includes personal civic rights, roles, responsibilities, and processes by which laws are made and amended.
- Civic and Political Institutions
  - C.1.1.1 Connect classroom rules and a student handbook as documents that establish the values of fairness and equality in a school community.
  - C.1.1.2 Describe the roles of people who hold positions of authority which may include: teachers lead a classroom and help students learn, school principal makes decisions for the school, police officers protect and serve their communities, and fire/rescue workers help people in need.
    - Authority figures (1-A.2)
    - Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)
  - C.1.1.3 Discuss the purpose of government.
- Participation and Deliberation
  - C.1.1.4 Describe state and national symbols and patriotic songs: American flag, flag etiquette, Star Spangled Banner, recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, "Arkansas" by Eva Ware Barnett, white-tailed deer, milk, square dance, and diamond.
  - C.1.1.5 Identify personal responsibilities of being a good citizen in the community.
    - Good citizenship (1-A.4)
  - C.1.1.6 Follow agreed-upon rules for listening, consensus building, and voting procedures in the classroom.
- Process, Rules, and Laws
  - C.1.1.7 Explain the purpose of rules and laws.
    - Rules and laws (1-A.1)
  - C.1.1.8 Describe ways people impact communities which may include: welcoming a new classmate/neighbor, developing classroom rules and procedures, contributing unused food to a food bank, and picking up trash.
  - C.1.1.9 Describe ways schools and communities work to establish responsibilities, fulfill roles of authority, and accomplish common tasks.
    - What is a community? (1-C.1)
    - Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)

Economics

E.1 Students will understand the impact of economic decision-making. This includes the exchange of goods and services; role of producers, consumers, and government in the marketplace; and growth, stability, and interdependence within a global economy.
- Economic Decision-Making
  - E.1.1.1 Identify examples of scarcity and opportunity cost.
    - Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)
  - E.1.1.2 List costs and benefits of making a decision.
    - Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)
- Exchange and Markets
  - E.1.1.3 Discuss the importance of human capital (i.e., knowledge, skills, education, experience) and the relationship between work and income.
  - E.1.1.4 Compare ways human, natural, and capital resources are used in the production of goods and services now and long ago.
    - Goods and services (1-J.3)
    - Natural resources (1-J.5)
  - E.1.1.5 Recognize that markets exist when buyers and sellers exchange goods and services.
- Growth and Stability
  - E.1.1.6 Classify exchanges consumers make as monetary or bartering.
  - E.1.1.7 Discuss the reasons why and the tools and techniques people use to save money.
  - E.1.1.8 Identify examples of public goods and services that governments provide: police officers, roads, traffic lights, state parks, clean air/water, and public education.
    - Government services (1-A.3)
- Global Economy
  - E.1.1.9 Identify reasons why people trade goods and services between countries.
  - E.1.1.10 Identify goods that are imported to and exported from Arkansas and the United States.

Geography

G.1 Students will understand the purpose of geographic tools (e.g., maps, globes, charts, graphs) to understand, analyze, and explain human interaction with each other and with the environment. This includes the spatial characteristics and patterns of human settlement and connections between global regions.
- Geographic Representations
  - G.1.1.1 Show relationships between familiar places using map keys, legends, compass rose, and directional words.
  - G.1.1.2 Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place including roads, buildings, and borders using maps, globes, and photographs.
    - Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.4)
    - Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)
  - G.1.1.3 Create and label maps of local areas using titles, symbols, legends, and a compass rose.
- Human-Environment Interaction
  - G.1.1.4 Interpret effects of human impact on the environment.
    - Compare cities and rural areas (K-A.4)
    - Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)
  - G.1.1.5 Discuss how cultural characteristics contribute to diversity in a community, place, or region.
    - What is a community? (1-C.1)
    - Then and now: work and play (1-E.3)
  - G.1.1.6 Describe the influence of weather, climate, and physical characteristics on people's daily lives.
- Spatial Patterns and Movement
  - G.1.1.7 Explain ways people utilize natural resources such as timber, minerals, oil, coal, and natural gas in their community.
    - Natural resources (1-J.5)
  - G.1.1.8 Discuss reasons and methods people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
- Global Interconnections
  - G.1.1.9 Discuss how the products that are consumed connect the local community to other parts of the country and rest of the world such as clothes, toys, and food.
  - G.1.1.10 Identify ways to help people who are going through natural and human-made disasters.

History

H.1 Students will understand chronology, patterns of continuity, and change over time. This includes the contextualization of historical events and ways people gather, view, construct, and interpret historical evidence.
- Chronology, Change over time, Contextualization
  - H.1.1.1 Explain similarities and differences of everyday life in different times using chronological terms. This may include: daily tasks, food, clothing, transportation, communication, recreation, and celebrations.
    - Use time-order words (1-L.3)
  - H.1.1.2 Create timelines to sequence events from different times using chronological terms.
    - Use time-order words (1-L.3)
    - Introduction to timelines (1-L.4)
  - H.1.1.3 Compare present day families, objects, and events with those in the past using visual representations, news stories, and artifacts (e.g., daily life tasks, food, clothing, transportation, communication, and recreation).
  - H.1.1.4 Retell stories of historical events, American legends, and people who played a role in history. This may include: Pocahontas, Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark, Hernando de Soto, Henri de Tonti, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass.
  - H.1.1.5 Explain the significance of national holidays and the achievement of people associated with them.
- Perspective, Evidence, Causation
  - H.1.1.6 Discuss different accounts of the same historical event.
  - H.1.1.7 Draw conclusions about life in the past using historical records and artifacts (e.g., photos, diaries, and oral history).
  - H.1.1.8 Identify ways that a historian can determine the time, place, and credibility of a source (e.g., publication date, author, place of origin, and accuracy of facts).

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Civics

C.1 Students will understand the impact of origins, structures, and functions of institutions and laws on society and citizens. This includes personal civic rights, roles, responsibilities, and processes by which laws are made and amended.

Civic and Political Institutions

C.1.1.1 Connect classroom rules and a student handbook as documents that establish the values of fairness and equality in a school community.

C.1.1.2 Describe the roles of people who hold positions of authority which may include: teachers lead a classroom and help students learn, school principal makes decisions for the school, police officers protect and serve their communities, and fire/rescue workers help people in need.

C.1.1.3 Discuss the purpose of government.

Participation and Deliberation

C.1.1.4 Describe state and national symbols and patriotic songs: American flag, flag etiquette, Star Spangled Banner, recitation of Pledge of Allegiance, "Arkansas" by Eva Ware Barnett, white-tailed deer, milk, square dance, and diamond.

C.1.1.5 Identify personal responsibilities of being a good citizen in the community.

C.1.1.6 Follow agreed-upon rules for listening, consensus building, and voting procedures in the classroom.

Process, Rules, and Laws

C.1.1.7 Explain the purpose of rules and laws.

C.1.1.8 Describe ways people impact communities which may include: welcoming a new classmate/neighbor, developing classroom rules and procedures, contributing unused food to a food bank, and picking up trash.

C.1.1.9 Describe ways schools and communities work to establish responsibilities, fulfill roles of authority, and accomplish common tasks.

Economics

E.1 Students will understand the impact of economic decision-making. This includes the exchange of goods and services; role of producers, consumers, and government in the marketplace; and growth, stability, and interdependence within a global economy.

Economic Decision-Making

E.1.1.1 Identify examples of scarcity and opportunity cost.

E.1.1.2 List costs and benefits of making a decision.

Exchange and Markets

E.1.1.3 Discuss the importance of human capital (i.e., knowledge, skills, education, experience) and the relationship between work and income.

E.1.1.4 Compare ways human, natural, and capital resources are used in the production of goods and services now and long ago.

E.1.1.5 Recognize that markets exist when buyers and sellers exchange goods and services.

Growth and Stability

E.1.1.6 Classify exchanges consumers make as monetary or bartering.

E.1.1.7 Discuss the reasons why and the tools and techniques people use to save money.

E.1.1.8 Identify examples of public goods and services that governments provide: police officers, roads, traffic lights, state parks, clean air/water, and public education.

Global Economy

E.1.1.9 Identify reasons why people trade goods and services between countries.

E.1.1.10 Identify goods that are imported to and exported from Arkansas and the United States.

Geography

Geographic Representations

G.1.1.1 Show relationships between familiar places using map keys, legends, compass rose, and directional words.

G.1.1.2 Describe the physical and human characteristics of a place including roads, buildings, and borders using maps, globes, and photographs.

G.1.1.3 Create and label maps of local areas using titles, symbols, legends, and a compass rose.

Human-Environment Interaction

G.1.1.4 Interpret effects of human impact on the environment.

G.1.1.5 Discuss how cultural characteristics contribute to diversity in a community, place, or region.

G.1.1.6 Describe the influence of weather, climate, and physical characteristics on people's daily lives.

Spatial Patterns and Movement

G.1.1.7 Explain ways people utilize natural resources such as timber, minerals, oil, coal, and natural gas in their community.

G.1.1.8 Discuss reasons and methods people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.

Global Interconnections

G.1.1.9 Discuss how the products that are consumed connect the local community to other parts of the country and rest of the world such as clothes, toys, and food.

G.1.1.10 Identify ways to help people who are going through natural and human-made disasters.

History

H.1 Students will understand chronology, patterns of continuity, and change over time. This includes the contextualization of historical events and ways people gather, view, construct, and interpret historical evidence.

Chronology, Change over time, Contextualization

H.1.1.1 Explain similarities and differences of everyday life in different times using chronological terms. This may include: daily tasks, food, clothing, transportation, communication, recreation, and celebrations.

H.1.1.2 Create timelines to sequence events from different times using chronological terms.

H.1.1.3 Compare present day families, objects, and events with those in the past using visual representations, news stories, and artifacts (e.g., daily life tasks, food, clothing, transportation, communication, and recreation).

H.1.1.4 Retell stories of historical events, American legends, and people who played a role in history. This may include: Pocahontas, Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark, Hernando de Soto, Henri de Tonti, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass.

H.1.1.5 Explain the significance of national holidays and the achievement of people associated with them.

Perspective, Evidence, Causation

H.1.1.6 Discuss different accounts of the same historical event.

H.1.1.7 Draw conclusions about life in the past using historical records and artifacts (e.g., photos, diaries, and oral history).

H.1.1.8 Identify ways that a historian can determine the time, place, and credibility of a source (e.g., publication date, author, place of origin, and accuracy of facts).