Social Studies Curriculum

1st Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will apply inquiry skills in order to evaluate how people live, learn, and work together. 

Outcomes and Components:

SS.1.2

Students will ask and answer guiding questions to describe individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical change and compare perspectives of people in the past to the present.

Pacing  

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Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

  SS.1.2.1 Create questions about individuals and groups who have shaped historical change.

SS.1.H.2

SS.K-2.IS.1

  SS.1.2.2 Explore facts from various sources to describe and answer developed questions about individuals and groups who have shaped a significant historical change. SS.K-2.IS.3
  SS.1.2.3 Use facts from multiple sources to compare perspectives of people in the past to those of people in the present with guidance and support.

SS.1.H.3

SS.K-2.IS.3

  SS.1.2.4 Create a chronological sequence of multiple events. SS.1.H.1

Academic Vocabulary: Create, explore, compare

Content Vocabulary: History, historical change, historical figure, fact, opinion, source, perspective