Social Studies Vocabulary – Scope and Sequence – May 2010

Kindergarten / Grade 1 / Grade 2 / Grade 3 / Grade 4 / Grade 5 / Grade 6 / Grade 7 / Grade 8
city
community
earn
family
farm
flag
freedom
friend
honest
land
leader
long ago / past
money
mountain
needs
ocean
Pledge of Allegiance
river
rule
save
season
symbol
teacher
time
today / tomorrow
United States of America
yesterday
wants
work
world / American Indians
buyer
citizen
communication
continent
cooperation
cost
country
distance
education
future
government
harvest
hero
honor
job
lake
machine
map
neighbor
past
present
sell
seller
settler
state
town
volunteer
vote
weather / ballot
bank
cardinal directions
climate
colony
compass rose
culture
custom
explorer
globe
group
income
independence
invention
justice
landform
landmark
legend
monument
nation
national / religious holiday
pilgrim
price
rural
savings account
settlement
shelter
tax
technology
urban / ancestor
assembly line
barter / trade
citizen
common good
Constitution
council
diversity
economy
election
equator
erosion
geography
goods / services
governor
immigrant
import / export
industry
intermediate directions
law
map scale
mayor
population
principle
producer / consumer
profit
right / responsibility
suburban area
tradition
transportation / agriculture
boundary
capital resources
coast
elevation
ethnic group
executive branch
factors of production
heritage
human resources
immigration
interdependence
interior
international law
judicial branch
latitude
legislative branch
longitude
manufacturing
migrant worker
natural resources
peninsula
plains
planned community
population density
prairie
regions
scarcity
skilled / unskilled workers
supply / demand / alliance
amendment / bill
civilization
charter / compact
compromise
Constitution / Congress
democracy
doctrine
economy
encounter
federal
genocide / human rights
immigration
independence
justice
legislature
migration
patriotism
primary source
representative
republic
revolution
rights
secondary source
settlement / colony
slavery / Middle Passage
taxation
territory
tolerance / intolerance
veto / agriculture
anthropologist
archaeologist
artifact
BCE (Before the Common Era) / BC (Before Christ)
CE (Common Era) / AD (Anno Domini)
city-state
civilization
culture
democracy
dynasty
empire
hierarchy
irrigation
isthmus
mandate
meridian (longitude)
monarchy
monotheism
nomad
oligarchy
parallel (latitude)
parallel timeline
philosophy
physical feature
polytheism
social class (middle class)
technology
tyranny
world religions / amendment
article
bias
cabinet
capitalism
democracy
depression
discrimination
dissent
due process
ethnicity
ex post facto
executive
federalism
genocide
habeas corpus
immigration
impeachment
industrialization
inflation
judicial
legislative
nationalism
preamble
republic
revenue
secession
sectionalism
states’ rights
tariff / anarchist
appeasement
arms race / disarmament
balance of power
bankruptcy
bull market / bear market
blacklist
censure
civil disobedience
conscientious objector
conservative / liberal
containment
counterculture
counterterrorism
deficit spending
fascism
genocide
guerrilla warfare
hawk / dove
imperialism
isolationism
militarism
monopoly / deregulation
public works
reparations
recession / depression
socialism
suffrage / feminism
totalitarianism
welfare

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