Social Studies

Click here to learn more about our Social Studies Curriculum & Pacing. We are currently in Cluster 1: Community (August 13 - October 3).

Cluster 1: Community

In this cluster, students will learn to:

• Understand how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities both past and present

• How individuals such as Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Boone, the Founding Fathers, and Pierre-Charles L'Enfant helped to shape and create communities

• Identify reasons people formed communities - such as security, religious freedom, and well - being

• Compare how people in communities meet their needs for government, education, transportation, and recreation

• Identify the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution, including the Bill of Rights