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