Social Studies

 

1st Quarter: People & Places

• Members of Different Groups

• Characteristics of Neighborhoods and Communities

• Relationship between cities and suburbs

• Rural Communities: Importance of Markets

• City, State, Country

• Continents and World

• Land Forms & Bodies of Water

• Climate and its affects

• Regions

• Natural & Synthetic Resources

• Begin Learning State Capitals

• Regions and Rivers in Georgia

 

2nd Quarter: Ways Of Living

• Culture of all

• Share culture through stories & art

• American Symbols

• Differences among national, state and religious holidays

• Peoples choices vs. needs/wants

• Work of Producers and Role of Consumers

• Jobs that provide goods vs. services

• Saving

• Resources to make raisins

• Interdependence of people and nations for goods and services

• Continue learning State Capitals

 

3rd Quarter: America's Past

• Define History

• Compare Cultures

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• Hardships as a Colonist

• Events that lead up to Independence

• Influence of Transportation

• Heroes:

• Sitting Bull, Golda Meir, Jackie Robinson, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein

• Influence of Inventions

• Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Dr. Martin Luther King

• Continue learning State Capitals

 

4th Quarter: American Government

• 3 Levels of Government and Government Services

• Citizens Rights and Responsibilities

• Laws

• Leaders at the 3 levels of government

• Constitution

• 3 Branches of National Government

• US Relations with other nations

• Jimmy Carter

• GA Governor, Atlanta Mayor, US President

• Mary Musgrove and James Oglethorpe

• Review State Capitals

• Review State/National Capitol Buildings