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Locate the countries of Spain, England, and
France
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Locate the regions of the United States
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Locate an exact place using a letter-number grid
Analysis
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Recognize that physical features influenced
various community settlements: coastal,
mountain, desert
•
Trace the ways in which people have used the
resources of the local region and modified the
physical environment (e.g., dam constructed
upstream changed a river or coastline)
•
Know how the characteristics of places are
shaped by physical and human processes
•
Distinguish countries from continents
Economics
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Describe the ways in which local producers
have used and are using our natural resources
and capital resources to produce goods and
services in the past and present
•
Understand that some goods are made locally,
some elsewhere in the U.S., and others abroad
•
Understand that individual economic choices
involve trade offs and the evaluation of benefits
and costs
•
Discuss the relationship of students’ “work” in
school and their personal human capital
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Understand that communities satisfy their basic
needs in different ways
•
Classify items according to needs and wants
and how each is satisfied in own community
•
Describe ways various communities meet
their needs and how these methods have
changed over time, including the importance of
technology
•
Understand the banking processes of savings
and withdrawing and evaluates the benefits
of both
Citizenship
•
Understand that the customs and traditions of
communities reflect the beliefs, attitudes, and
values of the people
•
Discuss the importance of public virtue and the
role of citizens
•
Identify way in which people in a community
meet the individual’s needs and how individuals
can help meet the needs of the community
•
Distinguish the difference between rights and
privileges
Government
•
Know the histories of important local and
national landmarks, symbols, and essential
documents that create a sense of community
among citizens
•
Explain the differences between making laws,
carrying out laws, and determining if laws have
been violated
•
Identify the three bodies of government on
both a local and national level
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Understand that violations of laws produces
consequences
•
Identify local and national officials (e.g., mayor,
governor, and president)
TECHNOLOGY
Basic Operations
•
Identify the function of common computing
devices (e.g., input, output, processing)
•
Identify, discuss, and use database terms
(e.g., data entry, field, record, list, sort, search/
filter, keyword)
•
Identify and discuss spreadsheet terms/
concepts (e.g., cell, column, row, values, labels,
chart, graph)
•
Recognize spreadsheets as a tool to organize,
calculate, and graph information to make
predictions
•
Identify and use formatting terms/concepts
(e.g., font size/style, line spacing, margins, italic)
•
Identify, discuss, and use terms/concepts
(e.g., web browser, URL, keyword, search
engine, weblinks)
•
Select and use appropriate features and
functions of hardware and software for class
assignments
•
Demonstrate correct finger placement for
home row keys
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Use menu/toolbar functions (e.g., font size/
style, line spacing) to format and change the
appearance of word processing documents as a
class/group
•
Use word processing as a tool to write, edit,
and publish sentences, paragraphs, and stories
Technology and Society
•
Identify, discuss, and chart uses of
technology in the community (e.g., farmers,
grocery, restaurant, veterinarian, medical and
emergency services)
•
Recognize, discuss, and use responsible and
safe behavior in the use of technology resources
•
Demonstrate knowledge of individual’s rights
of ownership of created works by citing sources
•
Identify, discuss, and visually represent
uses of databases in the community (e.g.,
school, grocery, pharmacy, business) to collect,
organize, and display information
•
Recognize that copyright laws protect creative
works of individuals/groups/companies
•
Identify and discuss guidelines for media
(e.g., personal information, images, content,
language) to consider in developing multimedia
projects as a class
•
Identify and discuss copyright and fair use
guidelines as a class
•
Recognize, discuss, and demonstrate
responsible and safe online behavior as a class/
group
Technology and Research
•
Identify, discuss, and use multimedia tools
(e.g., capture, create, edit, publish)
•
Modify/edit an existing multimedia project to
include branching and identify added sources as
a class
•
Identify, discuss, and use multimedia to
present ideas/concepts/information in a variety
of ways as a class
Technology and Problem Solving
and Decision Making
•
Cite sources of information (print and nonprint)
for a class project
•
Modify prepared databases to enter/edit
additional information and cite the source
•
Plan, discuss, and use keyword search/filter
using one criterion in prepared databases
•
Investigate teacher selected Internet resources
about communities; discuss and compare
findings for usefulness as a class
•
Recognize, discuss, and use graphs to
display and interpret data in prepared
spreadsheets; identify and cite sources
PE/WELLNESS
Physical Wellness
•
Understand health risks for age group as
defined by grade appropriate materials
•
Identify characteristics of responsible health
behaviors as defined by grade appropriate
materials
•
Understand risk of negative behaviors as
defined by grade appropriate materials
•
Make a plan to escape fire in a building
•
Understand how to avoid smoke inhalation
during a fire
•
Understand how to respond appropriately to
weather-related emergencies
•
Understand first aid for minor problems
•
Select appropriate resources to deal with a
variety of health risk situations
•
Understand the importance of using a helmet
when riding a bike
•
Understand reasons not to use tobacco
products
•
Understand benefits of not using controlled
dangerous substances
•
Identify positive and negative influences on
substance use
Social/Emotional Wellness
•
Understand the importance of monitoring
personal feelings (e.g., happiness, sadness,
anger, frustration, etc.) in order to manage them
•
Understand universally expected standards of
behavior (e.g., politeness, gratitude, courtesy,
etc.)
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Understand that behavior is changeable
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