Social Studies Curriculum

Grade 1 - Unit 3

• Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit
  
• Specific Essential Questions For This Unit
  
• By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know
  
• By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To
  
• Enrichment Resources

Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit

• Understanding: American citizens must be informed and involved in their government and communities.
• Essential Question: What makes a good community?  (What does it mean to be an American?)

Specific Essential Questions For This Unit

• Why do we have communities?
• How can we have unity in our community?
• How do we show where places are in our community?

By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know

• Key Ideas: A community is a place where we live, work, learn and play. Citizens make up a community and have certain roles and responsibilities within it. Citizens respect and communicate with other members of the community. A map is a drawing of a real place with symbols that stand for real things.
• Vocabulary: business, community, direction, goods, job, key, map, legend, neighborhood, responsibility, role, service, street, symbol, town

By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To

• Identify the types of jobs in the community necessary for it to function.
• Explain why Long Beach is considered a community.
• Give examples of how citizens of Long Beach work together to benefit the community.
• Use a map to identify symbols and locate specific places.

Enrichment Resources