Social Studies Class Blocks 1 & 2
Things to Remember:
- Social Studies will be taught all year - Blocks 1 & 2
- TCI Student Textbook -
- Getting Parents started with an online component - Parent Tutorial
- All assignments/projects/activities/test dates will be posted on SS Google Classroom
- Curriculum:
Lesson 1 - Geography of the United States
- Essential Question: What can geography teach us about the United States?
Lesson 2 - American Indians and Their Lands
- Essential Question: How did American Indians adapt to different environments in North America?
Lesson 3 - American Indian Cultural Regions
- Essential Question: How and why did American Indian cultural regions differ?
Lesson 4 - How and Why Europeans Came to the New World
- Essential Question: What did explorers take to and from the New World during the Age of Exploration?
Lesson 5 - Routes and Explorations to the New World
- Essential Question: How did the exploration of the Americas lead to settlement?
Lesson 6 - Early English Settlements
- Essential Question: What challenges faced the first English colonies?
Lesson 7- Comparing the Colonies
- Essential Question: How were the three colonial regions alike and different?
Lesson 8 - Slavery in the Americas
- Essential Question: What was the impact of slavery on Africans?
Lesson 9 - Life in Colonial Williamsburg
- Essential Question: What were key parts of life for Southern colonists in the 1700s?
Lesson 14 - The Constitution
- Essential Question: What are the key features of the U.S. Constitution?
Lesson 15 - The Bill of Rights
- Essential Question: What are the basic rights and freedoms of people in the United States?
Lesson 16 - Our Role in Government
- Essential Question: What does it mean to be a citizen of the United States?
Lesson 17 - Shaping America's Economy
- Essential Question: How did the Founding Fathers create the economy we use today?
Lesson 23 - The Modern United States
- Essential Question: How has life in the United States changed since industrialization?