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9weeks | What is a community? | ·
Where on earth is Roxaboxen?
· Getting along in a community · Getting what we need · Communities have histories |
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Identify location
· Being responsible of citizens · Describe the functions of law makers · Understand Citizens' responsibilities · Analyze Roots of American culture |
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3.1B,C
· 5.3B · 5.1C · 5.3B · 1.1A |
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What is a Community (continued) | · Many People, Many Ways of Life | History
· Analyze cultural heritage · Gather information about traditions |
· 1.1A · 1.2A |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dioramas of various landforms Vocabulary quizzes Checkpoint Quizzes |
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Why Did People Build Cahokia and St. Louis?
· Communities are built near resources Communities are Built for Government |
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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 |
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4-lA
· 3-1 D & E · 4-1A · 3-1A · 3-1E · 4-1d · 3-2A · 3-1B · 3-1A · 3-1C · 3-2A |
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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 |
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Communities Grow and change (continued) | Our Country's Early History
Inventions Change our country |
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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 |
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5.1D, 1.1B
· 1.1A · 1.1A, 5.1D · 1.2C · 1.4C · 2.3B · 2.3A |
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How Communities grow and change | Every Community has a history | ·
Describe ways to learn the history of students' communities
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7 WEEKS | People Working Together | People in Amish community working together
· People Work Together to Make a Product People Buy Products and Services |
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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 |
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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 |
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Learning Economics Through Literature
The World is a Marketplace |
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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 |
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4-1A,B
· 3-1B · 4-1e, f, g · 3-1B |
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· Vocabulary quizzes · Unit tests · Set up student manufacturing group |
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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 |
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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 |
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· 5.3B · 5.2C · 1.1B · 5.1C, 5.2D |
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Living together in a community, state and nation (continued) | State government (continued)
National Government |
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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 |
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· 5.2D · 5.2F · 5.2F · 5.2F · 3.2A |
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Living Together in a Community, State, and Nation (continued) | Symbols of Pride
Solving Problems in South Africa |
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Explain the meaning of symbols of our nation
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5.3A
· 2.3C, 5.1B |
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6 weeks | The Many People of aCommunity | People from Many Places
Culture in Harlem American Literature |
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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 |
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· 3.1D · 1.1A,C, 1.2B · 2.1A |
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· 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 |
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1-2, A, B
· 1-1A · 1-1C · 5-3A 1-4 C, F |
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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 |
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2-1C,D
· 2-3A · 3-1B · 2-1C,D |