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Saint Odilo Catholic School Social Studies In Social Studies, the goal is for all students to develop a deep, rich network of understandings related to the world around them. The objectives and competencies included in this curriculum deal with history, geography, economics, and civics from a diverse, global perspective. Students engage in projects that require them to apply Social Studies skills in real-world contexts. Grade 3 Social Studies core concepts covered in third grade include state and national history, local, state, and national government, economics, and elements of early civilizations. Studies of civics focus on rights and responsibilities in the context of American democracy. Students should be learning about public service and leadership, while being exposed to personal opportunities for voluntarism, leadership, and service. Third graders continue to develop historical analysis and awareness skills introduced in earlier grades. Geography studies should expand to include discussions of regions and populations. Topics covered in economics range from competition in a free-market economic system to an introduction of the world of work. |
| Ancient Era (1000 BCE - 300 CE) |
| The Ancient Era World History unit includes the social, cultural, and political aspects of societies and civilizations that existed from 1000 BCE to 300 CE. |
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Greek Civilizations: Government/Describe
The learner will be able to describe the government of ancient Greece.
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Greek Civilizations: Roles in Society
The learner will be able to describe the roles of men, women, and children in ancient Greece.
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| Civics and Government |
| The Civics and Government unit combines United States democratic principles, structure and historical documents with governmental systems found throughout the world. |
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Government: Basic Description
The learner will be able to give a basic description of government.
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Government: Accomplish Goals
The learner will be able to describe how government can accomplish goals that could not be achieved individually.
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Law: Create/Groups
The learner will be able to identify groups of people who create laws.
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Law: Enforce/Groups
The learner will be able to identify groups of people who enforce laws.
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Law: Apply/Groups
The learner will be able to identify groups of people who apply laws.
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Law: Disputes/Groups
The learner will be able to identify groups of people who handle disputes about laws.
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Law: Purposes/Describe
The learner will be able to describe the purposes of laws.
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Principles: Ideas/Values/Significance
The learner will be able to understand the significance of key ideas and values of American democracy.
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Citizenship: Rules/School/Write
The learner will be able to write a school rule that meets specific requirements, such as possible to follow, fair, understandable, and/or designed to protect individuals.
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Public Service: Leadership/Powers
The learner will be able to recognize the powers of a position of leadership.
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Public Service: Leadership/Necessity
The learner will be able to explain why political leadership is a necessity in a democracy.
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Public Service: Leadership Opportunities
The learner will be able to recognize opportunities for leadership in his/her school.
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Public Service: Leadership/Value/School
The learner will be able to explain the value of leadership in his/her school.
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Public Service: Opportunity/School
The learner will be able to recognize opportunities for public service in his/her school.
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Public Service: Value/School
The learner will be able to explain the value of public service in his/her school.
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Public Service: Leadership Opportunities
The learner will be able to recognize opportunities for political leadership in his/her community.
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Public Service: Leadership/Value
The learner will be able to explain the value of political leadership in his/her community.
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Public Service: Opportunity/Community
The learner will be able to recognize opportunities for public service in his/her community.
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Public Service: Value/Community
The learner will be able to explain the value of public service in his/her community.
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Public Service: Leadership Opportunities
The learner will be able to recognize opportunities for political leadership in his/her state.
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Public Service: Leadership/Value/State
The learner will be able to explain the value of political leadership in his/her state.
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Types: Republican/Basics
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the basics of the republican form of government.
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Branches: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the three branches of government.
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Local: Functions/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the functions of local government.
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Local: Individual Participation/Name
The learner will be able to name ways individuals can participate in local government.
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Local: Service Provided
The learner will be able to list important services provided by the local government.
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State: Laws/Capital City
The learner will be able to understand that state laws are passed in the capital city.
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State: Governor
The learner will be able to understand that the person in charge of a state is called the Governor.
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Federal: Presidential Elections
The learner will be able to identify the number of years between a Presidential election.
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Federal: President
The learner will be able to distinguish between valid and invalid requirements for becoming President of the United States.
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Rights/Responsibilities: Interaction
The learner will be able to describe the interaction between rights and responsibilities.
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Rights: Conflicts/Resolution
The learner will be able to identify examples from history of conflicts about one's rights and how those conflicts were resolved.
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Rights: Political/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize political rights.
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Rights: Personal/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize personal rights.
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Rights: Economic/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize economic rights.
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Responsibilities: Civic/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize civic responsibilities.
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Safety: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze safety situations and procedures.
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Identity: Historical Document
The learner will be able to recognize an American identity of shared values, principles, and/or beliefs in historical documents.
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Voluntarism: Examples/Name
The learner will be able to name examples of voluntarism.
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Voluntarism: Common Good/Explain
The learner will be able to explain how voluntarism promotes the common good.
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Necessity: Describe
The learner will be able to explain the basic necessity of government.
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Function: Society/Associate
The learner will be able to associate a government function with its effect on society.
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Function: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the functions of government.
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Function: Purposes/Describe
The learner will be able to describe the basic purposes of government in the United States.
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| Cultural Perspective |
| The Cultural Perspective unit includes communities, diversity, fine arts, humanities, folklore, holidays, media, and religious and social issues. |
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Community: Interpersonal Relationships
The learner will be able to understand the dynamics of interpersonal relationships.
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Family: Live/Work/Understand
The learner will be able to understand how families live and work together, both in present and past times.
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Family: Different Places
The learner will be able to understand how families differ in various places of the world.
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Past: Live/Work/Understand
The learner will be able to understand how communities in the past lived and worked together.
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Folklore: Heroes
The learner will be able to identify folk heroes that are a part of U.S. cultural history.
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Holidays: Significance/World
The learner will be able to understand the significance of holidays in countries around the world.
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Community: Draw Conclusion/Picture
The learner will be able to use a picture to draw conclusions.
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Community: Housing/Similarities
The learner will be able to identify similarities in different forms of housing.
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Community: Draw Conclusion/Information
The learner will be able to use information about a person and his/her community to draw conclusions.
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Culture: Define
The learner will be able to define culture.
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Culture: Way of Life
The learner will be able to make inferences about a culture's way of life.
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Culture: Change/Reasons
The learner will be able to list possible reasons for cultural change.
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Culture: Shared Elements
The learner will be able to examine how people share elements of their culture with others.
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Literature: Biography
The learner will be able to identify the main idea of a biographical passage.
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| Economics |
| The Economics unit includes core concepts, such as supply and demand, goods and services, income, and employment, as well as United States and world economies. |
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Goods/Services: Needs/Wants/Vary
The learner will be able to understand how needs and wants may vary in different places.
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Services: Business
The learner will be able to associate a service with a type of business.
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Goods/Services: Transportation
The learner will be able to associate methods of transportation with goods and/or services.
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Goods/Services: Distribution
The learner will be able to explain how changes in modes of transportation and communication impact the distribution of goods and services.
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Income: Earning Money
The learner will be able to identify methods for earning money.
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Supply/Demand: Competition
The learner will be able to understand the cause and effect of competition.
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Economic Systems: Free Market/Begin
The learner will be able to begin to understand a free-market economic system.
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Economics: Money/Spending
The learner will be able to recognize methods of spending money.
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Economics: Budget/Examine
The learner will be able to examine a simple budget.
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Economics: Decision Making
The learner will be able to explain how economic decision making is influenced by opportunity cost, scarcity, and price.
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Economics: Resources/Economic Growth
The learner will be able to understand the importance of human, natural, and capital resources to economic growth.
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Employment: Work/Understand
The learner will be able to show an understanding of the world of work.
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| Geography |
| The Geography unit includes United States and world geography, map and globe skills, Earth characteristics, and geographic tools and concepts. |
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Concepts: Topography/Introduce
The learner will be able to become familiar with the topography of his/her surroundings.
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Concepts: Affect/Human Life
The learner will be able to describe how geography affects human life.
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Concepts: Affect/Community Development
The learner will be able to describe how geography affects the development of communities.
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Concepts: Terms/Place
The learner will be able to associate a geographical term (e.g. island) with a place (e.g., Hawaii).
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Regions: Local Topography/Model
The learner will be able to construct a model of the topography of his/her local region.
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Regions: Classify
The learner will be able to classify various regions.
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Physical Resources: Renewable/Feature
The learner will be able to name the features of renewable physical resources.
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Physical Resources: Nonrenewable/Feature
The learner will be able to name the features of nonrenewable physical resources.
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Map: Symbols/Use/Locate
The learner will be able to use map symbols to locate places.
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Map: Neighborhood
The learner will be able to use a neighborhood map to find locations.
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Map: Land Use
The learner will be able to identify land use on a map.
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Map: Draw Conclusion
The learner will be able to use the information presented on a map to draw conclusions.
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Map: Grid
The learner will be able to read a basic grid map.
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US Geography: State
The learner will be able to identify specific states given a map of the United States.
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Populations: Settlement/Factors
The learner will be able to identify factors that affect human settlement patterns.
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Human-Environment: Affect/Community
The learner will be able to describe how the environment affects the development of communities.
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Human-Environment: Effect/Pictures
The learner will be able to identify a picture of how humans have altered the natural land.
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Human-Environment: Adaptation
The learner will be able to analyze how people adapt to their environment.
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Earth Attributes: Hemispheres
The learner will be able to identify the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western hemispheres using the equator and prime meridian.
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Earth Attributes: Latitude/Longitude
The learner will be able to differentiate between the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude.
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| Historical Perspective |
| The Historical Perspective unit includes data interpretation, awareness and analysis skills, and the concepts of time, change, and continuity. |
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Time: Vocabulary/Use
The learner will be able to use vocabulary related to the chronology of time, including ancient, modern, and/or future time.
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Time: BCE and CE
The learner will be able to understand the time periods associated with Before the Common Era (BCE) and the Common Era (CE).
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Time: Calendar/Year/Decade/Century
The learner will be able to understand calendar time, including years, decades, and centuries.
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Change: World/Time
The learner will be able to understand how world communities change over time.
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Change: Historical Photographs
The learner will be able to observe change over time through studying historical photographs.
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Awareness: Historians
The learner will be able to understand how historians learn about the past when there are no written records.
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Analysis: Main Idea/Pictures
The learner will be able to identify the main idea from a series of pictures.
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Analysis: Draw Conclusion/Pictures
The learner will be able to use pictures to draw conclusions about historical events or people.
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Analysis: Cause and Effect/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize historical cause and effect relationships.
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Analysis: Events/Inferences
The learner will be able to use information presented in a chart to make inferences about historical events.
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Time: Timeline/Use and Organize
The learner will be able to use and organize information presented in a timeline.
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Data Interpretation: Bar Graph/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze information presented on a bar graph.
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Data Interpretation: Table/Read
The learner will be able to read a table.
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Data Interpretation: Flow Chart
The learner will be able to understand the purpose of a flow chart.
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Data Interpretation: Chart/Read
The learner will be able to read a chart.
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Data Interpretation: Types
The learner will be able to identify different types of graphs, such as line graphs.
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| Technological Developments |
| The Technological Developments unit includes historical achievements in the areas of communication, math, science, transportation, and technological inventions. |
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Transportation: Sequence
The learner will be able to sequence modes of transportation in chronological order.
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Transportation: Graphs
The learner will be able to draw conclusions about transportation from information presented in a graph.
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Communication: Written/Origin
The learner will be able to comprehend the origin of written communication.
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Science: Achievements/Various
The learner will be able to identify significant scientific achievements of various historical societies.
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Technology: Sequence
The learner will be able to sequence technological developments.
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| United States History |
| The United States History unit includes events and issues pertaining to the founding, development, and expansion of our nation from its inception to present day. |
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State History: Settlers
The learner will be able to explain why early settlers came to his/her state.
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State History: Influence/People
The learner will be able to recognize significant people that influenced the history of his/her state.
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State History: Influence/Events
The learner will be able to recognize significant events that influenced the history of his/her state.
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State History: Influence/Trends
The learner will be able to recognize significant trends that influenced the history of his/her state.
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State History: Order of Events
The learner will be able to identify the order of events within his/her state history.
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Figures: Introduce
The learner will be able to begin to understand the significance of historical figures, such as Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Susan B. Anthony.
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Figures: Revolutionary Leaders
The learner will be able to understand the significance of revolutionary leaders, such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin.
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Symbols: Monuments
The learner will be able to identify major American monuments, such as building and statues.
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Symbols: Flag/Stripes
The learner will be able to understand what the stripes on the American flag represent.
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Symbols: Patriotic/Understand
The learner will be able to understands the significance of historical symbols.
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Exploration: Discovery of America
The learner will be able to explain the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and other European explorers.
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Colonial America: Jamestown
The learner will be able to explain the settlement of Jamestown.
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American Indian: Daily Necessities
The learner will be able to explain how various American Indian nations obtained their daily necessities, such as food, clothing, and/or shelter.
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Plains Native Americans: Housing
The learner will be able to understand the use of tepees by the Plains Native Americans.
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American Indian: Customs/Describe
The learner will be able to describe the customs of various American Indian nations.
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American Indians: Settlers/Affect
The learner will be able to determine the effect of new settlers on various American Indian nations.
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Indigenous People: Environment/Explain
The learner will be able to explain how various indigenous groups adapted to their environments.
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American Indian: Movement/Environment
The learner will be able to associate the movement of various American Indian nations with characteristics of the natural environment.
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