1st grade Social Studies practice sheet
Alaska content standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Look at the map. What is north of the house?
⬆️ North is up
🟩 🏫 🟩
🏥 🏠 🌳
🟩 🏪 🟩
- 🌳park
- 🏫school
- 🏥hospital
🏫 school
Hint: On this map, north is at the top. Look just above the house.
Question 2
Why do people build bridges?
- 🌉to cross rivers safely
- 🌾to grow food
- 🌧️to stop the rain
🌉 to cross rivers safely
Hint: People change the land to meet their needs. A bridge helps us get over water.
Question 3
Is it a helpful choice or not? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 👍 helpful choice · 👎 not helpful
- 🗑️leave a big mess
- 📢yell in the library
- 🙅leave someone out
- 🧸share your toys
- 💬say thank you
- 🚪hold the door
👍 helpful choice: share your toys, say thank you, hold the door · 👎 not helpful: leave a big mess, yell in the library, leave someone out
Hint: Helpful choices are kind and safe. They show we care about the people around us.
Question 4
A timeline shows events in…
- order
- sizes only
- colors
order
Hint: A timeline puts things in the order they happened.
Question 5
You want to say something. Another child is talking. You…
👂- interrupt
- wait and listen first
- talk louder
wait and listen first
Hint: Waiting for your turn shows respect.
Question 6
Which job helps keep people safe on the road?
🚸- crossing guard
- farmer
- baker
crossing guard
Hint: Crossing guards help children cross.
Question 7
Which is a smart way to choose between two toys?
- grab both and run
- think about which you will use more
- cry
think about which you will use more
Hint: Good choices take thinking.
Question 8
Long ago, many children helped at home by…
- using a dishwasher
- doing farm chores
- ordering food online
- playing video games
doing farm chores
Hint: Families needed help.
Question 9
A map shows a place as if you were…
- 🐟a fish looking up
- 🪱a worm underground
- 🐦a bird looking down
🐦 a bird looking down
Hint: Maps show places from above, like a bird flying over.
Question 10
Is it natural or made by people? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🌿 natural · 🔨 made by people
- 🛣️road
- 🏠house
- 🌊ocean
- 🌳tree
- 🌲forest
- 🚲bike
🌿 natural: ocean, tree, forest · 🔨 made by people: road, house, bike
Hint: Natural things come from nature. People build or make the other things.
Answer key
- 1. 🏫 school (Maps)
- 2. 🌉 to cross rivers safely (Our Land)
- 3. 👍 helpful choice: share your toys, say thank you, hold the door · 👎 not helpful: leave a big mess, yell in the library, leave someone out (My Community)
- 4. order (Changes in My Life)
- 5. wait and listen first (Respect & Inclusion)
- 6. crossing guard (Community Services)
- 7. think about which you will use more (Earning, Saving & Sharing)
- 8. doing farm chores (School & Travel Long Ago)
- 9. 🐦 a bird looking down (Maps)
- 10. 🌿 natural: ocean, tree, forest · 🔨 made by people: road, house, bike (Our Land)
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