Unit 1: Map Skills and Geography:
Essential Questions
What information can we gain from different types/kinds of maps?
How do cultural and environmental characteristics influence the way people live?
Unit 2a: Community & Citizenship
Essential Questions
How does WHERE you live influence HOW you live?
What is the role of a citizen in the community and how are you a responsible citizen?
How can citizens contribute to the well-being of a community’s natural environment?
Unit 3: Native Americans
Essential Questions
What role did the Native Americans play in our history and how have they influenced our lives today?
How did Native Americans utilize the natural resources in their environmentHow did Native American cultures differ across North America?
Unit 4: Building Early Communities
Essential Questions
Why did Europeans build communities in North America?
How was life difficult for the early settlers?
How did Native Americans help the early settlers survive their first years in the New World?
Unit 5: City of Cranston
Essential Questions
How are you connected to the past?
What historic events occurred in the city of Cranston and how have they influenced the Cranston community today?
Unit 6: Fighting for Freedom:
Essential Questions
What is the connection between the American Revolution and freedom?
In what ways are The Constitution and the Bill of Rights important?
Unit 7: American Government
Essential Questions
How do the three branches of government work together?
What are some basic principles commonly held by American citizens?
Unit 8: Economics
Essential Questions
What goods and services should we buy and sell for everyone’s benefit?
How do families earn, spend, and save money?What choices can people make when they cannot have everything they need/want?
Unit 1: Map Skills and Geography:
Essential Questions
What information can we gain from different types/kinds of maps?
How do cultural and environmental characteristics influence the way people live?
Unit 2a: Community & Citizenship
Essential Questions
How does WHERE you live influence HOW you live?
What is the role of a citizen in the community and how are you a responsible citizen?
How can citizens contribute to the well-being of a community’s natural environment?
Unit 3: Native Americans
Essential Questions
What role did the Native Americans play in our history and how have they influenced our lives today?
How did Native Americans utilize the natural resources in their environmentHow did Native American cultures differ across North America?
Unit 4: Building Early Communities
Essential Questions
Why did Europeans build communities in North America?
How was life difficult for the early settlers?
How did Native Americans help the early settlers survive their first years in the New World?
Unit 5: City of Cranston
Essential Questions
How are you connected to the past?
What historic events occurred in the city of Cranston and how have they influenced the Cranston community today?
Unit 6: Fighting for Freedom:
Essential Questions
What is the connection between the American Revolution and freedom?
In what ways are The Constitution and the Bill of Rights important?
Unit 7: American Government
Essential Questions
How do the three branches of government work together?
What are some basic principles commonly held by American citizens?
Unit 8: Economics
Essential Questions
What goods and services should we buy and sell for everyone’s benefit?
How do families earn, spend, and save money?What choices can people make when they cannot have everything they need/want?
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Name the 50 States Activity During the Month of June
www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_GL_click_1024.html
online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003
www.bls.gov/k12/content/games/geography-quiz/geography-quiz.htm
www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_GL_click_1024.html
online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003
www.bls.gov/k12/content/games/geography-quiz/geography-quiz.htm