1st Grade Instructional Guide

Unit 3 Strand 2: Geography

CSD 1st Grade Social Studies Lessons & Resources

Content Standards & Lessons (Adapted from USBE)

Compelling Questions KEY LANGUAGE USE

Standard 1.2.1 Construct a simple map of a neighborhood, classroom, school, or the setting of a story Standard 1.2.2 Differentiate between natural and engineered geographical features in an area (for example, engineered geographic features include highways, bridges, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, reservoirs). Standard 1.2.3 Use maps and globes to locate their local community, Utah, the United States, the seven continents, and the five oceans (that is, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America; Antarctic [Southern] Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean). Standard 1.2.4 Explain the reasons that people, animals, goods, and ideas move.

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●​ How does food that does not grow in or state end up in our lunchroom and homes? ●​ Which geographic features are made by humans, and which are natural? ●​ What are some of the reasons people or animals move from place to place? ●​ How do geography, climate, and natural resources affect the way people live and work (for example, crops that can be grown in Utah and why they can be grown there)?

End of Unit Competency Students will demonstrate knowledge of the geographic concepts and tools of maps and globes, natural resources, physical features, and movement. Language Features: ●​ Nouns: geography, maps, globes, natural resources, physical features, man-made feature, natural geographic features, movement