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First Grade Social Studies Pacing Guide
week Unit Topic Weekly Learning Target AERO Social Studies Covered myWorld Textbook Location Suggested Lesson Plans Suggested Resources
Week 1 First Grade Social Studies Introduction Classroom Rules and Expectations Students can follow the rules and understand procedures and expectations in social studies class.

Review

Unit 1.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 2 My School, My Community, and Me Community Rules Students can work together to establish an agreed upon code for their learning community.

Review

Unit 1.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 3 All About Me Students can distinguish themselves as individuals and recognize that they are part of a group.

5.2b   5.2c

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 4 Making Choices Students can recognize appropriate and inappropriate choices.

5.2d

Unit 2.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 5 Choices and Consequences Students can predict the impact of making appropriate and inappropriate choices.

5.2d

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 6 Family and Me Students can explain the roles in their families.

5.2e

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 7 Being a Good Citizen Students can describe what it means to be a good citizen.

6.2c

Unit 1.1 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 8 My Rights and Responsibilities Students can explain their rights and responsibilities at home and school.

6.2c

Unit 1.2 & 1.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 9 Being a Leader Students can identify leader around them and describe the qualities of a good leader.

6.2d

Unit 1.4 & 1.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 10 Me and My School and Family Students can describe the impact of families and schools on their lives.

6.2e

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 11 Looking at Our World Where Things are Located Students can explain the concept of location and give directions.

Unit 3.1

TE 139a Lesson Plans Resources
Week 12 Maps and Globes Students can use a map and globe to understand information.

3.2c

Unit 3.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 13 Land and Water Students can identify different landforms and bodies of water.

3.2d

Unit 3.3 & 3.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 14 Depending on our World Students can explain how people use our physical environment.

3.2a

pg 116-119 Unit 3.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 15 Work in the Community Needs and Wants Students can distinguish between needs and wants.

7.2a   7.2e

Unit 2.1 & 2.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 16 Jobs People Do Students can explain how we depend on different people with different jobs.

7.2c

Unit 2.6 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 17 Goods and Services Students can distinguish between goods and services and how they help in our daily lives.

7.2b   7.2d

Unit 2.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 18 Buying and Selling Students can define buying and selling and give examples of how goods and services are exchanged.

7.2f   7.2g

Unit 2.4 & 2.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 19 Our Past, Our Present Learning about History Students can explain why knowing about the past is important.

1.2a

Unit 5.1 , 5.2 & 5.3 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 20 Life Then and Now Students can differentiate between life in the past and life now.

1.2a   1.2b  1.2c

Unit 5.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 21 Technology Then and Now Students can differentiate between technology in the past and technology now and how it has affected our life.

1.2a   1.2b  1.2c

Unit 5.6 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 22 Local Heroes Students can identify and explain the contributions of a local hero and how the contributions helped shape the present.

1.2a   1.2b  1.2c

Unit 5.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 23 Cooperation and Conflict Conflict Between Individuals Students can give examples of conflict among individuals and factors that may cause it.

2.2a   2.2b

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 24 Cooperation Between Individuals Students can give examples of cooperation among individuals and factors that contribute to it.

2.2a   2.2b

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 25 Conflict Between Groups Students can give examples of conflict among groups and factors that may cause it.

2.2a   2.2b

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 26 Cooperation Between Groups Students can give examples of cooperation among groups and factors that contribute to it.

2.2a   2.2b

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 27 Review Students can review key concepts from Grade 1 social studies.

Review

Review Lesson Plans Resources
Week 28 Traditions We Share Stories from our Region Students can identify stories or songs that have contributed to the development of a region’s cultural history.

4.2a

Unit 4.1 & 4.5 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 29 Families are Alike and Different Students can compare and contrast a family’s culture.

4.2b   4.2c
4.2d   4.23

Unit 4.2 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 30 Celebrations Students can compare and contrast different celebrations among their families.

4.2b   4.2c
4.2d   4.23

Unit 4.3 & 4.4 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 31 Sharing Our Cultures Students can share special aspects of their own culture.

4.2b   4.2c
4.2d   4.23

Unit 4.5 & 4.6 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 32 Review Students can review key concepts from Grade 1 social studies.

Review

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 33 Inventors Inventor Study Students can give a presentation about an inventor and how their invention affects us today.

8.2a   8.2b  8.2c

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 34 Inventor Study Students can give a presentation about an inventor and how their invention affects us today.

8.2a   8.2b  8.2c

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 35 Changing the Way It Is Students can describe how new techniques have changed the lives of people.

8.2a   8.2b  8.2c

Unit 5.6 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 36 Phones Through Time Students can explain how phones have evolved and changed the lives of people.

8.2a   8.2b  8.2c

Unit 5.6 Lesson Plans Resources
Week 37 First Grade Social Studies Review Review Students can review key concepts from Grade 1 social studies.

Review

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
Week 38 Review Students can review key concepts from Grade 1 social studies.

Review

N/A Lesson Plans Resources
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