Indiana Social Studies 1.H.7

Social Studies1st GradeHistory

The Standard

Explain how clocks and calendars are used to measure time.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use clocks to find times during a day. They use calendars to find dates and count days or weeks. They explain which tool fits each question.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can show 9:00 on a clock for morning meeting and find Friday on a calendar for a class trip. They can explain why they would use a clock to count an hour but a calendar to count three days.
Common Misconceptions: Students may look for tomorrow on a clock or try to count minutes on a calendar. When counting days until an event, they may count today as a full day.
How to Assess It: Show a clock set to 9:00 and a calendar with Friday circled. Ask, “Which tool tells when morning meeting starts? Which tells when our trip is? Why?”

Lesson moves

Give pairs paper clocks and a monthly calendar; have them set the clock to 9:00 and mark tomorrow’s date.
Ask, “Could a calendar tell us when lunch starts? Could a clock tell us which day our trip is? Explain.”
Have pairs sort cards reading “recess at 10:00,” “party on Friday,” “wait 5 minutes,” and “trip next week” by tool.
Post lunch time on a classroom clock and a trip date on a wall calendar; have students point to each.

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