1st Grade Social Studies Unit 1

Big Idea:

Understand and identify the purpose for rules and laws.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

1.11 Government. The student understands the purpose of rules and laws. The student is expected to:

• (A) explain the purpose for rules and laws in the home, school, and community
• (B) identify rules and laws that establish order, provide security, and manage conflict.

Focus TEKS

1.12 Government. The student understands the role of authority figures, public officials, and citizens. The student is expected to:

• (A) identify the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community;
• (B) identify and describe the roles of public officials in the community, state, and nation;
• C) identify and describe the role of a good citizen in maintaining a constitutional republic.

Ongoing TEKS

1.17 Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology. The student is expected to:

• (A) obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid oral sources such as conversations, interviews, and music;
• (B) obtain information about a topic using a variety of valid visual sources such as pictures, symbols, electronic media, maps, literature, and artifacts
• (C) sequence and categorize information.

1.18 Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral, visual, and written forms. The student is expected to:

• (A) express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences
• (B) create and interpret visual and written material.

1.19 Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings. The student is expected to:

• (A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution;
• (B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, generate options, predict outcomes, take action to implement a decision, and reflect on the effectiveness of that decision.

Student Learning Targets:

• I will explain why we have rules and laws within the home, school, and community.
• I will explain the similarities and differences between rules and laws.
• I will explain ways to be a responsible citizen.

Essential Questions:

• How can I be a responsible citizen?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: American Legacy, Studies Weekly

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