Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Studies Weekly is a customized, standards-based curriculum founded on deep learning strategies that increase student knowledge, skills, and dispositions for well-being.

 

Hands-on

Our students love the hands-on curriculum where they can highlight, take notes and complete learning strategies right on the publication. They also can cut up and incorporate their publications into multiple assignments and activities.

Interactive

Every student has access to Study Weekly's robust online platform, where they delve deeper into history through 100K+ primary source images and videos. Students also love the audio reader, highlighting tools, and rewards system.

 

Ready to Use

Our teachers spend less time prepping for instruction, and more time engaging students with ready-to-use lesson plans that incorporate essential learning strategies, activities, and worksheets.

 

Cross-Curricular

Using Studies Weekly's balanced literacy approach during Language Arts time allows teachers to hit many of the ELA standard through non-fiction reaching, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and technology use.

 

Better Preparation

As they question, discuss, and truly experience history through year-long immersive learning, our students do better on formative and summative assessments.

Our PAISD scholars are encouraged to retrospectively think like Historians and to use past present events to make sense of present and future events. Social Studies instruction is a vital component to the structure of our scholars’ daily learning framework because it involves journaling and notetaking, deductive and inductive reasoning, rich vocabulary acquisition, sharpening literacy skills, and all major concepts of mathematical thinking and applications. Social Studies instruction in PAISD heavily recognizes and participates in celebrating holiday’s and current events (September 11, The 2020 Election, etc.).

The “Big Picture” of Social Studies

• Make informed decisions about current issues utilizing knowledge of historical patterns
• Utilize spatial reasoning skills to visualize and navigate the physical world
• Interact with the physical environment responsibly
• Manage resources and personal finances ethically
• Engage actively as civil citizens to support democratic values
• Respect the culture and contributions of various individuals and societies
• Examine and evaluate sources of information critically
• Communicate ideas and interpretations supported by accurate information
• Work cooperatively to improve the quality of life in communities

 

5^th Grade Curriculum

Unit 01: These United States: A Varied Landscape
Unit 02: Thinking Like a Historian
Unit 03: Coming to America: Exploring and Colonizing America
Unit 04: Unrest and Rebellion: Fighting for Independence
Unit 05: A New Nation: Founding of the United States
Unit 06: An American Identity: Becoming the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
Unit 07: Migration Westward: Expanding the United States

Unit 08: Civil War: Dividing and Rebuilding the Union
Unit 09: A New Century: Transitioning to a Modern America
Unit 10: Challenging Times: Emerging as a World Power
Unit 11: An Anxious Nation: Creating a More Perfect Union
Unit 12: The United States Today: Out of Many, One

  

4^th Grade Curriculum

Unit 01: Thinking Like a Geographer in Texas
Unit 02: Thinking Like a Historian
Unit 03: American Indian Life In Texas

Unit 07: Republic of Texas and Statehood
Unit 08: Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 09: Settling the Texas Frontier
Unit 04: European Exploration and Mission Life
Unit 05: The Empresario System
Unit 06: Revolution in Texas

Unit 10: Economic Development and Urbanization in Texas
Unit 11: Texans Making a Difference
 

3rd Grade Curriculum

Unit 01: Creating a Community
Unit 02: Celebrating Freedom and Heritage
Unit 04: Governing Communities
Unit 05: Running a Business in the Community
Unit 02: Celebrating Freedom and Heritage
Unit 03: Physical Geography and the Environment
Unit 05: Running a Business in the Community
Unit 06: Making a Difference in the Community
 

2nd Grade Curriculum

Unit 01: Honoring Our Community History
Unit 02: Civic Pride in Our Community
Unit 03: Governing Our Community

Unit 04: Interacting with the Environment
Unit 05: Working in Our Community

Unit 06: Celebrating Our Cultural Heritage
 

1st Grade Curriculum

Unit 01: Creating Order
Unit 02: Exemplifying Good Citizenship
Unit 03: Exploring Places
Unit 04: Studying the Past

Unit 05: Remembering Traditions
Unit 06: Making Economic Decisions

 

Kindergarten Curriculum

Unit 01: My Home and My Classroom
Unit 02: Our School Community
Unit 03: Geography and Places

Unit 04: Community Celebrations, Customs, and Family Traditions
Unit 05: Citizens in the Community
Unit 06: Working Together in a Community