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1.B Behavioral Sciences

• 1.B.1 Understand how culture, values, and beliefs shape people, places, and environments.

  • 1 B.1.1 Identify cultural practices and traditions in local communities and places around the world.

    • What is a community? (1-C.1)

  • 1 B.1.2 Summarize ways that culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse people help shape a community.

    • What is a community? (1-C.1)
    • Independence Day (1-D.6)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
    • Memorial Day (1-D.10)
    • 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)

  • 1 B.1.3 Explain how the artistic expressions of diverse people and cultures contribute to communities around the world.

  • 1 B.1.4 Explain how culture, values, and beliefs influence how disagreements are resolved in classrooms, local communities, and the world.

1.C&G Civics and Government

• 1.C&G.1 Understand how people engage with and participate in the community.

  • 1.C&G.1.1 Exemplify ways individuals and groups play a role in shaping communities.

    • Authority figures (1-A.2)
    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)
    • What is a community? (1-C.1)
    • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)
    • Tools community helpers use (1-C.3)

  • 1.C&G.1.2 Exemplify ways individuals and groups contribute to the making of rules and laws.

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

  • 1.C&G.1.3 Identify the differences between rights and responsibilities of citizens in various communities.

  • 1.C&G.1.4 Compare various processes or strategies people can use to improve communities.

1.E Economics

• 1.E.1 Understand the role of basic economic concepts in the decisions people make.

  • 1.E.1.1 Distinguish the relationship between scarcity and limited resources.

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

  • 1.E.1.2 Recognize the relationship between supply and demand.

  • 1.E.1.3 Exemplify how supply and demand affect the choices people make.

  • 1.E.1.4 Summarize reasons why people and countries trade goods and services.

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

1.G Geography

• 1.G.1 Apply geographic representations, tools, and terms to describe surroundings.

  • 1.G.1.1 Use maps, globes, and/or digital representations to identify various types of landforms of places around the world.

    • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
    • 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)
    • Read a letter-number grid (2-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (2-A.2)

  • 1.G.1.2 Exemplify how geographic features are represented by symbols on maps or digital representations.

    • Use a map key (1-I.3)
    • Use maps of the community (1-I.4)
    • Read a letter-number grid (2-A.1)
    • Use a letter-number grid (2-A.2)

• 1.G.2 Understand interactions between humans and the environment in different places and regions around the world.

  • 1.G.2.1 Explain the various ways the physical environment impacts people in different regions around the world.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)
    • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)

  • 1.G.2.2 Explain the various ways people impact the physical environment in different regions around the world.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)
    • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)

1.H History

• 1.H.1 Understand how people and events have changed society over time.

  • 1.H.1.1 Explain how the experiences and achievements of people throughout history have helped contribute to the changes in various local communities and communities around the world over time.

    • Independence Day (1-D.6)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
    • Memorial Day (1-D.10)
    • 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)
    • George Washington (1-F.1)
    • Abraham Lincoln (1-F.2)
    • Helen Keller (1-F.8)

  • 1.H.1.2 Use primary and secondary sources to compare multiple perspectives of various events in history.

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