Course Overview:
The Social Studies suite utilizes a personal approach to introduce students to community and citizenship. By providing scaffolded instruction from Kindergarten through 5th grade, students develop a firm understanding of important concepts and skills related to history, geography, and economics. The integration of recurring characters and challenges to overcome keeps students engaged and progressing. Finally, students will analyze grade-appropriate passages to reinforce reading comprehension and writing skills. In Kindergarten, students learn about community and are offered an introduction to history, geography, and economics. In First grade, students develop an understanding of citizenship in the home, school, and community. Second grade focuses on the geography of North America, the impact of immigration, and the foundations of American citizenship. Third grade includes a closer look at American history and civics. This includes studying regions with the United States and the physical and cultural characteristics of Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands. In Fourth grade, students explore the important people, places, and events that shaped the state in which they live. In Fifth grade, students focus on American history through 1850 from Native Americans through exploration, colonization, and early American history.
Requires Materials:
Student-Supplied Resources:
- Printer
- Disk space on your computer as well as external device to back up your files (flash drive, external hard drive, CD–Rom, etc.)
- Cell phone to take photo of student's work or scanner to scan student's work
- Interactive Notebook (three-ring binder)
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Scissors
- Crayons and colored pencils
- Glue
- Tape
- Ruler
- Printer paper
- Multi-colored paper
Lesson Specific Materials:
- Optional: household items
Free Downloads:
- Java
- Windows Media Player
- Apple iTunes
Syllabus:
Module 01: My World
- 01.00 Module One Pretest
- 01.01 Elements Of A Map
- 01.02 Continental Divide
- 01.03 Five Oceans
- 01.04 Gridwork
- 01.05 Political Maps
- 01.06 Mapping Out North America
- 01.07 Module One Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 01.08 Module One Assessment
Module 02: Close To Home
- 02.00 Module Two Pretest
- 02.01 Mission North
- 02.02 Chart Your Adventure
- 02.03 Heading South
- 02.04 Heading North
- 02.05 Module Two Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 02.06 Module Two Assessment
Module 03: Supply And Demand
- 03.00 Module Three Pretest
- 03.01 The Choice Is Yours
- 03.02 Sizing It Up
- 03.03 Consumer Demand
- 03.04 Good Golly
- 03.05 At Your Service
- 03.06 Module Three Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 03.07 Module Three Assessment
Module 04: Getting What You Need
- 04.00 Module Four Pretest
- 04.01 Trading Nations
- 04.02 National Needs
- 04.03 A Closer Look At Spending
- 04.04 Saving Now For Later
- 04.05 Module Four Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 04.06 Module Four Assessment
Module 05: The First Americans
- 05.00 Module Five Pretest
- 05.01 What year is it?
- 05.02 The First Americans
- 05.03 Primary or secondary?
- 05.04 Splendid Summaries
- 05.05 Source Work
- 05.06 Module Five Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 05.07 Module Five Assessment
Module 06: Discovering America
- 06.00 Module Six Pretest
- 06.01 Land Ho!
- 06.02 Spreading Of Spain
- 06.03 English Expansion
- 06.04 Fancy Furs
- 06.05 Changing Lives
- 06.06 Module Six Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 06.07 Module Six Assessment
Module 07: Coming To America
- 07.00 Module Seven Pretest
- 07.01 Get Packing
- 07.02 Immigration Waves
- 07.03 Glorious Greeting
- 07.04 Coming To America
- 07.05 The More Differences, The Merrier
- 07.06 Positive Changes
- 07.07 Module Seven Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 07.08 Module Seven Assessment
Module 08: What is citizenship?
- 08.00 Module Eight Pretest
- 08.01 Following The Rule Of The Law
- 08.02 Lead The Way
- 08.03 Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours
- 08.04 Living Together
- 08.05 Module Eight Review And Reflection
- 08.06 Module Eight Assessment
Module 09: Who is in charge?
- 09.00 Module Nine Pretest
- 09.01 Formation Of Our Government
- 09.02 We The People
- 09.03 Lawfully Legislative
- 09.04 Exactly Executive
- 09.05 Justifiably Judicial
- 09.06 Module Nine Review And Discussion-Based Assessment
- 09.07 Module Nine Assessment
