Social Studies
The Social Studies curriculum presents a multi-dimensional approach to instruction. Students will become informed, responsible, and contributing citizens in a diverse global society so that they understand the democratic values. They will learn the importance of citizen participation. Students will analyze influences of political, geographic, and social implications of the past upon the present and the future. They will develop respect for diversity and nurture the ability to work cooperatively with others.
The goals for social studies curriculum are:
1. Application of Learning- Through applications of learning, students demonstrate and deepen their understanding of basic knowledge and skills. These applied learning skills cross academic disciplines and reinforce the important learning of the disciplines. The ability to use these skills will greatly influence students' success in school and in the community.
2. Solving Problems- Recognize and investigate problems; formulate and propose solutions by reason and evidence. Solving problems helps students to recognize that individual decisions and actions have consequences---and these consequences affect they way people, groups, and nations associate with each other.
3. Communicating- Express and interpret information and ideas. To study and draw conclusions about issues, students need to read and interpret textual and visual information, be able to listen carefully to others, and be able to organize and explain their own ideas using various media.
4. Using Technology- Use appropriate electronic equipment, computers to access information, and to process ideas and communicate the results.
5. Working on Teams- Learn and contribute productively as individuals and as members of groups. Social Science is about people's interactions. Students will listen carefully to the views of all members of a groups and to represent their own point of view appropriately and effectively.
6. Making Connections- Recognize and apply connections of important information and ideas within and among learning areas. Social Science is an integrated discipline. Understanding economics requires knowing mathematics; understanding geography requires knowledge of earth science. Students make connections with the relations to other academic areas.
TOPICS WE WILL BE COVERING
Veteran's Day Memorial Day
Communities/Good Citizen Maps/Geography
Immigration How Communities Change
Voting
Cultures
The Social Studies curriculum presents a multi-dimensional approach to instruction. Students will become informed, responsible, and contributing citizens in a diverse global society so that they understand the democratic values. They will learn the importance of citizen participation. Students will analyze influences of political, geographic, and social implications of the past upon the present and the future. They will develop respect for diversity and nurture the ability to work cooperatively with others.
The goals for social studies curriculum are:
1. Application of Learning- Through applications of learning, students demonstrate and deepen their understanding of basic knowledge and skills. These applied learning skills cross academic disciplines and reinforce the important learning of the disciplines. The ability to use these skills will greatly influence students' success in school and in the community.
2. Solving Problems- Recognize and investigate problems; formulate and propose solutions by reason and evidence. Solving problems helps students to recognize that individual decisions and actions have consequences---and these consequences affect they way people, groups, and nations associate with each other.
3. Communicating- Express and interpret information and ideas. To study and draw conclusions about issues, students need to read and interpret textual and visual information, be able to listen carefully to others, and be able to organize and explain their own ideas using various media.
4. Using Technology- Use appropriate electronic equipment, computers to access information, and to process ideas and communicate the results.
5. Working on Teams- Learn and contribute productively as individuals and as members of groups. Social Science is about people's interactions. Students will listen carefully to the views of all members of a groups and to represent their own point of view appropriately and effectively.
6. Making Connections- Recognize and apply connections of important information and ideas within and among learning areas. Social Science is an integrated discipline. Understanding economics requires knowing mathematics; understanding geography requires knowledge of earth science. Students make connections with the relations to other academic areas.
TOPICS WE WILL BE COVERING
Veteran's Day Memorial Day
Communities/Good Citizen Maps/Geography
Immigration How Communities Change
Voting
Cultures