11011 Mueller Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63123-6942
Phone: (314) 842-3848 Parish Fax: (314) 842-9829
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Social Studies
St. Simon the Apostle School
Subject Area Curriculum Goals
GRADE 1
GOALS Students will:
1. Explain the similarities and differences between laws and rules.
2. Identify types of land and bodies of water.
3. Find locations on maps
4. Name and identify the seven continents.
5. Identify and explain U.S. symbols.
6. Identify people in American history who establish our country.
7. Explain our National Holidays.
8. Distinguish between past, present and future.
9. Define and explain the terms goods, services, volunteer and job.
10. Identify modes of transportation and their uses.
11. Understand and appreciate other countries and cultures.
12. Discuss current events.
CONTENT/SKILLS
1. Rules, laws and voting.
2. Mountain, valley, plain, ocean, river and lake.
3. Our city, state and country.
4. North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe.
5. Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, American flag and the bald eagle.
6. George Washington, Native Americans, and settlers.
7. Presidents Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Independence Day and
Thanksgiving.
8. Time lines and calendar.
9. Sequencing.
10. Goods, services, jobs, business, volunteer and trade.
11. Ships, airplanes, trucks and cars moving people and goods.
12. Various countries including their celebrations and customs.
13. Events of the day.
RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Harcourt teacher manuals and student books (2007) U.S. , World Maps, Globe
Supplementary Worksheets Weekly Reader Magazine
On-line Resources, Smart Board Activities
GRADE 2
CONTENT
1. Map and chart skills
2. Continent and countries
3. Landforms
4. Natural resources
5. Early American History
6. Citizens, government, and communities
GOALS
1. Students will read various kinds of maps and be able to identify
the title, compass rose, and map key.
2. Students will use cardinal and intermediate directions.
3. Students will name the continent, country, and state they live in and locate
them on a map.
4. Students will identify and describe different land and water landforms.
5. Students will explain how land and water resources are used.
6. Students will discuss how technology and people change environments.
7. Students will read time lines.
8. Students will compare and contrast the past, present, and future.
9. Students will explain the cause and outcome of the American Revolution.
10. Students will identify American heroes and holidays.
10. Students will name various communities (city, state, and country).
11. Students will define the term citizen.
12. Students will identify the purpose of government.
RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Harcourt Social Studies (Assessment Program, Homework and Practice Book, Social Studies in Action, Reading Support and Intervention, Success for English Learners, Teacher Guide Collection for Leveled Readers, Leveled Readers)
SMARTBoard
GRADE 3
GOALS Students will:
1. Apply map reading skills.
2. Describe what a community is.
3. Define and use basic Social Studies vocabulary.
4. Identify U.S. geography.
5. Analyze geographic conditions and explain their affect on St. Louis.
6. Recognize the part different groups and individuals have played in the
history and development of St. Louis.
CONTENT/SKILLS
1. Map reading skills; directions, symbols, map keys, bar scales.
2. Political and physical maps.
3. U.S. location.
4. St. Louis location.
5. St. Louis geography.
6. St. Louis history.
7. Report / model related to St. Louis.
8. Student created city plan using classroom resources and the computer lab.
RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Harcourt Social Studies-Our Communities
St. Louis Binder
Videos
Maps
Tests
Computers
Smart Board
Overhead transparencies and related worksheets
Video tapes
Maps (wall and student)
Tests
Field trips
Computers
Overhead transparencies and related worksheets
GRADE 4
GOALS Students will:
1. Identify places on maps.
2. Define Social Studies terms.
3. Describe geographic factors that have affected growth of U.S. cities.
4. Analyze geographic conditions and explain their effect on U.S. regions
and cities.
5. Recognize the part different groups and individuals have played in
the history of different regions of the U.S.
6. Apply critical thinking skills.
7. Understand the history of the state of Missouri.
CONTENT/SKILLS
1. Maps and globes: political, physical, different scales, road maps.
2. The Northeast Region of the U.S.
3. The South Region of the U.S.
4. The Midwest Region of the U.S.
5. The West Region of the U.S.
6. Skills workshop: latitude, longitude, map inferences, graphs
summarizing data from maps, time lines, making decisions, day/night,
seasons.
7. Missouri
RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Assessment tests
Educational Games
Harcourt Social Studies 2008
Related worksheets and Map Skills worksheets
Projects
Field Trip to Jefferson City
GRADE 5
GOALS Students will:
1. Locate important land forms, bodies of water, countries, states and cities.
2. Apply map and globe skills.
3. Use critical thinking skills.
4. Identify and apply simple report writing skills.
5. Analyze geographic conditions and explain their affect on North America.
6. Recognize past events and different groups and the roles they have
played in the history of the U.S.
7. Apply study skills to content areas: main ideas, outlining, etc.
CONTENT/SKILLS
MAP AND GLOBE SKILLS
1. Symbols, contour maps, oceans and continents.
2. Cardinal and intermediate directions.
3. Tracing routes.
4. Using number/letter grids.
5. Latitude and longitude.
6. Understand time zones, regions - physical and political.
7. Use distance and scale on a road map.
8. Compare satellite images and maps.
9. Make inferences, generalizations, conclusions and predictions from maps.
10. Use information from maps and tables.
11. Graphic aid skills, using and making tables, and charts, etc.
12. Time related skills, using a calendar measuring time (decades and
centuries).
RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Resources, activities, assessment Worksheets - study guides, etc.
Unit and chapter tests Videos & DVD’s
PowerPoint Presentations Computer Projects
Guest Presentations
The United States Making a New Nation by Harcourt 2008
GRADE 6
GOALS Students will:
1. Locate important land forms, bodies of water, countries and cities in
Europe, Asia and the Americas.
2. Apply map and globe skills.
3. Use critical thinking skills with content material.
4. Apply study skills to content area.
5. Identify and apply researching and report writing skills.
6. Identify and apply oral presentation skills.
7. Analyze geographic conditions and explain their affect on the
development of Europe, Asia and the Americas.
8. Recognize the part different groups and individuals have played in the
history of Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
9. Distinguish cause and effect relationships in the history of Europe, Asia
and the Americas.
10. Compare and contrast the cultures of Europe, Asia and the Americas.
11. Compare and contrast governmental systems of Europe, Asia and the
Americas.
12. Relate current events to past historical events.
13. Define and use social studies terms.
CONTENT / SKILLS
MAP AND GLOBE SKILLS
1. Political maps.
2. Physical maps.
3. Latitude and longitude.
4. Land use maps.
5. Historical maps.
6. Making inferences from maps.
7. Map projections.
8. Drawing conclusions from maps.
9. Making predictions from maps and tables.
10. Reading and using special purpose maps.
11. Finding distance and direction on maps.
12. Making comparisons on a special purpose map.
13. Using a map to support a viewpoint.
MAP AND GLOBE CONTENT
1. Important land forms and bodies of water of Europe, Asia and
the Americas.
2. Nations and important cities of Europe, Asia and the Americas.
STUDY, CRITICAL THINKING AND REFERENCE SKILLS
1. Creating a vocabulary notebook.
2. Writing content notes.
3. Evaluating information from a source.
4. Finding information from sources.
5. Explaining the basic steps in doing a social studies report.
6. Writing main idea sentence from a source on a note card.
7. Listing supporting details from a source for on a note card.
8. Organizing information for a report.
9. Writing a report from note cards.
10. Writing a bibliography for a report.
11. Typing and formatting a reports on a computer using MS Word,
PowerPoint and Pages.
SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTENT
1. Climate and vegetation regions in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
2. Relationship between climate and vegetation.
3. Resources and land use in EFurope, Asia and the Americas.
4. Europe, Asian and American cultures.
GRADE 7
GOALS Students will:
1. Locate important land forms, bodies of water, countries and cities.
2. Apply map and globe skills
3. Use critical thinking skills with content material.
4. Apply study skills to content area.
5. Identify study skills to content area.
6. Analyze geographic conditions and explain their effect on world history
and the development of Europe.
7. Recognize the part different groups and individuals have played in the
history of the western civilization.
8. Distinguish cause and effect relationships in the history of western
civilization.
9. Identify political events of the past and recognize their impact on current
governmental forms.
10. Compare and contrast the cultures and former governmental systems of
Eastern and Western Europe.
11. Relate current events to past historical events.
12. Define and use social studies terms.
CONTENT/SKILLS
MAP AND GLOBE SKILLS
1. Parts of a map.
2. Comparing maps and satellite images.
3. Map scale.
4. Road maps.
5. Political maps.
6. Physical maps.
7. Temperature and elevation maps.
8. Latitude and longitude.
9. Day, night and seasons.
10. Land use maps.
11. Historical maps.
12. Map vs. chart to answer a question.
13. Comparing different kinds of maps.
14. Finding directions on special purpose maps (ex. polar map).
15. Generalizing from a map.
MAP AND GLOBE CONTENT
1. Important world land forms and bodies of water.
2. Important European and Asian land forms and bodies of water.
3. Nations and important cities of Europe and Asia
STUDY, CRITICAL THINKING AND REFERENCE SKILLS
1. Vocabulary notebook.
2. Content notes.
View videos in computer lab and take notes
3. Point of view.
4. Bias in news media.
5. Predicting consequences.
6. Primary and secondary sources.
7. Finding information from sources.
8. Writing main idea sentence from a source on a note card.
9. Listing supporting details from a source on a note card.
Reseach paper - Significant person in history
10. Preparing a PowerPoint presentation on a country in Europe.
Four projects (1 per quarter): Mesopotamia or Egypt, Ancient China or
India, Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome, Middle Ages
SOCIAL SCIENCE CONTENT
1. World climate and vegetation regions.
2. Relationship between climate and vegetation.
3. Causes of climate.
4. Resources of the earth.
5. Patterns of world population.
6. World land use.
7. Society and culture
8. European & Asian climate and vegetation regions.
9. European & Asian resources and land use.
10. European & Asian cultures.
HISTORY CONTENT
1. Ancient civilizations in and around Mesopotamia,Egypt, India and China.
2. Ancient Greece and Rome.
3. Europe in the Middle Ages.
5. Renaissance and Reformation in Europe.
6. Growth of nations.
7. Period of exploration.
RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Textbook - World History - Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Assessment tests
Related skill worksheets, study guides and notes
Videos
Computer lab
PowerPoint
SmartBoard
Quiz Show
GRADE 8
GOALS Students will:
1. Apply map and globe skills.
2. Use critical thinking skills with content material.
3. Apply study skills to content area.
4. Create a thesis based research paper.
5. Analyze geographic conditions and explain their affect on American
history.
6. Recognize the part different groups and individuals have played in
American history.
7. Distinguish cause and effect relationships in American history.
8. Identify past political events and explain their role in the development of
the American governmental system.
9. Identify and describe the basic principles of the United States Constitution.
10. Relate current events to past historical events.
11. Define and use social studies terms.
CONTENT / SKILLS
MAP AND GLOBE SKILLS
1. Political maps.
2. Physical maps.
3. Historical maps.
4. Making inferences from a map.
5. Making comparisons on a map.
STUDY, CRITICAL THINKING AND REFERENCE SKILLS
1. Vocabulary notebook/flash cards.
2. Content notes in a variety of forms.
3. Fact and opinion.
4. Main Idea.
5. Differentiating between and using different web based sources.
6. Primary and secondary sources.
7. Choosing a topic and developing a thesis (point of view).
8. Locating information in a source for a thesis based report.
9. Evaluating information from a source.
10. Writing main idea sentence from a source on a note card.
11. Listing supporting details from a source for on a note card.
12. Organizing information for a thesis based report using an outline.
13. Writing a thesis based report from note cards.
14. Using quotations to defend a thesis.
15. Writing a bibliography for a thesis based report.
16. Citing sources in a thesis based report.
17. Typing and formatting a thesis based report on a computer using
MS Word
HISTORY CONTENT
1. The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic.
2. Discovery and Exploration.
3. Founding of the English Colonies.
4. American Revolution.
5. Forming of the American governmental system.
6. United States Constitution.
7. Early National Period.
8. The Jefferson Era.
9. Development of Nationalism, Sectionalism and a New American Culture.
10. Age of Jackson
11.