Grades K- 4: 

Integrate Social Studies within English Language Arts/Literacy as well as alternate with Science lessons

 

Grade 4:

Focus - New Jersey

 

Grades 5 - 8:

Incorporate DBQ's (document based questioning) into lessons and learning 

5th grade focus - Early Explorers

6th grade focus - World Cultures

7th grade focus - French Indian War to the Civil War

8th grade focus - Civil War to the present + Geography

Supplement with Newsela