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Diocese of Covington - Education at PO Box 15550, Covington, KY 41015-0550 US - Social Studies

Social Studies

CURRICULUM GUIDELINES

SOCIAL STUDIES

Primary Social Studies

The social studies program for the primary grades includes essential content from six areas of social studies: government and civics, culture and society, economics, historical perspective, geography and reference skills. The essential content descriptions for the social studies areas are general grade-level descriptions and can be complemented as necessary. They describe a comprehensive and integrated social studies program to be completed during the primary school year indicated.

Although the social studies program for the primary grades is divided into six areas, each area is designed to interact with the others in an integrated fashion. Because of this integration, students develop broad concepts of social studies. This style of learning reflects the developmental nature of children.

The social studies content provides connections to Kentucky’s Learning Goals of Thinking and Solving Problems and Connecting and Integrating Knowledge. These connections provide a more comprehensive link between essential content and the skills and abilities important to learning.

Lists in parentheses (designated with an "e.g.") are suggestions for instruction and are not meant to be comprehensive.


KINDERGARTEN

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ECONOMICS

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CULTURE AND SOCIETY

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GRADE ONE

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GRADE TWO

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GRADE THREE

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Intermediate Social Studies

Intermediate level social studies utilizes the five strands of social studies (historical perspective, geography, economics, government and civics, and culture and society) and reference skills in an integrated program which focuses on a different grade-level context each year. For example, grade four focuses on Kentucky studies and regions of the United States through integration of all five strands. Grade five includes an integrated focus on United States history through the early 1800’s. Regardless of the grade-level context, students incorporate each of the five categories of social studies to explore the content.

The required content is devised so that districts/schools can arrange the content in a way that best meets their curricular needs. For example, the content can be provided in a chronological manner (e.g., United States history--colonization to modern times), in a thematic way (e.g., Kentucky studies through a geographic perspective), or another configuration the district/school may choose.

In addition to specifying the essential social studies content, the bulleted items provide connections to Kentucky’s Learning Goal 5 (Think and Solve Problems) and Goal 6 (Connect and Integrate Knowledge). These connections provide a comprehensive link between essential content and the skills and abilities important to learning. Lists in parentheses (designated with an "e.g.") are suggestions for instruction and are not meant to be comprehensive.

The content charts included in this document for the intermediate levels are arranged sequentially by grade. However, it is the prerogative of school councils and local boards of education for schools exempt from school-based decision making to reorganize the content into a format that best meets the needs of their students. This allows schools the opportunity to create integrated, interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary programs.


GRADE FOUR

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GRADE FIVE

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Middle Level Social Studies

Effective social studies programs enable students to recognize the importance and value of community in its various forms—family, local, national, global. Such programs help prepare students to identify, understand, and work to solve the problems that face these increasingly diverse and complex communities. Catholic schools present social studies founded on Christian principles and offering responses guided by Christian beliefs.

Middle level social studies uses the five strands of social studies (historical perspective, geography, economics, government and civics, and culture and society) in an integrated program which focuses on a different grade-level context each year. For example, grade six includes integrated study of world history from the earliest civilizations to 1800.through an integrated Social Studies perspective composed of historical perspective, economics, government and civics, and culture and society. Grade seven focuses on the study of American history from the American Revolution to Reconstruction. Grade eight covers the history of the United States from Reconstruction to the present day. Regardless of the grade-level context, students use the five categories of social studies to explore the content.

The required content is devised so that schools can arrange the content in a way that best meets their curricular needs. For example, the content can be provided in a chronological manner (e.g., United States history from early inhabitants through Reconstruction), or in a thematic way (e.g., world history through a cultural perspective), or another configuration the school may choose.

In addition to specifying the essential social studies content, the bulleted items provide connections to Kentucky’s Program of Studies.. These connections provide a comprehensive link between essential content and the skills and abilities so important to learning. Lists in parentheses (designated with an "e.g.") are suggestions for instruction and are not meant to be comprehensive.


GRADE SIX

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GRADE SEVEN

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GRADE EIGHT

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