History

Unit 1

• Understand origins of holidays, customs, and celebrations of community, state, and nation
• Distinguish among past, present, and future
• Identify contributions of key historical figures in community, state, and nation

Unit 2

• Describe and present some stories from own family history
• Create and analyze calendars and simple timelines
• Describe events in terms of calendar time

Unit 3

• Compare lives of people in communities past and present
• Compare past and present technologies
• Use terms related to sequential order of events

Unit 4

• Find examples of historical fact and fiction in folklore and legends
• Put some recent events in chronological order
• Ask and answer historical questions about events in own life or community