Social Studies

Here is a general list of the social studies topics covered K-12.

901 Week 5

Holidays- are taught with greater depth each year

January- Martin Luther King, Chinese New Year

February- Black History Month, Presidents, Mardi gras

March- Women’s History Month, St. Patrick’s Day

April- Earth Day

May- Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, Mother’s Day

June- Flag Day, Father’s Day

Sept- 9/11, Hispanic Heritage Month, Constitution Day (9/12)

October- Halloween, Day of the Dead, Fire Safety

November- Election Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving

December- Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Ramadan

K:      My neighborhood, my family

1^:            My community, school community- black lagoon series

Families in all cultures, Now and Long Ago, local region, needs and wants- red racer, US Flag

2:       US Communities- rural, urban and suburban communities, maps, monuments

3:       Communities around the world, calendars, countries, time lines, natural resources, earth’s continents and oceans, monuments

4:       Local history and government, explorers encounter America, native Americans of New York, Colony of NY- lifestyles, daily activities, folklore, revolutionary war in NYS, Bill of Rights, Jamestown, Roanoke

5:       US, Canada and Latin America- geographic, economic, social and cultural understanding, state reports, westward expansion, civil war, statue of liberty

6:       Eastern Hemisphere- Ancients Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece and Rome, Religions and belief systems of- Confucianism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity. Middle Ages, Renaissance achievements, Holocaust (genocide), supply and demand, United Nations, Human Rights

7:       Mayan, Aztec, Incan culture, Iroquoian and Algonquian culture, European exploration and colonization of the Americas, Colonies- life like in the colonies, Salem witchcraft trials, causes of the American revolution, articles of confederation, constitution, life in the new nation, age of Jackson, causes of the civil war, slavery

8:       Civil War, Industrial Society, city slums, child labor, immigration, cowboys and the west, Progressive movement (1900-1920), muckrakers, Spanish-American war, WWI, roaring twenties, great depression, WWII, Holocaust, Cold War, Vietnam War

9:       Ancient World- Civilizations and Religions

10:     England’s history- Korean War, Chinese Communist Revolution,

11:     US History and Government

12:     Economics, Participation in Government -pig