Social Studies

Geography—

• Demonstrate an understanding of how he or she is part of a community, state, region, nation, and world
  
• Demonstrate an understanding of local geography
  
• Read and understand simple maps and globes
  
• Show an awareness of other nations and people in the world and other ways of life
  History and Political Science—
  
• Show knowledge of good citizenship
  
• Develop an understanding of family history
  
• Compare daily life in the past with that of today
  
• Demonstrate an understanding of local economy and people who supply our needs (e.g. farmers and factory workers)

Science

• Observe and report characteristics of things and events
  
• Classify things according to similar or different traits
  
• Record by drawing or writing results of observations
  
• Draw conclusions based on observations
  
• Develop an understanding of the needs of living things
  
• Name and use simple tools for observing, measuring, and weighing objects (e.g. magnifying glass, ruler, thermometer, and scale)
  
• Predict outcomes or results based on observations

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