K TO 3 SOCIAL STUDIES
CURRICULUM
And HOLOCAUST/GENOCIDE
Curriculum Overview:
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Title:
We The People, published by Houghton Mifflin
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Theme-based
curriculum for grades K5 - 3
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The
series is directly correlated to the current New Jersey Core Curriculum Content
Standards.
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Each
grade level includes a host of supplementary materials such as big books,
related literature, and textbook chapters on tape, CD-ROMS and web-based
resources.
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The
publisher uses an integrated curricular approach including reading, language arts,
mathematics, science and technology to insure transfer of skills.
Suggested Instructional Time Frame:
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Ninety
minutes per week
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3
days x 30 minutes
Instructional Suggestions:
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Collaborate
with Library Media Specialist to plan research-based projects and integrate
literature to enrich instruction.
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Collaborate
with Technology Specialist to integrate technology strategies and web-based
resources.
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Collaborate
with Science Specialist to integrate science related instruction.
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Integrate
concepts of language arts mathematics, science and technology to insure
transfer of skills across the curriculum.
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Use
social studies content to teach reading comprehension, vocabulary and phonics
development.
« Use social studies themes as writing prompts and guide students' application of the writing process to written assignments.
• Provides students with opportunities to
demonstrate mastery through oral, written
and visual presentations.
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Level |
Textbook |
Description |
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1 |
Grow and Change |
Grow and Change explores calendar-based social studies themes that focus on families, teams, neighbors, cultural celebrations, heroes, and holidays. |
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2 |
Work Together |
Work Together examines the social
studies themes of wants and needs, rules and laws, and how communities grow
and change. The history of |
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3 |
Share Our World |
Share Our World examines history, geography, economics, culture, and government within the context of real communities. |
S. S. Instructional Sequence by Theme
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Level |
Textbook |
THEME |
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1 |
Grow and Change |
• September: We Are Family at School • October: We Work Together as Teams • November: We Work Together as Neighbors • December: We Celebrate Who We Are • January: We Celebrate What We Do • February: We Explore American Heroes • March: We Explore Springtime • April: We Care for the Earth • May: We Care for All People • June: We Discover How to be Good Citizens |
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2 |
Work Together |
• THEME 1: People and Communities • THEME 2: Our Place on Earth • THEME 3: People at Work • THEME 4: Our Nation's Story • THEME 5: |