1st Grade American History

Week 1: The United States of America

• The United States of America has 50 states and 2 districts.
• Washington D.C. serves as the Nation's capital
• In size, the United States of America is the third-largest country.

Week 1: Where I Live

• The United States has a diverse landscape
• Some areas have forests, others dry lands.

Week 1: What is a Citizen?

• A citizen owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it.
• Citizenship can be by birth or naturalization.
• A naturalized citizen comes from a different country and fulfills requirements to become a citizen.

Week 1: The Constitution

• A Constitution is a set of rules defining how a country operates and outlines government branches and their powers.
• Other laws cannot contradict the Constitution.
• Three government sections defined in the constitution are Congress, the President, and the court system.
• Congress is a group of elected people who create laws.
• The President enforces the laws.
• The court system defines the law's meaning.
• The Constitution protects citizens' rights and freedom.
• The US Constitution is the oldest written constitution still in use, written in 1787 and signed on September 17th.

Week 2: Our Flag

• Every country has a flag that represents it.
• The United States of America's flag colors are red, white, and blue.
• The US flag has red and white stripes with a blue square and white stars in the corner.
• A pledge is said to the flag as a sign of respect.

Week 2: The Pledge of Allegiance

• Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in 1892.
• The current pledge announces loyalty to the flag and what it stands for.

Week 2: Responsibilities

• A responsibility is commitment to being a contributing member of family, community, and society and shows you are dependable.
• Various responsibilities include helping at home, following rules, keeping the Earth clean, and returning library books.
• Responsibilities change as you get older; adults have more community responsibilities creating and upholding laws.
• Adults also ensure children learn responsibilities.

Week 3: Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens

• Responsibilities are commitments in communities, and rights are benefits from communities.
• A community requires citizens fulfilling responsibilities to function.
• The United States of America has predefined rights for citizens.
• The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.
• An amendment is an article added to the US Constitution.
• The Bill of Rights adds freedoms such as religion, speech, jury trial, and a speedy trial.

Week 3: Jobs of American Citizens

• Citizens do many jobs necessary for the country to run.
• The President is one of those jobs.
• Congress is made of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
• There are 435 Representatives in the House.
• The Senate has 100 members, with two Senators per state.
• American citizens elect these jobs.
• Congress and the Senate present and vote on laws, which must achieve a majority to pass.
• Policemen, judges, librarians, and store clerks are other important jobs citizens hold.

Week 3: What does the President Do?

• The President has many duties, summarized in seven different roles:
  • Chief of State: Ceremonial head of the US presents medals and awards.
  • Chief Executive: Chooses and oversees the Executive Branch.
  • Chief of Party: Helps party members get elected to office.
  • Chief Diplomat: Makes foreign policy.
  • Commander in Chief: In charge of the US armed forces.
  • Chief Legislator: Influences Congress in lawmaking.
  • Chief Citizen: Representative of all people.

Week 3: The President

• American citizens vote for the President of the United States, with elections every 4 years.
• The Constitution outlines three requirements for running for President:
  • At least 35 years old.
  • A natural-born US citizen.
  • Lived in the United States for at least 14 years.
• No person can serve more than two four-year terms.
• The President's family is called the First Family; the President's wife is called the First Lady.
• The President and the First Family live in the White House in Washington DC.

Week 4: George Washington

• George Washington was the first President of The United States, in 1789
• Washington is known as the "Father of our Country."
• He helped develop the rules still used for the Presidential office.
• Washington suggested presidents should serve a limited time to avoid becoming too powerful.
• Washington's presidency came after the American Revolutionary War.
• He played a major role in America's victory, the only president elected unanimously.
• New York City was the capital during his first year, later moving to Philidelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Washington never served in the White House in Washington, DC

Week 4: The White House

• The White House is home to the President and family, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC.
• All presidents except George Washington have lived in the White House.
• John Adams was the first president to live there.
• Originally, it only had 6 finished rooms, now there are 132 rooms and 35 bathrooms on 6 floors.
• The White House is a popular tourist stop with over 6000 daily visitors.
• The President's office inside is called the Oval Office.
• It also has meeting rooms, a movie theater, a bowling alley, a fitness room, and a chocolate shop.

Week 4: The Oval Office

• The Oval Office is the President's official workspace.
• Its oval shape allows the president to see everyone during meetings.
• Presidents decorate the room including new paint, furniture, artwork, and rugs.
• The Oval Office overlooks the White House grounds.
• It is in the West Wing of the White House, built in 1909 by President Taft.
• The room is for important presidential meetings.

Week 4: Lands of the Free

• The United States of America has a government, laws, and a constitution.
• This country gives citizens rights such as freedom of worship, speech, press, and assembly.
• Laws ensure people are safe and the country is protected.
• Laws are enforced by police officers.

Week 5: Freedom of Religion

• The Pilgrims traveled from England to America seeking freedom to worship God.
• They were mistreated in their home country because of their faith.

Week 5: About the Pilgrims

• The Pilgrims were English people seeking religious freedom, who came to America during the reign of King James I.
• They boarded the Mayflower to come to America from England.
• The Mayflower took 66 days to cross the ocean to New England.
• Their settlement was called Plymouth Colony.
• They had a hard first winter; only 52 colonists survived from it.
• Local Native Americans helped them learn to farm corn and survive.

Week 5: What Pilgrims Wore

• Pilgrim women wore ankle-length skirts with an apron, a waistcoat over a smock, and latchet shoes.
• On their heads, they wore a coif, their clothing made of wool.
• Pilgrim men wore a shirt covered by a doublet; they also wore breeches.
• Stockings were worn under the breeches with latchet shoes along with a broad-brimmed hat.

Week 6: The Journey of the Pilgrims

• The Pilgrims started their journey in England.
• The journey took 66 days.
• They traveled on the Mayflower.
• Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.
• They had a hard first winter, where only 52 people survived.

Week 6: How the Kids Lived

• Pioneer children were taught skills to survive as adults.
• Older boys helped their fathers prepare the fields for planting.
• Older girls worked close with their mothers.
• Children sometimes played games such as leapfrog and marbles.
• They learned at home during the winter and Summer with the bible.

Week 7: Freedom of Speech

• The first amendment to the constitution gives the freedoms.
• It gives you the right to express your opinions without government intervention.

Week 7: What is Freedom of Speech?

• It includes the right to protest unjust things, advertise products, share opinions even if they aren't right, and not speak at all.
• Using words to cause actions that will hurt others is not a right

Week 7: Freedom of the Press

• Guarantees the press freedom to report news without the censorship.
• Censorship - when the government prevents printing bad facts and ideas.
• The ability to print uncensored news helps inform and protect the public.

Week 7: Why is Freedom of the Press Important?

• The Media greatly impacts people's behavior
• Differing beliefs of a government with total control of the press.

Week 7: Freedom of Assemby

• Allows groups to gather together and have public meetings
• The people meet and share their opinions
• Protesting and advocating change is a popular example of freedom of assembly

Week 8: Symbols of America

• America uses different symbols to represent the country.

Week 8: The Liberty Bell

• The bottom of the Liberty Bell says, "Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof."
• The Liberty Bell is rung every year on July 4th and on other special occasions.

Week 8: The Statue of Liberty

• The people of France gave the statue as a gift
• The statue represents democracy, freedom and liberty in the United States, and is holding a torck.

Week 9: Lives of Pre Colonial Americans

• Before the Pilgrims came to America, Native Americans lived there.
• Native Americans were generally peaceful and lived off the land.
• Many different tribes lived in America, residing in huts, teepees, or mud houses called wattle and daub houses woven together covered with dried mud.

Week 9: Native American Blankets

• Before settlers, various Native American tribes, including the Hopi, Pueblo, Zuni, Apache, Mohave, and Navajo, lived in America.
• The Navajo lived in dome-shaped homes called hogans, who were know for famous bright and intricate blankets
• Beautifully designed the blankets were full of geometric shapes and red, orange, or brown colors.

Week 9: Geronimo

• A notable Native American was Geronimo, whose original name was Goyathlay, meaning One Who Yawns.
• The name Geronimo was created by Mexican Soldiers
• Geronimo, the Apache leader, married a woman named Alope and had three children.
• While Geronimo and his men gone way trading, their camp was attacked, and his whole family perished.
• He became a famous warrior, leading several raids on Mexican and US settlements, and eventually being caught.
• As a prisoner, he became a celebrity.

Week 9: Lief Erickson

• Leif Ericsson was a Norse explorer who settled Greenland.
• He sailed to Norway and converted to Christianity.
• He then landed in North America but never again sailed there.
• Ericsson is thought to be the first European to reach the North American continent, nearly fours centuries before Christipher columbus.

Week 10: Christipher Columbus

• Christipher Columbus is credited with the discovery of America which started the exploration and colonization in the American colonies.

Week 10: Juan Ponce de Leon

• A conquistador from Spain was out to concur new territory and sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania for conquer and trade routes.
• Juan Ponce de Leon was most famous for Exploring Florida

Week 10: Jamestown

• The first permanent English settle in the North America area-
• Jamestown was founded in 1607 and also served as capital of the Virginia colony for over eighty years.

Week 10: Saint Augustine

• St. Augustine in Florida is the oldest settle in Europe

Week 10: Colonial America

• 13 British colonies revolted against British rule, and created the United States a nation

Week 11: French and Indian War

• The French and Indian War occurred between 1754 and 1763.
• Britsh claimed the American Colonies.

Week 11: Boston Tea Party

• The Boston Tea Party was protest about the American Revolution
• December 16, 1773, in Boston Massechussetts by the SOS( Sons of liberty)
• They threw chest of tea

Week 11: Life of Early Colonists

• Most of people whom lived in colonies were farmers, were concentrated one surving and the improvement of the life.
• Most of their times , the men were the ones whom looked after then farm and women did more such as food preparation

Week 11: How They Travel

• In the colonial times, they traveled by buggay by hourses . They used ships and also traveled to other contents like the places.

Week 11: How We Travel now

• The easy for transportation
• The colonial times with trains

Week 12: Colonial Brown Bread

• the most importnt part of is recipe you must first grearse two 9x5 loaf pans
• you’d have to combine whole wheat flour, brown sugar, all pourpse folur , and you should always add somesalt and soda

Week 12: Food Through Time

• People who live in colonial times usually are of corn . corn are people food that are commonly eaten. they will add some duxks .

Week 12: Landutide and Latite

• This the earth side way in which that give the world a look at a addesses so in which people don’t have trouble figuring out where they are.