Grade 1 History and Social Studies | Weeks 31-32 | Teacher Guide
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Use the student lessons, matching independent practice, and separate teacher answers in order. Five school days are provided for each week. Student work stays with the family.
Standards reference: 2024 Alabama Social Studies Course of Study, Grade 1, pp. 15-17. The labels below describe intended lesson alignment, not a claim that a child has mastered every standard.
Week 31: Calendars, schedules, and changes over time
Alabama standards: Calendars, schedules, and changes over time (SS24.1.10, SS24.1.13).
Day 151: Read a month calendar
Record keyed: Fictional calendar notes: library visit April 6; park meeting April 10; art class April 12.
- 1. April 6.
- 2. Art class.
- 3. The library visit.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed record. For a drawing, assess the stated details, labels, and evidence. Accept accurate equivalent wording and reteach with a new example when needed.
Day 152: A daily schedule shows times
Record keyed: Class schedule: 9:00 reading; 9:30 writing; 10:00 outdoor learning.
- 1. Writing.
- 2. Reading.
- 3. It gives the time of each activity.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed record. For a drawing, assess the stated details, labels, and evidence. Accept accurate equivalent wording and reteach with a new example when needed.
Day 153: Make a schedule from a record
Record keyed: Fictional learning day: drawing 11:00; science 10:00; snack 10:30.
- 1. Science.
- 2. Snack.
- 3. Science, snack, drawing.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed record. For a drawing, assess the stated details, labels, and evidence. Accept accurate equivalent wording and reteach with a new example when needed.
Day 154: Past and current schedules
Record keyed: Fictional records: 2000 library schedule = opens 10:00; 2025 library schedule = opens 9:00.
- 1. 10:00.
- 2. 9:00.
- 3. The listed opening time changed; we cannot prove the library opened on every day.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed record. For a drawing, assess the stated details, labels, and evidence. Accept accurate equivalent wording and reteach with a new example when needed.
Day 155: Independent calendar and schedule check
Record keyed: New planning record: May 3 meeting at 9:00; May 4 museum visit at 1:00; May 5 interview at 10:00.
- 1. May 4.
- 2. 10:00.
- 3. A calendar or dated timeline; a daily schedule can show the times.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed record. For a drawing, assess the stated details, labels, and evidence. Accept accurate equivalent wording and reteach with a new example when needed.
Week 31: historical source register
Official standards: Alabama 2024 Course of Study
All records for this week are explicitly fictional learning materials. Do not present them as real historical documents.
Week 32: Then and now: comparing documented Alabama records
Alabama standards: Then and now: comparing documented Alabama records (SS24.1.13, SS24.1.11).
Day 156: Compare two dated photographs of Huntsville
Record keyed: Source A: 1902 photo of East Side Square in Huntsville: streetcar tracks being laid. Source B: 1950 photo of West Side Square in Huntsville: people walking and cars near the courthouse.
- 1. Source A.
- 2. Cars.
- 3. Source A shows streetcar-track work; Source B shows cars and people. They are different sides of the square, so we cannot say every track was gone.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed source. The learner must distinguish what the dated photographs show from what cannot be established. Accept accurate equivalent answers and reteach with a fresh example.
Day 157: Read what a 1902 photograph tells us
Record keyed: Archival photograph card: location East Side Square, Huntsville; year 1902; visible work laying streetcar tracks; no date is given for when the project was fully finished.
- 1. 1902.
- 2. Streetcar tracks being laid.
- 3. The card describes the work but gives no completion date.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed source. The learner must distinguish what the dated photographs show from what cannot be established. Accept accurate equivalent answers and reteach with a fresh example.
Day 158: Look at a different side of the square in 1950
Record keyed: City of Huntsville historic-image card: place West Side Square near the old Madison County Courthouse; year 1950; people walking and automobiles shown.
- 1. 1950.
- 2. People walking and cars on or near the street.
- 3. No. One photograph of one side of the square cannot prove what all transportation was like.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed source. The learner must distinguish what the dated photographs show from what cannot be established. Accept accurate equivalent answers and reteach with a fresh example.
Day 159: Compare community transportation carefully
Record keyed: Source C: 1870s photo of South Side Square in Huntsville: horse-drawn vehicles on a downtown street. Source B: 1950 photo of West Side Square in Huntsville: people walking and cars near the courthouse.
- 1. Source C from the 1870s.
- 2. Cars.
- 3. The records feature horse-drawn vehicles in the older view and cars in the newer view. We do not know when or whether horse-drawn vehicles stopped being used.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed source. The learner must distinguish what the dated photographs show from what cannot be established. Accept accurate equivalent answers and reteach with a fresh example.
Day 160: Independent then-and-now community comparison
Record keyed: Independent evidence cards: A, Huntsville East Side Square in 1902 while streetcar tracks were being laid; B, Huntsville West Side Square in 1950 with cars and pedestrians. Both describe places around the same courthouse square, but on different sides.
- 1. A, 1902.
- 2. B, 1950.
- 3. Supported: 1902 has track-laying activity, while 1950 shows cars and pedestrians. Not proved: that streetcars stopped running in 1950, or that every street changed the same way.
Check Question 3 for a reason based on the printed source. The learner must distinguish what the dated photographs show from what cannot be established. Accept accurate equivalent answers and reteach with a fresh example.
Week 32: historical source register
Official standards: Alabama 2024 Course of Study
City of Huntsville: 1950 West Side Square photograph
City of Huntsville historic imagery viewer for additional local comparison
The historical records in this week are adapted descriptions of authentic dated photographs. Student text does not reproduce a photograph or claim the two photos show identical views. For students outside Huntsville, a parent may use two dated photographs or maps of their own Alabama town, while keeping the printed comparison available. Preview all external images for age suitability; do not treat a caption as a complete record.