Indiana Social Studies 1.H.3

Social Studies1st GradeHistory

The Standard

Identify local people from the past who have demonstrated good citizenship.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students name a person who lived in their community in the past. They tell what that person did to help others nearby.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can use a short biography or photo caption to name a past local resident. They can point to a specific action and explain who it helped.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name a famous person who never lived nearby. They may think having an important job proves someone helped the community, without naming anything that person did.
How to Assess It: Read aloud a short biography of a past local resident who helped others. Ask students to write or draw the person's name, one helpful action, and who benefited.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a photo and short biography of a past local helper; have them place the photo on a community map and label the helpful action.
Read a local biography aloud and ask, 'Who did this person help, and what in the story tells you that?'
Make matching cards with names and helpful actions from two local biographies; have pairs match them and explain each choice.
Send home the question, 'Who helped our community before I was born, and what did they do?' Share the names students bring back.

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