Grade 1

Students reconstruct, interpret, and critique the causes and consequences of past events in the context of the institutions, values, and beliefs of the periods in which they took place.

Students investigate historical experiences of American Samoa, Oceania, the U.S., and the world to reveal patterns of continuity and change.

Students cite evidence that cultures are dynamic and change over time.

Students research and report on where people and places are located and why, utilizing multiple geographic representations and tools (maps, globes, geospatial technologies).

Students draw conclusions about changes in the relationship between people, places, and environments.

Students analyze how people create, learn, share, and adapt to culture.

Students synthesize the sociocultural interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions to investigate structures of power and their impacts on authority and governance.

Students apply concepts to explain how people organize for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

Make connections between the days of the weeks and months of the years, special holidays, and the seasons by marking on a calendar or timeline

Distinguish temporal structures in stories and historical narratives

Collect and display information that shows how people view and interpret historical events and/or celebrations differently because of the times in which they live

Compare the way individuals in the community lived in the past with the way they live in the present, using several sources of information (e.g., pictures, photographs, illustrated letters, oral histories, grade-level appropriate biographies)

Describe the ways in which cultures express beliefs, values, and traditions through stories and/or legends, symbols, songs

Investigate changes in community life over time in terms of buildings, jobs, transportation, and population and generate questions from the investigation

Use simple maps, symbols, and cardinal words to represent physical (spatial) and human characteristics of a community

Compare physical changes in the community, such as seasons, climate, and weather, and identify their effects on plants and animals

Identify key factors that influence where people live (e.g., availability of water, climate, access to manmade and/or natural resources)

Make observations about how people change the environment

Investigate how individuals learn the elements of their culture through interactions with other members of the cultural group

Investigate how people from different cultures develop different values and practices

Define power and authority

Describe how specific people use power with and without authority

Demonstrate roles and responsibilities in caring for others and the environment

Identify the rights and responsibilities of citizens and of community leaders within organized institutions (e.g., church, government, schoo

Explain the difference between needs and wants

Compare goods and services

Explain how people benefit from trade (i.e., the exchange of goods and services)