Grade 1 Social Studies Alabama standards Standards

Living and Working Together in Community and State

Construct daily schedules, calendars, and timelines.

Using vocabulary associated with time, including past, present, and future

Describe the role of money in everyday life.

Categorizing purchases families make as needs or wants

Explaining the concepts of saving and borrowing

Identifying differences between buyers and sellers

Classifying specialized jobs of workers with regard to the production of goods and services

Using vocabulary associated with the function of money, including barter, trade, spend, and save

Identify traditions and contributions of various cultures in the local community and state.

Compare common and unique characteristics in societal groups, including age, religious beliefs, ethnicity, persons with disabilities, and equality between genders.

Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within the local community and state.

Describing how rules in the community and laws in the state protect citizens' rights and property

Describing ways, including paying taxes, responsible citizens contribute to the common good of the community and state

Demonstrating voting as a way of making choices and decisions

Recognize leaders and their roles in the local community and state.

Describing roles of public officials, including mayor and governor

Identifying on a map Montgomery as the capital of the state of Alabama

Identify contributions of diverse significant figures that influenced the local community and state in the past and present.

Identify historical events and celebrations within the local community and throughout Alabama.

Differentiating between fact and fiction when sharing stories or retelling events using primary and secondary sources

Compare ways individuals and groups in the local community and state lived in the past to how they live today.

Identifying past and present forms of communication

Identifying past and present types of apparel

Identifying past and present types of technology

Identifying past and present types of recreation

Identifying past and present primary sources

Describe how occupational and recreational opportunities in the local community and state are affected by the physical environment.

Identify land masses, bodies of water, and other physical features on maps and globes.

Explaining the use of cardinal directions and the compass rose

Measuring distance using nonstandard units

Using vocabulary associated with geographical features, including river, lake, ocean, and mountain

Differentiate between natural resources and human-made products.

Listing ways to protect our natural resources

Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens and individuals within the local community and the state.

Construct calendars, timelines, and daily schedules.

Differentiate between primary and secondary sources.

Utilize primary sources to examine the significance of individuals, cultures, celebrations, and historical events within the community and state.

Summarize historical events that have shaped the community and state.

Identify and describe the contributions of significant individuals associated with the community and state in the past and the present.

Identify festivals and observances celebrated in the community and state, and describe their historical origins.

Identify sites of historical importance in the community and describe their significance.

Utilize primary sources to compare and contrast conditions in their community and state over time.

Explain ways in which responsible citizens contribute to the common good of the community and state.

Explain how voting enables communities to make choices and decisions.

Identify public offices in the community and state and the duties associated with them.

Explain the role of commercial institutions within the local community, including banks, grocery stores, and other businesses.

Explain the concept of using money to acquire goods and services to satisfy needs and wants.

Describe ways occupational and recreational opportunities in the local community and state are affected by the physical environment.

Define natural resources and identify examples in their community and state.

Explain how farmers produce food and manufacturers turn raw materials into products.

Explain how products are distributed from producers to sellers to consumers.

Name and locate their local community, county, state, and state capital on a political map.

Describe the features of political and physical maps.

Identify map features, including title, cardinal directions, and key.

Construct maps of familiar places.

Differentiate among landforms, bodies of water, and other physical features on maps, globes, and satellite and digital images.

Civics

Economics

Geography

History