Clear Creek Independent School District

Curriculum: Elementary Social Studies

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• Kindergarten

  Kindergarten: Social Studies
  Timeframe	Unit
  August, September, October	Unit 1, Who am I? Celebrate Freedoms Week Unit 2, What is a Family? Unit 3, How do I Get Along With Others?
  November, December	Unit 4, How do I Make Friends? Celebration Customs, Holidays and Traditions Week Flex Week
  January, February, March	Unit 5, How Do I Solve Problems with Others? Unit 6, How Can I be a Good Helper at School? Unit 7, What is in My Neighborhood?
  April, May, June	Unit 8, Where am I in the World? Unit 9, How do People Live Around the World? Unit 10, How Can I Take Care of the World?

• First Grade

  First Grade: Social Studies
  Timeframe	Unit
  August	Unit 1 – Getting Along How Do We Get Along in School?
  September	Unit 1 – Getting Along How Do We Get Along in School? Celebrate Freedom Week
  October	Unit 2 – Citizenship Why is it Important to Learn from Each Other?  Why do Schools have Rules?
  November	Unit 2 – Citizenship Reading Further Flex Week Election Week
  December	Unit 2 – Citizenship How are we Good Helpers at School? Celebration Customs, Holidays, and Traditions Week
  January	Unit 3 – Geography What is a Map?
  February	Unit 4 – Past and Present What was School Like Long Ago?
  March	Unit 5 – Groups What Groups Do We Belong To? Reading Further
  April	Unit 6 – Needs and Wants What do Families Need and Want? How do Families Change?
  May	Unit 7 – Community What do Good Neighbors do?

• Second Grade

  Second Grade: Social Studies
  Timeframe	Unit
  August, September, October	Unit 1, What is a Community? Unit 2, Reading Further Celebrate Freedoms Week Unit 3, How are Communities Different? Unit 4, How do We Use Maps?
  November, December	Unit 5, What is Geography? Elections Celebration Customs, Holidays and Traditions Week Flex Week
  January, February, March	Unit 6 People in History Unit 7, How do People Use our Environment? Unit 8, How are Goods Made and Brought to Us? Unit 9, Who Provides Services in a Community? Flex week
  April, May, June	Unit 10, How Can I be a Good Shopper? Unit 11, How do Leaders Help Their Community? Unit 12, What Does a Good Citizen Do?

• Third Grade

  Third Grade: Social Studies
  Timeframe	Unit
  August	Unit 1 Where in the World is Our Community?
  September	Celebrate Freedom Week Unit 1 Where in the World is Our Community? (cont.)
  October	Unit 2 Where in the United States is Our Community? Unit 3 What is the Geography of Our Community?
  November	Unit 4 How Do We Have a Voice in Our Community?  (continue in conjunction with first week of November and Elections)
  December	Unit 5 How Do People Become Part of a Country? Unit 6 What Makes Our Community Diverse?  Celebrating Holidays, Customs and Traditions
  January	Unit 7 How Do People Improve Their Community? Unit 8 How Are People Around the World Alike and  Different?
  February	Unit 9 People in History
  March	Unit 9 People in History (cont.) Unit 10 How Does Our Economy Work?
  April	Unit 11 What Are the Public Services for Our Community? Flex Weeks to Adjust for Assessments
  May	Unit 12 Who Works at City Hall? Unit 13 What Can I Learn About My Community?

• Fourth Grade

  Third Grade: Social Studies
  Timeframe	Unit
  August	Launching Mind Missions: Team Building and Brainstorming
  September	Unit 1: The Regions of Texas  Celebrate Freedom Week
  October	Unit 2: The Exploration of Texas
  November	Elections Unit 2: The Exploration of Texas (continued) Unit 3: Birth of Texas
  December	Unit 3: Birth of Texas (continued)  Celebrating Holidays, Customs and Traditions
  January	Unit 3: Birth of Texas (continued)
  February	Unit 3: Birth of Texas (continued) Unit 4: Changes in Texas
  March	Unit 4: Changes in Texas (continued)
  April	Unit 4: Changes in Texas (continued) Flex Weeks to Adjust for Assessments
  May	Unit 5: 20th Century and Beyond in Texas

• Fifth Grade

  Fifth Grade: Social Studies
  Timeframe	Unit
  August	Unit 1 Geography of the United States
  September	Celebrate Freedom Week Unit 2 How and Why Europeans Came to the New World
  October	Unit 3 Routes of Exploration Unit 4 Early English Settlements
  November	Elections Unit 5 Comparing Colonies
  December	Unit 6 Ch. 5 Life in Colonial Williamsburg Celebrating Holidays, Customs and Traditions
  January	Unit 7 Tensions Grow Between the Colonies and Great Britain Unit 8 To Declare Independence or Not
  February	Unit 9 The Declaration of Independence Unit 10 The American Revolution Unit 11 The Constitution
  March	Unit 11 The Constitution (cont.) Unit 12 The Bill of Rights  Unit 13 Manifest Destiny and Settling the West
  April	Unit 14 The Diverse People of the West Flex Weeks to Adjust for Assessments Unit 15 The Causes of the Civil War
  May	Unit 7 – Community Chapter 14 What do Good Neighbors do?