SOCIAL STUDIES

Colonial Life
Summary of life for children in Colonial America.


Community Helpers
Introduction to the various types of community helpers and the importance of the work they do.


Supply and Demand
Basic introduction to the law of supply and demand and how relative levels of each affect prices of consumer goods.


Native American Homes
Introduction to the various types of traditional Native American homes.


Egyptian Pyramids
Introduction to pyramids, including history, purpose, and probable building methods.


Betsy Ross
Learn about the life of famous American Betsy Ross.


How to Be a Good Citizen
This lesson on “How to be a Good Citizen,” gives an introduction to citizenship and what it takes to be a good citizen. It also has scenarios for kids to decide if someone is showing a good example of citizenship- at home, school and around the community.


Foreign Economics
This lesson on Foreign Economics provides an overview of international trade and economics. It gives a basic description of importing and exporting, along with major exports of international trade leaders.


The Election Process
Students will understand how someone becomes the President of the United States. They will also be able to imagine themselves in a leadership role with questions that allow them to consider the possibility of them one day becoming the president.


The Three Branches of Government
This section on The Three Branches of Government provides a general overview of our government’s working system. This will give students brief, but informative, information about the branches of government and how they function.


Westward Expansion
An overview of the major factors that ultimately allowed the United States to expand from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific. Can be used as a general overview or it provides bases for an in-depth study of the Westward Expansion.


American Picket Fence Timeline
Create and interpret a timeline listing historical events using one calendar year.


Presidents North and South Timeline
Create and interpret a timeline listing the birth dates and states of the United States Presidents during a specific timeframe [50 year or 100 year period].


Red, White and Blue Holidays Timeline
Create and interpret timelines and complete a 7-paragraph report describing six [6] historical events/national holidays.


Techno Timeline
Create and interpret a timeline listing the historical technological and/or electronic accomplishments of notable individual inventors and corporate inventors.


The State of the Family Timeline
Create and interpret a timeline listing historical events and family celebrations using one calendar year.


Four Markets Economics
The students identifies examples of goods and services in the community


Free Enterprise
The student creates an idea for a new business and the benefits of that business within the free enterprise system of the United States.


Mobile Jobs
The student identifies various jobs in the community.


Civil War: North South Life
The student analyzes how people in different parts of the United States earned a living during the Civil War.


Spending and Saving Money
The students identifies the choices people can make about spending and saving their money [banking system].


Supply and Demand: Price of Goods and Services
The students explain how supply and demand affect the price of goods and Services.


Life Skills – Advertising Tricks – Learning About Food Advertisements
The lesson is designed to be used as part of a class discussion and the children should be encouraged to discuss the pros and cons of responding to advertisements targeting children.


Lewis and Clark: The Expedition Gets Underway
The reading selection chronicles the early months of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the first interactions of the group with Native Americans. Activities include comprehension questions, identifying synonyms and antonyms, and writing a journal.


Lewis and Clark: On to the Great Falls
The reading selection records events of the spring of 1805 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition left their winter camp near the Mandan Indians. Activities include True and False comprehension questions.


Preparing for The Lewis and Clark Expedition
The lesson contains introductory information about the Expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark from 1804-1807. The mission of the group was to explore lands acquired by the Louisiana Purchase.


Lewis and Clark: A Troublesome Portage
Students are asked to identify parts of speech and definitions for several vocabulary words. They will also write a journal entry and find a main idea for each section of the piece.


Lewis and Clark: Winter with the Mandans
Suggested activities include matching vocabulary words with correct definitions, writing a letter to a friend in the manner of a Mandan Indian youth, and choosing the main idea of each paragraph.


Eating Healthy, Eating Right
To introduce the importance of eating healthy to students.


Physical Activity - Introduction to Fitness
To introduce the basic concept of physical fitness and its benefits to elementary students.


Sportsmanship
To introduce competition and sportsmanship to students.


Theodore Roosevelt
To introduce Theodore Roosevelt to the students using a short reading and listening worksheet.


St. Patrick
To introduce an important Christian figure, St. Patrick, using a short reading comprehension piece with a worksheet.