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K–12 Standards

Grade 1

Other Iowa Social Studies sets

Inquiry Anchor Standards

  • A

    Constructing Compelling Questions

    1. 1

      Explain why a compelling question is important.SS.1.1.

  • B

    Constructing Supporting Questions

    1. 1

      Generate supporting questions across the social studies disciplines related to compelling questions.SS.1.2.

  • C

    Gathering and Evaluating Sources

    1. 1

      Determine if a source is primary or secondary and distinguish whether it is mostly fact or opinionSS.1.3.

  • D

    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

    1. 1

      Construct responses to compelling questions using examples.SS.1.4.

  • E

    Taking Informed Action 

    1. 1

      Take group or individual action to help address local, regional, and/or global problems. SS.1.5.

    2. 2

      Use deliberative and democratic procedures to make decisions about and act on civic problems in their classrooms.SS.1.6.

Content Anchor Standards

  • A

    Recognize the Interaction Between the Individual and Various Groups

    1. 1

      Investigate how social identities can influence students’ own and others’ thoughts and behaviors.SS.1.7.

  • B

    Examine Factors that Led to Continuity and Change on Human Development and Behavior 

    1. 1

      Identify students’ own cultural practices and those of others within the community and around the world.SS.1.8.

  • C

    Apply Civic Virtues and Democratic Principles

    1. 1

      Describe a situation that exemplifies democratic principles including, but not limited to, equality, freedom, liberty, respect for individual rights, and deliberation. (21st century skills)SS.1.9.

  • D

    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 1

      Compare and contrast rules or laws within different communities and cultures. (21st century skills)SS.1.10.

  • E

    Engage in Economic Decision Making

    1. 1

      Compare the goods and services that people in the local community produce with those that are produced in other communities.SS.1.11.

  • F

    Assess the Global Economy

    1. 1

      Explain why people in one country trade goods and services with people in other countries.SS.1.12.

  • G

    Develop Financial and Career Goals

    1. 1

      Explain why people have different jobs in the community. (21st century skills)SS.1.13.

  • H

    Analyze Credit and Debt Levels

    1. 1

      Explain why something borrowed must be returned. (21st century skills)SS.1.14.

  • I

    Evaluate Savings and Long Term Investments

    1. 1

      Describe the role of financial institutions in the community in order to save and invest. (21st century skills)SS.1.15.

  • J

    Create Geographic Representations

    1. 1

      Using maps, globes, and other simple geographic models, compare and contrast routes for people or goods that consider environmental characteristics.SS.1.16.

  • K

    Evaluate Human Environment Interaction

    1. 1

      Describe how environmental characteristics and cultural characteristics impact each other in different regions of the U.S.SS.1.17.

  • L

    Analyze Human Population, Movement, and Patterns

    1. 1

      Use a map to detail the journey of particular people, goods, or ideas as they move from place to place.SS.1.18.

    2. 2

      Compare how people in different types of communities use goods from local and distant places to meet their daily needs. SS.1.19.

  • M

    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 1

      Create a chronological sequence of multiple related events in the past and present using specific times.SS.1.20.

    2. 2

      Compare life in the past to life today within different communities and cultural groups, including indigenous communities.SS.1.21.

  • N

    Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

    1. 1

      Given context clues, develop a reasonable idea about who created a primary or secondary source, when they created it, where they created it, and why they created it.SS.1.22.

  • O

    Iowa History 

    1. 1

      Describe the diverse cultural makeup of Iowa’s past and present in the local community, including indigenous and agricultural communities.SS.1.23.

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