Social Studies Keywords
Social Studies Keywords
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- 100th day of school
- 11th century
- 13th century
- 14th century
- 15th century
- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 4th of July
- AIDS
- acceptance
- accepting others
- accidents
- activist
- addiction
- adoption
- Africa
- African
- African American
- african american author
- African folklore
- airport
- Alaska
- Amazon
- ambition
- American history
- American Revolution
- amish
- ancient greece
- Ancient Egypt
- ancient history
- Ancient Rome
- Antarctica
- apartheid
- Appalachia
- April Fool’s Day
- apprenticeship
- arab
- arab culture
- arabic
- Arab Israeli friendship
- arctic
- Argentina
- asia
- Asian American
- Asian American Author
- Asian culture
- assassins
- atlas
- attitude
- Australia
- babysitter
- Bali
- banyan trees
- barnyard
- battles
- beach
- beauty shop
- beliefs
- belonging
- biracial
- birthdays
- boardwalk
- boarding school
- bomb
- books in french
- brothers
- buddhism
- building
- bullies
- bullying
- bushmen
- business
- camp
- campaign
- camping
- canada
- capital punishment
- careers
- Caribbean
- casinos
- castles
- catholic
- cause and effect
- cave dwellers
- celebrity
- Celtic
- censorship
- census
- Central America
- chad
- Chanukah
- change
- character
- character driven
- cheating
- Chesapeake Bay
- child labor
- childhood
- Chinese
- Chinese New Year
- choices
- christian fiction
- christianity
- Christmas
- Christmas book
- Christmas story
- circus
- cities
- city living
- civil liberties
- civil Rights
- civil war
- class system social
- cliques
- clothing
- clubs
- codes
- code talker
- coding
- collections
- college life
- Colonial times
- colonialism
- coming of age
- communication
- community
- community helpers
- community service
- comparing
- competition
- complaining
- compromise
- concentration camps
- concepts
- conflict
- conformity
- confucianism
- consequences
- conservation
- construction
- contest
- cookies
- cooking
- cooperation
- corruption
- costumes
- courts
- couture
- cowboys
- creation
- Creole
- crime
- criminal investigation
- criminal profilers
- critical thinking
- crusades
- Cuba
- cults
- czar
- cultures
- cycles
- danger
- dating
- daycare
- days of the week
- death penalty
- Delaware
- democracy
- deportation
- desert
- detective
- dialect
- dialogue
- dictator
- dictatorship
- differences
- directions
- disasters
- discrimination
- diseases
- diverse books
- diversity
- divorce
- doctor
- dolls
- domestic violence
- dreams
- dress up
- drought
- drug abuse
- drug culture
- drug smuggling
- drugs
- drunk driving
- Dust Bowl
- dysfunctional families
- dyslexia
- dystopian
- Easter
- Easter bunny
- Easter Island
- earthquakes
- economic diversity
- economic insecurity
- economics
- education
- Egypt
- elections
- emergency
- england
- English history
- entrepreneurs
- environmental justice
- environmental science
- environmental stewardship
- epidemic
- equality
- errands
- eskimos
- espionage
- ethics
- ethnic cleansing
- etiquette
- Europe
- euthanasia
- expectations
- exploration
- explorers
- facing challenges
- fact vs opinion
- fads
- fake news
- family
- famine
- farm
- farm animals
- farmer
- fascism
- fashion
- fashion design
- fathers
- fathers babies
- fathers daughters
- fathers sons
- feminist
- feminist movement
- field trips
- Filipino American
- fire drill
- fire safety
- firefighters
- first day of school
- first haircut
- first ladies
- first nations
- fitting in
- flag
- flying
- floods
- food
- food chain
- football
- forgiveness
- foster child
- foster family
- foxes
- fractured fairy tale
- free verse
- freedom
- French Revolution
- friends
- friendship
- frontier
- fun
- fundraising
- fur traders
- futuristic
- gambling
- games
- gangs
- gangsters
- gauchos
- gardening
- GED
- gender bias
- gender equality
- gender expression
- gender identity
- gender roles
- geography
- getting along
- getting dressed
- getting lost
- getting old
- Ghana
- gifts
- girls
- girls boys
- giving
- gladiator
- gladiators
- goals
- goats
- gods and goddesses
- going to the hospital
- gold rush
- government
- graduation gift
- Grand Canyon
- grandfather
- grandma
- grandmother
- grandparents
- great depression
- greed
- grief
- grit
- gross
- Groundhog Day
- group project
- growing old
- growing up
- gruesome
- guilt
- gun violence
- guns
- haiku
- haircut
- Haiti
- Halloween
- hans christian andersen award
- Hanukkah
- hats
- hazing
- healing
- heaven
- hedgehogs
- helping others
- heritage
- heroes
- heroines
- high school
- high school musical
- hindu mythology
- hinduism
- historical fiction
- history
- Hispanic
- hobbies
- hobbies, hobby
- holidays
- holocaust
- homelessness
- homes
- homeschooling
- honesty
- honor
- hope
- horror
- horses
- hospital
- house
- how things work
- hugs
- human rights
- human trafficking
- humanitarian
- hunger
- hurt feelings
- identity
- Iditarod
- illegal immigrants
- illegal relationships
- imagery
- imagination
- immigrants
- immigration
- Inca Civilization
- incarceration
- inclusivity
- independence
- Independence Day
- India
- indigenous people
- individuality
- Indonesia
- industrial revolution
- information
- ingenuity
- inheritance
- injustice
- inn
- integration
- internment camp
- innovations
- insects
- insights
- inspiration
- instruments
- integration
- integrity
- interracial dating
- interrupting
- intrigue
- Inuit
- Inuit author
- Iran/Iraq conflict
- Iraq War
- inventor
- islam
- islamophobia
- island
- Israel
- Israeli/Palestinian conflict
- Jack o Lantern
- Jamaica
- James Bond
- Jamestown
- janitor/custodian
- Japanese internment
- Japanese American
- jealousy
- jewish
- journal
- journalism
- journeys
- judaism
- judge
- jungle
- justice
- kidnapping
- kindergarten
- kingdom
- kings
- Klondike gold rush
- knights
- knitting
- korean
- Korean War
- Ku Klux Klan
- Kwanzaa
- labeling
- labor unions
- Latino Latina Latinx
- law
- lawman
- lawyer
- leadership
- learning
- learning differences
- legacy
- letters
- letting go
- lgbt
- lgbtq
- librarian
- libraries
- library story
- life skills
- lion
- lions
- listening
- lizards
- loneliness
- loss
- lost cities
- macabre
- machines
- Mafia
- magical creatures
- magical realism
- making a difference
- malaria
- manhood
- manners
- Manhattan
- maps
- marriage
- Maryland
- materialism
- math
- mayan culture
- mazes
- medal
- medical ethics
- medicine
- medieval England
- medieval times
- Memorial Day
- mental health
- mental illness
- mermaids
- Mesopotamia
- metaphor
- meteors
- mice
- Middle East
- middle school
- middle school book club 6th Grade
- middle school book club 7th grade
- middle school book club 8th grade
- migrant workers
- migration
- military
- military families
- mining
- misbehaving
- mischief
- miscommunication
- mistakes
- moms
- money
- Mongol empire
- Mongols
- moon
- moon landing
- moose
- motel
- mothers
- mothers babies
- mothers daughters
- mothers day
- mothers sons
- mountain men
- mountains
- moving
- multicultural
- multi perspective
- multicultural
- multigenerational
- mummies
- murder
- museum
- muslim american
- Muslims
- mutiny
- mystery
- mythical creatures
- mythology
- name calling
- names
- narrative nonfiction
- Native American
- Native American reservation
- nazis
- needs vs wants
- neighborhoods
- neighbors
- new baby
- new baby gift
- New England
- new experiences
- new Year
- New York
- ninjas
- Nobel Peace Prize
- non fiction
- North Pole
- novels in verse
- nurturing
- Obama
- ocean
- octopus
- older readers
- olympics
- opposites
- orc
- orchestra
- Oregon
- organ donor
- organized crime
- origami
- orphan train
- orphans
- outdoors
- outlaws
- outer space
- overcoming adversity
- overcoming obstacles
- over scheduled
- pandas
- parade
- parenting
- parents
- participation
- parties
- patriotism
- patterns in storytelling
- peace
- peer pressure
- penpal
- people with disabilities
- perfectionism
- performing arts
- persecution
- perseverance
- persistence
- personal narrative
- personal narrative picture book
- personal space
- personification
- perspective
- perspective taking
- persuasive writing
- pesticides
- pets
- Pharaohs
- philanthropist
- philosopher
- philosophy
- photographs
- physical challenges
- piano
- picnic
- picture books
- Pilgrims
- pilots
- pioneers
- pirates
- planes
- playground
- plumber
- point of view
- police
- politics
- pollution
- popularity
- possessions
- possibilities
- postal service
- poverty
- power
- prairie
- prairie dogs
- pre Columbus
- prediction
- prejudice
- preschooler
- presidents
- pride
- principal
- prison
- prisoner of war
- prize
- prostitution
- psychic ability
- psychology
- puberty
- punctuation
- puzzles
- pyramids
- queens
- quilts
- rabbits
- racial differences
- racial identity
- racial injustice
- racial justice
- racial profiling
- racism
- ranching
- rats
- read aloud to 1s 2s 3s 4s
- read aloud to 1s 2s and 3s
- read aloud to 1s and 2s
- read aloud to 2s 3s
- read aloud to 2s 3s 4s
- read aloud to 2s 3s 4s 5s
- read aloud to 3s 4s 5s
- read aloud to 4s 5s 6s
- read aloud to 4s 5s 6s 7s
- read aloud to 5s 6s 7s
- read aloud to 5s 6s 7s 8s
- read aloud to 6s 7s 8s
- read aloud to 7s, 8s, 9s, 10s
- read aloud to 7s 8s 9s 10s
- read aloud to babies
- read aloud to third graders
- read with babies and 1s
- reading
- reality television
- rebel
- rebellion
- recycling
- refugees
- relationships
- relationships Leader
- relatives
- religion
- Renaissance
- reptiles
- reputation
- residential school
- respect
- respecting others
- respecting parents
- responsibility
- retirement
- revolt
- revolution
- rice
- risk
- risk Leader
- rituals
- rivalry
- rivers
- robots
- rockets
- role models
- romance
- romance Leader
- Rosa Parks
- royalty
- Rumi
- rumspringa
- rules
- running away
- safari
- safety
- sailing
- saints
- samurai
- scary
- school
- school bus
- school play
- school project
- school story
- school story Leader
- sculptors
- sea creatures
- seals
- search and rescue dog
- secret agents
- service animal
- service
- sewing
- shallowness
- shaman
- shapeshifter
- sharing
- sharks
- sheep
- ships
- shoes
- shopping
- show and tell
- sibling rivalry
- siblings
- siblings Leader
- sickness
- sign language
- silence
- single parent
- sisterhood
- sisters
- slavery
- sleepover
- smuggler
- smuggling
- snakes
- snow
- soccer
- social activists
- social class
- social commentary
- social conditions
- social issues
- social justice
- social media
- social mores
- social network
- social networking
- social skills
- society
- society Leader
- socio economic differences
- Sonoran desert
- south america
- South Asian
- South Asian American
- Southeast Asia
- southern dialect
- Spanish
- Spanish American war
- special gifts
- special needs
- speeches
- spies
- spouse abuse
- St. Patrick’s Day
- stage fright
- stalking
- standardized testing
- standing up for yourself
- states
- statue
- stealing
- steampunk
- stem
- stepfamilies
- stepmother
- stereotypes
- stories in rhyme
- stories in verse
- stories that make a difference
- stories that make a difference Leader
- struggle
- stuffed animal
- stuntman
- suffragist
- suicide
- summer
- summer camp
- summer Leader
- superstitions
- supreme court
- survival
- suspense
- suspense thriller
- swamps
- swimming
- sword and sorcery
- symbols
- taking turns
- tales
- Tang Dynasty
- taoism
- teachers
- teamwork
- teasing
- technology
- Teddy Bear
- teen angst
- teen pregnancy
- teens
- telepathy
- telling the truth
- tenacity
- terrorism
- terrorists
- Texas
- thankfulness
- Thanksgiving
- the elderly
- thief
- Titanic
- toddlers
- tooth fairy
- town
- toys
- traditions
- Trail of Tears
- trains
- transitional object
- transportation
- trauma
- travel
- treason
- treasure
- treehouse
- trends
- trial
- trick or treat
- trilogy
- triplets
- true crime
- trust
- truth
- tsunamis
- turtles
- twins
- U.S. Navy
- umbrella
- Underground Railroad
- understanding others
- understanding others Leader
- underwear
- undocumented immigrants
- urban renewal
- uprising
- vacations
- valentines day
- valentines day Leader
- value of hard work
- values
- values Leader
- Veteran’s Day
- Vietnam War
- Vikings
- violence
- violence Leader
- voting
- war
- war Leader
- War of 1812
- water
- weapons
- weapons Leader
- weaving
- weddings
- wells
- West Indian
- West Virginia
- western
- western expansion
- wheelchair
- White House
- Wild West
- women
- womens rights
- womens rights Leader
- workers rights
- working together
- world religions
- World War I
- World War II
- yacht
- yellow fever
- young listener
- young listener Leader
- zen
- zoo
- zoology
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