Social Studies

PYC 3/4

  • Citizenship: actions and expectations:
    - Individual: trust, respect, honesty, fairness, kindness
    - Community (family and classroom): relationships and responsibility
  • Small group experiences: organizing, planning, making decisions, taking action
  • Concepts of time
  • Service projects
  • Historical figures
  • Experiences from a variety of cultures: literacy and traditions

 

PYC 4/5 (K)

DEEPER EXPLORATION OF CITIZENSHIP:

  • Individual: responsibility and accountability 
  • Community (family and classroom): specific roles and responsibilities, leadership, small group dynamics
  • Government: democratic process, symbols, holidays
  • Social stories
  • Historical figures
  • Service projects
  • Economic concepts of wants, needs, goods, services
  • Geographical and spatial understanding: reading and development of maps
  • Cultural experiences

 

PYC History Department Representatives

pows1.jpgSusan Powell   
Program for Young Children Teacher and History Department Representative