Dysart Unified School District

Dysart Unified School District

Elementary Social Studies- Pacing Guide, Grade 1

FIRST QUARTER
(August, September, October) / SECOND QUARTER
(November, December, January)
Civics/Government: Rights, Responsibilities and Roles of Citizenship: SS01-S3C4-1-3.SS Theme: Laws are made to keep order

• Roles and Responsibility of Citizens

Economics: Foundation of Economics: SS01-S5C1, 1-6.SS Theme: People have wants and needs and make choices

• Products and Services: Buyers and Sellers

Civics/Government: Rights, Responsibilities and Roles of Citizenship: SS01-S3C4, 1-3. SS Theme: Laws are made to keep order

• Constitution Day: Pull in rules

American History: Research Skills for History: SS01-S1, 1-3.SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future

• Timeline Project, 6-7 Events of life

*First DBQ suggested to give during first quarter. / American History: Exploration and Colonization: SS01-S1C3-02:SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future.

• First Thanksgiving, Arrival of Mayflower, Squanto

American History: Exploration and Colonization: SS01-S1C3-2-3. SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future.

• Native Americans and Pilgrims: Exchange of ideas, culture and goods

American History: Exploration and Colonization: SS01-S1C3-1 SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future.

• Spanish Explorers: Arrival of Columbus, exploration of the Southwest

Geography: The World in Spatial Terms: SS01-S4C-1-6.SS Theme: Where we are influences who we are

• Maps: Tie in to where explorers came from, characteristics of maps, physical and human maps

Civics/Government: Foundations of Government: SS01-S3C1-1. SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future

• American Symbols: American Flag, Bald Eagle, Statue of Liberty, White House, Washington Monument

*Carry American Symbols over to 3rd Quarter. Give DBQ if you are comfortable with the material taught
THIRD QUARTER
(January, February, March) / FOURTH QUARTER
(April, May, June)
Civics/Government: Foundations of Government: SS01-S3C1-1. SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future

• American Symbols (Finish from 2nd quarter as needed): American Flag, Bald Eagle, Statue of Liberty, White House, Washington Monument

*Give 2nd DBQ if it has not been given yet.
Civics/Government: Civics/Government: SS01-S3C1-5. SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future. History

• Presidents Day: Study various presidents, link back to timelines

Civics/Government: Civics/Government: SS01-S1C9-01,SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future. History

• Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks

Civics/Government: Civics/Government: SS01-S3C1-6. SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future. History

• Arizona Symbols (bird, flower, tree, flag)

/ World History: Early Civilization: SS01-S2C2-1-3
SS Theme: Where we are influences Who we are.

• Egypt: Mapping Nile River, in first person “If I was an Egyptian child”, make pyramids out of sugar cubes, make coffins out of show boxes, name in hieroglyphics

American History: Exploration and Colonization. SS01-S1C3-4-5. SS Theme: Where we are, influences who we are.

• Recognize 13 colonies, compare the way people lived in Colonial times with how we live today

American History: Research skills for History. SS01-S1C1-2-3.SS Theme: We are a product of the past and what we value we pass on to the future, Where we are influences who we are.

• Concept of time: Past, present, future

*Final DBQ to be administered in 4th quarter.