First Grade
Social Studies Objectives
First Grade:
Unit: My School Community
Unit Questions:
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What is a school community?
Who belongs to a school community?
How do members of a school community work together?
Unit Objectives:
Identify workers at school and describe their roles.
- I can recognize the principal, teachers, secretaries, nurses, and custodians
at school and tell what they do.
List parent and/or student groups that serve a school.
- I can explain what the PTO and student council does.
Explain why schools have rules.
- I know rules at schools keep us safe.
- I can explain my classroom rules.
- I can explain why classroom rules are important.
- I can talk about a time when I made a good choice and a bad choice at school.
- I can explain what happened as a result of my choice.
Give an example of a fair resolution to a conflict among people.
- I can act out a problem with a fair solution.
Explain why voting is used in decision making.
- I can explain that we vote to make decisions in a fair way.
Conduct a class vote over something the class would like to do.
- I can explain how a class vote works.
Explain a situation at school that illustrates responsibility.
- I can explain how I am responsible at school.
- I can explain how others are responsible at school.
Unit: Family Needs and Wants
Unit Questions:
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What is the difference between a need and a want
Unit Objectives:
Identify needs and wants.
- I can explain the difference between needs and wants.
- I can give examples of needs and wants.
Make a choice between two items and tell why it was preferred.
-I can explain why I would choose one item over another.
October 2009
K-5 Social Studies Objectives
CUSD 95
Unit: Cultural Comparison
Unit Questions:
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Why are family traditions and community traditions important?
How are the cultural holidays I celebrate the same and different from those that
others’ celebrate?
Why is it important to know about other cultures?
Unit Objectives:
Identify family traditions.
- I can name one of my family traditions and explain what it is.
Describe a family tradition or celebration from another country.
- I can name a cultural holiday I celebrate and tell one important fact about it.
- I can name a cultural holiday I do not celebrate and tell one important fact about
it.
Identify local communities (Lake Zurich, Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Deer Park, and
North Barrington).
- I can name the community I live in.
Describe a local community tradition.
- I can name one local community tradition and tell why it is important (parades,
Alpine Fest, homecoming, 4th of July, Taste of Towns, etc.).
List cultural groups within the community (churches, clubs, YMCA, scouts, etc).
- I can explain that a cultural group is a group of people who share the same
interests.
Compare and contrast the students’ cultures with another culture.
- I can share at least two facts about my culture.
- I can tell two ways my culture is like another culture.
- I can tell two ways my culture is different from another culture.
Explain the importance of knowing about more than one culture.
- I can share why knowing about another culture makes me a better friend.
Unit: Map Skills
Unit Questions:
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How do you read a map?
Unit Objectives:
Locate objects in the classroom using a simple map.
- I can draw and label a map of my classroom that includes a compass rose.
- I can label North, South, East, and West on my map.
Identify and understand map symbols.
- I can use map symbols and tell what objects they stand for.
Identify and use a map key.
- I can use a map key to help me read a map.
Identify and use a compass rose.
- I can use a compass rose to help me read a map.
Locate cities on a map.
- I can find out where cities are on a map.
Locate states on a map.
- I can find out where states are on a map.
October 2009
K-5 Social Studies Objectives
CUSD 95
Current Events
Give examples of current events and events that occurred in the past.
- I can share something that is going on in my life right now.
- I can share something that happened to me in the past.
Place a series of events that occurred during the students’ lifetime in chronological order.
- I can create a timeline of at least three things that happened in my life in the right order.
October 2009
K-5 Social Studies Objectives
CUSD 95