Social Studies Key Vocabulary: 1st 9 Weeks

Kindergarten / 1st Grade / 2nd Grade / 3rd Grade / 4th Grade / 5th Grade
friend introduce
safe, safetyshare
fair
vote
problem, decision
rules
authority
figures, leaders responsibility
community
location
right
left
near
far
route
drawing
map
globe
United States
of America
Texas
country
patriotic, patriot
symbols
freedom
liberty
citizen, citizenship
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
George Washington
flag
holiday
voting
symbol
respect
map
family
kinship
continent
needs
wants
earning a living
jobs
money
technology
home
shelter
city
farm
forest
climate
desert
customs
traditions
celebrations
culture
Christopher
Columbus
explore
voyage / school
learn
share
organize
fair
rule
group
consequence(s)
teacher
principal
location
law
community
citizenship
responsible
name
role
calendar
birthday
celebration
United States of America
USA
country
freedom
independence
Constitution
symbol
patriotic
patriot
national
George
Washington, Liberty Bell Stature of
Liberty
U.S. Flag
Pledge of
Allegiance
Bald Eagle
citizen
Hispanic
culture
heritage
Mexico
traditions
beliefs
language
traits
religion
festival
team
community
family
belonging
responsibility
cooperation
technology
communication
transportation
recreation
Alexander G. Bell
Garrett Morgan
Thomas Edison
Richard Allen
Sunday Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
months
days
year
date
time
explore(r) journey
route
history
past
settler
American
Indians
Christopher
Columbus
voyage / Interactive
Student
Notebook (ISN)
procedures
community
citizen
role
map
country
cooperate
fair
responsibility
rule(s)
Paul Revere
Abigail Adams
WASPS
Navajo Code Talkers
Sojourner Truth
neighborhood
location
city
state
change
need
want
suburb suburban
rural
urban
culture
unique
heritage
religion
traditions
ancestor
past
present
future
holiday
custom
U.S. Constitution
Symbol
Preamble
patriotic
flag
United States
historical
landmark
freedom
historical
documents
Declaration of
Independence landmark
memorial
calendar
week
month
cooperate
map
map key
map symbol
border
north
south
east
west
cardinal
directions
capital
compass rose map scale / expectations
responsible
citizen
citizenship
fair
rule(s)
community cooperate
consequence(s)
problem
solution
law(s)
government
mayor
judge
peace
compromise
justice
responsibilities
business
goods
museum
biography
historic figure(s)
wants
needs
service
career
depend
natural resource
celebrate
labor
labor
movement
U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Preamble
civil liberties
patriotism
pride
symbols
Helen Keller
Clara Barton
Ruby Bridges
Military and first responders
culture
customs
ethnic group
holiday
ratify
religious
freedom
local
community
global
community
civic
responsibilities
immigration
heritage
migration cultural
contributions
location
map
globe
continent
ocean
country
state
nation
city
border compass rose
legend
North Pole
South Pole
longitude
latitude
hemisphere
equator
direction
explore(r)
journey
voyage
expansion
claim
cause
effect
route / text
primary source secondary
source
artifact
symbol(s) landmarks
patriotic
pledge
allegiance indivisible
justice chronological
oral history
San Jacinto
Monument
Alamo
history
historian
evidence
point of view analyze geography geographer human feature physical feature interact
region
economy
economics
culture
heritage
society
government civics
geographical tools
grid system
legend (map)
map symbols
scales
compass rose
natural resource natural region political region population region
economic region landform
climate vegetation positive/negative
consequences modification
impact
habitat
continent
boundary
hemisphere
equator
prime meridian
relative location
absolute
location
lines of latitude lines of
longitude
escarpment
tributary
floodplain aquifer
elevation
sea level
desert
drought
marsh
prairie
bayou
Mountains and
Basins
Great Plains North Central
Plains
Coastal Plains
Texas
Panhandle
branches of
government
legislative
branch executive
branch
judicial branch bill
veto
jury
appeal
federal
government
state
government capitol
U.S. andTexas
Declarations of
Independence
U.S. and Texas
Constitutions
Bill of Rights
Meusebach-
Comanche
Treaty
economic
opportunity
competition desire for
expansion
European colonization colony
patterns of
settlement distribution of
population
ethnicity
custom
tradition historical map
route caravel conquistador empire
expedition
slave
mission
vaquero
presidio
plaza
mestizo
Cabeza de Vaca
Francisco
Coronado
René Robert
Cavelier, Sieur
de la Salle
Juan de Oñate
origin
American Indian timber clearing
agricultural
production
farming
trading
hunting
council
opposing
archaeologist
scarce civilization
gesture extinguished
avail
lumbered
adapt
band
extinct
fertile
tribe
maize
temple
religion
ceremony confederation
nomad
dugout
shaman
hide
specialize
mustang
tepee
adobe
irrigation
ancestor
ally
plot
cause
effect
mound
Lipan Apache
Karankawa
Caddo
Jumano
Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo
Alabama-
Coushatta
Kickapoo community
philanthropy talent
treasure
volunteer
local
global
common good democratic
society
service
project
civic / environment
culture
cooperative
symbol
landmark
White House
Statue of
Liberty
landforms
climate geographic mountain
ranges
major rivers
climate
patterns
settlement
patterns
regions hemisphere compass rose
equator
prime meridian
continents
oceans tributary
plain
cape
bay
gulf
sea
Great Plains Rocky
Mountains Coastal Plains
Northeast
Midwest
Southwest
Mississippi
River
Declaration of Independence
Preamble
union
domestic
tranquility general welfare
ordain
establish
justice
democracy
advocacy
citizenship
civic
engagement
Constitution of
the United
States
preamble
Bill of Rights
rights responsibilities values
voting
artifact migration archaeologist origin
civilization adaptation environments
American
Indian
Hopi
Inuit
nomad
colony
colonists Northwest
Passage
East Indies
European
colonization
St. Augustine religious
freedom economic gain William
Bradford
John Wise