Key Understandings

ELA:

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Text Types and Purposes

Production and Distribution of Writing

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Understand that:

• Citizenship begins with becoming a contributing member of the classroom community.

• Regions form and change as a result of unique physical/ecological conditions, economies, and cultures. 

• Urban areas, worldwide, share common physical characteristics, but may also have cultural differences.

• All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think analytically about how past and present interactions of people, cultures, and the environment shape the American heritage. 

Disciplinary Concepts

Civics, Government, and Human Rights: Civic and Political Institutions

Geography, People and the Environment: Spatial Views of the World