Social Studies Resources

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Curriculum Connection
Check Understanding
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Write About It

Leveled Readers

Unit 1: People and Traditions

Unit 2: Where We Live

Unit 3: Beginning Economics

Unit 4: Good Citizens

Glossary

Maps

Unit 4 Lesson 1: We Are Citizens

Vocabulary:

  • citizens

  • belong

  • rights

  • responsibilities

  • rules

  • laws

Unit 4 Lesson 2: People and Authority


Vocabulary:

  • authority

  • decisions

  • government

  • conflict

Unit 4 Lesson 3: Good Citizens Help



Vocabulary:

  • service project

  • activity

Unit 4 Lesson 4: Symbols of Our Country


Vocabulary:

  • symbols

  • democracy

  • ​pledge

Unit 2 Lesson 1: Map Elements


Vocabulary:

  • map

  • compass rose

  • cardinal directions

  • symbol

  • map key

Unit 2 Lesson 2: Maps and Globes



Vocabulary:

  • political map

  • physical map

  • peninsula

  • globe

Unit 2 Lesson 3: Where We Live


Vocabulary:

  • location

  • physical environment

  • transportation

  • weather

  • seasons

Unit 1 Lesson 1: Change Over Time


Vocabulary:

  • history

  • time line

  • community

  • technology

Unit 1 Lesson 2: Special Holidays

Vocabulary:

  • holidays

  • slavery

  • culture

Unit 1 Lesson 3: American Heroes

Vocabulary:

  • character

  • honesty

  • courage

  • responsibility

Unit 1 Lesson 4: Sharing Stories


Vocabulary:

  • tall tale

  • exaggerate

  • fable

  • fiction

  • ​nonfiction

Unit 3 Lesson 1: Goods and Services


Vocabulary: 

  • goods

  • service

  • provide

Unit 3 Lesson 2: Barter and Money



Vocabulary: 

  • barter

  • money

  • exchange

Unit 3 Lesson 3: Producers, Sellers, and Buyers


Vocabulary: 

  • producers

  • sellers

  • buyers

Unit 3 Lesson 4: Making Choices


Vocabulary:

  • choice

  • scarce

  • spend

  • save

  • ​opportunity cost