Social Studies

Social studies or Social Science is the investigation and inquiry into the world around us beginning with our local community then building to the broader world and how we fit into the world. Below are many of the topics we will explore in our homeschool lessons through inquiry and investigation: Asking how did we get here? Why are we here? 

Geography

• Map Reading 

  • Compass Rose

  • North/ South/ East/ West

  • Cities/ Capitols/ States

  • Streets/ Highways

  • Continents/ Countries

  • Oceans/ Lakes/ Rivers

  • Mountains/ Plateaus/ Valleys

50 Nifty United States from 13 original Colonies: An in-depth look at and exploration of the colonization of the United States, establishment of the United States, and formation of each of the 50 states. Some of the topics we will be discovering and learning more about the role they played in the United States history are: 

• Seven Years War

• Road to Independence/ Revolutionary War

• Declaration of Independence/ Building of  a Nation

• Westward Expansion/ Manifest Destiny

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

• WWI

•  Great Depression

• WWII

• Cold War

• Civil Rights

• Equal Rights

World Geography and History of 7 Continents and 195 identified countries. Our exploration of the world will include world views on many of the following topics. 

• Major Religions and their beginnings

• Renaissance/ Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment/ Popular Sovereignty

• Atlantic Revolutions

• Industrial Revolution

• WWI

• Great Depression

• WWII

• Cold War