Social Studies

Shepherd students participate inquiry-based Social Studies instruction throughout the school year focusing on civics, economics, geography and history according to the following themes:

  • Grade K: Living, Learning, and Working Together
  • Grade 1: True Stories and Folktales from America and around the World
  • Grade 2: Living, Learning, and Working Now and Long Ago
  • Grade 3: Geography and History of the District of Columbia
  • Grade 4: US History and Geography: Making a New Nation
  • Grade 5: US History and Geography: Westward Expansion to the Present

Students will engage, explore, explain, elaborate and evaluate learning through compelling questions and performance tasks.

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