Iowa

I Inquiry

• Constructing Compelling Questions

  • SS.1.1 Explain why a compelling question is important.

• Constructing Supporting Questions

  • SS.1.2 Generate supporting questions across the social studies disciplines related to compelling questions.

• Gathering and Evaluating Sources

  • SS.1.3 Determine if a source is primary or secondary and distinguish whether it is mostly fact or opinion.

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

• Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

  • SS.1.4 Construct responses to compelling questions using examples.

• Taking Informed Action

  • SS.1.5 Take group or individual action to help address local, regional, and/or global problems.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

  • SS.1.6 Use deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in their classrooms.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

BS Behavioral Science

• Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

  • BS.SS.1.7 Investigate how social identities can influence students' own and others' thoughts and behaviors.

• Examine Factors that Led to Continuity and Change on Human Development and Behavior

  • BS.SS.1.8 Identify students' own cultural practices and those of others within the community and around the world.

    • What is a community? (1-C.1)
    • Christmas (2-G.1)
    • Día de los Muertos (2-G.2)
    • Easter (2-G.3)
    • Hanukkah (2-G.4)
    • Holi (2-G.5)
    • Kwanzaa (2-G.6)
    • Lunar New Year (2-G.7)
    • Ramadan (2-G.8)
    • Rosh Hashanah (2-G.9)
    • Thanksgiving (2-G.10)

CG Civics/Government

• Apply Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles

  • CG.SS.1.9 Describe a situation that exemplifies democratic principles including, but not limited to, equality, freedom, liberty, respect for individual rights, and deliberation.

    • Identify American symbols (1-B.1)
    • Identify American landmarks and monuments (1-B.2)
    • The American flag (1-B.3)
    • Pledge of Allegiance (1-B.4)
    • Independence Day (1-D.6)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
    • Memorial Day (1-D.10)
    • George Washington (1-F.1)
    • Abraham Lincoln (1-F.2)

• Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

  • CG.SS.1.10 Compare and contrast rules or laws within different communities and cultures.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)
    • Authority figures (1-A.2)

E Economics

• Engage in Economic Decision Making

  • E.SS.1.11 Compare the goods and services that people in the local community produce with those that are produced in other communities.

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

• Assess the Global Economy

  • E.SS.1.12 Explain why people in one country trade goods and services with people in other countries.

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

FL Financial Literacy

• Develop Financial and Career Goals

  • FL.SS.1.13 Explain why people have different jobs in the community.

    • Government services (1-A.3)
    • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)
    • Tools community helpers use (1-C.3)

• Analyze Credit and Debt Levels

  • FL.SS.1.14 Explain why something borrowed must be returned.

• Evaluate Savings and Long Term Investments

  • FL.SS.1.15 Describe the role of financial institutions in the community in order to save and invest.

G Geography

• Create Geographic Representations

  • G.SS.1.16 Using maps, globes, and other simple geographic models, compare and contrast routes for people or goods that consider environmental characteristics.

    • 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)
    • Use maps of the community (1-I.4)

• Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

  • G.SS.1.17 Describe how environmental characteristics and cultural characteristics impact each other in different regions of the U.S.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)
    • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
    • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)
    • Natural resources (1-J.5)

• Analyze Human Population Movement and Patterns

  • G.SS.1.18 Use a map to detail the journey of particular people, goods, or ideas as they move from place to place.

    • 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)

  • G.SS.1.19 Compare how people in different types of communities use goods from local and distant places to meet their daily needs.

    • Natural resources (1-J.5)

H History

• Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

  • H.SS.1.20 Create a chronological sequence of multiple related events in the past and present using specific times.

    • Days of the week (1-L.1)
    • Months of the year (1-L.2)
    • Use time-order words (1-L.3)
    • Introduction to timelines (1-L.4)

  • H.SS.1.21 Compare life in the past to life today within different communities and cultural groups, including indigenous communities.

    • 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)

• Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

  • H.SS.1.22 Given context clues, develop a reasonable idea about who created a primary or secondary source, when they created it, where they created it, and why they created it.

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

• Iowa History

  • H.SS.1.23 Describe the diverse cultural makeup of Iowa's past and present in the local community, including indigenous and agricultural communities.