Social Studies Flashcards
Social Studies
disciplines of history, geography, civics, and government, economics, and psychology.
Kindergarten Curriculum
Child, Home, Family, Classroom
Ist Grade Curriculum
Child’s Relationship to the Classroom, School, and Community
2nd Curriculum
Local Community
3rd Grade Curriculum
How Individuals Change Their Communities and the World
4th Grade Curriculum
History of Texas
5th Curriculum
US History
6th Curriculum
People and Places of Contemporary World-other cultures and societies
Globes
12 in until 4th grade- simple no more than 2 to 3 colors
16 in 4th to 6th-7 colors for land and 3 for water
Latitude and Longitude
4th grade and up
Lat-ladder, parallel to equator
Longitude- Meridians, vertical
Pizzaro
Conquered the Incas
Cortez
Conquered the Aztecs
Aztecs
Mexico, central government
Incas
Ecuador, Peru, Chile
Political system
Mayas
Mexico, Religious society
Calendars and mathematics
First Successful European settlement in North America
St. Augustine, Spanish
New England Colonies
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshirt
Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
Southern Colonies
Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia
First English Colony
Jamestown, Virginia 1607
Plymouth
1620, Mayflower Compact
French and Indian War
Part of bigger war between England and France, British won and raised taxes significantly on US, one cause of American Revolution
Second Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence prepared by Thomas Jefferson
American Revolution
1775- Lexington and Concord
1778-French join US
1781-Yorktown US victory
Ended with Treaty of Paris