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Curriculum and Instructional Guide
Curriculum and Instructional Guide
Course Description:
In grade five, students begin their inquiry with Westward expansion and end with modern day America. Students will focus on the concepts of world geography. The students begin with the continuation of Westward expansion and how that led to the industrialization of the United States. Students will then analyze how, as a global powerhouse, the United States is pulled into World War I when tensions arise in Europe. World War I gave the United States an economic boost pushing the country into the Roaring Twenties. Students will analyze factors leading to the Great Depression and economic recession of the time period. Tensions arise in Europe again and the United States is pulled into World War II. Wartime efforts lead the country out of the Great Depression. Students will then compare and contrast the ideologies of communism and capitalism while identifying how these governmental beliefs led to the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. Throughout all of these wartime events, students explore the Civil Rights Movement and influential figures of the time. The end of the Cold War brings about globalization that leads into the digital, modern era.
Course Concepts - Coding and Definition
ECO - Economics – Economics includes the study of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Students will understand how their economic decisions affect themselves, others, the nation, and the world as a whole. Students will be able to reconcile unlimited wants with limited resources. Students will understand the effects of economic decisions in daily living.
GEO - Geography – Geography includes the study of location, place, regions, movement and human interaction with the environment. Understanding the world and its delicate balance are essential to human survival. A geographic perspective allows better understanding of the past and preparation for the future.
HIS - History – History is an interpretation of events, people, ideas, and their interaction over time. In order for students to understand the present and make plans for the future, they must understand the past. Students will be able to understand, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions, trends, and issues to develop historical perspectives.
CIV - Civics & Government – Citizenship entails an understanding of the nature of government and the unique qualities of a democracy including fundamental rights, structure, and the role of the citizen. Students will apply justice, equality, responsibility, and freedom to life. Students will understand and be able to describe various forms of government and analyze rights and responsibilities within each.
CUL - Cultures & Societies – Culture is the way of life shared by a group of people. Culture includes ideas, religion, traditions, philosophy, social rules and institutions. Students will analyze human behavior based on the major components of culture. Students will interact and work cooperatively with diverse groups throughout the world based on their knowledge of culture. Students will understand that culture relates directly to the environment, economy, religion, education, family, and government.
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