Social Studies

Unit 1: Civics and Government:

Students will learn:

Local governments are required to have three branches of government in order to be patterned after state and federal government to provide checks and balance.
Local government developed differently over time based on changing political, social, or economic needs. (city or county ordinance or property taxes, bike helmet laws, leash laws)
The function of local government is to provide safety, satisfaction and security to its citizens.
The meaning of these terms: checks and balances, citizen, community, government, natural environment, towns, cities, laws
Examples of how responsible citizens can contribute politically, socially, economically and to the natural environment of their community (i.e. showing respect for the rights of others, obeying laws, voting, volunteering, paying taxes, recycling, reusing, and conserving)

Vocabulary:

Students will learn:

Find absolute and relative locations of places within the local community and region.
Compare the human and physical characteristics of places.
Exemplify how people adapt to, change and protect the environment to meet their needs.
Explain how the movement of goods, people and ideas impact the community.
Summarize the elements (cultural, demographic, economic and geographic) that define regions (community, state, nation and world).
Compare various regions according to their characteristics.

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Students will learn:

Scarcity affects economic decision making.
Location impacts supply and demand of goods and services.
The relationship between supply and demand.
Natural resources are substances that exist in the earth and were not made by human beings. (ex. oil, water, coal, land, etc.)
Different settlements have a connection between resources and economic growth. (ex. Coastal region – fishing industry, Plains region – beef cattle industry, Mountainous region – snow skiing industry. etc.
People become entrepreneurs to serve their community, for financial security, for a stable income, or to be their own boss, among others.
There are opportunities and risks involved in being an entrepreneur.

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Students will learn:

The interactions between traditions of various groups in local communities and regions affect the economic, political, social development and the culture of a community.
How events arise from ideas and have impacted local communities and regions.
Diverse historical figures and groups have made contributions to various communities and regions.
How people adapt and modify the environment based on language and cultural traditions when developing local communities and regions.
Historical narratives provide multiple perspectives of history and are used to gain a deeper understanding of how and why change takes place in past events, people and places
Various groups express their beliefs and values through art in the community.

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