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SSS Social Studies Skills

• SSS1.1 Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze and evaluate claims.

  • SSS1.1.1 Distinguish different points of view on one event.

    • Independence Day (1-D.6)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1-D.9)
    • Abraham Lincoln (1-F.2)

  • SSS1.1.2 Use questioning strategies.

  • SSS1.1.3 Retell the sequence of events that have happened over time.

    • 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)

• SSS2.1 Uses inquiry-based research.

  • SSS2.1.1 Explain how questions are used to find out information.

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

  • SSS2.1.2 Use texts, audio, visuals, and other evidence to identify the main ideas or key details to study life outside of school.

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

  • SSS2.1.3 Explain what a compelling question is and why it is important.

• SSS3.1 Deliberates public issues.

  • SSS3.1.1 Engage in discussions to learn about different points of view on issues that impact their communities.

• SSS4.1 Creates a product that uses social studies content to support a claim and presents the product in a manner that meaningfully communicates with a key audience.

  • SSS4.1.1 Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions.

    • 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)

C Civics

• C1.1 Understands key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and other foundational documents.

  • C1.1.1 Recognize the key ideal of public or common good within the context of the school community.

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

  • C1.1.2 Apply the key ideal of the public or common good to uphold rights and responsibilities within the context of the school community.

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

  • C1.1.3 Explore and give examples of services a government provides (e.g., teachers, police and fire protection, maintenance of roads, snow removal, etc.).

    • Government services (1-A.3)

• C2.1 Understands the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws, and political systems.

  • C2.1.1 Explain the purpose of rules in the school.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

  • C2.1.2 Know the people and the roles that make and carry out rules in the school.

    • Authority figures (1-A.2)

  • C2.1.3 Describe how rules provide structure for problem solving within the classroom and school.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)

• C3.1 Understands the purposes and organization of tribal and international relationships and U.S. foreign policy.

  • C3.1.1 Explain why rules are different in different communities.

    • Rules and laws (1-A.1)
    • What is a community? (1-C.1)

  • C3.1.2 Identify different types of relationships and diplomacy tribal nations exercised with European nations, colonies, and the United States.

• C4.1 Understands civic involvement.

  • C4.1.1 Identify that citizenship and civic involvement in the neighborhood and school community are the rights and responsibilities of individuals.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

  • C4.1.2 Explain, give examples, and demonstrate ways to show good citizenship at school.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)

  • C4.1.3 Describe the importance of civic participation and identify neighborhood examples.

    • Good citizenship (1-A.4)
    • What is a community? (1-C.1)

E Economics

• E1.1 Understands that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of those choices.

  • E1.1.1 Identify differences between natural, human, and capital resources.

    • Natural resources (1-J.5)

  • E1.1.2 Explain how and why families make choices between wants and needs.

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

  • E1.1.3 Evaluate the outcomes of choices.

    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

  • E1.1.4 Explore the different resources that families use to access what they want and need.

    • Needs and wants (1-J.1)
    • Goods and services (1-J.3)
    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)
    • Natural resources (1-J.5)

• E2.1 Understands the components of an economic system.

  • E2.1.1 Demonstrate how sharing and bartering are basic economic systems.

  • E2.1.2 Give examples of how people earn income.

    • Jobs community helpers do (1-C.2)
    • Tools community helpers use (1-C.3)
    • Goods and services (1-J.3)
    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

  • E2.1.3 Describe how consumers spend money or use markets (banks, goods and services).

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

  • E2.1.4 Explain why people save money.

• E3.1 Understands the government's role in the economy.

  • E3.1.1 Examine the difference between public and private providers of goods and services.

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

  • E3.1.2 Explain the purpose for public and private providers of goods and services.

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

• E4.1 Understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face.

  • E4.1.1 Explain that people need to trade for products that are not found in their geographic region.

    • Natural resources (1-J.5)

  • E4.1.2 Describe why people in one country trade goods and services with people in other countries.

  • E4.1.3 Describe products that are produced abroad and sold domestically and products that are produced domestically and sold abroad.

G Geography

• G1.1 Understands the physical characteristics, cultural characteristics, and location of places, regions, and spatial patterns on the Earth's surface.

  • G1.1.1 Be able to identify local geographic locations and bodies of water.

    • 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)

  • G1.1.2 Be able to identify large continental land masses on a map or globe.

    • 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)
    • Identify oceans and continents (2-B.3)
    • Select oceans and continents (2-B.4)
    • Name oceans and continents (2-B.5)

  • G1.1.3 Be able to identify major bodies of water on a map or globe.

    • 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)
    • Identify oceans and continents (2-B.3)
    • Select oceans and continents (2-B.4)
    • Name oceans and continents (2-B.5)

• G2.1 Understands human interaction with the environment.

  • G2.1.1 Explain the way family life is shaped by the environment.

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

  • G2.1.2 Discuss why families make decisions to move to new geographic locations.

  • G2.1.3 Identify human events and human-made features.

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

  • G2.1.4 Identify natural events or physical features.

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

• G3.1 Understands the geographic context of global issues and events.

  • G3.1.1 Explain how movement happens and its impact on self and community.

    • Then and now: transportation and communication (1-E.1)

  • G3.1.2 Identify the common and unique characteristics of different global environments.

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

H History

• H1.1 Understands historical chronology.

  • H1.1.1 Create a family timeline to show events in a sequential manner.

    • Use time-order words (1-L.3)
    • Introduction to timelines (1-L.4)

• H2.1 Understands and analyzes causal factors that have shaped major events in history.

  • H2.1.1 Examine the factors that influence the student's family experiences and choices.

    • Compare cities and rural areas (1-C.4)
    • 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)
    • Identify Earth's land features (1-G.1)
    • Identify Earth's water features (1-G.2)
    • Identify human and physical features (1-G.3)
    • Needs and wants (1-J.1)
    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)
    • Goods and services (1-J.3)
    • Producers and consumers (1-J.4)

  • H2.1.2 Explain how one's own family's actions can cause a positive change in the future.

• H3.1 Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events.

  • H3.1.1 Identify that there are different family structures and dynamics.

  • H3.1.2 Explain how the actions of people in the past influence us today.

    • 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)

• H4.1 Understands how historical events inform analysis of contemporary issues and events.

  • H4.1.1 Define how knowledge of personal history can be used to make current choices.

    • Scarcity and choices (1-J.2)

  • H4.1.2 Explain how different historical documents and artifacts inform our understanding of historical events.

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