Select a grade level from the tabs above to view elementary social studies curriculum.

Kindergarten

Living, Learning and Working Together – Kindergarten students will learn about themselves, their families, and the community. Students will be introduced to basic concepts related to history, geography, economics, and citizenship.

• Primary and Secondary Sources
• Jobs and Money
• Children and Families of Long Ago and Today
• Wants and Needs
• National Holidays and Celebrations
• Rules and Laws
• Symbols of America
• Being a Good Citizen
• Beginning Geography
• American Heroes
• Calendar and Timelines

First Grade

Our community and Beyond – First grade students will expand their knowledge of family and community through history, geography and economics and learn about their role as a citizen in their home, school, and community.

• Primary and Secondary Sources
• Wants and Needs of Families and Communities
• Life Long Ago and Today
• Rules and Laws Help at School and in the Community
• National Holidays and Celebrations
• Being a Good Citizen at School and in the Community
• Symbols of America
• Making Decisions & Solving Problems
• Geography
• American Heroes
• Beginning Economics

Second Grade

Who We Are As Americans – Second grade students will investigate the impact of immigration over time on the United State, explore the geography of North America and discover the foundations of American citizenship.

• Primary and Secondary Sources
• Geography of North America
• Native Americans or North America
• United States Citizenship
• United States Immigration
• Contributions of Various Cultural Groups in North America
• Colonial American Life
• Symbols of America / Patriotism

Third Grade

The United States Regions and Its Neighbors – Third grade students will learn about North America and the Caribbean. They will include physical and cultural characteristics as they learn about our country its neighbors.

• Primary and Secondary Sources
• Southern Region of the United States
• The Social Sciences
• Southwestern Region of the United States
• Map and Globe Skills
• Western Region of the United States
• Cultures of North America
• Canada
• Northeastern Region of the United States
• Mexico
• Midwestern Region of the United States
• The Caribbean

Fourth Grade

Fourth grade students will learn about Florida history focusing on Exploration and Colonization, Growth, and the 20th Century and beyond. Students will study the important historical people, places and events that helped shape Florida.

• Pre Columbian Florida
• Roaring 20’s, The Great Depression and WWII in Florida
• Exploration and Settlement of Florida
• Contemporary Florida
• Growth of Florida
• Florida’s State Government
• Civil War and Reconstruction In Florida

Fifth Grade

Fifth grade students will study the development of our nation with an emphasis on the important people, places and events up to 1850. During this year of study, students will be exposed to the historical, geographic, political, economic, and sociological events which influenced the initial inhabitation, exploration, colonization, and early national periods of American History. In accordance with the principal of historical causation, students should also have the opportunity to understand how individuals and events of this period influenced later events in the development of our nation and world.

• Analyzing Primary and Secondary Resources
• Foundations of United States Government
• Exploration and Settlement of North America
• American Revolution & Birth of a Nation
• Colonization of North America
• Growth and Westward Expansion