MMUUSD K-8 SOCIAL STUDIES UNITS 2022-2025

Grade K

• Learning About Our Communities, Past And Present
• The physical & human geography of our community, state, country & world.

Grade 1

• Learning About Our Communities, Past And Present
• The physical & human geography of our community, state, country & world.

Grade 2

• Learning About Our Communities, Past And Present: 
• Using Maps to Learn About Our World Near and Far
• Learning about the physical and human geography of our community, state, country and world

Multiage Grades 1/2

• Learning About Our Communities, Past And Present: 
• Learning about the physical and human geography of our community, state, country and world
• Using Maps to Learn About Our World Near and Far

Grade 3

• Learning About Our Communities, Past And Present
• Using Maps to Learn About Our World Near and Far
• Geography: Tools for Learning About Our World

Grade 4

• Learning About Our Communities, Past And Present
• Vermont's Geography: Physical and Human  
• Humans and the Environment: The Complex Interactions

Multiage Grades 3/4

• Learning About Our Communities, Past And Present
• Using Maps to Learn About Our World Near and Far
• Humans and the Environment: The Complex Interactions

Grade 5

• Learning About Our World Past and Present From Ancient Cultures: Mesopotamia & Egypt 
• Learning About Our World Past and Present From Ancient Cultures: China & India
• Learning About Our World Past and Present  From Ancient Cultures: Greece & Rome

Grade 6

• Developing Geography Skills: Learning to Use Varied Tools and Sources to  Learn About Our World Locally and Globally
• Bend 1-The Impact of Shifting Powers & Power Centers in North America: Spanish, French, English, Indigenous
• Bend 2-The Impact of Shifting Powers & Power Centers in North America: Spanish, French, English, Indigenous

Grade 6 2023-24

• World Geography & Mapping Skills
• Bend 1 The Americas-Three Cultures Connect: The Push, The Pull, The Clash
• Bend 2 The Americas: Three Cultures Connect: The Push The Pull and the Clash
• Bend 3 The Americas: Three Cultures Connect: The Push The Pull and the Clash

Grade 7 2022-2024

• Identities & Perspectives in Our Communities: Personal, Local, Global &  Impact on Decision Making, Culture, History &  Community
• Global Resources and Economies: Impact on Communities and Decision Making (geo/econ)
• Special Topics Unit
• The Development of European Colonies in North America(Review)
• The Road to Revolution: Conflict and Unity in Moving Toward Becoming the United States 

Grade 7 2024-25

• Identities & Perspectives in Our Communities: Personal, Local, Global
• Shifting Power
• Bend 1-The Impact of Shifting Powers & Power Centers in North America: Spanish, French, English, Indigenous
• The Founding of the United States: The Road to Revolution

Grade 8 2022-23

• Why study history?: How Connecting our Past to the Present Informs Our Understanding and Decision Making
• The Road to Revolution: Conflict and Unity in Moving Toward Becoming the United States
• Our US Government: Founding Documents, Design and Function Over Time
• The Onset and Impact of Industrialization in the United States and beyond
• Lead Up, Initiation, and Resolution of the Civil War: Founding Documents, Power Centers, Conflict and Unity 

Grade 8 2023-24

• Why study history?: How Connecting our Past to the Present Informs Our Understanding and Decision Making
• The American Revolution
• Our US Government: Founding Documents, Design and Function Over Time
• The Onset and Impact  of Industrialization in the United States and beyond
• Lead Up, Initiation, and Resolution of the Civil War: Founding Documents, Power Centers, Conflict and Unity 
• Reconstruction