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Social Studies - First Grade: Culture Content Standard: 1.0
Social Studies - First Grade: Culture Content Standard: 1.0
Culture
Culture encompasses similarities and differences among people, including their beliefs,
knowledge, changes, values, and traditions. Students will explore these elements of
society to develop an appreciation and respect for the variety of human cultures.
Learning Expectations:
Accomplishments
a. Recognize that culture is learned behavior that includes customs, beliefs, rules,
life ways, language, food, and clothing,
b. Recognize people learn customs from their culture,
c. explain the culture of the family and community,
d. Recognize people use diverse languages to communicate with one another.
1.1.02 Discuss cultures and human patterns of places and regions of the world.
a. Define multiculturalism,
b. Explain the culture of a place,
c. Describe the importance of diverse beliefs, customs, and traditions of families.
1.1.03 Recognize the contributions of individuals and people of various ethnic, racial,
religious, and socioeconomic groups to the development of civilizations.
Economics
Learning Expectations:
Accomplishments
1.2.01 Describe the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market
economy.
a. Recognize that workers who provide services earn money to meet needs and
wants.
b. Recognize that people advertise goods and services through different forms of
communication.
c. Identify how people exchange goods and services.
d. Describe the requirements of various jobs and the characteristics of a job well
performed.
e. Describe how specialized jobs contribute to the production of goods and services.
Geography
Geography enables the students to see, understand and appreciate the web of
relationships between people, places, and environments. Students will use the knowledge,
skills, and understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of geography:
world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems,
environment and society, and the uses of geography.
Learning Expectations:
• 3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations,
tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial
perspective.
• 3.02 Recognize the interaction between human and physical systems around the
world.
• 3.03 Demonstrate how to identify and locate major physical and political features
on globes and maps.
Accomplishments
1.3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools,
and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective.
a. Recognize that maps and globes are representations or models of specific places.
b. Locate their home, neighborhood, and school on a visual representation.
c. Use map symbols and legends to identify locations and directions.
d. Interpret symbols that represent various forms of geographic data and use these
symbols to identify locations and directions.
1.3.02 Recognize how to identify and locate major physical and political features on
maps and globes.
1.3.03 Demonstrate awareness of the interaction between human and physical systems
around the world.
a. Explain how land is used for different tasks in the local area.
b. Define natural resources and explain how people are dependent on them.
c. Compare and contrast natural and artificial features of the earth.
d. Describe what weather is.
Governance and Civics
Governance establishes structures of power and authority in order to provide order and
stability. Civic efficacy requires understanding rights and responsibilities, ethical
behavior, and the role of citizens within their community, nation, and world.
Learning Expectations:
Accomplishments
a. Recognize the United States Constitution as the basis for the laws in our country.
b. Categorize rules and laws we follow as members of a family, school and
community.
c. Explain the purpose of government and give examples of laws that establish
order, provide security, and control conflict.
1.4.02 Describe the United States and Tennessee State Constitutions in principle and
practice.
History
History involves people, events, and issues. Students will evaluate evidence to develop
comparative and casual analyses, and to interpret primary sources. They will construct
sound historical arguments and perspectives on which informed decisions in
contemporary life can be based.
Learning Expectations:
• 5.01 Identify major events, people, and patterns in Tennessee, United States, and
world history.
• 5.02 Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present, and
future.
• 5.03 Explain how to use historical information acquired from a variety of sources.
Accomplishments
1.5.01 Identify major people, events, and issues from Tennessee, United States, and
world history.
1.5.02 Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present, and future.
Learning Expectations:
• 6.01 Recognize the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and
communities.
• 6.02 Understand how groups can impact change at the local, state, national, and
world levels.
Accomplishments
1.6.01 Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and
communities.
1.6.02 Recognize how groups can impact change at the local, state, national and world
levels.