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ESSENTIAL
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What
is a community?
What are goods and services? |
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Learning
about communities-rural, urban, suburban, producers
and consumers, and farming
How geography affects an economy
Personal and Social Skills
Conflict Resolution |
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Identify
basic goods and services (EB4I1-goods and services)
Define producer and consumer (CGB2I1-civic values,
people's needs)
Match geography characteristics (GB2I4-human
activites shaping regions)
Work and play independently and cooperatively, demonstrate responsible behavior, demonstrate respect for self, others and property while at school and in the community.
Students will identify ways to solve problems. |
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| Test
from text, Venn diagrams, community maps, workbooks,
pocketbook |
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What
is a globe?
What are the seven continents and four oceans?
How do you use a map key and compass rose? |
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| Landforms,
continents, oceans, North and South Poles, cardinal
directions, map keys |
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Use
map scales, distances
Identify landforms (G4B1I4-landforms, political
features-capitals)
Use map key, identify equator, continents, oceans,
compass rose, capitals (G4B1I4-landforms, political
features-capitals) |
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| Globes,
texts, tests, Weekly Reader, projects |
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How
and why we celebrate Thanksgiving?
What are some differences among Native American
cultures?
Who were the first Americans? |
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Native
American cultures and diversity
Pilgrim's cultures and arrival in North America |
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Identify
customs, cultures (CB2I2-cultures/diversity)
Compare/contrast and list traditions (HB2I1,
HB2I2-contributions to our heritage)
Describe celebrations (HB2I1, HB2I2-contributions to
our heritage) |
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| Pocketbook,
text, tests, reports, Native American projects |
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| How
are the different holidays in December celebrated? |
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| Christmas,
LaPosada, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa |
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Identify
customs, cultures (CB2I2-culture/diversity)
Recall dates of holidays
Integrate literature |
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| Pocketbook,
projects, worksheets |
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What
makes Kansas special?
What famous Americans do we study? |
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Symbols
of Kansas history
Famous people and places
Geography |
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Use
map scales
Apply research skills
List ABC's of Kansas (C4B1I3-Kansas capitol, G4B2I1,
G4B2I3, G4B2I4-physical and human characteristics of
Kansas, H4B3I4, H4B3I5-political locations in
Kansas, HB2-experiences of groups)
Complete Martin Luther King activities (HB1I2-U.S.
social and political leaders) |
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| Map
assessments, reports, tests, projects |
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Why
do communities need leaders and rules?
What are the symbols of the beginning of our
country? |
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Revolutionary
War
Declaration of Independence
Laws and Constitution
National symbols
Citizenship
Presidents
Community leaders
Community laws |
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Identify
cause and effect of major events. (H4B3I1, H4B3I2,
H4B3I3, H4B3I4-historical events, sites)
Define responsibilities of national and community
leaders. (C4B2-symbols depicting values and
principals)
Explain why rules are needed (C4B1I1, C4B1I2-rules
and laws) |
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| Projects,
tests/text, pocketbooks, models |
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How
did Washington D.C. become our capital?
What are the Washington landmarks for our country? |
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Washington
D.C. history
Historical landmarks in Washington D.C. |
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Recognize
timeline of events
Identify major Washington D.C. landmarks
(C4B2-symbols depicting values and principals,
HB3I3, HB3I4-national landmarks) |
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| Pocketbook,
models, tests, text, projects |
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What
are the three branches of our federal government?
How do the three branches work together? |
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| Presidential
branch, judicial branch, legislative branch |
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| Define
the functions of the three branches of our federal
government (C4B3I1, C4B3I2-government 3
branches/responsibilities) |
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| Pocketbook,
models, tests, text, projects |
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| What
are a citizen's rights and responsibilities? |
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| Paying
and using taxes, voting process, making and
following rules |
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Justify
the need for rules
Give examples of citizen's rights (CGB4I1,
CGB4I2-citizen's rights and responsibilities,
EB4-government services and revenue)
Identify citizen's responsibilities (CGB4I1,
CGB4I2-citizen's rights and responsibilities,
EB4-government services and revenue) |
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| Pocketbook,
community models, tests, text, project |
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