Indiana Social Studies 1.H.6
The Standard
Use the terms past and present; yesterday, today, and tomorrow; and next week and last week to sequentially order events that have occurred in the school.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students put school events in order using words such as last week, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and next week. They tell which events are past and which are present.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student places last week's fire drill before yesterday's library visit and today's art class. They place tomorrow's assembly after today and explain that today is present.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may put yesterday before last week or tomorrow before today. They may think a planned event has already happened because the class has talked about it.
How to Assess It
- Give students five school event cards marked last week, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and next week. Ask them to put the cards in order and point to the present event.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Put five school event cards on the floor and have pairs move them into order on a timeline.
Ask, "Did our last library visit happen before or after today's reading time? How do you know?"
Play a calendar match game: students draw school event cards and place them under the matching time words.
Use the school calendar to find an event from last week, today's lunch, and an event next week, then order them.
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Related Standards
- K.G.2
Locate and describe places in the school and community using words such as here/there, over/under, left/right, above/below, forward/backward, and between.
- 2.H.5
Develop a timeline of important events in the history of the school and/or school community.
- 1.G.3
Identify and describe the relative locations of places in the school setting.
- K.H.3
Identify events and place events in a sequence.
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