Iowa

Inquiry Standards

• Inquiry Practice: Develop Questions and Plan Inquiries

  • SS.1.1 Ask questions about disciplinary content and discuss ways to learn.

• Inquiry Practice: Gather, Interpret, and Evaluate Sources

  • SS.1.2 With teacher guidance, gather information from different sources and explain what they show about a topic.

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

• Inquiry Practice: Claims and Evidence

  • SS.1.3 With teacher guidance, share facts and opinions about topics and support them with evidence.

    • Identify facts and opinions (1-K.)

• Inquiry Practice: Communicate Conclusions

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

• Inquiry Practice: Civic Engagement and Participation

  • SS.1.5 Describe ways people can participate in their community and explain why being involved is important.

    • What is a community? (1-C.1)

Where We Live

• Geography: Human-Environment Interaction

  • SS.1.6 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)

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.1.7 Locate and explain physical features on a variety of maps.

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

  • SS.1.8 Construct a simple map.

    • Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)
    • Use a map key (1-I.3)
    • Use maps of the community (1-I.4)

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.1.9 Compare and contrast routes within communities using maps and other geographic models.

    • Left and right (1-H.1)
    • Above, below, next to, and between (1-H.2)
    • Use location words (1-H.3)
    • Use maps of the community (1-I.4)

• Civics/Government: Citizenship and Civic Rights and Responsibilities

  • SS.1.10 Describe ways people show belonging and citizenship in their community.

    • 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)

People and Places

• Geography: Human Movement and Patterns

  • SS.1.11 Explain why people choose to live in various communities or regions.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)

• Geography: Geographic Tools

  • SS.1.12 Identify and locate the local community, county, and state capital on a map.

    • Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)
    • Use maps of the community (1-I.4)

• Civics/Government: Citizenship and Civic Rights and Responsibilities

  • SS.1.13 Explain that members of a town, city, or community have certain rights and responsibilities.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)
    • Government services (1-A.3)
    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Exchange and Markets

  • SS.1.14 Compare how people in different types of communities use goods from local and distant places to meet their daily needs.

Cultures and Traditions

• Geography: Places and Regions

  • SS.1.15 Identify different beliefs, traditions, and customs within a community.

    • Christmas (1-D.1)
    • Día de los Muertos (1-D.2)
    • Easter (1-D.3)
    • Hanukkah (1-D.4)
    • Holi (1-D.5)
    • Independence Day (1-D.6)
    • Kwanzaa (1-D.7)
    • Lunar New Year (1-D.8)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
    • Memorial Day (1-D.10)
    • Presidents' Day (1-D.11)
    • Ramadan (1-D.12)
    • Rosh Hashanah (1-D.13)
    • Thanksgiving (1-D.14)

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.1.16 Describe the ways beliefs, traditions, and customs are passed from previous generations to the present.

• Civics/Government: Constitutional Principles and Civic Virtues

  • SS.1.17 Explain why respecting others' beliefs, traditions, and customs is part of being a good citizen.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)
    • Christmas (1-D.1)
    • Día de los Muertos (1-D.2)
    • Easter (1-D.3)
    • Hanukkah (1-D.4)
    • Holi (1-D.5)
    • Independence Day (1-D.6)
    • Kwanzaa (1-D.7)
    • Lunar New Year (1-D.8)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
    • Memorial Day (1-D.10)
    • Presidents' Day (1-D.11)
    • Ramadan (1-D.12)
    • Rosh Hashanah (1-D.13)
    • Thanksgiving (1-D.14)

• History: Chronological Reasoning and Causation

  • SS.1.18 Describe the historical origins of festivals and celebrations that represent the diverse cultures of the state.

    • Christmas (1-D.1)
    • Día de los Muertos (1-D.2)
    • Easter (1-D.3)
    • Hanukkah (1-D.4)
    • Holi (1-D.5)
    • Kwanzaa (1-D.7)
    • Lunar New Year (1-D.8)
    • Ramadan (1-D.12)
    • Rosh Hashanah (1-D.13)

People at Work and Careers (Financial Literacy)

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Financial and Career Goals

  • SS.1.19 Explain how different jobs in the community help meet people's needs through goods and services.

    • Goods and services (1-J.3)

  • SS.1.20 Identify individual skills and interests that influence education, jobs and career goals.

• Economics/Financial Literacy: Saving, Spending, and Investing

  • SS.1.21 Describe spending, saving, and borrowing.

• History: Change, Continuity, and Context

  • SS.1.22 Compare jobs from the past to the present and discuss how tools, technology, or transportation have changed how people work.

    • Tools community helpers use (1-C.3)
    • 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)