Our adopted program is myWorld Social Studies: Making Our Way by Pearson. The topics covered will include:
My School, My Community - citizenship, school community, community leaders, American symbols, laws
Work in the Community - needs, wants, goods, services, consumer, market, money, jobs
Looking at our World - directions, north, east, south, west, maps, globes, land forms, continents, oceans, taking care of earth, communication, transportation
Traditions We Share - culture, traditions, custom, celebrations, holidays, hero, president, colony, stories from the past, learning how people around the world celebrate their heritage
Our Past, Our Present - ways to measure time, past, present, future, primary and secondary sources, documents, explorers, life then and now