What does a student learn in StateAlabama,GradeGrade 1,SubjectSocial Studies?

Students learn what it means to be part of a community, including how rules, leaders, and shared decisions shape life at school and in their neighborhood.

Students learn how money, goods, and jobs fit together in everyday life. They explore why people trade, save, and make choices about what to buy.

Students learn to read simple maps and globes, identify landforms like mountains and rivers, and understand where places are in relation to each other.

Students learn about the past by exploring stories, photos, and objects from long ago. They begin to see how life has changed over time.

Students name what they're allowed to do (rights) and what they're expected to do (responsibilities) as members of their neighborhood and state.

Responsible citizens help make their community better for everyone. Students learn what that looks like, from picking up litter to following rules to helping a neighbor.

Voting is how groups make decisions together. Students learn why communities hold votes, how a vote is counted, and how the winning choice becomes the group's decision.

Students learn what jobs like mayor, governor, and police chief actually do. They connect each public role to the real work it involves, like making local laws or keeping neighborhoods safe.

Students learn what banks, grocery stores, and local businesses do and why a community needs them. They practice explaining each place's job in simple terms.

Stores and banks run on money. Students learn that people trade money for things they need (like food or shoes) or want (like a toy), and that choosing what to buy means deciding what matters most.

Jobs and hobbies in a community are shaped by the land, water, and weather nearby. Students learn why a town near the ocean might have fishing jobs, or why mountains nearby make skiing popular.

Natural resources are things that come from the earth, like water, trees, and soil. Students learn to spot these resources in their own neighborhood and state.

Farmers grow food and sell it so others can eat. Manufacturers take raw materials like wood or cotton and turn them into finished products like furniture or clothing. Students learn how these two groups work to meet people's needs.

Students trace the path a product takes from the person who makes it to the store that sells it to the person who buys it. This standard asks students to explain each step in that chain.

Students find their town, county, and state on a map and point out the state capital. It's an early look at how places fit together, from the neighborhood they know to the wider state around it.

Students learn what the lines, colors, and labels on a map are for. Political maps show borders and place names; physical maps show land and water features like mountains and rivers.

Maps have a title, a compass showing north, south, east, and west, and a key that explains what the symbols mean. Students learn to find and use each of those parts when reading a map.

Students draw simple maps of places they know, like their classroom or neighborhood, showing where things are located relative to each other.

Students look at maps, globes, and satellite images and point out the difference between mountains, rivers, oceans, and other physical features of Earth.

Students practice organizing time by building a calendar, putting events in order on a timeline, and mapping out a daily schedule.

Primary sources come straight from the time or event (a photo, a letter, a diary). Secondary sources describe that event later, like a textbook or a book about history. Students learn to tell the two apart.

Students look at real photographs, letters, and documents to learn why certain people, traditions, and events matter to their community and state.

Students look at real events from the past, like the founding of a town or a local celebration, and put into their own words why those events still matter to the community and state today.

Students learn about real people who shaped their town or state, both long ago and today, and practice explaining what those people did and why it mattered.

Students learn about local and state festivals and holidays, where each one came from, and why people started celebrating it.

Students look at real places in their town or city that matter because of something that happened there. They practice explaining why each site is important to the community's history.

Students look at old photos, letters, or newspaper clippings and compare how their town and state looked and worked in the past to how they look and work today.