SKILLS MAPPING

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
9weeks	What is a community?	� Where on earth is Roxaboxen? � Getting along in a community � Getting what we need � Communities have histories	� Identify location � Being responsible of citizens � Describe the functions of law makers � Understand Citizens' responsibilities � Analyze Roots of American culture	� 3.1B,C � 5.3B � 5.1C � 5.3B � 1.1A

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
	What is a Community (continued)	� Many People, Many Ways of Life	History � Analyze cultural heritage � Gather information about traditions	� 1.1A � 1.2A	Chapter 1 test

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
6 weeks	Where People Start Communities	Communities are in different places Communities are Built For Government Communities are Built Where People Meet Communities are built near water	� ID physical features in US � Classify landforms on maps � ID why communities are built near � landforms � Explain Climate � ID human made features � Explain adv. Of comm. built near water � Analyze comm. Growth due to location. Government � Building comm. At crossroads � Importance of crossing of land routes and waterways	Standard 3 � 3-1e � 3-1D � 3-2A � 3-2A � 3-1D � 4-1A � 4-1E 4-1a	Unit Test Dioramas of various landforms Vocabulary quizzes Checkpoint Quizzes

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
		� Why Did People Build Cahokia and St. Louis? � Communities are built near resources Communities are Built for Government	� Analyze location of Cahokia � Using intermediate directions � Importance of natural resources � Explain economic value of natural resources � Use map symbols to understand products map � Locate, identify, and understand importance of state and country capitols	� 4-lA � 3-1 D & E � 4-1A � 3-1A � 3-1E � 4-1d � 3-2A � 3-1B � 3-1A � 3-1C � 3-2A	Unit Tests Dioramas Vocabulary quizzes Checkpoint comprehension

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
5 weeks	Communities Grow and Change	� Communities Change Yet stay the same � America's first communities � The community of Tenochtitlan � Mexico City today	� Distinguish between time periods � Compare maps � Understand availability of resources � Investigate peoples dependence on the physical environment � Describe the change of a civilization over time � Interpret time line � Propose a plan to solve a problem	� 2.2A � 3.2C � 4.1B � 1.3A � 2.4B � 1.2C � 5.4F

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
	Communities Grow and change (continued)	Our Country's Early History Inventions Change our country	� Understand basic ideals of American democracy � Analyze the cause and result of the civil war � Describe the early colonists � Interpret a time line � View events through artifacts � Describe the impact of inventions on way of life � Understand contributions of individuals	� 5.1D, 1.1B � 1.1A � 1.1A, 5.1D � 1.2C � 1.4C � 2.3B � 2.3A

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
	How Communities grow and change	Every Community has a history	� Describe ways to learn the history of students' communities	� 1.2B,C	� Unit test

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
7 WEEKS	People Working Together	People in Amish community working together � People Work Together to Make a Product People Buy Products and Services	� Understand how the Amish beliefs impact on their interaction in and out of the communities � Explain manuf. Steps � Describe resources needed for products � Learn how to read and use a flow chart to explain steps � Describe consumer Choices � Analyze ads � Explain demand � Analyze economic choices	� 3-1E � 3-1D � 3-1A � 4-1A � 4-2D � 1-2C � 4-1A � 4-1B � 4-1C � 4-1D � 4-1A � 4-1B � 4-1C

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
		Learning Economics Through Literature The World is a Marketplace	� Explain bartering � Use map grids � To locate places � Analyze importance of international trade past and present � Evaluate importance of communication links to trade � Explain how countries depend on one another economically � Learn to use and understand a cutaway diagram	� 4-1A,B � 3-1B � 4-1e, f, g � 3-1B	� Checkpoint quizzes � Vocabulary quizzes � Unit tests � Set up student manufacturing group

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
7 weeks	Living Together in a Community, State, and Nation	People Make Communities Good Places to live Rules and laws in a community State laws	� Explain how people and community leaders cooperate to solve problems � Understand the duties of a citizen � Describe the importance of the US Constitution to US citizens � Compare the Mayflower compact and the Iroquois' 13 laws � Undestand the governmental state system	� 5.4C � 5.3B � 5.2C � 1.1B � 5.1C, 5.2D

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
	Living together in a community, state and nation (continued)	State government (continued) National Government	� Compare and contrast historical documents, charts, diagrams � Explain the three branches of govr't � Describe the duties of the president � Analyze how Congress works � Evaluate reasons for the Supreme Court � Understand importance of geographic location	� 1.4A � 5.2D � 5.2F � 5.2F � 5.2F � 3.2A

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
	Living Together in a Community, State, and Nation (continued)	Symbols of Pride Solving Problems in South Africa	� Explain the meaning of symbols of our nation � Explain how a governments problems were solved	� 5.3A � 2.3C, 5.1B	Unit test, vocab quizzes, projects

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
6 weeks	The Many People of aCommunity	People from Many Places Culture in Harlem American Literature	� Explain why immigrants come to the US from other countries � Describe the migration of African Americans from the South to NY city � Analyze the culture of Harlem in the 1920's (ie: music, literature, art) � Read, discuss, and analyze Tall Tales	� 1.4B � 3.1D � 1.1A,C, 1.2B � 2.1A	Unit test, quizzes, vacabulary

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
		� Holiday Customs and Traditions	� Understand the customs of the Japanese celebrations. � Compare Japanese New Years with Vietnamese New Year � Describe customs, purpose of Kwanzaa � Compare Times Square Celebration with other celebrations of New Year � Sequence events to complete holiday paragraph	� 1-2, A, B � 1-1A � 1-1C � 5-3A 1-4 C, F

Timetable	Topic	Content	Skills	Performance Objective	Assessment
		Different Countries-Different Cultures	� Compare physical features of India and the United States � Compare lifestyle, culture, customs and religion and U.S. and India � Use and analyze population map � Understand immigrants viewpoints � Realize people have different viewpoints	� 2-1C,D � 2-3A � 3-1B � 2-1C,D