The comprehensive Student Book uses relatable characters and storytelling to create a narrative connection between different units and lessons.
Three levels of nonfiction and contemporary leveled student readers contain historic photos and contemporary illustrations for students to analyze.
The curriculum comes with a set of info cards that present grade-appropriate activities to build collaboration and communication skills.
Hands-on wet-erase desk maps and globes build essential mapping and spatial thinking skills for students.
The digital learning platform features engaging activities, auto-graded assessments, and online exclusive materials.
The detailed Teacher’s Guide features activity sheets, assessments, vocabulary guides, letters home, and more.
The Kindergarten curriculum sets the foundation for students to learn key social studies themes. The Student Book explores themes of rules, responsibility, and citizenship, while the hands-on maps and globes help students understand community and geography.
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The Grade 1 curriculum continues to scaffold key social studies themes. The Student Book sets the foundation for historical knowledge and each chapter guides learning with an essential question. The group activity cards give students the opportunity to begin building primary source analysis skills.
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The Grade 2 curriculum continues to scaffold the foundation for social studies set in earlier grades. The materials expand student knowledge of United States policies, government, and economics. The markable globes and desk maps help students understand the physical and human characteristics of their environment.
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The Grade 3 curriculum dives deeper into themes of government, geography, and culture and builds on previously established student skills. The program components guide students to compare and contrast key themes and expand student knowledge about the world around them.
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The Grade 4 curriculum teaches students about their state's own history. Aligning to social studies standards nationwide, the state-specific materials expand student knowledge of their own community policies, government, economics, and unique history. The markable globes and desk maps help students build key mapping skills and learn about their own state and the larger world around them.
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The Grade 5 curriculum gives students tools to investigate themes, events, ideas, and people in United States history. The program components foster advanced learning by deepening student understanding and highlighting how the founding, forming, and transforming of America has been shaped by diverse elements.
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