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How We Study People and the Past

The method that makes social studies more than facts: asking a question worth answering, judging who made a source and why, and building a claim you can defend and act on. Topics: Asking Good Questions, Working with Sources, Making and Sharing a Case.

Foundations of American Government

Why governments exist, how the United States arrived at the Constitution through argument and compromise, and the design principles that still decide who can do what. Topics: What Government Is For, Founding Documents and Compromises, Constitutional Principles.

The Three Branches at Work

What each branch actually does day to day, and how the checks between them play out in real disputes rather than just on a diagram. Topics: Congress, The President and the Agencies, The Courts, Checks in Action.

Rights, Responsibilities, and Citizenship

What the Constitution protects and where those protections stop, how rights were extended to people first left out, and what membership in a community asks of a person. Topics: The Bill of Rights, Extending Civil Rights, Citizenship and Civic Virtue.

Taking Part in Public Life

The practical side of citizenship: how voting works, who tries to influence it, how to read the media that shapes opinion, and where local decisions actually get made. Topics: Elections and Voting, Parties, Groups, and Campaigns, Media and News Literacy, State and Local Government.

Geography: Where Things Are and Why

Reading the world spatially: the five themes as questions to ask, the map skills to answer them, and the patterns of environment, resources, and movement that explain where people live. Topics: The Five Themes, Map Skills, Regions and Places, People and Environment, Movement and Connection.

Economics You Can Use

The economic reasoning a citizen needs: choices under scarcity, how markets and money work, what governments tax and spend, and why countries trade with each other. Topics: Scarcity and Choice, Markets and Money, Government and the National Economy, The Global Economy.