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MONTHS
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STRANDS
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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Government
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*Examine how regions choose to govern in different
ways
*Identify services
commonly provided by the state government
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*Identify government
officials and explain how they are chosen
*Determine the
representative acts of a good citizen
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*Describe the basic structures of government in
the state
*Know that governmental
agencies exist to protect the environment
*Visual representations a
service provided by the government
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*Recognize who makes laws
in the state
*Distinguish between
conflict and cooperation
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*Identify examples of rights and responsibilities
of citizens
*Identify and explain the
importance of acts of civic responsibility
*Identify ordinary people
who exemplify good citizenship
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*Describe varies basic
structures of governments in the state, nation, and world
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*Recognize the
relationship of local governments to the state, the nation, and the world
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*Compare the TN and the
US Constitutions with other governing procedures
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*Explain the concept of
the consent of the governed and its importance to the functions of
government
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*Describe how public
policies are used to address isues of public concern
*List the differences
between community, city, county, state, and country events which occur
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History
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*Identify the heroic
deeds of characters from state, national, and global histories
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*Create and interpret
timelines
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*Identify historical
figures that helped to shape regions
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*Describe how
individuals, events, and ideas cause regional change over time
*Describe and measure
calendar time by days, weeks, months, and years
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*Use a timeline to
determine the order of a historical sequence of events
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Identify factors that
cause development and change in communities
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*Label historical events
as past, present and future
*Use vocabulary related
to chronology, including past, present and future
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*Compare various
interpretations of the same time period using evidence such as photographs
and interviews
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*Read and interpret facts
from a historical passage
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*Describe the order of
events by using designation of the time periods such as ance3itn times and
modern times
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Geography
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*Differentiate the
distinguishing characteristics of ecosystems
*Explain how change affects region and place over
time
*Show population
distribution of the state and county
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*Use a map key
*Find a specific location
on a community map
*Describe the concept of formal regions
*Define the
characteristics that comprise a region
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Use absolute and relative
locations to identify places on a map
*Understand how
technology allows people to adapt the environment to meet their needs
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*Use cardinal directions
and symbols
*Understand how technology allows people to adapt
the environment to meet their needs
*Locate the major cities
of TN
*Locate places on a map
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*Identify physical components of the world
*Identify basic
components of earth’s systems
*List the similarities and differences of local
places and regions
*Describe environments
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*Determine climate of
specific region
*Show how the spatial elements of point, line, and
areas are used on a map
*Explain the difference
between relative and absolute locations
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*Recognize some of the
major components of a culture
*List the basic components of earth’s physical
systems
*Understand the concept
of an ecosystem
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*Recognize the
identifying characteristics of certain geographic features
*Recognize major global concerns
Differentiate cultural
population using a bar graph
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*Determine similarities and differences in the ways
different cultural groups address basic human needs
*Interpret a chart or map
identifying major cultural groups of the world
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*Locate the major cities of TN and the world on a
map
*Differentiate between
urban, suburban, and rural regions
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Economics
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*Classify needs and wants
using pictures of common items
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*Identify the difference
between a producer and consumer
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Differentiate between a
natural resource and finished product
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Identify ways of earning, spending and saving
money.
*Analyze a simple budget
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*Distinguish between imports and exports
*Differentiate between
money and barter
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*Trace the development of
a product from a natural resource to a finished product
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*Interpret a map showing
agricultural and industrial areas
*Be aware of how goods
and services are interchanged between communities at the local and
national levels
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*Recognize that TN and
the US have different regions
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*Explain the characteristics of a technologically
expanding global economy
*Impact of scarcity
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Culture
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*Recognize that changes
in culture occur through the spread of people, languages, ideas, and goods
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*Compare cultural
differences in various regions of the United States and the world
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*Compare ways in which
people from different cultures think about and deal with their physical
environment and social conditions
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*Individual writers and
artiests and their stories, poems, statues, paintings, and other cultural
heritage from regions around the world
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*Describe similarities
and differences in the ways groups, societies, and cultures address
similar human needs and concerns
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*Explain the significance
of select ethnic celebrations in Tennessee
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*Compare ethnic
celebrations in Tennessee, the United States, and other nations
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Field
Studies
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Nathaniel
Greene Museum
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Andrew
Johnson’s Home
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Charolette’s
Web Play
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Bower’s
Farm
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Walking
Tour
of
Greeneville
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Technology
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National
Geographic Videos
Video Laser
Disk
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Assessment
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Globe
Discovery
Unit Written
Test
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Community
Mural
Unit Written
Test
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Create Model
of Gallion
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Indian Pottery
News story
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Research
related
Communities
Unit Written Test
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Write brochure
Unit Written Test
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Draw a map
& a city scape
Unit Written
Test
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Time capsule
Unit Written
Test
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Research a
type of farm
Unit Written
Test
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Correspond
with government official
Unit Written
Test
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