Cultural Program Goals and Objectives
Grade Level 1

About the Cultural Program
Social Studies and Science are often treated as separate subjects in school, but with our Cultural Program, we’ll combine social studies and science. During the habitat classes, students explore the Sound, Salt Marsh, Pond, Beach and Forest, and focus on human interaction with the habitats. We’ll explore the three groups of people to inhabit our area (African Americans, Europeans, and Native Americans) and find out how each group experimented with island plants, animals and other materials. Finally, we’ll explore how our current culture (that’s us!) uses plants, animals and materials native to our island habitat and how we can conserve and protect them. Because of the multi-disciplinary mix of social studies and science, we are offering these classes only to groups of students 6th grade and younger.

Main Curriculum Area: Social Studies
Grade Level: 1

Primary Goals and Objectives:
These objectives will be covered during all Cultural Program classes. Some objectives are more specific to one habitat than another, so if your schedule does not allow you to take all offered classes, or if there are particular objectives that you want to make sure we cover, please let us know what your specific needs are.

First Grade Neighborhoods and Communities Around the World
Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will analyze how individuals, families, and groups are similar and different.

Objectives
1.02 Identify various groups to which individuals and families belong.
Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will identify and exhibit qualities of good citizenship in the classroom, school, and other social environments.

Objectives
2.01 Develop and exhibit citizenship traits in the classroom, school, and other social environments.

2.06 Predict consequences that may result from responsible and irresponsible actions.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 3		 The learner will recognize and understand the concept of change in various settings.

Objectives
3.02 Describe past and present changes within the local community.

3.03 Compare and contrast past and present changes within the local community and communities around the world.

3.04 Recognize that members of the community are affected by changes in the community that occur over time.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 5		 The learner will express geographic concepts in real life situations.

Objectives
5.03 Use geographic terminology and tools to create representations of the earth's physical and human features through simple maps, models, and pictures.

5.05 Demonstrate responsibility for the care and management of the environment within the school and community.

5.06 Compare and contrast geographic features of places within various communities.

5.07 Explore physical features of continents and major bodies of water.


Social Studies Skill Competency
Goal 6		 The learner will apply basic economic concepts to home, school, and the community.

Objectives
6.01 Examine wants and needs and identify choices people make to satisfy wants and needs with limited resources.

6.02 Describe how people of different cultures work to earn income in order to satisfy wants and needs.


Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will acquire strategies to access a variety of sources, and use appropriate research skills to gather, synthesize, and report information using diverse modalities to demonstrate the knowledge acquired.

Objectives
2.04 Utilize community-related resources such as field trips, guest speakers, and interviews.


Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 3		 The learner will acquire strategies to analyze, interpret, create, and use resources and materials.

Objectives
3.01 Use map and globe reading skills.

Social Studies
K-12 Skill Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will acquire strategies needed for applying decision-making and problem-solving techniques both orally and in writing to historic, contemporary, and controversial world issues.

Objectives
4.01 Use hypothetical reasoning processes.

4.02 Examine, understand, and evaluate conflicting viewpoints.

4.04 Apply conflict resolutions.

4.05 Predict possible outcomes.

4.06 Draw conclusions.

4.08 Develop hypotheses.