By Maddy and Susan
Take a seat in Ms. Kreul’s social studies class and here’s what you’ll learn! Let us tell you all about our social studies curriculum.
In each social studies chapter we study a different topic. In unit 1 we studied the social scientists, like economists, historians, political scientists, and geographers. In unit 2 we are learning about the 5 regions of the USA. That unit included longitude, latitude, different map types, and much more. All of this info comes from our textbook.
During our social studies year in 4K we use three different writing materials. The first one is our ISN, which is a workbook. We use it for many activities. In unit 2 we drew a map of our house, for example. The second writing tool is our packet. Every unit we get a new packet. Our third tool is our textbook.
Each social studies unit we do a project. In unit 1 each student could choose from 4 different activities including: a geographer, economist, political scientist, historian activity. For example: the geographer activity was you had to draw a picture of the state you had a picture of the state you would want to live in and give some reasons why.
You know a test is coming when you get a study guide. A study guide is a social studies paper that you study. It shows you vocabulary words you need to know. It also shows you what the test is going to ask you. It’s very simple. For a test you also study your textbook and ISN. All this studying will pay off for the test.
At the end of each chapter we have unit tests. Each test usually has a couple pages of multiple choice questions, otherwise known as ‘fill in the bubble questions. Also we have a writing or drawing project. In the past unit we had to draw 4 heads of the social scientists. Now you know all about fourth grade social studies.
