NOTE:
Asterisks (*) have been used to identify standards and objectives that must be
assessed by the
local school district. All other skills may be assessed by the Oklahoma School
Testing Program
(OSTP).
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identify Information Literacy skills. Students are best served when these are
taught in collaboration and cooperation between the classroom teacher and the
library media
specialist.
Standard 1: The student will develop and practice the process skills
of social studies.
1.1
Use information located in resources such as encyclopedias, timelines, visual
images, atlases, maps, globes, and computer-based technologies.
1.2
Use children’s literature to compare and contrast one’s own community to others.
1.3
Identify the order of events on a simple timeline (e.g., holidays, schools
events, and the student’s life).
Standard 2: The student will examine communities from a spatial perspective.
2.1
Name major landmarks in the community; construct simple maps showing some of
these landmarks, the roads connecting them, and directional indicators (north,
south, east, and west), and give titles to the maps (e.g., the name of the
town).
2.2
Describe the landmark and cultural features of the community (e.g., historic
homes, schools, churches, bridges, parks, and neighborhoods) and compare these
with similar features in other parts of the United States.
2.3
Identify locations on a basic map, write directions for going from one location
to another, and use directional indicators to describe locations on the map
using both cardinal and intermediate directions.
Standard 3: The student will analyze the human characteristics of communities.
3.1
Identify examples of rules in the classroom and community, and relate the
purposes of those rules (e.g., to help people live and work together safely and
peacefully) and the consequences of breaking them.
3.3
Explain and demonstrate good citizenship (e.g., obeying classroom rules, taking
turns, and showing respect for others and their belongings).
Standard 4: The student will examine the interaction of the environment and the
people of a community.
4.1
Describe how location and weather affect the way people live.
4.2
Identify the choices people make about food, clothing, shelter, occupation,
transportation, and recreation.
Standard 5: The student will understand basic economic elements found in
communities.
5.1
Distinguish between basic needs (food, clothing, and shelter) and wants
(luxuries), and explain how needs and wants can be met (e.g., earning money,
saving, and gifts).
Standard 3: The student will analyze the human characteristics of communities.
3.2 Provide examples of honesty, courage, patriotism, and other
admirable character traits seen in United States history.
3.4
Study how history involves events and people of other times and places through
legends, folktales, and historical accounts (e.g., Paul Revere’s ride, Johnny
Appleseed, Betsy Ross, John Henry, and Paul Bunyan) in children’s literature.
3.5
Identify examples of interesting Americans through exposure to biographies of
important people of the past (e.g., George Washington, Sacajawea, and Harriet
Tubman).
Standard 5: The student will understand basic economic elements found in
communities.
5.2
Describe the occupations and roles of people in the neighborhood and community
who provide goods and services.
5.3
Describe ways people are paid (e.g., by check, in cash, and with goods), the
places to keep their money safe (e.g., the bank), and ways they pay for goods
and services (e.g., check, cash, credit card, and barter [trading goods and
services]).
Standard 2: The student will examine communities from a spatial perspective.
2.4
Identify basic landforms and bodies of water (e.g., plains, mountains, rivers,
and gulfs), the four oceans, the seven continents, human-made features (e.g.,
roads and towns).
2.5
Locate and identify the following on a map of the United States: Oklahoma, the
six surrounding states, the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes region, the Rocky
Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Great Plains, and the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.