What Ontario grade 1 students learn in social studies / history / geography

Your child will learn that people's roles, their connections to others, and their duties can change depending on where they are, what's happening, or as they grow older. For example, they'll understand that how they act with a friend is different from how they act with a teacher, or how their responsibilities at home might change as they get older.

Your child will be able to explain how important events in their life, like getting a new sibling or starting school, changed their role in the family, their friendships, or their chores and duties.

Your child will be able to compare important events in their own life or their family's lives with those of their friends.

Your child will learn how people can affect each other in different situations, like helping someone who is lost or sharing toys. They will also understand how these interactions can make a person feel about themselves.

Your child will learn how First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people are working to bring back parts of their culture and traditions that were lost because of colonization, including the residential school system. They will understand how these efforts, like learning their languages or celebrating traditional practices, help them feel proud of who they are and where they come from.

Your child will learn to ask questions that help them explore how things that happen, people they know, and places they go affect who they are, their connections with others, and their duties. For example, they might ask how starting school has changed what they are expected to do.

Your child will learn about important events, people, or places in their life that have helped shape who they are, their relationships, and their responsibilities. They will do this by looking at things like photos, family stories, or by talking to people.

Your child will be able to make and understand simple maps of important places to them or their family, like their home or school. These maps will include a title, a legend (which explains what the symbols on the map mean), and directions.

Your child will be able to understand information about their own life by using different tools, like a timeline to see how events have shaped who they are, or a Venn diagram to compare their roles at home and at school. They will also use graphic organizers to see how their responsibilities relate to those of adults and create a calendar to show how their responsibilities change throughout the year.

Your child will be able to understand how different events, people, or places in their life connect to who they are, their relationships, and their responsibilities.

Your child will be able to share what they've learned from their explorations, using words like "role" or "identity," and by presenting their findings in different ways, such as talking about an important life event or showing pictures of people who matter to them.

Your child will be able to talk about their different roles and responsibilities, like being a student, a family member, or a friend, and how they help out in their community or care for a pet.

Your child will be able to name important people, places, and objects in their life and community, like family members, their school, or a special toy, and explain what makes them important.

Your child will be able to understand the idea of time passing by putting important events from their own life in order, like moving from daycare to kindergarten, or learning to walk, then ride a tricycle, then a bicycle.

Your child will learn about good ways to act and treat others, like sharing, being polite, and taking care of the environment. They will also understand how to show respect for different cultures and the wisdom of Elders and traditional teachers.

Your child will learn that it's important to be kind to others and to take care of the world around them. They will practice this by doing things like sharing and thinking of ways to protect nature.

Your child will learn how people use and change their local environment, including buildings and services, to get what they need. They will also think about what would happen if these things weren't there.

Your child will learn about different jobs and services in your community, like the people who work at the grocery store or the post office. They will also understand how these jobs and services help meet everyone's needs, including their own.

Your child will be able to make a plan for how they can help take care of their local community, like finding places to put trash and recycling or helping with a garden, and understand how their actions can make the environment better.

Your child will learn to ask questions about how people and the environment in their community affect each other, both now and in the future. For example, they might ask about what happens when people don't use garbage cans or when a new store is built where there used to be trees.

Your child will be able to collect and sort information about how people, nature, and buildings in their community affect each other. They will use different sources like tally sheets, photos, or interviews to understand these connections.

Your child will be able to understand and create simple maps of their community, showing important places like parks or stores. They'll learn to use symbols, a key (legend), and directions to make their maps clear.

Your child will be able to understand information and facts they gather about their community, using different tools like charts or graphs. They can compare old and new pictures to see how an area has changed over time.

Your child will be able to look at information and decide how people and the natural (like trees and rivers) and built (like buildings and roads) parts of their community affect each other, and understand some of the results of these connections.

Your child will be able to share what they've learned about their community using words like "map" and "direction," and by creating things like posters, songs, or maps of their neighborhood.

Your child will learn to identify the Indigenous lands and treaty areas where their school is located.

Your child will be able to point out and name different natural things like rivers, lakes, and forests, as well as human-made things like roads, stores, and schools in your community.

Your child will be able to point out different parts of your community, like where people live, where stores are, or natural spots, and describe what makes each area special.

Your child will be able to describe where important places in your community are, using words like "near" or "far," "up" or "down," and "right" or "left.

Your child will be able to understand the basic parts of a map, like the title, the symbols in the legend (which explains what the symbols mean), the direction (north, south, east, west), the scale (which shows how distances on the map relate to real distances), and the colours used. They will use this knowledge to read and create simple maps of important places like their classroom, school, or neighborhood.

Your child will be able to understand how to use common, everyday things like footsteps or blocks to measure length.

Your child will be able to create basic maps of places they've been, using simple pictures to represent different things and measuring with everyday objects instead of rulers. For example, they might draw a map of a park with a tree for the picnic area and a swing set for the playground, and use footsteps to show how far apart things are.

Your child will learn about different services in the community, like the post office, police, and hospitals, and understand how people in the community are expected to help with these services, such as sorting recycling or shoveling snow.