Title: Civics and Government Objectives: Essential Questions: Standards Content (What the Student Will Know) Performance (What the Student will Do) Activities/Assessments 5.1.4 A,B Rules, Laws, and Consequences Compare and explain: Rules Laws consequences for the classroom, school, community, and state 5.1.4. C Principles and Ideals Identify and explain principles and ideals shaping local and state government Vocabulary: Liberty/Freedom Democracy Justice Equality 5.1.4.D Key Concepts of Government Documents Identify key ideas about government found in significant documents: Declaration of Independence U.S. Constitution Bill of Rights, PA Constitution 5.1.4.F State Symbols & Holidays Recognize and explain state and national symbols and describe national holidays: State and US Flag State Symbols National Holidays 1
5.2.4.A Individual Rights Define individual rights and explain how it relates to rights and needs of others. 5.2.4.B Conflict and Resolution Identify and describe the sources of conflict and disagreement and different ways conflict can be resolved. 5.2.4.C Roles of Leadership Students will identify roles of leadership and explain responsibilities related to those roles in school, community, state, and nation. 5.2.4.D School Community Students will explain their role as a citizen and how they can participate in school and community activities. 5.3.4.A Branches of Government Compare and contrast the three branches of government. 5.3.4.B Passage of Laws Explain how laws are created and passed at local and state level. 5.3.4.C Governmental Services Identify and explain the services provided by local and state governments. 5.3.4.D Governmental Positions Explain local, state, and national level positions of authority. 5.3.4.E Voting Process. Students will demonstrate and explain the process of voting. 5.3.4.F Perspectives vs. Conflict. Students will demonstrate through role play how different ideas can result in conflicts. 5.3.4.G Influencing Others Students will explore and explain individual interests and explain how that can influence others. 2
Title: Economics Objectives: Essential Questions: Standards Content (What the Student Will Know) Performance (What the Student will Do) Activities/Assessments 6.1.4.A Local Resources Identify and explain scarcity of resources in the local community. 6.1.4. B Wants and Needs Explain the difference between basic needs and wants. Contrast basic needs and wants. 6.1.4.C Goods and services. Choices Identify and explain role of producers in making goods and providing services. Illustrate what individuals or organizations give up when making a choice. Explain consequences to decisions 6.1.4.D Categorize what influences decisions: Family Friends Beliefs 6.2.4.A Production to consumption. State steps for a product from production to consumption 6.2.4.B Competition Demonstrate how competition is to selling products. 6.2.4.C Monetary vs Non-monetary Incentives Differentiate between monetary and nonmonetary incentives in advertising. 3
Explore advertising with monetary and nonmonetary incentives 6.2.4.D Pricing of products Explain the role of buyers and sellers in determining prices of products. 6.2.4.E Explain why local businesses open and close. Investigate why local businesses open and close 6.2.4.F Private economic institution in the local community. Describe the role of a private economic institution in the local community. 6.2.4.G Economic Systems Explain the three basic questions all economic systems must answer and what they use to answer them: What to produce? How? For Whom? How Much? What Price? 6.3.4.A Government responds to social needs Explain how government responds to social needs by providing public goods and services. 6.3.4.B Government Involvement Describe the impact of government involvement in state and national economic activities. 6.3.4.C Local Taxation Explore ways in which tax revenues are used in local community. 6.4.4.A Labor Division List and explain factors that promote specialization and division of labor. 6.4.4.B National trade Explain why nations trade. 6.5.4.B Career Requirements Identify the requirements for different careers and occupations. 6.5.4.G Saving Methods Compare different ways people save. 6.5.4.H Banking System Examine the basic operation of the banking system. 4
Title: Geography Objectives: Essential Questions: Standards Content (What the Student Will Know) Performance (What the Student will Do) Activities/Assessments 7.1.4.A Geographic tools for information about people, places, and environment. Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. 7.1.4.B Location physical and human features. Describe and locate places and regions as defined by physical and human features. 7.2.4.A Physical characteristics of places and regions. Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions. 7.2.4.B 7.3.4.A 7.4.4.A 7.4.4.B Physical characteristics and their affect on places and regions. Human characteristics based on: Population Culture, Settlement Economic activities Political activities Physical systems effects on people within a community. The effect of people on the physical systems within a community. Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions. Identify the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria: Population, Culture, Settlement, Economic activities, Political activities Identify the effect of the physical systems on people within a community. Identify the effect of people on the physical systems within a community. 5
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Title: History Objectives: Essential Questions: Standards Content (What the Student Will Know) Performance (What the Student will Do) Activities/Assessments 8.1.4.A Geography and climate vs. Continuity and change over time. Identify and describe how geography and climate have influenced continuity and change over time. 8.1.4.B Historical events fact and opinion Distinguish between fact and opinion from multiple points of view, and primary sources as related to historical events. 8.1.4.C Research Identify a specific research topic and develop questions relating to the research topic. 8.2.4.A 8.2.4.B Common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups from Pennsylvania. Historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to Pennsylvania history. Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural, and economic groups from Pennsylvania. Identify and explain historical significance of historical documents, artifacts, and places critical to Pennsylvania history. 8.2.4.C Continuity and change in Pennsylvania history Explain how continuity and change in Pennsylvania history have influenced personal development and identity, including: Belief systems and religions Commerce and Industry Technology Politics and Government Physical and Human Geography Social organizations 7
8.2.4.D 8.3.4.A Groups and organization that impacted the history and development of Pennsylvania. Common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States Identify and explain between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of Pennsylvania: Ethnicity and Race Working Conditions Immigration Military Conflict Economic Stability Differentiate common characteristics of the social, political, cultural and economic groups in United States history. 8.3.4.B United States documents and artifacts Identify and explain the historical significance of: historical documents artifacts places critical to United States history. 8.3.4.C Continuity and change in U.S. history Explain how continuity and change in U.S. history have influenced: personal development identity belief systems religions commerce industry technology politics government physical and human geography social organizations 8
8.3.5.D Conflict and cooperation among Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organization that impacted the history and development of the United States: Ethnicity and Race Working conditions Immigration Military Conflict Economic Stability 8.4.4.A Common characteristics of groups in world history Differentiate common characteristics of the: Social Political Cultural 8.4.4.B Historical documents, artifacts, and sites, in world history. economic groups in world history Locate and explain the historical significance of: historical documents artifacts sites which are critical to world history. 8.4.4.C Influences on personal development and identity. Belief systems and religions Explain how continuity and change in world history have influenced: personal development identity belief systems religions commerce industry technology politics government 9
8.4.4.D Conflict and cooperation and its impact on the history of the world. physical geography human geography social organizations Distinguish between conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations that impacted development of the history of the world. 10