Grade 1 History and Social Studies | Weeks 17-18 | Teacher Guide
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Five daily lessons per week. Use the corresponding student, practice, and teacher pages together. Families may print the practice page. Work stays with the family.
Official Grade 1 standards: 2024 Alabama Social Studies Course of Study, pp. 15-17. Codes are teaching alignment targets, not a claim of learner mastery.
Week 17: Land, water, natural resources and jobs
Standards: Land, water, natural resources and jobs (SS24.1.4, SS24.1.5, SS24.1.9).
Day 81: Land and water features
Record used by student: Record: A fictional town has a hill, a river, a school building, and a paved road.
- 1. Hill.
- 2. River.
- 3. School building and paved road.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 82: Natural resources come from nature
Record used by student: Record: A community has a forest, a pond, a factory, and a grocery store.
- 1. Forest.
- 2. Pond.
- 3. People built the factory.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 83: Farms and places to work
Record used by student: Record: Pine Valley has flat farmland and a lake. One worker grows corn; another teaches swimming at the lake.
- 1. Corn.
- 2. At the lake.
- 3. Flat farmland supports crops; the lake supports swimming instruction.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 84: Maps can show recreation
Record used by student: Record: A fictional park has a hill trail and a lake with a marked boating dock.
- 1. Hill trail.
- 2. Lake.
- 3. Rules and conditions affect safety and access.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 85: Independent resource and job choice
Record used by student: Record: Cedar Town has rich soil, a stream, and rocky hills. A family grows vegetables in a field, and visitors walk a marked hill path.
- 1. Soil.
- 2. On the marked hill path.
- 3. Farming needs growing land; hiking uses the path through hills.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Source register and safeguards
Official standard: Alabama 2024 Course of Study: Social Studies
All independent records in this week are invented learning scenarios; no historical attribution is made. Consult the official standards above for the instructional objective.
Week 18: Huntsville and Alabama statehood
Standards: Huntsville and Alabama statehood (SS24.1.12a, SS24.1.12d).
Teacher note: Local option: A family elsewhere in Alabama may study a dated local historic marker or local museum alongside the statewide 1819 facts. Do not call reconstructed buildings original.
Day 86: What does statehood mean?
Record used by student: History card: "Alabama joined the United States as a state on December 14, 1819."
- 1. It became a state.
- 2. 1819.
- 3. It lets us place the event accurately on a timeline.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 87: A meeting in Huntsville
Record used by student: Two dates: delegates met in Huntsville in July 1819; Alabama became a state in December 1819.
- 1. Huntsville.
- 2. The delegates met.
- 3. The constitution meeting took place before statehood.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 88: Read a historical marker
Record used by student: Fictional marker card: "Here a town council first met, 1902." A nearby photo has no date.
- 1. 1902.
- 2. The photograph.
- 3. A dated town meeting record or archive.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 89: A reconstruction is not an original building
Record used by student: Fictional museum label: "Rebuilt in 1982 to show an 1819 meeting place."
- 1. No.
- 2. Rebuilt.
- 3. So visitors know what is original and what is recreated.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Day 90: Independent statehood source check
Record used by student: Fresh record: "Convention in Huntsville: July 1819." "Alabama statehood: December 14, 1819." Museum sign: "Reconstructed Hall."
- 1. Convention in Huntsville.
- 2. Alabama statehood.
- 3. It was rebuilt; it is not the original meeting building.
Teaching check: Check that the child answers from the printed record and explains Question 3. Accept equivalent accurate wording or a labeled drawing. If needed, reteach using a different record.
Source register and safeguards
Official standard: Alabama 2024 Course of Study: Social Studies
City of Huntsville, Alabama Constitution and Statehood
City of Huntsville, Constitution Hall reconstruction
Source links support the historical teaching claims, not the fictional printed practice records. Read archives as an adult first. Identify each item’s creator and date before showing it to learners.