SST-01.2.03

1st Grade SST Targeted Benchmarks
Standard 2: History

SST-01.2.03 Identify the people and events honored in United States holidays (e.g., Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Veteran’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day).

Student Learning Targets:

Knowledge Targets

  • I can identify the people and events honored in United States holidays.

Proficiency Rubric

Score   Description Sample Activity
4.0 In addition to a proficient score of 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth understanding and application of knowledge regarding more complex material.   -The student does independent research and shares information on various holidays. 
  3.5 In addition to a proficient score of 3.0, the student demonstrates in-depth understanding of knowledge on the content.  
3.0 The student describes the importance of the holiday, identifies the person or people associated with the holiday and identifies the approximate time that the historic event happened.   -
  2.5 The student demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and partial knowledge of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).
2.0 The student describes 2 of the required concepts from the 3.0 score. -
  1.5 The student demonstrates partial knowledge of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and procedures (Score 3.0 content).
1.0 The student describes 1 of the required concepts from the 3.0 score. -
  0.5 The student is unable to describe anything about a holiday.  

Resources

Websites

Discovery Education

Elementary Social Studies

Parents Helping Students

Helping Your Child With Social Studies

Social Studies in First Grade 

Vocabulary

  • holiday
  • United States

 

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