Indiana Social Studies 1.G.4

Social Studies1st GradeGeography

The Standard

Identify and describe physical features and man-made features of the local community, including home, school, and neighborhood.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify natural features, such as trees and hills, and things people built, such as homes, schools, and streets. They describe what these features look like and where they are in the neighborhood.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can label natural and built features on a drawing of their neighborhood. They can say, for example, that a tree stands beside the school and a sidewalk runs in front of the houses.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call roads natural because they are outside. They may call a tree built because someone planted it, or name a feature without saying where it is.
How to Assess It: Ask students: “Draw one natural feature and one thing people built near your home or school. Label both and tell where each one is.”

Lesson moves

Use clay for a hill, blue paper for a stream, and blocks for buildings as students build a neighborhood model.
Show a photo taken near school and ask, “What grew or formed in nature, and what did people build?”
Give pairs picture cards of trees, hills, houses, and sidewalks to sort into natural and built groups.
On a walk around school, have students mark trees and sidewalks on a simple map, then describe where each is.

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