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Social
Studies
Grades K-6 |
| Essential Questions - are open-ended questions which are challenging, interesting, and worthy of the students' efforts to answer to answer them. Such questions promote the use of a variety of information sources to provide answers. They provide students with their assessment for the course and unit of study on Day 1 of study, not the last day. In sum, they help students focus on the Big Picture, and encourage the marshaling of documentary evidence to support their judgments about significant issues facing society. |
| The Essential Questions listed below are examples developed by the Oceanside Public Schools: |
| Kindergarten:
Self and Others Are people more alike or different? Can people who are different learn to live together as friends? |
| Grade 1:
My Family and Other Families, Now and Long Ago Are families today more alike or different from each other? Are families today more alike or different from families in the past? |
| Grade 2:
My Community and Other United States Communities Are communities more alike or different from each other? Does a diverse community make for a stronger community? |
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Grade 3:
Communities Around the World- Learning About People and Places |
| Grade 4:
Connecting Local, New York and Untied States History and Government Have the histories of New York State and Long Island been ones of progress for all? To what extent have the geography and climate affected the state and region: economically, politically, socially, and technologically? How do other regions' geographies and climates and their effects compare to ours? |
| Grade 5:
The United States, Canada and Latin America Has the history of the Western Hemisphere been one of progress for all? Will the peoples of the western Hemisphere be able to live in justice and peace? |
| Grade 6:
The Eastern Hemisphere Has the history of the Eastern Hemisphere been one of progress for all? Will the peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere be able to live in justice and peace? |