Accomplishments - Culture
| 1.1.01 | Understand the diversity of human cultures. |
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Recognize that culture is learned behavior that includes customs, beliefs, rules, life ways, language, food, and clothing, | |
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Recognize people learn customs from their culture, | |
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explain the culture of the family and community, | |
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Recognize people use diverse languages to communicate with one another. | |
| 1.1.02 | Discuss cultures and human patterns of places and regions of the world. |
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Define multiculturalism, | |
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Explain the culture of a place, | |
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Describe the importance of diverse beliefs, customs, and traditions of families. | |
| 1.1.03 | Recognize the contributions of individuals and people of various ethnic, racial, religious, and socioeconomic groups to the development of civilizations. |
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Understand individual differences in languages, beliefs, and customs that may be unique to one's culture. | |
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Retell stories from diversely selected folktales, myths, and legends. |
Accomplishments - Economics
| 1.2.01 | Describe the potential costs and benefits of personal economic choices in a market economy. |
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Recognize that workers who provide services earn money to meet needs and wants. | |
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Recognize that people advertise goods and services through different forms of communication. | |
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Identify how people exchange goods and services. | |
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Describe the requirements of various jobs and the characteristics of a job well performed. | |
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Describe how specialized jobs contribute to the production of goods and services. | |
| 1.2.02 | Give examples of how individuals, businesses and governments operate in a market economy. |
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Recognize that goods and services are exchanged worldwide. | |
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Give examples of industries and the resources needed to operate industries. | |
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Identify examples of goods and services in the home, school, and community. | |
| 1.2.03 | Understand fundamental economic concepts. |
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Distinguish the difference between goods and services. | |
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Differentiate between consumers and producers. |
Accomplishments - Geography
| 1.3.01 | Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective. |
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Recognize that maps and globes are representations or models of specific places. | |
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Locate their home, neighborhood, and school on a visual representation. | |
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Use map symbols and legends to identify locations and directions. | |
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Interpret symbols that represent various forms of geographic data and use these symbols to identify locations and directions. | |
| 1.3.02 | Recognize how to identify and locate major physical and political features on maps and globes. |
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Define what cardinal directions are. | |
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Locate places using cardinal directions on maps and globes. | |
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Locate cities, states, countries, and continents on maps and globes and major bodies of water on maps and globes. | |
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Describe the concept of human features as in cities, buildings, farms, roads, and railroads. | |
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Locate and name the places in school and the neighborhood. | |
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Identify the geographic location of the United States and Tennessee on a globe and a map. | |
| Estimate distances such as from home to school. | ||
| 1.3.03 | Demonstrate awareness of the interaction between human and physical systems around the world. |
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Explain how land is used for different tasks in the local area. | |
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Define natural resources and explain how people are dependent on them. | |
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Compare and contrast natural and artificial features of the earth. | |
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Describe what weather is. |
Accomplishments - Governance & Civics
| 1.4.01 | Discuss the purposes of governance. |
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Recognize the United States Constitution as the basis for the laws in our country. | |
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Categorize rules and laws we follow as members of a family, school and community. | |
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Explain the purpose of government and give examples of laws that establish order, provide security, and control conflict. | |
| 1.4.02 | Describe the United States and Tennessee State Constitutions in principle and practice. |
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Understand that community governments employ various service workers. | |
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Identify leaders in the community, state, and nation. | |
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describe the relationship between local, state, and national government. | |
| 1.4.03 | Describe the rights, responsibilities, and privileges of citizens living in a democratic society. |
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Define citizenship and responsibility. | |
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Examine the rights and responsibilities of the individual in relation to his or her social group, such as family, peer group, and school class. | |
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Categorize responsibilities that citizens have to their community, state, and country. | |
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Design a set of rules or laws for a home, classroom, or community. | |
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Recognize family and school rules as compared with those from another culture. | |
| 1.4.04 | Recognize the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become contributing citizens. |
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Recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance. | |
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Understand that voting is a way of making choices and decisions. | |
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Explain how selected customs, symbols, and celebrations reflect an American love of individualism and inventiveness. | |
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Explain selected national and state patriotic symbols such as the United States and Tennessee flags. |
Accomplishments - History
| 1.5.01 | Identify major people, events, and issues from Tennessee, United States, and world history. |
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Recognize some early forms of communication and how communication has changed over time. | |
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Recognize that other countries have a longer history than the United States. | |
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Identify contributions of diverse historical figures that have influenced the community, state, and nation. | |
| 1.5.02 | Understand the place of historical events in the context of past, present, and future. |
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Distinguish between the past, present, and future. | |
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Recognize major events in American history. |
Accomplishments - Individuals, Groups, & Interactions
| 1.6.01 | Understand the impact of individual and group decisions on citizens and communities. |
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Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals. | |
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Recognize individuals have responsibilities to the group whether as a leader or as a member. | |
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Recognize the importance of individuals and families as part of neighborhoods. | |
| 1.6.02 | Recognize how groups can impact change at the local, state, national and world levels. |
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Describe the unique features of one's nuclear and extended families. | |
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Give examples of the tension between the wants and needs of individuals, and groups, and concepts such as fairness, equity and justice. | |
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Recognize that cooperation is necessary in working with a group to complete a task. |