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Grade 1 History and Social Studies Chapter 2 | Practice Workbook

History and Social Studies Chapter 2: Five-Day Practice

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Five original lessons for Grade 1. Teach with a parent or caregiver. Follow the learner’s readiness. These are developing supplemental chapters, not a verified full-year standards completion. Completed work stays with the family and is never submitted publicly.

Day 1: What is a community?

Draw your neighborhood or a familiar place. Identify a person who helps others.

  1. Name a community you belong to. __________________________
  2. Name one job that helps people. __________________________
  3. What does a librarian help people do? __________________________
  4. Can people belong to more than one community? __________________________
  5. Name one need shared by people. __________________________
  6. Tell one way you help others. __________________________

Day 2: Maps and symbols

Make a map of one room using three labeled symbols and a key.

  1. What is a map? __________________________
  2. What is a map key? __________________________
  3. Name two directions. __________________________
  4. Why label symbols? __________________________
  5. Does a map show every detail? __________________________
  6. Draw a symbol for a door and label it. __________________________

Day 3: Past, present and future

Put the events ‘wake up’, ‘eat breakfast’, ‘go to bed’ in a sensible order. Compare an older and a newer familiar object.

  1. What does past mean? __________________________
  2. What does present mean? __________________________
  3. What does future mean? __________________________
  4. Which happened first: waking or bedtime? __________________________
  5. Can a photograph tell every detail? __________________________
  6. Give one question you would ask about an old photo. __________________________

Day 4: Evidence and sources

With an adult, examine a safe household object. Record two things you see, then one question you cannot answer by looking alone.

  1. Name one historical source. __________________________
  2. What is an observation? __________________________
  3. Is a guess always a fact? __________________________
  4. Why ask when a picture was taken? __________________________
  5. Can two sources give different information? __________________________
  6. Write one question about an object. __________________________

Day 5: Our community investigation

Draw a community map with a title, a key, at least three features, and north. Explain one change across time.

  1. What does a map key show? __________________________
  2. Name one direction. __________________________
  3. What is a source? __________________________
  4. Past or future: last year? __________________________
  5. State one observation. __________________________
  6. State one question requiring more evidence. __________________________

Chapter assessment

Without looking at the lessons, explain three essential terms from the chapter, answer the final-day questions, and complete the final activity. A parent checks independence and reteaches anything missed. Use the verified fillable PDF, print this page, or copy the work into a notebook.

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