1st Quarter Exam Study Guide: Social Studies

First Quarter Study Guide for Social Studies

*Please review the textbook About My Community Unit 1 (pg. 1-40).

Lessons 1-2 (pg. 1-17)

Be able to:

-write about why it is important to cooperate

-write one or two rules that we have at school

-write a sentence about what happens when people don't follow the rules

-name a community that you belong to (school, our classroom, a church, etc.)

Key Vocabulary:

·      community

·      citizen

·      role

·      map

·      cooperate

·      country

Lesson 3 (pg. 18-19)

Be able to:

-know what a map is

-state one or two things in your neighborhood

Key Vocabulary:

·      map

·      location

·      neighborhood

Lesson 4 (pg. 20-25)

Be able to:

-name a few cities

-know the difference between a city and a suburb

-know the difference between a city and a country

-name a few countries

-find things on a map

-know the directions (north, east, south, west = Never Eat Sour Worms!)

Key Vocabulary:

·      city

·      suburb

·      state

·      country

·      map key

·      map symbol

Lesson 5 (pg. 26-31)

Be able to:

-list a few changes

-use a calendar

Key Vocabulary:

·      change

·      calendar

Lesson 6 (pg. 32-33)
Be able to:

-distinguish between a want and a need

Key Vocabulary:

·      want

·      need