Immigration, Civil Rights, and Regions of the U.S.

Immigration, Citizenship & Civil Rights

• Understands that people and communities create structure, rules, and ideas to solve problems.

• Gives examples of the major rights that immigrants have acquired as citizens of the United States (e.g. the right to vote, and freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and petition)

• Connection between geography and where people settled

• Factors of migration

• Challenges/oppression faced and methods of resistance

• Contributions of diverse groups of people to region

North American Geography

Geography Terms and Mapping Skills

• Identifies parts of a map

• Use a map to interpret information about a region in North America

• Identifies the countries within North America (Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Islands)

• Identifies relative (N, S, E, W) and absolute locations (longitude and latitude) of places in North America

United States

• Describes the climate, physical features, natural resources and products of the five regions of the United States

• Identifies the states, capitals and major cities in each region

• Identifies major national landmarks

Practice Standards:

• Analyzes information and data from multiple primary and secondary sources

• Explains claims and conclusions using evidence from multiple sources

• Describes challenges people faced at various times and strategies people use to address problems and create opportunities