First graders expand their understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizens by coming to see their classroom as it's pwn society. Kids can learn about democracy while practicing good sportsmanship, voting on classroom rules, or holding mock elections.
They study the significance of national holidays and learn to identify the symbols, documents, and landmarks important in U.S. history. Through books, art projects, theater, and music, they learn about people who lived in other times and places. They learn to compare life in their own families with families in other cultures and be able to locate other communities on a globe.
What you can expect your first-grader to do or learn:
They study the significance of national holidays and learn to identify the symbols, documents, and landmarks important in U.S. history. Through books, art projects, theater, and music, they learn about people who lived in other times and places. They learn to compare life in their own families with families in other cultures and be able to locate other communities on a globe.
What you can expect your first-grader to do or learn:
- Sing songs like “America the Beautiful” that express American ideals.
- Identify his community and state and countries, continents, and oceans on a map.
- Make and use a simple map and know the cardinal directions.
- Describe the food, clothing, transportation, and daily life of an earlier time.
- Compare some of the beliefs, customs, and ceremonies of different cultures.
- Identify the specialized kinds of work people do to produce goods and services.
- Recognize the diversity of his own community and how people of different backgrounds share common goals and values.
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Social Studies 1st Grade Missouri Learning Standards Link