Students will answer the questions:

• What is a map, what is a globe?

• What does it mean to be a responsible citizen?

• Why do people need to work?

• Why do we celebrate national holidays

• What is your address, school, country?

• Who is in your family?

• What is in your neighborhood?

• Who keeps you safe in Walpole?

• What are national symbols, songs, pledges?

Students will

• identify American national symbols (flag, White House, Statue of Liberty, pledge, and songs).

• understand that stories are an important part of our heritage.

• understand temporal concepts (past, present, future, yesterday, today, and tomorrow).

• use maps and globes to identify land and water.

• identify the US on a map and its’ capital.

• identify individuals who have made significant contributions to U.S.

• understand that we are all part of a family.

• discover different families’ customs and traditions for holidays.

Students will

• use correctly temporal words and phrases (now, in the past, in the future).

• read historical time lines and put in chronological order events in their lives.

• describe the difference between maps and globes and use them following historical narratives.

• define qualities that make a good leader.

• demonstrate the rights and responsibilities of a good student and citizen.

• give examples of producers and consumers in school and in the community.

• identify buyers and sellers in the community and the goods and services bought and sold.

• on a world map locate seven continents, five major oceans, five major rivers and major mountain or mountain ranges.

• locate boundaries of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

• explain the difference between a continent and country.

• read about their families’ traditions or customs and traditions and customs from different countries.

• describe and compare different ways people have achieved great distinction.

Students will

• learn about the history of Massachusetts from the arrival of the Pilgrims.

• explain how the Puritans and Pilgrims differed.

• explain important political, economic and military developments in Boston leading up to the American Revolution.  

• learn about famous people and events in Massachusetts history.

• use cardinal directions, map scales, legends, and titles to locate places on maps of New England, Massachusetts, and Walpole.

• use the word “decade” and “century” correctly.

• explain a tax and purposes of taxes.

• explain why we have governments and discover ways we can influence local government.

Students will

• use maps and globes to determine latitude and longitude of locations.

• use title, compass rose, scale, and legend to read a map.

• provide examples of the US natural resources.

• give examples of limited and unlimited resources and the effect on the economy.

• locate the regions of the US.

• identify the states, state capitals, and major cities of the US.

• describe the climate, major physical features, and natural resources of each US region.

• identify and describe unique features of the US.

• identify major monuments and historical sites in and around Washington, D.C.

• describe the diverse nature of the American people.

• investigate Canada and Mexico- climate, physical characteristics, people, language, major religion, natural resources, and geographic location.

Students will

• investigate the pre-Columbian civilizations in the New World.

• trace the voyages of the 15th and 16th century European explorers.

• explain why the Aztec and Inca civilizations declined in the 16th century.

• describe the goals and extent of the Dutch settlement in New York, French settlements in Canada, and Spanish settlements in Florida, Southwest, and California.

• explain the relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans.

• identify the major leaders and groups responsible for the founding of the original colonies.

• explain the reasons that the language and political principles of what became the US were shaped by English colonists.

• explain the causes of the establishment of slavery.

• identify the founders and reasons for the establishment of our educational institutions.

• explain the development of the colonial governments and how these contributed to the Revolutionary War.

• describe the major battles of the Revolution.

• describe the achievements of the important leaders in the early years of the US.

• identify and describe the events leading to the Constitutional Convention.

• describe the basic political principles of American democracy.

• identify the rights in the Bill of Rights.

• describe and explain the growth of the United States to 1820.