Grade 1 Social Studies practice sheet
Nova Scotia Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
How are all people alike?
- ❤️we all need love and care
- 🏷️we all have the same name
- 🍕we all like the same food
❤️ we all need love and care
Hint: We are all different, but everyone needs love, care, food and a safe home.
Question 2
Where it snows a lot, what do people need?
❄️- 🧥warm coats and boots
- 👡sandals
- 🩱swimsuits
🧥 warm coats and boots
Hint: The weather where we live changes what we wear.
Question 3
Which one is a want?
- a warm bed
- a pretty sticker
- healthy food
a pretty sticker
Hint: A sticker is nice, but we can live without it.
Question 4
What tells you what the symbols on a map mean?
🗺️- 🔑the legend (or key)
- 🎨the colours
- 🏷️the title
🔑 the legend (or key)
Hint: The legend, or key, is a little box that tells what each symbol means.
Question 5
A map is a picture of…
- a dream
- a place from above
- a person's face
a place from above
Hint: Maps help us find places.
Question 6
Lena's family speaks two languages at home. That is…
- 🚫not allowed
- ⭐a great skill!
- 🙈something to hide
⭐ a great skill!
Hint: Speaking more than one language is a wonderful thing to share.
Question 7
Does it help or harm nature? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 💚 helps nature · 💔 harms nature
- 🚰leave the tap running
- ♻️recycle
- 🥀pick all the wildflowers
- 🪵break branches off trees
- 🚶walk to school
- 🌱plant a tree
💚 helps nature: recycle, walk to school, plant a tree · 💔 harms nature: leave the tap running, pick all the wildflowers, break branches off trees
Hint: Caring for the land, water and animals keeps our community healthy.
Question 8
Which is a need that comes from the people around us?
- a game
- a big toy
- love and care
love and care
Hint: Everyone needs people who love them.
Question 9
Look at the map. What is east of the house?
⬆️ North is up
🟩 🏊 🟩
🏪 🏠 🏫
🟩 🏥 🟩
- 🏪store
- 🏫school
- 🏊pool
🏫 school
Hint: On this map, east is on the right. Look just right of the house.
Question 10
On a map, blue usually shows…
- water
- roads only
- forests
water
Hint: Lakes, rivers and oceans are blue.
Answer key
- 1. ❤️ we all need love and care (Different & Alike)
- 2. 🧥 warm coats and boots (Our Land)
- 3. a pretty sticker (Needs & Wants)
- 4. 🔑 the legend (or key) (Maps)
- 5. a place from above (Mi’kmaw Communities)
- 6. ⭐ a great skill! (Different & Alike)
- 7. 💚 helps nature: recycle, walk to school, plant a tree · 💔 harms nature: leave the tap running, pick all the wildflowers, break branches off trees (Our Land)
- 8. love and care (Needs & Wants)
- 9. 🏫 school (Maps)
- 10. water (Mi’kmaw Communities)
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