1st Grade

Standard 1-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how government functions and how government affects families.

Suggested Vocabulary:

Suggested Literature:

• Adler, David. A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark. New York: Holiday House, 2003. This is an account of Lewis and Clark, highlighting President Jefferson’s role in support of the Corps of Discovery. (800L)
• Barnes, Peter and Cheryl. House Mouse, Senate Mouse. New York: Scholastic, 1996. How an idea turns into a law is told in an entertaining rhyming story. (Non-Prose)
• Barnes, Peter and Cheryl. Marshall the Court House Mouse. Rosebud Books, 1998. This book demonstrates in rhyme and true-to-life pictures what it is like in the highest court in the land, the seat of justice, the Supreme Court. (Non-Prose)
• Barnes, Peter and Cheryl. Woodrow For President. Vacation Spot Publishing, 1999. Even mice elect a president to represent their interests in Washington. This book teaches the qualities that are needed to run for public office. (Non-Prose)
• Barnes, Peter and Cheryl. Woodrow the White House Mouse. Vacation Spot Publishing, 1998. Once we have a mouse president he must have a mouse White House. The rhyming story shows what the White House is like in the true-to-life, mouse size mansion. (Non-Prose)
• Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. This is a personal account of a six-year-old African American girl who integrated the New Orleans public schools in 1960. (860L)
• Brown, Marc Arthur Meets the President. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 1991. Arthur wins a contest and is given the opportunity to meet the president. (NA)
• Burton, Virginia Lee. Katy and the Big Snow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. Katy the snowplow saves the people of Geopolis when winter threatens to shut the entire city down. (420L)
• Christelow, Eileen. Vote! Clarion Books, 2003. An appealing explanation of why we should exercise our right to vote. Great pictures. (420L)
• Cronin, Doreen. Duck for President. Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2004. Very appealing explanation of how a duck can get elected president if he possesses all the right qualifications – if he walks like a duck…. (AD680L)
• Kurtz, Jane. Bicycle Madness. New York: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, 2003. A young girl discovers the exceptional and exemplary life of her neighbor, Frances Willard, as Willard learns to ride a bicycle. Voting rights, child labor laws, and worker rights are explored. (810L)
• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Paul Revere’s Ride: The Landlord’s Tale. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2003). This is the landlord’s tale of the “eighteenth of April in Seventy-five.” (NA)
• McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. New York: Viking, 1941. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard finally find a suitable place to raise their family. Their journey to their new home becomes quite a problem for Michael, the policeman who oversees the adventure. (AD630L)
• Ransom, Candice. The Big Green Pocketbook. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. In this story, a young girl and her mother make a bus trip to town to do errands. They visit shops and stop for ice cream at the soda shop. Along the way, the little girl puts treasures into her big green pocketbook. (500L)
• Sobel, Sy. How the U.S. Government Works. New York: Barron’s Educational Books, 1999. The three branches of the federal government are described as the framers of the Constitution brought them into existence. (NA)
• St. George, Judith. So You Want to Be President. New York: Scholastic Books, 2000. This inventive book gives students a glimpse into presidential facts and trends in our leaders. Great for sparking discussion. (730L)
  Stein, Conrad. The Bill of Rights. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1992. Various rights are examined in this non-fiction piece. (1150L)
• Winters, Kay. My Teacher for President. New York: Scholastic Books, 2004. A boy decides this teacher has the right qualities for being elected president in the upcoming election. (NA)
• Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm. When Esther Morris Headed West: Women, Wyoming, and the Right to Vote. New York: Holiday House, 2001. Putting newly-won women’s suffrage to the test, spunky Morris not only voted but also ran for office – and won! (AD940L)

Suggested DataStreaming Video:

**Important Notes:
The video clips from United Streaming should not be relied on to teach the indicators, they are offered here as additions to your instruction as they often touch on one part of the indicator, not the whole indicator.

Type the underlined phrase or title in the keyword search to bring up the video, and then select the parts you want to use.

• 1-3.1 – no videos for this indicator
• 1-3.2 – Cops Are Tops: Our Police At Work
  Parts best used: Police History
  Transportation
  Detectives
  Officer Buckle and Gloria
• 1-3.3 – Where We Live, Work, and Play: Public Places
• 1-3.4 – no videos for this indicator

Suggested Maps:

• U.S. map, S.C. map
• http://www.edhelper.com/geography/Fifty_States.htm

Pacing Suggestion:

19-20 days

Assessment Suggestions:

• Assessment should be created through checklist, observation, journal reflections, and authentic activities graded by a rubric.
• http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php