All Social Studies Units

Explore a menu of Social Studies unit plans from PreK–Grade 8, featuring engaging, standards-aligned lessons that build historical and civic understanding.

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Grade 2 Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 19 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Sequencing Our Lives

Create personal timelines with labeled events and dates to help students understand sequencing, before/after, past vs. present, and how their own life story unfolds over time.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Midyear Inquiry Project—Our Place in the World

Create a class “World Wall” that blends mapmaking, environmental care, and civic responsibility as students explore their classroom, neighborhood, community, and world.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Learning from Maps and Globes

Learn continents and oceans with simple maps, legends, and cardinal directions while evaluating which tools are most helpful for exploring the world.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Caring for Our Environment

Help grade 2 students protect land, water, and wildlife by identifying environmental problems, practicing conservation habits, and planning a simple class civic action to care for their community.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Human-Made vs. Natural Features

Identify and sort natural and human-made features, locate them on maps, and explain how local geography shapes where people build and how communities function.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Weather and How We Adapt

Explore local weather and seasonal patterns, how they shape clothing and activities, and simple ways people adapt to and care for their environment in any conditions.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Cities, Suburbs, and Rural Places

Compare cities, suburbs, and rural communities by exploring their features, how people adapt to each environment, and simple ways everyone can help care for the planet.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Our Town and Its Features

Help students explore their town by identifying landmarks, streets, and buildings, comparing community types, and understanding how human-made features like roads and bridges support daily life.

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Directions and Movement

Teach students to use cardinal directions and position words to describe locations, follow simple routes, and connect movement to local features and seasonal patterns.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Exploring Our Classroom Map

Teach students to create and label classroom maps using symbols, a legend, and cardinal directions, turning real observations and simple maps into accurate bird’s-eye drawings.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 2 Social Studies): My Neighborhood and Local Helpers

Explore local places, helpers, goods, and services as students map their neighborhood and learn how communities meet everyday needs through people, places, and economic roles.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Sharing Ideas and Taking Action

Promote classroom kindness with student-made posters and simple presentations that teach respect, inclusion, and positive behavior through visuals, labels, and clear speaking.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Using Sources to Learn

Learn how second graders gather facts from books, interviews, and photos, sort relevant information, and check basic reliability while investigating people and communities.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Asking Questions About Our World

Learn how to help second graders ask strong who/what/why questions and use simple sources—pictures, maps, texts, and interviews—to investigate their community.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Symbols and Traditions of Our Nation

Explore U.S. and local symbols—like the flag, pledge, national songs, and holidays—and help second graders understand what they represent and why we honor them.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Working Together to Solve Problems

Learn how second graders practice listening, voting, and compromise to solve classroom problems with respect, fairness, and shared responsibility.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Leaders Who Help Us

Identify school and community authority figures and explain how their responsibilities help keep people safe, organized, and supported every day.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Rules at Home and in the Community

Compare home, school, and community rules to explore how consequences and expectations in each setting promote fairness, safety, and cooperative living.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 2 Social Studies): Our Classroom Community

Build a strong classroom community by exploring why rules matter, how they support fairness and safety, and how students can help create and follow a respectful Class Charter.

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Grade 3 Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 3 Social Studies): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Showcase yearlong learning as students create and host a Community Expo featuring maps, history projects, civic action work, and economic displays.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 3 Social Studies): Responsible Citizens in a Global World

Help students connect local citizenship to global respect by exploring symbols, shared values, and real examples of kids around the world solving problems and helping their communities.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 3 Social Studies): Taking Action in Our Community

Guide students to identify a community issue, create a simple action plan, practice responsible citizenship, and share their project through clear, student-made communication products.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 3 Social Studies): Stewardship and Conservation

Promote environmental stewardship as students explore how daily choices and simple projects help conserve natural resources and care for their community spaces.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 3 Social Studies): Natural Resources and Industries

Explore how geography and natural, human, and capital resources shape regional industries like farming, tourism, fishing, and manufacturing.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 3 Social Studies): Trade and Choices Around the World

Explore how different resources shape what communities can produce, why they trade, and how opportunity cost influences every choice in hands-on classroom simulations.