In this full year ongoing social studies class, we will meet twice a week for thirty minutes.  The students will be presented with a stand-alone individual lesson/activity in social studies that focuses on a general understanding of concepts that enable students to think critically about local, regional, national, and global issues. The overall social studies content is based upon five units of study Geography, Citizenship, Economics, Government, and History. 
  Each individual lesson will be presented through a slide presentation that consists of a group lesson. First introducing the concepts with content specific vocabulary and an Informational reading text about a specific historical concept using primary and secondary authentic sources that considers many viewpoints. After the lesson the students will complete an activity to reinforce the concept.  The lessons in this curriculum reflect concepts from National Social Studies and History Standards (NCSS). 
   I have outlined the current unit of the Ongoing Social Studies Curriculum below.  The following meeting titles will be presented through our bitmoji classroom where students will meet to complete their assignments. 
   Geography: What is a community?  Students learn where people and places are located and why they are there. They examine the influence of physical systems, such as climate, weather and seasons, and natural resources, such as land and water, on human populations. They study the causes, patterns and effects of human settlement and migration, learn of the roles of different kinds of population centers in a society, and investigate the impact of human activities on the environment.

 Current up and coming classes: 

 August/September 2024 
   Week 1, Day 1 & 2: Families Live in Communities
   Week 2, Day 1 & 2: What is a community?
               9/2/2024 Labor Day, No Classes
   Week 3, Day 1 & 2: Why Do People Live in Communities?
   Week 4, Day 1 & 2: Comparing Different Kinds of Communities

October 2024
   Week 1, Day 1 & 2: Comparing Different Kinds of Communities
   Week 2, Day 1 & 2: Different Kinds of Communities Resources and Materials
   Week 3, Day 1 & 2 Unit 2 lesson 1, Where is My Community? What’s it Like?
   Week 4, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 2, Where is my community located?

November 2024
  Week 1, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 3, Exploring a Map of a Community
  Week 2, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 4, How to Make a Map of a Community
  Week 3, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 5, Transportation, For People and Goods
      Week 4, Thanksgiving Recess 
  Week 5, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 6, Landforms and Bodies of Water 

December 2024
  Week 1, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 7, Comparing Communities.
  Week 2, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 8, Changing Natural Characteristics 
    Week 3, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 9, A Community is Part of a Bigger Picture. 
  Week 4, Holiday Recess 

January 2025 Unit 3 How Do Citizens Live Together.
   Week 1, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 1, Living Together in a Community
   Week 2, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 2, Why Do People Form Governments?
   Week 3, Day 1 & 2   Lesson 3, Why Do Communities Need Laws?
   Week 4, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 4, How is Our Local Government Organized?

February 2025
  Week 1, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 5, What Does Our Government Do?
  Week 2, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 6, What Do Core Democratic Values Have to do with
                     Government?
  Week 3, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 7, What are Some of the Roles and Responsibilities 
                          of Citizens in our Local Community?
  Week 4, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 8, What is the Pledge of Allegiance and Why is it Important?

March 2025 Unit 4 How Do People Work Together in a Community 
  Week 1, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 1, Scarcity and Choice - Supplemental Materials
  Week 2, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 2, Opportunity Cost
  Week 3, Day 1 & 2:  Lesson 3, Natural Resources to Produce Goods & Services
  Week 4, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 4, Resources: Natural, Human, and Capital
 Week 5, Day 1 & 2: Lesson 5, Businesses in our Local Community

April 2025 Unit 5
May 2025 Unit 6