Year At A Glance Social Studies
Grade: 1st – Social Studies
Process Standards
Assessments
17.A obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such as conversations, interviews, and music
17.B obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media,
maps, literature, and artifacts
17.C sequence and categorize information
Ongoing 18.A express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences
TEKS 18.B create and interpret visual and written material
19.A use a problem‐solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider
advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution
19.B use a decision‐making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, generate options,
predict outcomes, take action to implement a decision, and reflect on the effectiveness of that decision
Concepts
TEKS
Rules/Responsibility
 Define, purpose, “enforce”
 Responsibility: define, relevance (chores, etc), examples at school/home
 Authority figures: define, examples at school/home/community
 Define/examples: safety, security, order
Celebrate Freedom Week
 Patriotism: define, symbols of…, showing patriotism
 Freedom: define, American value, what is a value?
 Constitution: rules for the United States
Community
1st Nine
 Define, purpose, necessity
 Citizens: define, as part of community, good citizenship
Weeks
 Your communities: neighborhood, school community, community of Tomball
Tomball
 Jobs, places to go, authority figures
 Public officials in the community: define, examples
Community government
 Define government, necessity, laws/rules
 Examples, community services
Voting (Making a choice)
 Define, making choices at school/home
 Community problem solving, choosing public officials
2A
11A, B
12A, B, C
13A, B, C
14A, B, C, D, E, F
17A, B
18A
Anthems, Mottos, Symbols
 Importance of government/rules reflected in anthem, pledges, symbols
2 Nine
 Mottos: what are they, examples in school, for family, for Americans
Weeks
 Patriotism, American values: individualism and freedom
1A
2A, C
12B
13A
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Reading/vocabulary
quizzes
Unit assessments
Formative assessments
should be done via short
writings/class discussions
Writing assignment
Common Assessments
Writing:
Topic: How do citizens and public
officials work together to keep
their communities safe and
orderly?
Assessments
 Unit assessments
 Projects
Writing:
Topic: What are some traditions
you can think of that your family
and community participate in?
 Importance of respecting your country, and that of others
Customs/Beliefs
 Evident in our holidays that celebrate freedom, government, independence, etc.
 Religious and ethnic diversity: respect for individuality, freedom to celebrate culture
 Holidays and cultural celebrations
 Importance of traditions, and carrying on for the future, examples of family
traditions/American traditions
14D
15A, B
Assessments
 Unit assessments
 Projects
Needs and Wants
 Define, needs, wants, resources, choices
 How do families make choices about meeting needs?
 Resources; wanting more that you have
Goods and Services
 Define goods and services
3rd Nine
 Choices: examples of choosing goods and services at school/home
Weeks
 Jobs: define, examples, characteristics of job well done
Technology
 Importance of, what kinds do you use?
 Changes the way we meet needs, communicate, have fun, move around
2B
6B
7A, B
8A
9A, B, C
10A, B
16A, B, C
Writing:
Topic: Explain the difference
between a need and a want, and
give an example of each.
Map Skills
 Reasons to use maps, important parts of map review
 Cardinal directions: locating places on map of community, city, state, nation
Geography
 Types: Physical and human
4th Nine
 Physical: landforms, climate, resources, natural hazards
Weeks
 Human: communities and settlement patterns, characteristics of places/regions
 Resources: define and give examples, tie back to needs and wants
Time
 Past, present future: define and distinguish
 Measurements in time
3A, B, C
4A, B
5A, B
6A, B, C
Writing:
Topic: Why is it important to learn
about geography?
Assessments
 Unit assessments
 Projects
Assessments
 Unit assessments
 Projects