1.1  Students will understand that history relates to events and people of other times and places.

    1.2  Students will compare everyday life in different places and times and recognize that people, places, and things change over time.

    1.3  Students will construct time lines to show sequence and change, identifying examples of possible cause and effect.

    1.4  Students will measure time and time lines to show sequence and change by using calendars and clocks.

    1.5  Students will explain the past and the present through pictures, oral history, letters, or journals.

    1.6  Students will compare and contrast cultures of families, past and present.

    1.7  Students will describe how cultures contribute to school and family.

    1.8  Students will compare and contrast the relative location of people, places, and things.

    1.9  Students will know the physical shape of our state and nation and locate areas referenced in historical legends and stories using simple maps, globes, and other three-dimensional models.

    1.10  Students will identify symbols. (traffic signs and lights, street and highway markers, map symbols)

    1.11  Students will locate and compare the geography of the local community with that of other communities in Nebraska, the United States, and the world, using maps, pictures, and stories.

    1.12  Students will describe how climate, location, and physical surroundings affect the lives of people, such as their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation.

    1.13  Students will recognize that Nebraska’s seasons vary from other places in the United States and the world.

    1.14  Students will match simple descriptions of work that people do and the names of the jobs.

    1.15  Students will identify community groups of which students are members, such as family, school, church, girl/boy scouts, and classroom.

    1.16  Students will explain how people are connected through transportation and communication.

    1.17  Students will identify basic economic concepts.

    1.18  Students will describe the differences between human resources, such as people at work; natural resources, such as water, soil, wood, and coal; capital resources, such as machines and tools used to produce different goods and services.

    1.19  Students will explain the difference between goods and services and will describe how people are both buyers (consumers) and sellers (producers) of goods and services.

    1.20  Students will explain how limits on resources require people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.

    1.21  Students will simulate money for goods and services and identify ways to save money.

    1.22  Students will explain how families and individuals earn, spend, and save.

    1.23  Students will demonstrate good citizenship and demonstrate an understanding of its importance.

    1.24  Students will identify traditionally patriotic symbols and activities.

    1.25  Students will describe and compare the making of some class rules.

    1.26  Students will identify the elected representative bodies responsible for making local, state, and federal laws.

    1.27  Students will identify technology used today.

    1.28  Students will identify what inventions are, explain why they are important, and describe a helpful invention.

    1.29  Students will identify ways that people grow and change over time.

    1.30  Students will identify how choices and actions affect themselves and others.