1st Grade Social Studies Unit 9

Big Idea:

Understands how technology has affected how families live.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

1.16 Science, technology, and society. The student understands how technology affects daily life, past and present. The student is expected to:

• (A) describe how technology changes the ways families live.

Focus TEKS

1.2 History. The student understands how historical figures, patriots, and good citizens helped shape the community, state, and nation. The student is expected to:

• (B) identify historical figures such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Garrett Morgan, and Richard Allen, and other individuals who have exhibited individualism and inventiveness
• (C) compare the similarities and differences among the lives and activities of historical figures and other individuals who have influenced the community, state, and nation.

1.16 Science, technology, and society. The student understands how technology affects daily life, past and present. The student is expected to:

• (B) describe how technology changes communication, transportation, and recreation;
• (C) describe how technology changes the way people work.

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 how technology changes the way families live.

Essential Questions:

• How has technology changed the way families live?
• Who are some famous inventors and individualists?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: American Legacy, Studies Weekly

District Grading Policy

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