Understand that people belong to many different groups.

Explain how selected symbols reflect an American love of individualism and freedom.

Read and create a calendar.

Explain the need for rules and laws in the home, school and community and give examples.

Compare past and present.

Recognize that things change over time.

Obtain information about a topic using pictures.

Identify characteristics of good citizenship, such as a belief in equality.

Identify buildings in relation to the school and neighborhood.

Create and use simple maps to identify the location of places and use the four cardinal directions.

Describe various customs and traditions and explain their importance.

Explain the need for laws in the community.

Describe similarities and differences in ways families meet basic needs.

Obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual sources such as diagrams, pictures and artifacts.

Describe the origin of selected holidays.

Sequence information using pictures.

Recognize a chart, its parts, and functions.

Distinguish between wants and needs.

Identify examples of choices families make when buying goods and services.

Identify examples of goods and services in the home, school, and community.

Understand characteristics of good citizenship.

Describe how specialized jobs contribute to the production of goods and services.

Use a simple map to identify the location of places.

First Quarter

Unit 1 Time for School

Unit 2 In My Community

Second Quarter

Unit 5 This Is Our Country

Unit 3 Work! Work! Work!

Describe the origins and events of selected holidays and celebrations.

Identify symbols that represent the United States and what it stands for.

Identify leaders in the state and nation.

Locate Washington D.C. and the capital of Illinois.

Use vocabulary related to chronology.

Identify and describe the physical characteristics of places, such as weather and climate, landforms and bodies of water, and natural resources.

Identify characteristics of good citizenship such as responsibility.

Create and read a time line.

Distinguish between land and water on globes and maps.

Identify examples of and uses for natural resources.

Distinguish among past, present and future.

Identify ways that natural resources can be used.

Identify the role of markets in the exchange of goods and services.

Describe how household tools and appliances have changed.

Describe how technology has changed communication and transportation.

Obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual sources, such as pictures and bar graphs.

Use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision.

Third Quarter

Unit 5 This Is Our Country

Unit 4 Our Earth,

Our Resources

Fourth Quarter

Unit 4 Our Earth,

Our Resources

Unit 6 Our Country,

Our World