Grade 1 Social Studies practice sheet
Alberta Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Who brings letters to your home?
- 🚒firefighter
- 🚜farmer
- 📬mail carrier
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📬 mail carrier
Hint: A mail carrier delivers letters and packages to homes.
Question 2
A friend's lunch is new to you. What can you say?
🍱- That looks interesting. What is it?
- Yuck!
- That is gross.
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That looks interesting. What is it?
Hint: Being curious is kinder than judging.
Question 3
How are all people alike?
- ❤️we all need love and care
- 🏷️we all have the same name
- 🍕we all like the same food
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❤️ we all need love and care
Hint: We are all different, but everyone needs love, care, food and a safe home.
Question 4
Which people have lived on the land now called Alberta for thousands of years?
🌎- First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples
- only people from far away
- nobody
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First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples
Hint: Indigenous peoples have lived here since long before Canada began.
Question 5
The library is far from the school. What does far mean?
- right beside
- inside
- a long way away
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a long way away
Hint: Far means a long way.
Question 6
The Rocky Mountains are in the west of…
🏔️- Alberta
- Nunavut
- Newfoundland
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Alberta
Hint: Banff and Jasper are in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta.
Question 7
Who keeps your teeth healthy?
🦷- a driver
- a pilot
- a dentist
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a dentist
Hint: Dentists look after our teeth.
Question 8
A bakery sells bread. Bread is a…
🥖- season
- good
- service
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good
Hint: You can touch and eat bread.
Question 9
The beaver is known for being…
🦫- noisy
- lazy
- hard-working
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hard-working
Hint: Beavers work hard to build dams and lodges.
Question 10
How can you help your community?
- 📢be noisy in the library
- 🧤pick up litter at the park
- 🥤leave garbage on the grass
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🧤 pick up litter at the park
Hint: Small helpful jobs, like picking up litter, make our community a better place.
Answer key
- 1. 📬 mail carrier (My Community)
- 2. That looks interesting. What is it? (Respect & Inclusion)
- 3. ❤️ we all need love and care (Different & Alike)
- 4. First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples (Cultures in Alberta)
- 5. a long way away (Places in My Community)
- 6. Alberta (Landmarks & Land Features)
- 7. a dentist (Community Services)
- 8. good (Goods & Services)
- 9. hard-working (Canada's Symbols)
- 10. 🧤 pick up litter at the park (My Community)
Want more than 10 questions?
In Gradelings the questions change every time and adjust to your child, with hints and kind feedback. See all social studies units.