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This source book provides teachers with units of study designed to fulfill common core standards appropriate for grades 4-6. Each unit provides a series of lessons on a given subject. Teachers can work through this material sequenally to provide a broad scope of learning, or draw from it to inspire and enhance other curricula. Areas of focus include the major pre-Columbian selements; the exploraon of the Americas; cooperaon and conflict between Nave Americans and European selers; the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revoluon; and the colonizaon, immigraon, and selement paerns of the American people through 1850. The Numi Foundaon would like to thank all the open-source contributors to this curriculum. Our goal is to provide a wide range of creave, mulcultural educaonal experiences, helping students develop a greater appreciaon for their cultural heritage, environment, and a socially responsible perspecve on history. Numi Curriculum Elementary Social Studies: History and Government Table of Contents Geography 6 Geography I: You 7 Geography II 10 Geography III 12 Geography IV: Map Making 14 Geography V: Map Reading 16 California Missions 18 California Missions I 19 California Missions II: Father Junipero Serra 21 California Missions III 23 Mexican Independence 25 Ranchos and the Mexican War for Independence 26 Teacher Supplement: MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 28 Teacher Supplement: RANCHOS OF CALIFORNIA 30 Teacher Supplement: BEAR FLAG REBELLION UNTIL STATEHOOD 32 Culminang Project 36 Culminang Project II 38 Nave American Studies 40 The Ohlone People 41 The Ohlone People II 43 Teacher Supplement: MAP OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AREAS 45 Cliff Dwellers and Pueblo People of the Desert Southwest I 46 Cliff Dwellers and Pueblo People of the Desert Southwest-II 48 Cliff Dwellers and Pueblo People of the Desert Southwest-III 50 Teacher Supplement: PUEBLO DE TAOS 52 Teacher Supplement: SOUTHWEST CULTURE 54 Teacher Supplement: MAKING DREAM CATCHERS 57 Teacher Supplement: A STORY OF THE DREAMCATCHER 58 The American Indians of the Pacific Northwest-I 59 The American Indians of the Pacific Northwest-II 61 The American Indians of the Pacific Northwest-III 63 Teacher Supplement: AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 65 Teacher Supplement: HOW TO MAKE A TOTEM POLE 67 Nomadic Naons of the Great Plains-I 70 Nomadic Naons of the Great Plains-II 72 Nomadic Naons of the Great Plains-III 74 Teacher Supplement: PLAINS INDIANS 76 Teacher Supplement: HOW TO MAKE A TEEPEE 95 3 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 Woodland Peoples East of the Mississippi River-I 97 Woodland Peoples East of the Mississippi River-II 99 Woodland Peoples East of the Mississippi River-III 101 Teacher Supplement: EASTERN WOODLANDS INDIANS 103 Review Nave American Studies 122 Exploraon 124 The Routes of Early Explorers I 125 Teacher Supplement: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 127 Teacher Supplement: MAP OF COLUMBUS’ VOYAGES 131 The Routes of Early Explorers-II 132 Teacher Supplement: HOW TO MAKE AN ASTROLABE 134 Teacher Supplement: HOW TO MAKE SEXTANT 135 Teacher Supplement: HOW TO MAKE A COMPASS 137 The Routes of Early Explorers-III 138 Teacher Supplement: PROTESTANT REFORMATION 140 Teacher Supplement: ATLANTIC EXPLORATION ROUTES 150 Teacher Supplement: SACAGAWEA 151 Teacher Supplement: WESTERN EXPANSION 154 American Indian Cooperaon and Conflict 173 American Indian Cooperaon and Conflict I 174 Teacher Supplement: COOPERATION AND CONFLICT 177 American Indian Cooperaon and Conflict II 178 The Colonial Era 180 The Colonial Era I: The Thirteen Colonies 181 The Colonial Era II: Southern Colonies 190 The Colonial Era III: New England 191 The Colonial Era IV: Maryland, New Amsterdam, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware 192 The Revoluonary War 194 The Revoluonary War I 195 The Revoluonary War II 197 The Revoluonary War III: Bales 198 The Revoluonary War IV: The Leaders 200 Teacher Supplement: Founders 202 Teacher Supplement: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 215 The Revoluonary War V: Hardship 217 The Constuon 221 The Constuon I: Development 222 Teacher Supplement: THE CONSTITUTION 224 Teacher Supplement: UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION 234 The Constuon II: Significance 244 Colonizaon, Immigraon, and Selement 245 Colonizaon, Immigraon, and Selement I 246 Teacher Supplement: LIFE IN THE YOUNG REPUBLIC 248 4 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 Colonizaon, Immigraon, and Selement II 252 Teacher Supplement: SHE'LL BE COMIN 'ROUND THE MOUNTAIN LYRICS 254 Colonizaon, Immigraon, and Selement III 255 Teacher Supplement: OH, SUSANNAH LYRICS 256 Teacher Supplement: LAURA INGALLS WILDER 257 The Fiy States 260 50 States I 261 Teacher Supplement: WHAT DID DELA WARE, BOYS? LYRICS 263 50 States II 267 Teacher Supplement: BLANK US MAP 269 Teacher Supplement: GEOGRAPHY OF THE U.S. 270 50 States III 283 50 States IV 285 50 States V 287 50 States VI 289 50 States VII 291 Culminang Report 293 5 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 Geography 6 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 Geography I: You STANDARDS CC4.1 OBJECTIVES ● Discussion ● Drawing ● Writing in journals MATERIALS ● Journals to be kept through the course ● Crayons ● Pencils 7 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 Background Info: (Verse #1) Islands and peninsulas, continents and capes, Dromedaries, cassowaries, elephants and apes, Rivers, lakes and waterfalls, and whirlpools and the sea, Valley beds and mountain tops are all geography! The capitals of Europe with so many curious names, The North Pole and the South Pole and Vesuvius in lames, Rice ields, ice ields, cotton ields, ields of maize and tea, The Equator and the hemispheres are all geography! The very street I live on and meadows where I play, Are just as much geography as countries far away! Direcons North and South and East and West Ev'ry day the shining sun, Rising in the EAST, Brings its light to land and sea, Brings its light to you and me, Wakens bird and beast. Right hand out, now let it stay, Pointing EAST, this is the way; Right hand out, now let it stay, Pointing EAST, this is the way. Ev'ry night the setting sun, Sinking in the WEST, Takes its light from land and sea, Takes it, too, from you and me, Brings the time for rest. Left hand out, now let it stay, Pointing WEST, this is the way; Left hand out, now let it stay, Pointing WEST, this is the way. 8 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 Pointing EAST and pointing WEST, Straight ahead we'll ind, NORTH before us as we stand, EAST and WEST on either hand, And the SOUTH behind. Pointing EAST and WEST we'll ind, NORTH in front, and SOUTH behind; Pointing EAST and WEST we'll ind, NORTH in front, and SOUTH behind. Preparaon: ● Begin with forming a circle with the children. Recite verse. Ask children to recite lines or phrases after you. ● As a warm up exercise, play a simple circle game, such as, ask one child to step away and close their eyes. Have children pass an item, for example, a stone behind their backs to the next child until teacher says stop. Then without giving away the name of the child who has the object, the chosen child has three tries to guess which child has the stone behind their backs. ● Children sit. The teacher asks if the children or their family speak other languages at home. (The school says that Vietnamese, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean are spoken at home, there may be more.) Today, learn now to say hello in one or more of the children’s languages. ● The teacher asks the children the following questions to begin a discussion about who we all are and where we come from. ● Where did your family or ancestors come from? ● Where were you born? (Looking for a geographic name) ● Where do you live? ● Tell us about your home. ● Children are asked to draw their home inside and out. This will be kept in their journal during this course. They should write one paragraphs describing their home. ● Finish lesson with name circle games followed by repetition of the word or words learned today in a different language and inally, the class verse. ● HOMEWORK OPTION: Ask children to interview a family member to learn more information about their ancestors. Where did your family or ancestors come from? For those children who did not know where they were born, they should ask a family member. Notes/Feedback: 9 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 Geography II STANDARDS CC4.1 OBJECTIVES ● Discussion ● Drawing ● Writing in journals MATERIALS ● Journals ● Crayons ● Pencils Preparaon: ● Begin with forming a circle with the children. Recite verse. Ask children to recite lines or phrases after you. ● As a warm up exercise, play a simple circle game, such as, ask one child to step away and close their eyes. Have children pass an item, for example, a stone behind their backs to the next child until teacher says stop. Then without giving away the name of the child who has the object, the chosen child has three tries to guess which child has the stone behind their backs. ● Children sit. The teacher will have the class repeat the word they learned last class in another language and then have one or more different children also teach the class to say My name is in their home language. 10 NUMI Curriculum: Social Studies, History and Government Grade 4-6 ● The teacher will speak to the children about geography and then will have the children read a page together about the subject. When the reading is inished, the children will work in groups of two to create a paragraph or two about geography and then write this in their journals.