Hands-On Economics
Students will work in small groups to create their own amusement parks. They will learn about basic economic principles, the four sectors of the U.S. Economy, as well as consumers, businesses, and budgets.
Thank you to Dallas Thompson (TPT) |
Geography Skills
2016-2017 Geography Bee Finalists (Alex & Andrew) & Champion (Frankie)!
Frankie won the 4th, 5th & 6th Grade Geography Bee & Competed in the State Wide Geography via online
Frankie won the 4th, 5th & 6th Grade Geography Bee & Competed in the State Wide Geography via online
Native Americans
We will researching the main Native American tribes that were living in the Americas prior to Colonization. We will learn about their languages cultures and trade. As well as the impact that colonization had on their lives.
Thank you to:
Miss K Makes It All (TPT) |
American Colonization
The 13 Colonies
13 Colonies Project
Each student will be assigned one of the thirteen original colonies. Students will research and complete a two-paragraph report and an advertisement about why people should live in their colony. I cannot wait to learn more about the original colonies from our brilliant fifth graders! Using the interactive map on the following website, take your 13 colonies quiz. http://mrnussbaum.com/13colonies/13intscav/ |
The Road to the Revolution
We will be learning about and creating a timeline about the key events that were happening in the 13 Colonies which led to the Revolutionary War. Test your knowledge about the Road to the Revolution: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road_q1.html |
Loyalist vs Patriots Debate
We will be spending a couple weeks learning about why colonists chose to side with the Loyalists or with the Patriots, which eventually led to the Revolutionary War. Events learned from the "Road to the Revolutionary War" will be utilized to work on a debate. We will finish this unit up with a class debate, where students will be defending their positions as Loyalists or as Patriots. Thank you to: Kerry Tracy (TPT) |
Battles of the Revolutionary War
We will be learning about the key battles of the Revolutionary War; why they were fought and how they influenced the outcomes of the war.
Students will become an expert about one of the key Revolutionary War battles and share their information with the class. This information can be presented in a variety of manners, which can include a poster, a report, a power point, or a video. (other ideas will be allowed if discussed with Mrs. Ayer). |
Now What?
Now that the Patriots have won the American Revolution, what are they going to do with their freedom?
Writing of the Declaration of Independence
Students will use their close reading skills to decipher the meaning of the Declaration of Independence. Students will complete a "Declaration of Independence" Scavenger Hunt in this lesson! Students have 26 questions that they will be responsible for hunting down in this Primary Document. Thank You to: A History with Mr. E (TPT) |
Leads to the U.S. Constitution and and the Bill of Rights
Students will become "Constitution Detectives" as they read through this extremely important primary document in order to gain knowledge about what our founding fathers deemed necessary for a successful country following the Revolutionary War.
Thank you:
Wise Guys (TPT)
Thank you:
Wise Guys (TPT)
Which leads us to our New Government
Students will learn about the duties and responsibilities of the three branches of the U.S. Government. They will then work in groups to try and pass a new school "law". The law will have to pass through all three branches for approval, giving students a hands-on understanding of how government works.
Thank you to:
Red, White and Coffee (TPT)
Thank you to:
Red, White and Coffee (TPT)
Civil War
Standards Covered Throughout the Year:
Geography:
A.8.1: Use a variety of geographic representations, such as political, physical, and topographic maps, a globe, aerial photographs, and satellite images, to gather and compare information about a place
A.8.2: Construct mental maps of selected locales, regions, states, and countries and draw maps from memory, representing relative location, direction, size, and shape
A.8.4: Conduct a historical study to analyze the use of the local environment in a Wisconsin community and to explain the effect of this use on the environment
A.8.5: Identify and compare the natural resource bases of different states and regions in the United States and elsewhere in the world, using a statistical atlas, aerial photographs, satellite images, and computer databases
History:
B.8.1: Interpret the past using a variety of sources, such as biographies, diaries, journals, artifacts, eyewitness interviews, and other primary source materials, and evaluate the credibility of sources used
B.8.2: Employ cause-and-effect arguments to demonstrate how significant events have influenced the past and the present in United States and world history
B.8.3: Describe the relationships between and among significant events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United States and world history
B.8.4: Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently depending upon the perspectives of participants, witnesses, reporters, and historians
B.8.5: Use historical evidence to determine and support a position about important political values, such as freedom, democracy, equality, or justice, and express the position coherently
B.8.6: Analyze important political values such as freedom, democracy, equality, and justice embodied in documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
B.8.7: Identify significant events and people in the major eras of United States and world history
B.8.10 Analyze examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among groups, societies, or nations
B.8.11: Summarize major issues associated with the history, culture, tribal sovereignty, and current status of the American Indian tribes and bands in Wisconsin
B.8.12: Describe how history can be organized and analyzed using various criteria to group people and events chronologically, geographically, thematically, topically, and by issues
Political Science & Citizenship:
C.8.1: Identify and explain democracy's basic principles, including individual rights, responsibility for the common good, equal opportunity, equal protection of the laws, freedom of speech, justice, and majority rule with protection for minority rights
C.8.2: Identify, cite, and discuss important political documents, such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and landmark decisions of the Supreme Court, and explain their function in the American political system
C.8.3: Explain how laws are developed, how the purposes of government are established, and how the powers of government are acquired, maintained, justified, and sometimes abused
C.8.4: Describe and explain how the federal system separates the powers of federal, state, and local governments in the United States, and how legislative, executive, and judicial powers are balanced at the federal level
C.8.7: Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue of public concern, take a position, and advocate the position in a debate
Economics:
D.8.1: Describe and explain how money makes it easier to trade, borrow, save, invest, and compare the value of goods and services
D.8.2: Identify and explain basic economic concepts: supply, demand, production, exchange, and consumption; labor, wages, and capital; inflation and deflation; market economy and command economy; public and private goods and services
D.8.9: Explain why the earning power of workers depends on their productivity and the market value of what they produce
Geography:
A.8.1: Use a variety of geographic representations, such as political, physical, and topographic maps, a globe, aerial photographs, and satellite images, to gather and compare information about a place
A.8.2: Construct mental maps of selected locales, regions, states, and countries and draw maps from memory, representing relative location, direction, size, and shape
A.8.4: Conduct a historical study to analyze the use of the local environment in a Wisconsin community and to explain the effect of this use on the environment
A.8.5: Identify and compare the natural resource bases of different states and regions in the United States and elsewhere in the world, using a statistical atlas, aerial photographs, satellite images, and computer databases
History:
B.8.1: Interpret the past using a variety of sources, such as biographies, diaries, journals, artifacts, eyewitness interviews, and other primary source materials, and evaluate the credibility of sources used
B.8.2: Employ cause-and-effect arguments to demonstrate how significant events have influenced the past and the present in United States and world history
B.8.3: Describe the relationships between and among significant events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United States and world history
B.8.4: Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently depending upon the perspectives of participants, witnesses, reporters, and historians
B.8.5: Use historical evidence to determine and support a position about important political values, such as freedom, democracy, equality, or justice, and express the position coherently
B.8.6: Analyze important political values such as freedom, democracy, equality, and justice embodied in documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
B.8.7: Identify significant events and people in the major eras of United States and world history
B.8.10 Analyze examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among groups, societies, or nations
B.8.11: Summarize major issues associated with the history, culture, tribal sovereignty, and current status of the American Indian tribes and bands in Wisconsin
B.8.12: Describe how history can be organized and analyzed using various criteria to group people and events chronologically, geographically, thematically, topically, and by issues
Political Science & Citizenship:
C.8.1: Identify and explain democracy's basic principles, including individual rights, responsibility for the common good, equal opportunity, equal protection of the laws, freedom of speech, justice, and majority rule with protection for minority rights
C.8.2: Identify, cite, and discuss important political documents, such as the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and landmark decisions of the Supreme Court, and explain their function in the American political system
C.8.3: Explain how laws are developed, how the purposes of government are established, and how the powers of government are acquired, maintained, justified, and sometimes abused
C.8.4: Describe and explain how the federal system separates the powers of federal, state, and local governments in the United States, and how legislative, executive, and judicial powers are balanced at the federal level
C.8.7: Locate, organize, and use relevant information to understand an issue of public concern, take a position, and advocate the position in a debate
Economics:
D.8.1: Describe and explain how money makes it easier to trade, borrow, save, invest, and compare the value of goods and services
D.8.2: Identify and explain basic economic concepts: supply, demand, production, exchange, and consumption; labor, wages, and capital; inflation and deflation; market economy and command economy; public and private goods and services
D.8.9: Explain why the earning power of workers depends on their productivity and the market value of what they produce