1st grade Social Studies
10 units matched to the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards. Kids see this subject as “My World”.
Focus areas
- Theme: Communities and Culture
- Rights, rules and taking part
- Scarcity, choices and trade
- Maps, timelines and life long ago
Units
Unit 1
Changes in My Life
Big life events (a new sibling, a move, starting school), how people's experiences are alike and different, and ordering events as a simple timeline.
Benchmark: 1.4.21.1; 1.4.18.1 · a timeline of my life, and what has changed or stayed the same
Unit 2
School & Travel Long Ago
How schools and communities worked in the past, and how people traveled by wagon, stagecoach, sailing ship and steam train before cars and airplanes.
Benchmark: 1.4.20.1 · how people lived long ago, from historical sources
Unit 3
My Community
Community helpers and places, plus rights, rules, roles and responsibilities at home, at school and in the community.
Benchmark: 1.1.1.1; 1.3.15.1 · taking part in community life, and how people and goods move between communities
Unit 4
Respect & Inclusion
Sharing, taking turns, listening, including others, and showing respect for people, belongings and the places we share.
Benchmark: 1.5.24.1; 1.1.3.1 · how people care for each other, and respecting the rights of every learner
Unit 5
My Roles & Responsibilities
Seeing that we have different roles (student, friend, sibling, helper), that these change from place to place, and how our actions affect others.
Benchmark: 1.1.3.1; 1.1.4.1 · rights and responsibilities in the classroom, and what makes a good rule
Unit 6
Maps
Reading a simple map with north at the top, using north, south, east and west, map symbols and legends, and near and far.
Benchmark: 1.3.13.1 · sketch maps, positional words and addresses
Unit 7
Our Land
Natural and human-made features, how the land shapes how we live, and caring for it by reducing, reusing and recycling.
Benchmark: 1.3.14.1 · the features that make a place a region
Unit 8
Needs and Wants
Practices telling needs from wants, and what affects how families meet their needs and wants.
Benchmark: 1.2.8.1 · scarcity: not enough of something for everyone's wants
Unit 9
Goods and Services
Introduces goods (things) and services (work people do), and how communities depend on each other to exchange them.
Benchmark: 1.2.11.1; 1.2.12.1 · how a community shares goods and services, and goods that come from other countries
Unit 10
Earning, Saving & Sharing
Practices how people earn income, why families save, sharing and bartering, choosing between needs and wants, and natural, human and capital resources.
Benchmark: 1.2.7.1 · weighing the costs and benefits of two choices
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