Make social studies planning easier with this set of K–2 Social Studies Pacing Guides for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade.
Created for elementary teachers and homeschool families, this resource gives you a flexible year-long roadmap for organizing social studies topics across the early elementary years. Each guide helps you see the bigger picture, plan ahead, and create a more connected learning progression from Kindergarten through second grade.
Whether you are preparing for a new school year, organizing resources you already own, or building a homeschool social studies routine, these pacing guides offer a clear starting point.
What’s Included
✔ Kindergarten Social Studies Pacing Guide
✔ 1st Grade Social Studies Pacing Guide
✔ 2nd Grade Social Studies Pacing Guide
✔ Quarterly Pacing Format
✔ Printable PDF
✔ Black & White and Full-Color Options
Use them to:
- Create a year-long K–2 social studies plan
- Organize units by month, quarter, season, or week
- Build a clearer Kindergarten through 2nd grade scope and sequence
- Plan classroom instruction or homeschool lessons more intentionally
- Coordinate learning across multiple grade levels
- Organize books, worksheets, reading passages, projects, and activities
- Simplify back-to-school planning
Topics Covered
Topics may include areas such as families, communities, citizenship, rules and responsibilities, map skills, geography, economics, American symbols, government, history, culture, and more. Review the product preview for the complete pacing sequence.
Great for Teachers and Homeschool Families
This K–2 social studies curriculum map is a helpful planning tool for:
✔ Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade teachers
✔ Homeschool parents planning social studies across multiple grades
✔ New teachers creating a social studies scope and sequence
✔ Grade-level teams
✔ Multi-age classrooms or homeschool settings
✔ Educators looking for a flexible year-at-a-glance social studies plan
Standards Covered
These K–2 social studies pacing guides were developed using a range of widely taught elementary social studies standards and curriculum expectations rather than one specific state framework.
Because pacing and standards vary by state, district, school, and homeschool program, this resource is designed to serve as a flexible planning guide. Review the included topics and compare them with your local standards or curriculum requirements as you plan.
This resource is a pacing and planning guide for K–2 social studies. It does not include full lesson plans, student activities, worksheets, assessments, or standards documents.
