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Standard 1.0 Political Science
Topic
A. The Foundations and Function of Government
Indicator
- 1. Identify the importance of rules
Objectives
- Identify reasons for classroom and school rules, such as maintaining order and keeping the community safe
- Recognize rules help promote fairness, responsible behavior, and privacy
Indicator
- 2. Identify symbols and practices associated with the United States of America
Objectives
- Identify common symbols, such as the American Flag, and Statue of Liberty
- Recognize that saying the Pledge of Allegiance and singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" are practices associated with being a citizen
Topic
B. Individual and Group Participation in the Political System
Indicator
- 1. Identify people important to the American political system
Objectives
- Identify the contributions of people, past and present, such as George Washington, Rosa Parks, and the current president
- Use informational text to identify and discuss the contributions of individuals recognized on national holidays, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Presidents' Day
Topic
C. Protecting Rights and Maintaining Order
Indicator
- 1. Describe the roles, rights, and responsibilities of being a member of the family and school
Objectives
- Describe the roles, rights, and responsibilities of family members
- Describe the roles of members of the school, such as principal, crossing guard, bus drivers, and teachers
- Identify and describe rights, and responsibilities in the classroom and family
Standard 2.0 Peoples of the Nation and World
Topic
A. Elements of Culture
Indicator
- 1. Identify similarities and differences in people's characteristics, habits, and living patterns to describe how they meet the same human needs
Objectives
- Use experiences, such as class trips, classroom visitors, stories, and electronic media, to give examples of different choices people make about meeting their human needs for food, clothing, shelter, and other commonalities, such as recreation, stories, and music
- Give examples of qualities, such as customs, interests, skills, and experiences that make individuals and families in their immediate environment unique
Topic
C. Conflict and Compromise
Indicator
- 1. Demonstrate how groups of people interact
Objectives
- Identify, discuss, and demonstrate appropriate social skills, such as listening to the speaker, taking turns, settling disagreements, and reaching compromise at home and in school
Standard 3.0 Geography
Topic
A. Using Geographic Tools
Indicator
- 1. Identify and describe how a globe and maps can be used to help people locate places
Objectives
- Describe a globe as a model of Earth showing land and water
- Describe how maps are models showing physical features and/or human features of places
- Identify a location by using terms such as near-far, above-below, and here-there
- Identify pictures and photographs that represent places on a map such as a playground and a fire station
Topic
B. Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
Indicator
- 1. Describe places in the immediate environment using natural/physical and human-made features
Objectives
- Recognize physical features as landforms and bodies of water using photographs and pictures
- Identify land forms, such as mountains and hills, and bodies of water, such as oceans, rivers, and streams
- Using photographs and pictures, recognize human-made features as modifications people have made to the land
- Identify human-made features, such as buildings, sidewalks, streets, and bridges
Indicator
- 1. Describe how transportation and communication link people and places
Objectives
- Identify ways that people travel on land, water, and air
- Explain how transportation is used to move goods and people from place to place
- Identify ways that people communicate messages
Topic
D. Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
Indicator
- 1. Describe how people adapt to and modify their immediate environment
Objectives
- Identify ways people adapt to the environment, such as wearing clothing that is appropriate to the weather
- Identify ways that people change their environment to meet their needs, such as planting crops or cutting forests
Standard 4.0 Economics
Topic
A. Scarcity and Economic Decision-making
Indicator
- 1. Describe choices people make because of unlimited economic wants
Objectives
- Explain that goods are things that people make or grow
- Identify situations where people make choices
Indicator
- 2. Identify that resources are used to make products
Objectives
- Recognize workers as human resources
- Describe some jobs and what is required to perform them
- Recognize that natural resources, such as water, trees, and plants are used to make products
Indicator
- 3. Explain how technology affects the way people live, work, and play
Objectives
- Begin to be aware of technology and how it affects life
Topic
B. Economic Systems and the Role of Government in the Economy
Indicator
- 1. Identify types of local markets
Objectives
- Describe how buyers and sellers make exchanges at the market
Indicator
- 3. Describe how goods are acquired
Standard 5.0 History
Topic
A. Change Over Time
Indicator
- 1. Distinguish among past, present, and future time
Objectives
- Identify and describe events of the day in chronological order
- Describe daily events in terms of yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Indicator
- 2. Compare daily life and objects of today and long ago
Objectives
- Compare tools and toys of the past with those of today
- Tell about people in the past using informational text and features
- Observe and discuss photographs of the past and compare with photographs of similar images, such as old photographs of the school and community
Standard 6.0 Social Studies Skills and Processes
Topic
A. Learn to Read and Construct Meaning about Social Studies
Indicator
- 1. Develop and apply social studies vocabulary through exposure to a variety of text and portions of text
Objectives
- Acquire new vocabulary through listening to and reading a variety of grade-appropriate print and non-print sources
- Discuss words and word meanings as they are encountered in texts, instruction, and conversation
- Make connections to prior knowledge and new vocabulary by listening, reading, and responding to a variety of texts
Indicator
- 2. Use strategies to prepare for reading (before reading)
Objectives
- Make and explain the connections made using prior knowledge and experiences with the text
- Make predictions or ask questions about the text by examining the title, cover, illustrations/photographs/text, and familiar author or topic
- Set a purpose for reading the text
Indicator
- 3. Use strategies to monitor understanding and derive meaning from text and portions of text (during reading)
Objectives
- Recall and discuss what they understand
- Identify and question what did not make sense
- Reread difficult parts slowly and carefully and use own words to restate difficult parts
- Read on, revisit, and restate the difficult parts in your own words
- Make, confirm, or adjust predictions
- Ask and answer questions about the text
- Periodically summarize while reading
- Visualize what was read
- Look back through the text to search for connection to the topic, characters, events, and actions in text
- Explain personal connections to the topics, events, characters, and actions in texts
Indicator
- 4. Use strategies to demonstrate understanding of the text (after reading)
Objectives
- Review/restate and explain what the text is mainly about
- Identify and explain what is directly stated in the text (details, literal meaning)
- Identify and explain what is not stated in the text (implied or inferential meaning)
- Summarize the text orally
- Confirm, refute, or make predictions to form new ideas
- Connect the text to prior knowledge or personal experience
- Engage in conversation to understand what has been read
- Retell explicit and implicit main ideas of texts
- Answer questions (what if, why, and how) in writing
Topic
B. Learn to Write and Communicate Social Studies Understandings
Indicator
- 1. Compose oral, written, and visual presentations that express personal ideas, inform, and persuade
Objectives
- Write to express social studies ideas using a variety of forms, such as journals, narratives, letters, and reports
- Contribute to a shared writing experience about a social studies topic
- Write a variety of responses to text, such as response logs, journals, and constructed responses
Indicator
- 2. Locate, retrieve, and use information from various sources to accomplish a purpose
Objectives
- Identify and use sources of information on a topic
- Use note taking and organizational strategies to record and organize information
Topic
C. Ask Social Studies Questions
Indicator
- 1. Identify a topic that requires further study
Objectives
- Identify prior knowledge about the topic
- Pose questions about the topic
Indicator
- 2. Identify a situation or problem that requires study
Objectives
- Define the problem/situation
- Identify prior knowledge about the problem/situation
- Pose/Ask questions about the problem/situation
Topic
D. Acquire Social Studies Information
Indicator
- 1. Identify primary and secondary sources of information that relate to the topic/situation/problem being studied
Objectives
- Gather and read appropriate print sources, such as journals, textbooks, timelines, and trade books
- Read and obtain information from texts representing diversity in content and culture
- Locate and gather data and information from appropriate non-print sources, such as music, maps, graphs, photographs, and illustrations
Indicator
- 2. Engage in field work that relates to the topic/ situation/ problem being studied
Objectives
- Gather data
- Make and record observations
- Conduct surveys
Topic
E. Organize Social Studies Information
Indicator
- 1. Organize information from non-print sources
Objectives
- Distinguish factual from fictional information
- Find relationships between gathered information
- Display information on various types of graphic organizers and charts
Indicator
- 2. Organize information from print sources
Objectives
- Distinguish factual from fictional information
- Find relationships between gathered information
- Display information on various types of graphic organizers, maps, and charts
Topic
F. Analyze Social Studies Information
Indicator
- 1. Interpret information from secondary sources including pictures, graphics, maps, atlases, and timelines
Objectives
- Compare information from a variety of sources
- Compare information to prior knowledge
- Recognize relationships in and among ideas or events, such as cause and effect, sequential order, main idea, and details
Topic
G. Answer Social Studies Questions
Indicator
- 1. Describe how the community has changed over time and how people have contributed to its change, drawing from maps, photographs, newspapers, and other sources
Objectives
- Present social studies information in a variety ways, such as plays, skits, posters, songs, poems, murals, and oral presentations
- Plan and engage in school and community events, such as a mock election, playground clean-up, writing letters to community officials, and fund-raising for a cause
Date: 6/20/2006
