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SOCIAL STUDIES OVERVIEW
Our Social Studies curriculum is aligned with the Michigan State Standards and aims to develop a foundation of historical skills and concepts over time. Kindergarten focuses on students recognizing their place in the world and their individual responsibilities. Grades 1-3 introduces student to concepts of Economics, Diversity, Geography, as well as Detroit and Michigan History. Grades 4-5 instruction shifts to World History, Government, and Impacts of War and continues to expand upon Detroit and Michigan History. Grades 6-8 focuses on World History, Government, Geography and Impacts of War.
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Kindergarten Concepts
- Rules and Responsibilities
- History of Me
- What I Need? What I Want?
- My World
- Detroit History
1st Grade Concepts
- Family Then and Now
- School Then and Now
- Working, Buying, and Selling
- Diverse Communities
- Detroit History
- Mapping Our World and Geographic Locations
- American Words and Symbols
2nd Grade Concepts
- Schools and Communities
- Maps and Atlases
- The World Around Us
- My Local Government
- Goods and Services
- Detroit History
- Being a Good Community Member
3rd Grade Concepts
- Geography
- First Peoples of Michigan
- Detroit History
- Michigan's Economy and Influence
- Civics and You
4th Grade Concepts
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Civics and Government
- Physical and Human Geography
- History of Michigan post 1837
- Economics
- Detroit History
5th Grade Concepts
- Indigenous People's Live in Americas
- African Life Before the 16th Century
- Three World Interactions
- European Struggle for Control of North American and European Slave Trade
- Causes of the American Revolution
- Creating a New Government
- Untold Stories of Detroit
5th Grade also incorporates Document-Based Inquiries (DBQ) into the curriculum which allows students to collaborate, debate, and write documented based essays related to historical events.
6th Grade Concepts
- Geography Tools and Concepts
- The United States and Canada
- Latin America
- Europe and Russia
- The Pacific Realm
7th Grade Concepts
- Geography Tools and Concepts
- Ancient Civilizations
- Major Religions
- Africa
- Asia
8th Grade Concepts
- The American Revolution
- Creating the Constitution
- The New Republic
- Westward Expansion
- Reform and American Life
- Slavery Divides the Nation
- The Civil War
- Reconstruction
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