Idaho Social Studies 1.SS.1.2

Social Studies1st GradeHistory

The Standard

Use timelines to show personal or family history.

Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students choose events from their own life or family history. They put the events on a timeline in the order they happened.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can place three events in order on a line and label each with a word or picture. They can use the timeline to tell what happened first, next, and last.
Common Misconceptions: Students may put events in the order they remember them, not the order they happened. Some think they need an exact date for every event. Others list events but do not show their order on the line.
How to Assess It: Ask students to draw a timeline with three events from their life or family. Have them label each event and circle the one that happened first.

Lesson moves

Give students three sticky notes to draw moments from their school year, then arrange them on a paper-strip timeline.
Ask, 'What happened before you started first grade, and what happened after?' Have partners explain where those events go on a timeline.
Draw picture cards of a baby, a kindergartner, and a first grader; have partners race to arrange them on a timeline.
Use a class calendar to find the first day of school and today, then mark both on a personal timeline.

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