RSD Social Studies Committee 2013
Social Studies Curriculum Map K-5
Grade: First Grade
Time
Frame
Unit Title
Sept. January
Big Idea: Families
Materials and Resources
EALRs/GLEs
Families in
Our
Community
History 4.1.1 Understands and
creates family timelines to show
events in a sequential manner
History 4.1.1 Understands how
knowledge of family history can be
used to make current choices
Economics 2.1.1 Understands that
when individuals and families make
choices about meeting their needs
and wants, something is gained and
something is given up
Geography 3.2.3 Understands why
families make decisions to move
Essential Questions
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How do families
change over time?
Why do families live
where they do?
What are the roles
and responsibilities
that families have?
How do families
meet their needs and
wants?
Additional Text Resources (Unit 1)**
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And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
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My Family is Forever by Nancy Carlson
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All Kinds of Families! by Mary Ann Hoberman
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My Grandparents /Mis Abeuelos by Thessaly Catt
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Families in Many Cultures by Heather Adamson
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Me and My Family Tree by Joan Sweeney
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How to Be a Friend by Laurie Krasny Brown
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Elmer by David McKee
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Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathman
**These resources are not provided but are suggested supplemental trade books
(websites, videos, literature, curriculum packages)
TCI: Social Studies Alive!: My School and Family*
 Lesson 2: “Why is it important to learn from each other?”
 Lesson 3: “Why do schools have rules?”
 Lesson 4: “Who helps us at school?”
 Lesson 5: “How are we good helpers at school?”
*Other Lessons are suggested, but not required
StoryPath: Families in Their Neighborhoods
BrainPOP Jr:
 Homes Link to Video
 Reading Maps Link to Video
Discovery Streaming:
 What is a Family? (Specific Segments: Families, Families Live in Different
Places, Family Rules, Family Celebrations) Link to Video
 Neighborhoods: Understanding Where We Live Link to Video
Whole Class Read Aloud Literature:
 My Map Book by Sara Fanelli
 Types of Maps by Mary Dodson Wade
 How I Celebrate by Pam Robson
 A Family Read-Aloud Holiday Treasury by Alice Low
Possible
Assessments
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TCI Lesson
Assessments
(Lesson
Masters)
Lesson 4
p.55-56
 Lesson
p.68-72
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Grade 1 SS Curriculum Map
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RSD Social Studies Committee 2013
Time
Frame
Materials and Resources
Unit Title
EALRs/GLEs
January
- June
Families in
Other Places
Geography 3.1.1 Understands and
uses maps and globes to identify
major bodies of water and
continental land masses
Geography 3.2.1 Understands that
the way families live is shaped by
the environment
SS Skills 5.2.1 Understands how
questions are used to find out
information
SS Skills 5.3.1 Engages in discussion
to learn about how families live
around the world
SS Skills 5.2.2 Uses texts and visuals
to identify the main ideas or key
details to study family life
SS Skills 5.4.1 Describes how
different people live using a graphic
organizer
(websites, videos, literature, curriculum packages)
Essential Questions
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How are families alike TCI: Social Studies Alive!: My School and Family*
 Lesson 9: “How are families special?”
and different?
How does geography  Lesson 10: “What do families need and want?”
affect the way families  Lesson 11: “How do family members care for each other?”
live in other places?
 Lesson 12: “How do families change?”
 Lesson 13: “What are family traditions?”
*Other Lessons are suggested, but not required
Discovery Streaming:
 What is a Family? (Specific Segments: Families are Different, Families
Live in Different Places) Link to Video
 Neighborhoods: Understanding Where We Live Link to Video
Whole Class Read Aloud Literature:
 My Map Book by Sara Fanelli
 Types of Maps by Mary Dodson Wade
 The Best Family in the World by Susana Lopez
Additional Text Resources (Unit 2)**
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Map Keys by Rebecca Aberg (Rookie Reader)
We Need Directions Sarah DeCapua (Rookie Reader)
Possible
Assessments
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TCI Lesson
Assessments
(Lesson
Masters)
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Lesson 9
p.122- 124
Lesson 10
p.135
Lesson 11
Part A & B
in Reading
Notes 11
Lesson 12
p.156-158
Lesson 13
Classroom
QuiltStudent
Handout
13c
Map Keys by Rebecca Olien (Rookie Reader)
Looking at Maps and Globes by Rebecca Olien (Rookie Reader)
Family by Isabell Monk
Listen to the City by Rachel Isadora
Stella and Roy Go Camping by Ashley Wolff
Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen
In My Heart by Molly Bang
Grandfather’s Wrinkles by Kathryn England
Love the Baby by Steven L. Layne
Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney
**These resources are not provided but are suggested supplemental trade books
Grade 1 SS Curriculum Map
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