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Grade: 5th Grade Course: Social Studies Discipline: Social Studies
Objectives:
Unit
Westward Movement: What were the causes and consequences of Westward Expansion?
Local Objective
*Investigate the causes and consequences of Westward Expansion, including: Texas and the Mexican War, the California Gold Rush, and the Oregon Territory. *Essential Vocabulary: Oregon Territory, Gold Rush Unit
American Revolution
Local Objective
(PD1A, US3aD, R6I) The students will be able to describe and explain key events related to the American Revolution, including:
Causes of the War Declaration of Independence Patriots and Loyalist: What are the Differences? Strengths and Weaknesses? Battles of Lexington/Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown -What is the importance? Contributions of Minority Groups (Native, African Slaves, Women)
Results of the War Unit
Colonial America: How did the similarities and differences of colonial settlements in America affect our country?
Local Objective
*Outline the discovery, exploration, and early settlement of America. *Discuss and identify how ideas, concepts and traditions have changed over time in the United States. *Create maps, graphs, timelines, charts, and diagrams to communicate information *Essential Vocabulary: colonists, immigrants, technology and timeline. Unit
Explorers: How did the Explorers affect the world and its history?
Local Objective
*Outline the discovery, exploration and early settlement of America. *Essential Vocabulary: demand, economy, exploration, opportunity cost, primary source, secondary source, and supply. Unit
Explorers: How did the Explorers affect the world and its history?
Local Objective
*Examine cultural interactions among these groups: Native Americans, Immigrants from Europe, and Africans brought to America. Unit
Explorers: How did the Explorers affect the world and its history?
Local Objective
*Apply the following economic concepts: scarcity, supply and demand, and trade-offs (opportunity cost). Unit
Geography, Concept: Human Systems How does the geography of the United States affect its people and culture?
Local Objective
*The students will be able to identify major patterns of population distribution, demographics, and migrations in the United States. * The students will be able to identify human characteristics, such as people's education, language, diversity, economies, religions, settlement patterns, ethnic background and political system. Unit
Geography, Concept: Geographic research sources - How does the geography of the United States affect its people and culture?
Local Objective
*Use geographic research sources to acquire information, and answer questions. *Construct maps *Essential Vocabulary: absolute location, demographics, human characteristics, natural resources, physical characteristics, places, relative location. Unit
Geography, Concept: Location - How does the geography of the United States affect its people and their culture?
Local Objective
*The students will be able to locate cities of Missouri and the United States. *The students will be able to locate andd describe real places, using absolute and relative location. *Essential Vocabulary: absolute location, natural resources, relative location, cardinal and intermediate directions. Unit
Geography, Concept: Place How does the geography of the United States affect the people and its culture? Local Objective
*The students wil be able to identify physical characteristics, such as climate, topography, relationship to water and ecosystem. *The students will be able to locate states and major topographic features of the United States. * The students will be able to identify different regions in the United States. * Create Maps to communicate information. GS5B2, GS5C1, GS5F, SSI7B2 DOK- 1/2 Unit
Geography, Concept: Uses of Geography How does the geography of the United States affect its culture and people?
Local Objective
*The students will be able to use geography to interpret the past, explain the present and plan for the future (e.g. physical processes that continue to reshape the earth) Unit
Immigration: How did westward migration and European immigrants change America?
Local Objective
*Identify how a person becomes a member of a group and factors contributing to inclusion/exclusion from a group. *Identify how ideas, concepts, and traditions have changed over time. *Apply the following concepts: scarcity, supply and demand, trade-offs. *Essential Vocabulary: immigrants, traditions. Unit
Native Americans: How did Native Americans affect the history of our nation?
Local Objective
*Summarize the viability and diversity of Native American cultures before Europeans came. US3aA * Investigate and present a topic using primary and secondary resources. SSI7A * Use technological tools for research and presentation. SSI7D *Essential Vocabulary: artifacts, Native Americans, natural resources and traditions. DOK 2-4 Unit
New American Government - Bill of Rights
Local Objective
*Identify important principles in the Bill of Rights, such as basic rights and freedoms *Essential Vocabulary: Bill of Rights, Unit
New American Government: Constitution
Local Objective
*Identify important principles in the Constitution included: limited government, rule of law, majority rule, minority rights, and separation of powers, checks and balances. *Distinguish between powers and functions of local, state, and national government. *Essential vocabulary: checks and balances, Constitution, Constitutional Convention, limited government, majority rule, minority rule, rule of law, separation of powers, and unlimited government. Unit
School of Economics
Local Objective
Investigate key economic principals such as scarcity, supply and demand, profit, and trade-offs by analyzing key decisions in American history. (EC 4A, 4E and 4F)