Oklahoma

Civics

• 1.1 The student will analyze their role as a citizen in a community.

  • 1.1.1 Describe the need for written laws and the main purpose of government, including the concept of consequences for one's actions when a law or rule is violated.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

  • 1.1.2 Describe how citizens within communities work together to accomplish common tasks and fulfill roles of authority.

    • Authority figures (1-A.2)

  • 1.1.3 Explain patriotic traditions including The Pledge of Allegiance, describe appropriate flag etiquette and proper behavior during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner.

    • The American flag (1-B.3)
    • Pledge of Allegiance (1-B.4)

  • 1.1.4 Identify important symbols of the United States including the Bald Eagle and the Liberty Bell, and explain their meanings.

    • Identify American symbols (1-B.1)
    • Identify American landmarks and monuments (1-B.2)

Geography

• 1.2 The student will demonstrate knowledge of basic geographic concepts.

  • 1.2.1 Describe the difference between physical and political maps; construct basic maps of specific places.

    • 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)

  • 1.2.2 Identify cardinal directions and use them to identify specific locations on a map.

    • Use cardinal directions (1-I.2)

  • 1.2.3 Identify the difference between continents and oceans.

    • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)

  • 1.2.4 Compare the features of urban and rural communities.

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

  • 1.2.5 Describe community customs and traditions as basic elements of culture.

    • What is a community? (1-C.1)

History

• 1.3 The student will examine important events and historical figures in the nation's past.

  • 1.3.1 Explain why people may see events from different points of view.

  • 1.3.2 Describe the contributions of people and groups who have shaped our history and ways we commemorate important places and events of the past.

    • 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)
    • Helen Keller (1-F.8)

  • 1.3.3 Read and construct basic timelines to understand the chronology of events in history.

    • 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)

  • 1.3.4 Identify primary sources and how they help us to learn about the past.

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

Economics

• 1.4 The student will describe the characteristics of the American economic system.

  • 1.4.1 Explain the costs and benefits of spending and saving in order to meet needs and wants.

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

  • 1.4.2 Describe ways people are paid for their labor and how goods and services are purchased using money and credit.

    • Goods and services (1-J.3)

  • 1.4.3 Identify and explain the roles of consumers and producers in the American economy.

    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

  • 1.4.4 Describe the role of banks in the community.