Social Studies, Grade 1

Everyone has family traditions, celebrations, and stories, and they can be different.

We learn about others by asking questions and listening to their stories.

Families are varied and diverse — languages, foods, clothing, and celebrations can differ.

Families are also alike in many ways, like caring for each other.

People have needs, and belonging to a group helps meet them.

Families have events and stories from the recent and distant past.

We can put family events in order — before and after, younger and older.

Kinship is the way people are connected in a family, and family structures can change over time.

Some cultures use the Medicine Wheel teachings to describe the stages of life — infancy and childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.

Food, water, and other needs come from the natural environment.

Kind actions like sharing and taking turns support peace and harmony.

Rules have purposes, and groups make decisions in different ways, like voting or agreeing together.

Disagreements and unfairness can cause disharmony in a group.

We can solve problems and recognize people who work for harmony, like helpers on Remembrance Day.

People have physical, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual needs and wants.

First Nations traditional teachings, such as the Medicine Wheel, describe caring for the spiritual, emotional, physical, and intellectual parts of a person.

There is paid work and unpaid work, and different people do different jobs.

Jobs at home and at school can be shared so a group runs smoothly.