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K–12 Standards

1st Grade

Other Iowa Essential Elements for Social Studies sets

Communities and Culture

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    Constructing Questions

    1. 1

      With guidance and support identify the compelling question about a familiar topic.EE.SS.1.1

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    Gathering and Evaluating Sources

    1. 3

      With guidance and support, identify a primary factual source.EE.SS.1.3

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    Communicating and Critiquing Conclusions

    1. 4

      With guidance and support, identify an example that could be used to answer a compelling question.EE.SS.1.4

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    Taking Informed Action

    1. 5

      With guidance and support, identify the decision about a civic problem in the classroom.EE.SS.1.5

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

    1. 8

      With guidance and support, identify one cultural practice within your community or around the world.EE.SS.1.8

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    Interpret Processes, Rules and Laws

    1. 10

      With guidance and support, identify rights, rules or laws that are specific to a community or culture.EE.SS.1.10

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    Engage in Economic Decision Making

    1. 11

      With guidance and support, identify local goods and services.EE.SS.1.11

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    Assess the Global Economy

    1. 12

      With guidance and support, identify what goods and services are traded with other countries. EE.SS.1.12

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    Develop Financial and Career Goals

    1. 13

      With guidance and support, identify different jobs in the community.EE.SS.1.13

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    Analyze Credit and Debt Levels

    1. 14

      With guidance and support, identify the meaning of borrow.EE.SS.1.14

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    Evaluate Savings and Long-Term Investments

    1. 15

      With guidance and support, identify the purpose of banks in the community.EE.SS.1.15

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    Create Geographic Representation

    1. 16

      With guidance and support, identify the difference between maps, globes, and other simple geographic models. EE.SS.1.16

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    Analyze Human Population, Movement, and Patterns

    1. 18

      With guidance and support, identify a route on a map.EE.SS.1.18

    2. 19

      With guidance and support, identify goods that are made locally and in distant places.EE.SS.1.19

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    Analyze Change, Continuity, and Context

    1. 20

      Categorize events as past or present.EE.SS.1.20

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    Critique Historical Sources and Evidence

    1. 22

      Identify who created documents.EE.SS.1.22

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    Iowa History

    1. 23

      Identify past and present groups in Iowa.EE.SS.1.23

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