GED Resources - Social Studies

GED SS Lesson Plans:

• Week 1

  • Introduction to Class/Textbook/​GED SS Test

  • Unit 1, Lesson 1: Modern and Historical Governments 

  • Unit 1, Lesson 2: The Development of American Constitutional Democracy

  • GED SS Advantages vs Disadvantages of Democracies 

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Analyzing Data Overview (Primary and Secondary Sources)

• Week 2

  • Unit 1, Lesson 3: The Structure of the U.S. Government

  • Unit 1, Lesson 4: Individual Rights and Civic Responsibilities               (same PPT as U1L3)

  • Preview Unit 1, Lesson 5: Elections in American Politics

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Loaded and Emotional Language Examples​Week 2 Additional Resources:

  • A list of great election documentaries can be found here

  • Click here for Information about the Electoral College and specific elections 

  • Explanation of Constitutional Amendments can be found here

• Week 3

  • Unit 1, Lesson 5: Elections in American

  • Unit 1, Lesson 6: Contemporary Public Policy

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Unit 1, Lesson 7: Fact vs Opinion

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Review of Roman Numerals

  • Review  Unit 1 Practice in the textbook (pages 19 - 24)

• Week 4

  • Unit 2, Lesson 1: Historical Documents That Shaped American Government

    • ​NewsELA Article The Stamp Act

    • NewsELA Article The Stamp Act Guided Reading Doc

    • NewsELA Article The Townshend Acts

  • Unit 2: Lesson 2: Revolutionary and Early Republic Periods

  • (same PPT as U2L1)

  • Unit 2: Lesson 3: Civil War and Reconstruction (2 PPTs)

  • American Civil War & Reconstruction Additional Resources

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Reading for Context Clues​

• Week 5

  • Unit 2: Lesson 4: Civil Rights 

  • Unit 2: Lesson 5: European Settlement

  • U2 L5 Warm-up Amendments

    • U.S. Amendments List

  • Unit 2: Lesson 6: World War I

  • Unit 2: Lesson 6: World War II

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Close Reading Strategies (Reading for Meaning)

• Week 6

  • Unit 2: Lesson 7: The Cold War

  • Unit 2: Lesson 8: American Foreign Policy Since 9/11 

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Unit 2: Lesson 9: Author's Point of View

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Analyzing Visual Materials/ Analyzing Political  Cartoons

  • Review  Unit 2 Practice in the textbook (pages 43 - 48)

• Week 7​ 

• GED SS Unit 3 Economics L1 - L5 Overview PPT​

  • Unit 3: Lesson 1: Key Economic Events That Shaped American Government 

  • Unit 3: Lesson 2: Relationship between Political and Economic Freedoms

  • Unit 3: Lesson 3: Fundamental Economic Concepts

  • Unit 3: Lesson 4: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics

  • Unit 3: Lesson 5: Consumer Economics

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Multiples Explanation and Shortcuts

• Week 8

  • Unit 3: Lesson 6: Economic Causes and Impacts of Wars

  • Unit 3: Lesson 7: Economic Drivers of Exploration and Colonization (Same PPT as Lesson 6)

  • Unit 3: Lesson 8: Scientific and Industrial Revolutions (Same PPT as Lesson 6)

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Correlation vs Causation

  • GED-Test-Taking-Skills: Averaging Data Sets

  • GED-Test-Taking-Skills: Analyzing Data Sets

  • GED Calculator Skills GED SS

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: GED Math Calculator Reference Sheet

• ​Week 9​

  • Review  Unit 3 Practice in the textbook (pages 69 - 74)

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Answering with information provided

  • Additional Lesson: Latitude and Longitude

  • Unit 4: Lesson 1: Classical Civilizations 

  • Unit 4: Lesson 2: The Environment and Society

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Logical Guessing

• ​Week 10​

  • Unit 4: Lesson 3: Borders between People and Nations

  • Unit 4: Lesson 4: Human Migration

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Unit 4: Lesson 5: Credibility of a Source

  • GED Test-Taking-Skills: Critical Thinking Skills

  • Review Unit 4 Practice in the textbook (pages 85 - 90)

• Weeks 11 and 12 Additional Topics (separate PPTs)​

  • John Locke and Federalism

  • Magna Charta

• GED Test-Taking-Skills: Sequence Questions

• Review Units 1- 4 Topics and Practice Questions 

• GED SS Practice Test in-class in the textbook (pages 91 - 102)

• Review Test-Taking -Strategies

• Review Day of Test Strategies