Grade 1 Social Studies Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Identify everyday technologies used at home, school, and in the community
• Explain how technology helps people with comfort and efficiency
• Recognize ways to use technology safely with help from adults+ Show more

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• Explain why rules help people feel safe and treated fairly in a community.
• Identify examples of rules in a classroom or neighborhood and describe how they guide behavior.
• Recognize that rules are made and enforced by people or groups with authority.+ Show more

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• Identify common symbols used by local government, such as city flags, seals, and official badges.
• Explain how government symbols help people recognize authority figures and services.
• Describe how community symbols support pride, belonging, and good citizenship.

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• Identify examples of primary and secondary sources
• Use simple questions (who, what, when, where) to decide if a source is useful
• Explain why it is important to think about authenticity and details in sources

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• Identify the correct chronological order of events using dates and sequence words
• Create and read a simple timeline from earliest to latest
• Explain how one event can happen before or after another event

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• Identify map symbols and map labels and explain how they help us find places
• Use spatial vocabulary (north, south, east, west) to describe locations on a map
• Interpret simple map features to understand how places relate to each other

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• Explain that location tells where a place is
• Use words like next to, near, far, left, right, in front of, and behind to describe location
• Identify how maps use symbols and directions to show where places are

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• Describe how physical features of Earth affect where people live.
• Explain how people’s needs influence settlement in different places.
• Identify ways human activities can change the environment.+ Show more

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• Identify examples of needs and wants in everyday life.
• Distinguish needs from wants by asking why an item is important.
• Choose the best answer when sorting common items into needs and wants.

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• Identify the difference between goods and services
• Recognize examples of goods and services in everyday life
• Describe the roles of producers and consumers+ Show more

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• Identify what a family tradition is and give a simple example.
• Describe how cultural holidays and local festivals can be family traditions.
• Explain how traditions help connect generations in a family.+ Show more

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• Identify community rights that help people stay safe and feel respected.
• Explain how people participate in community activities in fair and kind ways.
• Describe responsibilities that go with rights in public spaces and community decisions.+ Show more

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• Identify local figures in a community and describe how they help others
• Recognize local events and explain why they matter to a community
• Describe how people’s actions can influence events over time using simple cause-and-effect ideas

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• Explain what family history means using simple examples.
• Identify family stories and traditions and describe why they are important.
• Compare past and present family routines by noticing change and sameness.+ Show more

Learning Objectives

• Recognize that communities and daily life change over time (then and now).
• Identify examples of change in transportation, technology, and school settings.
• Recognize that some things stay the same while other things change.+ Show more