Reading

Unit 1: The U.S. Constitution Then and Now

Essential Question: Why do laws continue to evolve?

Unit 2: Developing Characters' Relationships

Essential Question: Why do we value certain qualities in people?

Unit 3: Cultivating Natural Resources

Essential Question: How do we decide which resources we should develop?

Unit 4: Recognizing Author's Point of View

Essential Question: How can other perspectives help us evaluate the world?

Unit 5: Technology's Impact on Society

Essential Question: What value does technology bring to people's lives?

Unit 6: Up Against the Wild?

Essential Question: What compels us to survive?

Unit 7: Conflicts that Shaped a Nation

Essential Question: How does conflict shape a society?

Unit 8: Water: Fact and Fiction

Essential Question: What does water mean to people and the societies they live in?

Unit 9: The Economic Development of Cities

Essential Question: How do economic changes impact societies?

Unit 10: Transforming Matter

Essential Question: Why do we measure and describe the world?