Social Studies Vision Statement
Using 21st Century skills, students will be actively connected to their community, becoming informed, socially responsible citizens as they are challenged to care for God's world.
Instructional Core Values:
- Continual progression of social studies concepts leads to student connection
- Purposefully chosen cross-curricular learning opportunities expands students’ reading and writing skills
- Student learning will be active and incorporate technology
Kindergarten Social Studies Overview
Students in Kindergarten are introduced to Social Studies topics through our classroom themes. Students learn through our center time, small classroom experiments, non-fiction books, crafts, and educational videos.
Kindergarten Key Concepts:
- Personal address and phone number
- Name of city, state, and country
- Recognize basic U.S. symbols
Grade 1 Social Studies Overview
Students in first grade will learn about the world around them through the study of history, geography, and community. We will focus on U.S. Symbols, national holidays, laws, leaders, citizenship, economics, neighborhoods, community helpers, maps, weather, and seasons.
Grade 1 Key Concepts:
- Personal address and phone number
- Name of city, state, and country
- Recognize basic U.S. symbols
- Name of current U.S. President
Grade 2 Social Studies Overview
Students in grade 2 will examine local and regional communities in the present and past and how these communities meet people's needs. They will describe their basic rights and responsibilities as citizens. Students will examine themselves, their society and different cultures.
Grade 2 Key Concepts:
- Personal address and phone number
- Name of city, state, and country
- Recognize basic U.S. symbols
- Name of current U.S. President
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Name of current mayor and governor
- Cardinal and intermediate map directions
Grade 3 Social Studies Overview
Grade 3 students are introduced to economics, government, geography, and history. Students learn to use maps. Students' learning also focuses on their community.
Grade 3 Key Concepts:
- Local community information
- Cardinal and intermediate directions
- Name of the U.S. region where they live
Grade 4 Indiana History/Social Studies Overview
Our main focus in 4th grade is to study the history of our state Indiana. We will learn all about regions, waterways, weather, pioneer life, transportation, famous people in Indiana, contributions from our state and how our state played a role throughout history. Children will complete various projects such as debates, portfolios, and reports over these different topics. We will also spend time learning continents and oceans and facts over each of our 50 states along with capitals, locations, and abbreviations for each.
Grade 4 Key Concepts:
- U.S. States and Capitals (locations and abbreviations)
- Name world continents and oceans
- Cultural differences
Grade 5 Social Studies Overview
The Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum integrates historical concepts and information with present day applications involving student development and twentieth century learning. These concepts trace the historical movements that influenced the development of the United States from pre-Columbian times through Reconstruction after the United States’ Civil War. The standards covered range from identification and descriptions of the cultural development of the societies living in the United States through its growth to how these changes influence why our country looks at it does in modern day times.
Grade 5 Key Concepts:
- Three branches of U.S. government and their basic responsibilities
- Basic rights of Constitution and the Bill of Rights
- National Anthem
- Map skills
Grade 6 Social Studies Overview
Students in Grade 6 will study the geography of the world to better understand the blessings God has given different land masses and their people. Most important in this field are the five basic themes of geography that will explain the history of the world. Students will learn the basic forms of governments in the world and how each works differently. Students will look at the nations of Europe, North America, and Latin America and their economic condition. Finally, students will look at the history of Europe, North America, and Latin America.
Grade 6 Key Concepts:
- Five themes of geography
- Economic systems of the world
- Forms of world government
- Current Events
Grade 7 World Geography Overview
Students in Grade 7 study the regions and nations of Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific. Our studies include historical, geographical, economic, political, and cultural relationships. The geographic area of our studies includes the following regions: Africa, Southwest and Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Southwest Pacific. Students will learn about world geography, including both physical and human geography, specifically focusing on Africa, Asia and the South Pacific.
Grade 7 Key Concepts:
- Five themes of geography
- Economic systems of the world
- Forms of world government
- Current Events
Grade 8 U.S. History Overview
Students in Grade 8 focus on United States history, beginning with early history, including the Revolution and founding era, and the principles of the United States government until immediately following the Civil War. The Constitution and other founding documents, and their applications to subsequent periods of national history and to civic and political life, provide a basis for discussing the birth and formative years of our nation. Students also learn about national development, westward expansion, social reform movements and the Civil War and Reconstruction. Students will understand the beginnings of our nation, starting with pre-historic civilizations in North America and ending with our nation's Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Grade 8 Key Concepts:
- Key historical documents
- Current Events