12/14/09
Social Studies Grade 1
20 Benchmarks
Historical Understanding
Standard 1: Understands chronological relationships and patterns
SS1.1hu.1 Knows how to develop picture time lines of their own lives or their family's history
SS1.1hu.2 Distinguishes among broad categories of historical time
· compare/contrast long ago and today
SS1.1hu.3 Understands calendar time in days, weeks, and months
History
Standard 3: Understands the history of our community, our state and our nation
SS1.3h.1 Knows a family history through two generations
· identify two generations by creating a family tree
SS1.3h.2 Understands family life today and how it compares with family life long ago
SS1.3h.3 Understands personal family or cultural heritage through stories, songs, and
celebrations
· holiday traditions
SS1.3h.4 Understands the reasons that Americans celebrate certain national holidays
· Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
· Presidents’ Day
· Flag Day
· Memorial Day
· Veterans’ Day
· Columbus Day
Behavioral Studies
Standard 4: Understands human development, identity and behaviour
SS1.4b.1 Understands that different families and classrooms have different rules and patterns of
behaviour, but there are some behaviours that are not accepted in most families or
schools
· appropriate behaviour in a variety of school settings
· understand families may have different rules and behaviours
SS1.4b.4 Knows that people can learn from each other in many ways
· telling and listening
· showing and watching
· imitating
Standard 5: Understand social groups and interactions among individuals, groups and
institutions
SS1.5b.1 Knows that people tend to live in families and communities in which individuals have
different roles
· family members have different roles
· families can be different
SS1.5b.2 Understands that some ways of dealing with disagreements work better than others,
and that people who are not involved in an argument may be helpful in solving it
· understand when it is appropriate to seek help when solving a disagreement
SS1.5b.3 Understands that rules at home, at school, and in the community let individuals know
what to expect and so can reduce the number of disputes
· understand home and school rules
Civics
Standard 6: Understands civic life, government and its functions
SS1.6c.1 Knows examples of situations in which individuals are acting on their own and
situations in which individuals' actions are directed by others
· respond in a positive manner to those in authority
· students are self-directed at the appropriate time
SS1.6c.2 Understands key terms related to the study of government (added in place of previous SS1.6c.2)
· democracy
· power
· citizenship
· nation-state
· justice
SS1.6c.3 Knows that a good rule or law solves a specific problem, is fair and "does not go too
far”
· help to create and understand classroom rules with guidance
· follow classroom and school rules
Standard 9: Understands citizenship in American democracy
SS1.9c.1 Knows that privacy refers to situations in which one or more persons restrict the access
of one or more others to a certain thing or things
· respecting others feelings and property
Geography
Standard 10: Understands the uses of maps, globes and other geographic tools
SS1.10g.1 Knows the location of school, home, neighborhood, community, state and country
· identify basic map symbols (water, land, directions, key)
· find the United States on a globe
· use a New York State map
· create a map
Economics
Standard 15: Understands that scarcity of productive resources requires choices that
generate operating costs
SS1.15e.1 Knows that goods are objects that can satisfy people's wants, and services are
activities that satisfy people’s wants
SS1.15e.2 Understands that since people cannot have everything they want, they must make
choices about using goods and services to satisfy wants
· differentiate between wants and needs
Standard 16: Understands market structures and economic systems
SS1.16e.1 Knows that a price is the amount of money that people pay when they buy a good or
service