Social Studies

 

1st Quarter: People Everywhere Where We Live

• Alike and Different

• Citizenship

• Community Helpers

• Earths Topographical features

• Globe vs. maps

• Natural Resources

• Weather

• City, Town, Suburb

• Near vs. Far

• America: Meaning of My Country ‘tis of Thee and America the Beautiful

 

2nd Quarter: World of Work

• Needs, Wants, Scarcity

• Goods and Services

• Decisions based on Cost

• Different Jobs

• Where Food Comes From

• Columbus Day

• Veterans Day

• Thanksgiving

• Folktale Heroes:

• John Henry

• Johnny Appleseed

• Davy Crockett

• Paul Bunyan

• Annie Oakley

 

3rd Quarter: Everything Changes

• Past, Present, Future

• Customs and Traditions of American Indians

• Pilgrims

• School Long Ago

• Inventions of Transportation

• Ways People Communicate

• Old Glory

• MLK Day

• Presidents Day

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington Carver

• Theodore Roosevelt

 

4th Quarter: Good Citizens

• The Law

• People and Government

• Leaders of town, state and national levels

• Rights and Responsibilities

• National Heroes:

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B Anthony

• Sacagawea

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Symbols:

• Liberty Bell

• Stars and Stripes

• Lincoln Memorial

• The White House