How to learn Grade 1: Social studies

Mississippi academic standards: Social studies, Grade 1

0 of 9 concepts ready to learn · Markdown, for your AI

1. Grade 1 · Examine the diverse cultures found at school and in the local community.

1. Similarities & Differences: Notice and appreciate ways that people are similar to and different from each other — including appearance, family structures, languages spoken, foods eaten, and celebrations observed — and understand that differences make communities interesting

2. Grade 1 · Evaluate the role of cooperation and compromise within and across various groups.

1. Roles in a Group: Understand different roles people play in groups — leader, supporter, mediator, idea-generator — and recognise that effective groups need a mix of roles, not everyone trying to be the leader

3. Grade 1 · Determine how people meet their basic needs.

1. Needs & Wants: The difference between things we need (food, shelter, clothing) and things we want (toys, treats); that we sometimes have to choose because money is limited
2. Goods & Services: Some people make things (goods) and some people do things for others (services); recognising both in everyday life and understanding that both have value

4. Grade 1 · Justify why people work to earn money.

1. Jobs People Do: Different kinds of work people do; that people earn money by working; how jobs help the community; linking personal interests to possible jobs
2. Earning Money: Ways that children and adults earn money; the connection between work, skills and pay; that harder or more skilled work often pays more

5. Grade 1 · Distinguish rules from laws.

1. Rules and agreements exist: Understand why rules and agreements exist — that they help keep people safe, make things fair, and help groups work well together — and follow agreed rules willingly rather than only when being watched

6. Grade 1 · Differentiate the rights and responsibilities citizens have in varying roles.

1. Vocabulary: ethics and citizenship: Know and use the vocabulary of ethics and citizenship — bullying, cyberbullying, bystander, upstander, peer pressure, digital citizenship, rights, responsibility, and ethical — and understand the distinctions between these closely related terms
2. Community Rights and Responsibilities: Understand their rights and responsibilities as a member of a community — that everyone has a right to be treated with respect and to feel safe, and that with rights come responsibilities to treat others the same way