Social Studies Curriculum

Grade 1 - Unit 4

• Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit
  
• Specific Essential Questions For This Unit
  
• By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know
  
• By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To
  
• Enrichment Resources

Themes, Understandings And Overarching Essential Questions For This Unit

• Understanding:    Decisions are based on needs, wants and consequences.
• Essential Question: How do our needs and wants affect our decisions?

Specific Essential Questions For This Unit

• How do people in our community fulfill their needs and wants?

By The End Of This Unit Students Should Know

• Key Ideas: There is a difference between needs and wants. People fulfill needs to live and pursue wants for pleasure. Scarcity happens when needs or wants are greater than the resources. People work in communities to meet their needs and wants. Saving money and resources is important. People need to make informed and well-reasoned decisions about how to use their money.
• Vocabulary: allowance, choice, community, decision, demand, goods, human resources, natural resources, income, job, needs, option, saving, scarce/scarcity, goals (short and long-term)

By The End Of This Unit Students Should Be Able To

• Explain the difference between needs and wants.
• Give personal examples of needs and wants.
• Identify jobs that help people earn income.
• Identify the cause and effect of scarcity.
• Use decision making skills to effectively use money.
• Explain why saving money and resources is important.
• Identify the goods and services provided by people in the community.

Enrichment Resources