Here's a comprehensive review of social studies for elementary school:

* **General Concepts**:

* Social studies gives students the basics of geography, history, civics, and economics[1].

* Skills that enhance critical thinking, socio-emotional development, interpersonal interactions, and
information literacy are meaningful when developed within the context of social studies[1].

* Social studies incorporates history, geography, government, and civics[4].

* **Themes of Social Studies Curriculum**: People, Environment, and Society; Time, Continuity, and
Change; Culture, Identity, and Nationhood; Rights, Responsibilities, and Citizenship; Power, Authority,
and Governance; Production, Distribution, and Consumption; and Regional and Global Connections[3].

* **Kindergarten**:

* Learning about family celebrations and holidays. Using vocabulary related to chronology and time.
Constructing maps of the classroom and recognizing basic land and water features. Naming classroom
and school rules. Describing the work that people in the community might do[2].

* **Grade 1**:

* Learning about the differences between how people lived in the past and how they live today with
a focus on families and daily life. Exploring maps by learning about continents and oceans, while also
identifying basic landforms and reading a map key. Identifying rules and laws that are created to keep
people safe. Looking at the concept of goods and services as well as producers and consumers[2].

* Distinguishing differences between a city, country, and continent, and locating them on a map or
globe[2].

* Naming positive character traits that describe a responsible citizen[2].

* **Grade 2**:

* Learning about the daily lives of native peoples around the world and discussing some of the
cultural contributions various native peoples have made to the world. Exploring world maps, identifying
landforms, and constructing simple maps. Identifying natural resources, recognizing the effects of supply
and demand of the marketplace, and understanding the steps in the production of goods[2].

* **Grade 3**:

* Learning about the different ways people live, work, and grow together in communities around the
world. Learning about special people that have contributed to communities in the past and present,
with a focus on inventions in transportation and communication. Learning the basic principles that form
a republican government. Introduction to the concept of latitude and longitude and also how countries
are divided into regions. Basic economic principles[2].

* Using geographic tools such as maps and atlases to collect data about the earth’s surface[1].

* Introduction to geographic terminology such as peninsula and island[1].

* Concepts such as the role of banking in our society, how supply and demand affects prices, and the
relationship between natural resources and the products they produce will be covered amongst other
topics[1].

* Learning about the Earth’s climate and its physical features, the different regions of the United
States, the events that led to the birth of the nation, the reasons for and various forms of government,
local, state, and federal laws, and the role consumers and producers play in the economy[1].

* **Grade 4**:

* Studying the geography and people of the United States[2].

* Learning geography by examining the physical and social geography of the five major regions of the
United States (Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West). Learning fundamental economic
principles to understand the economy of each region. Studying the structure and function of the United
States government. Looking at the cultural distinctions and contributions of each region. Studying China
and explore the connections between China and the United States. Examining similarities and
differences between the countries in climate, physical geography, resources, goods and services,
culture, and religion[2].

* **Grade 5**:

* Focusing on topics such as ancient Greece, U.S. history, politics, and economics. Taking part in
entertaining and informative activities that cover the economic role of government, entrepreneurship,
world geography, and political science[1].

* Concentrating on the four key elements of social studies, geography, history, civics, and
economics[1].

* Studying the formative years of U.S. history[2].

* Exploring the early history of the United States and understanding the ideas and events that
shaped the nation. Examining the history of the United States from the earliest settlements of Colonial
America through the Civil War. Studying the growth of democratic ideas and institutions that led to the
independence of the original thirteen colonies and the formation of a national government under the
U.S. Constitution[2].

* Learning fundamental concepts common to all nations in civics, culture, economics, and geography
as they study the history of the United States[2].
Citations:

[1] https://www.time4learning.com/homeschool-curriculum/elementary-school/social-studies.html

[2]
https://www.ma.org.tw/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Social_Studies_CurriculumGuide_Final_2014.pdf

[3] https://www.studocu.com/ph/document/university-of-northern-philippines/bachelor-of-
elementary-education/lesson-3-elementary-social-studies-curriculum/81142595

[4] https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/sites/ece/files/resources/social_studies_-_grade_6.pdf

[5] https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/elementary-sshg

[6] https://www.teachtci.com/social-studies/elementary-social-studies/

[7] https://www.inquired.org/inquiry-based-social-studies