Social Studies

In April we worked on 2 of our social studies units, maps and goods and services.  In the mapping unit we learned about the different parts of a map, and we even got to create our own maps.  Before we created our own maps we needed to learn about map titles, what a compass rose is, and what each letter stands for in the compass rose, what a map key is, and what it is used for.  Once we learned these key components we were able to then create our own maps.  Some students chose to map out a local area, while others took imaginative settings from their fiction writing and created a map for that place.  Here are a few pictures of everyone working hard on their maps.

Creating Our Maps

Hard at work!

Hmm, what should come next?

Right before break we completed our final 1st grade social studies unit, goods and services.  We all learned a lot about different jobs and whether they only provide a service or if they also produce a good.  For writing everyone chose what they want to be when they grow up.  They then wrote about why they wanted to do that job and if that job will produce a good.  Finally, as one of our last activities we had a goods and services scavenger hunt.  Different jobs were put around the room, students were to search for them and decide if it was just a service job or if it produced a good.  Here are a few pictures of everyone working to find and determine which the job was for their recorder sheet.