Social Studies Curriculum Goals

Students will:

¨      show a basic understanding of history, the world’s and the United States.

¨      demonstrate an understanding of geography including landforms, bodies of water, climate and an ability to use map skills and charts.

¨      use research skills to access and evaluate primary sources.

¨      be able to discuss a basic knowledge and understanding of current events exhibit critical thinking  skills and understanding of historical and geographical information.

Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will :

1.    recognize important character in American history.

2.    show interest in the Westward Movement.

3.    show an appreciation for other cultures.

4.    identify some nation symbols and leaders.

5.    recognize MO on a U.S. map.

6.    show respect for different types of families.

 Content

1.    Johnny Appleseed, Pilgrims, Indians

2.    Wild West Day

3.    Mexico and Mexican Independence Day, Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day,      Christmas customs from other various countries

4.    U.S. flag, Pledge of Allegiance, Washington, Lincoln, current President

5.    Missouri

6.    Family types

1^st Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    describe famous Americans in history.

2.    locate different geographical areas on a map.

3.    describe different geographical features.

4.    recognize national U.S. leaders.

5.    interpret passage of time.

6.    show ability to use map skills.

7.    identify social groups.

 Content

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington, Lincoln, Native Americans, Pilgrims
2. Continents and United States
3. Cardinal directions, map key
4. Volcanoes, earthquake, arctic and rain forest
5. Current President and Vice-President
6. Timeline
7. Friendships, neighborhoods

2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    discuss current events.

2.    read and write about different cultures.

3.    recognize geographical features.

4.    use different types of maps.

5.    recognize interdependence between communities/countries.

6.    describe characteristics of good citizenship.

7.    identify the three branches of U.S. government.

8.    discuss advances in technology in America.

9.    recognize different types of government.  

10. recognize events of exploration, colonization, and independence.

11. identify choices in free enterprise system.         

 Content

1.    Native American traditions, U.S. holidays, Aboriginal People of Australia

2.    People of Brazil, People of Senegal, Chinese

3.    Types of maps – landform, grid, routes

4.    Oceans, deserts, woodland forests, mountains, island, peninsula, hill, valley, plain, lake, river

5.    Community involvement,

6.    Judicial, executive, legislative branches

7.    Transportation, communication jobs in America

8.    National, state, and local governments

9.    Spanish explorers, Pilgrims’ desire for freedom of Religion, Revolutionary and Civil War

10. Needs, wants, good and services, producers and consumers

3rd Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    describe and demonstrate knowledge of early colonization.

2.    compare and contrast cultures/communities.

3.    recognize the dependence of economy on geographic features.

4.    define geographical features.

5.    compare and contrast governments.

6.    read and discuss primary sources of American independence.

7.    distinguish between immigration and migration.

8.    compare and contrast different types of communities.

9.    determine elapsed time.

10. interpret data from graphs.

 Content

1.    13 colonies, Oregon Trail, Jamestown, Plymouth, San Francisco. St.          Augustine

2.    American , Mexico City, Senegal, Paracas, Native American cultures

3.    Cause/effect

4.    Employees, employers, weather, climate, natural resources

5.    Cliff, mesa, plateau, bay

6.    Local, state, and federal government

7.    Mayor, governor and city council, town meeting

8.    Declaration of Independence , U.S. Constitution

9.    Timeline

10. Map skills – intermediate directions, transportation map

11. Bar graphs, line graphs

12. Contribution of immigrants, Great Migration

13. Urban, suburban, rural communities

4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    distinguish Native American Tribes.

2.    identify major time periods in American History.

3.    research the state of Missouri.

4.    distinguish the different regions of the United States: southwest, Southeast, Northeast, Midwest, Mountain States, West. 

5.    memorize and write states and capitals.

 Content

1.    Osage, Shoshone, Hopi, Navajo, Cherokee and Trail of Tears, Iroquois      Confederacy

2.    Colonization, Slavery, Formation of Labor Unions, Revolutionary War, Industrial Revolution, Immigration, Pioneer Life, Women’s Rights

3.    Missouri Research paper and project

4.    Economic activities, natural resources, geographical features (canyons,    Continental Divide, timberline, delta, source, tributary, mouth), climate, major cities and capitals, culture, historical events of each region

5.    Map skills—longitude and latitude

5th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    describe the development of early exploration and settlement in the            Americas.

2.    explain the culture of the Aztec civilizations.

3.    identify significant people in America’s independence.

4.    read and explain the progression of slavery in America.

5.    analyze the events leading to and during the American Revolution.

6.    participate in the free enterprise economic system.

7.    locate and map different settlements in the U.S.

8.    compare and contrast different types of maps.

9.    compare and contrast the three branches of U.S. government.

10. interpret and explain U.S. Historical documents.

11. explain the progression of events leading to Civil War.

12. identify the causes of Industrial Revolution.

 Content

1.    European explorers, 13 original colonies

2.    Ben Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George        Washington

3.    Slave ships, slave trading, Underground Railroad, Nat Turner, Harriett Tubman, Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln

4.    Major Revolutionary battles, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, Constitutional Convention

5.    Junior Achievement Program

6.    Map settlements from colonization to Westward Expansion

7.    Elevation, relief, historical, political, distribution, climographs, time zones

8.    Composition, duties, and responsibilities of each U.S. government branch

9.    U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence

10. Cause/effect

6th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    describe famous people in ancient world history.

2.    locate different ancient world geographical areas on a map.

3.    recognize ancient world leaders.

4.    identify different social classes in ancient world history listed below.

5.    identify different forms of government in ancient world history listed below.

6.    explain different religious cultures in ancient world history.

 Content

1.    World leaders of Ancient civilizations

2.    Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, China, Greece, Rome, Arabia, America,            Medieval Europe, Africa

3.    Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Muslim

4.    Ancient civilizations of Egypt, China, India, Greece, Rome

5.    Monarchy, oligarchy, democracy, social classes

7th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    identify significant people and issues in current events as they occur.

2.    participate in a mock election.

3.    use maps and other geographic tools and technologies to acquire, process and report on information from places around the world.

4.    identify the various culture regions around the world.

5.    explain how the earth moves in space and why the seasons change.

6.    describe the features and dynamic forces on the earth and their effect on living things.

7.    analyze the climates of the earth.

8.    investigate and report on the historical and  current cultural changes around the world, including United States, Canada, and Latin America.

 Content

1. World leaders, current environmental, economic, and political issues
2. Voter registration, debates, balloting
3. Physical, political, elevation, population
4. United States and Canada, Latin America, Europe,  Russia and Central Asian Republics, North Africa and Southwest Asia, Africa south of the Sahara, Asia, Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica
5. Tropical rain forests, Tropical savannah, steppe, desert, marine west coast, Mediterranean, humid subtropical, humid continental, subarctic, tundra, icecap, highlands
6. Rotation and revolution of Earth

8th Grade Social Studies Curriculum

Goals

Students will:

1.    describe the westward movement in the United States beginning in 1820 and through the 1950’s.

2.    analyze the effect of industry and inventions on life in the Industrial North and the Cotton Kingdom prior to and during the Civil War

3.    identify the role of minorities in the Reformation, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.

4.    evaluate the effect of immigration into the United States.

5.    analyze the role of the United States in World War I, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam War, and Iraqi Wars.

6.    describe the Holocaust and its impact on the world.

7.    compare and contrast the Holocaust to genocides in other regions of the world today.

8.    explain the role of the United States as an economic and political power in a global economy.

9.    describe the Civil Rights movement in the United States, events and important people.

10. discuss and apply  personal financial planning and career exploration in the free enterprise system.

 Content

1.    Louisiana Purchase expansion, Mexican Cession, Oregon Trail, Manifest Destiny, Native Americans, Mexican War

2.    Steel, railroads, cotton gin, clipper ships

3.    Inventors of the turn of the century

4.    World leaders, past and present

5.    Current event issues, newspapers, internet

6.    Primary documents from different time periods

7.    Junior Achievement Finance Park