New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 29 - STANDARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
Part 11 - SOCIAL STUDIES
Section 6.29.11.9 - ANCHOR STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR FIRST GRADE
Universal Citation: 6 NM Admin Code 6.29.11.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Civics. The student shall demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a civic life by explaining and providing examples of how people play important roles in society.
B. Economics and personal financial literacy.
(1) The student shall
demonstrate an understanding of incentives and choices by examining choices
that families make in purchasing general goods and identifying costs associated
with those choices.
(2) The student
shall demonstrate an understanding of money and markets by examining decisions
people make about spending and saving money.
(3) The student shall demonstrate an
understanding of personal financial literacy by:
(a) identifying examples of producers and
consumers; and
(b) examining how
earning money through work is related to the purchase of goods and
services.
C. Geography.
(1) The student shall
demonstrate an understanding of geographic representations and reasoning by:
(a) creating geographic representations to
identify the location of familiar places and demonstrate how these
representations can help us navigate from one place to the next, provide
directions, or trace important routes;
(b) identifying the common symbols used on
maps for human-made structures and physical features; and
(c) using a variety of maps to locate
specific places, and identify major landforms, bodies of water, and other
places of significance around the United States.
(2) The student shall demonstrate an
understanding of location, place, and region by explaining how human-made
structures are all examples of how people modify the physical environment to
meet needs and wants.
(3) The
student shall demonstrate an understanding of human-environmental interactions
and sustainability by explaining how people interact with their physical
environment in ways that may have a positive or a negative effect on natural
resources.
D. History.
(1) The student shall
demonstrate an understanding of historical change, continuity, context, and
reconciliation by comparing life in New Mexico in the past to life in New
Mexico today.
(2) The student shall
demonstrate an understanding of historical thinking by:
(a) comparing fact and opinion in stories and
narratives from the past; and
(b)
demonstrating chronological thinking by distinguishing among past, present, and
future using family, school, or community events.
(3) The student shall demonstrate an
understanding of critical consciousness and perspectives by examining and
identifying cultural differences within their community.
E. Ethnic, cultural, and identity studies.
(1) The student shall
demonstrate an understanding of diversity and identity by:
(a) explaining how groups of people believe
different things and live in unique ways; and
(b) explaining how student and individual
identities are part of what makes each person unique and special.
(2) The student shall demonstrate
an understanding of identity in history by investigating significant events,
people, and observances in history, and discussing their effects on local and
national communities.
(3) The
student shall demonstrate an understanding of community equity building by
investigating how people work together to accomplish a common task, and how
working together benefits and challenges people.
F. Inquiry.
(1) The student shall demonstrate an
understanding of constructing compelling and supporting questions by:
(a) recognizing a compelling question;
and
(b) generating supporting
questions related to compelling questions within a variety of social studies
topics.
(2) The student
shall demonstrate an understanding of gathering and evaluating sources by
interacting with a variety of primary and secondary sources.
(3) The student shall demonstrate an
understanding of communicating and critiquing conclusions by constructing
responses to compelling questions using examples.
(4) The student shall demonstrate an
understanding of taking informed action by:
(a) taking group or individual action to help
address local, regional, or global problems or issues; and
(b) using deliberative and democratic
procedures to make decisions about, and act on, civic problems or issues in
their classrooms.
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