Social Studies Resources

Here are the units your child will be learning about this year.

We Belong in the Community

• Identify the goods and/or services that different types of businesses produce in the community

• Compare at least two different job choices that individuals have with respect to the benefits and costs of each job.

• Discuss ways to earn or receive money.

• Identify coins and find the value of a collection of two coins.

We Belong in the World

• Recite and address including city, state, and country, and explain how those labels help find places on a map.

• Create simple maps showing both human and natural features.

• Analyze how weather, climate and environmental characteristics influence individuals and the cultural characteristics of a family.

• Compare and contrast at least two different families with respect to schools, neighborhoods, and culture.

• Discuss common and unique characteristics of different cultures using multiple sources of information.

• Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Diversity of Symbols or Holidays in our Community

• Arrange life events in chronological order.

• Identify the organizational components of a calendar. For example: year, months, weeks, days, and notable events.

• Identify and explain the meaning of various civic symbols important to diverse community groups.

• For example: the American flag, the National Anthem, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Liberty Bell, and a yellow sash (i.e., for women’s rights).