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Geography of the United States What can geography teach us about the United States?

Lesson 1 Geography of the United States

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Directions: Global Map Skills 1. Read Sections 1–2. Learn how to read maps and use latitude and longitude. 2. Practice using globes, maps, and latitude and longitude. Follow the directions on the interactive slides. 3. Complete Geography Challenge A. For each card, use the projected map to find the correct location(s) on the map in your Activity Notes. Label the location and write the question number next to it. Then have your work checked and get another card. 4. Debrief as a class. Present a card and its answer to the class. Check your map.

Directions: Mapping the United States 1. Read Section 3. Create a political map of the United States. Label all 50 states and capitals. 2. Read Section 4. Then practice identifying physical features. Use the interactive diagrams in the slides. 3. Read Sections 5–9. Complete Geography Challenge B. Repeat the same process as in Geography Challenge A. 4. Debrief as a class. Present a card and its answer to the class. Check your map.

Lesson 1 Geography of the United States

Lesson 2

Native American Origin Stories Storytelling has always been important to Native Americans. In some tribes, members would meet in a kiva and share stories or reenact them during spiritual ceremonies. They told stories to entertain one another and teach about their beliefs and ways to of life. They Howtodid Native Americans adapt different used stories to explain and record their experiences for North America? future generations.

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One kind of story Native Americans passed down through the years was the origin story. These kinds of stories explained how Earth and its people came to be. The Hopis (HO-pees) are a Native American group who live in the Southwest, in what is now the state of Arizona. The following is a Hopi origin story.

Lesson 2 Native Americans and Their Land

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Explore different environments and learn how the Inuits adapted their daily lives.

Directions: Encountering Environments 1. Read Sections 1–2. Learn about the first people in North America and the different environments they lived in. 2. In your Activity Notes, complete the table about each environment. 3. Read Section 3. Learn how the Inuits adapted to the harsh Arctic environment. 4. Take on the role of an interviewer to learn about an Inuit family’s experience. You will be assigned to look at the perspective of an Inuit daughter, father, or mother. 5. Work with your group to answer your assigned person’s responses in your Activity Notes. Use the text. Conduct outside research if time allows. 6. Share your responses with the class. While classmates are presenting, make sure to fill in the other columns of the chart in your Activity Notes.

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Native American Cultural Regions How and why did Native American cultural regions differ?

Lesson 3 Native American Cultural Regions

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Directions: Investigating Native American Cultural Regions 1. Read Sections 1–7. Learn how tribes in different areas of North America used and adapted to their environments. 2. Visit a collection and examine its artifacts. Look at one of the Activity Cards. Does the collection on the Activity Card remind you of a specific cultural region? Re-read the text if needed. Look for clues in the images. 3. Determine which region the collection matches, and complete the corresponding Activity Notes. Record the letter of the collection, and provide three pieces of evidence for why you connected that collection to the cultural region. See if you can identify all seven collections!

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How and Why Europeans Came to the Americas What did explorers take to and from the Americas during the Age of Exploration?

Lesson 4 How and Why Europeans Came to the Americas

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Examine objects from an explorer’s ship. Then categorize artifacts as navigation tools, motives for exploration, or new products from the Americas.

Directions: Exploring a Sunken Ship 1. Team up with your partner. You and your partner will be underwater research scientists retrieving artifacts from a sunken ship. 2. Select roles and complete a dive. Take turns switching roles between the diver and the research scientist. • Divers: You will dive in and retrieve an artifact. Discuss the questions on the back of the artifact. • Research scientists: You will find the section in which the artifact is discussed. Read that section with your partner and complete the Activity Notes. 3. After each dive, check your work and return the artifact to where you found it. Continue until you have found all the artifacts and completed all of your Activity Notes.

Directions: Categorizing Artifacts 1. With your partner, use evidence and reasoning to categorize your assigned artifact. Consider all three categories around the room. If called on, explain which category matches your artifact and justify your choice. 2. Complete your table. Use what you learned from the text to categorize all of the artifacts. 3. Debrief as a class. Come to a conclusion as a class and check your answers. © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

Lesson 4 How and Why Europeans Came to the Americas

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Routes of Exploration to the Americas What were the effects of European exploration in the Americas?

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Assume the role of a European explorer and play an exciting educational game. Try to gain riches, make new discoveries, and survive on the open sea!

Directions: Routes of Exploration Adventure Game 1. Your teacher will put you into one of eight groups. 2. Your group will be assigned an explorer. Read about your explorer. Record what you learned in your Activity Notes. 3. With your group, set out your game board. Notice the five adventures, the treasure chest, and the place to answer Bonus Treasure questions. 4. Your teacher will introduce each adventure by showing a slide. Each adventure has three possible outcomes. 5. Roll a die. What you roll will determine what happens in your adventure. Match the die number to the color. Will you get green, blue, or red? 6. Count your coins. Look at your game board to see whether you earned or lost coins. Keep track of your coins by putting them into the treasure chest on your game board. 7. Be prepared to answer Bonus Treasure questions. Place a coin on the correct answer on your game board. If you get the correct answer, amass bonus coins in your treasure chest!

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Early English Settlements What challenges did the first English colonies face?

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View three pieces of European art depicting early life in Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth. Compete against your peers to have your assigned piece of art work be the star of the show in a museum exhibition.

Directions: Exploring Colonialism Through Art 1. Get into your assigned group and read the section that matches the artwork you are assigned. 2. Complete the Activity Notes for your assigned section. 3. Meet with the members of your group to generate evidence to support why your assigned artwork should be the star of the museum show. Your group is competing for first place, so be clever! 4. Be ready to present at least one of your group’s reasons when called upon. The group with the most well-thought-out reasons will get their art selected to be the star of the show! 5. Complete your Activity Notes. Listen to the other two group’s presentations and fill out the graphic organizer for each corresponding settlement. © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

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Comparing the Colonies How were the three colonial regions alike and different?

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Compare and contrast six early English colonies using a graphic organizer. Read about diverse historical perspectives from the 1600s. Then rank colonial belief statements and engage in respectful discussions.

Directions: Comparing the Early English Colonies 1. Sit with your partner and read Section 1. 2. Complete the reading for your assigned colony and fill out the corresponding row in the graphic organizer. 3. Go around the classroom collecting information about the other colonies to complete your graphic organizer. Make sure to tell your classmates about the colony you read about.

Directions: English Colonization Through Multiple Perspectives 1. With your group, take turns reading a mini book about your colonist’s perspective. 2. Answer the discussion questions. Write down anything that stands out to you. • Who is your mini book about? • How would you describe your colonist? • In general, what might your colonist think about early English colonization? 3. Complete your Activity Notes. Read four statements from early English colonists and use your colonist’s perspective to answer as if you were them.

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Slavery in the Americas What was the impact of slavery on African people?

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Dive deeper into the history of slavery in the Americas by analyzing primary sources, images, and literature from different parts of the journey enslaved Africans experienced.

Directions: Analyzing the Enslavement of Africans 1. Read Sections 1–7. You will learn about the journey enslaved Africans were forced to take from West Africa to the Americas. Highlight anything that stands out to you in the text. 2. With a partner, walk around the room to visit each station. For each station, do the following: • Note which part of the journey it is. • Discuss something new you have learned. • Complete your Activity Notes. 3. Visit as many stations as you can! © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

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Life in Colonial Williamsburg What were key parts of life for Southern colonists in the 1700s?

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Visit six exhibits representing sites in colonial Williamsburg to examine aspects of colonial life such as government, society, and religion. Collect memories to use to write a letter about your experience.

Directions: Touring Colonial Williamsburg 1. Practice the colonial greeting with your class. You will be using this greeting throughout the activity. 2. Read Section 1 to learn more about the town you are about to visit. 3. With your partner, cut out the admission tickets from the Activity Cutouts. You will each need your own set. 4. Decide which exhibit you would like to visit with your partner. 5. Complete the reading and short writing assignment on the admission ticket to the exhibit you selected. Show it to your teacher. Once your ticket has been stamped, you may visit the exhibit. 6. At the exhibit, follow the directions to complete the activity. Be sure to clean up when you finish. 7. Complete Steps 4–6 for as many exhibits as time permits.

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Tensions Grow Between the Colonies and Great Britain What British actions angered the colonists in the 1700s?

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Analyze the causes and effects of events that caused tension to grow between the colonies and Great Britain by using an “Unrest-O-Meter.”

Directions: Measuring Unrest in the Colonies 1. With your group of three, prepare your Unrest-O-Meter and event cards. 2. Look at the image that represents a specific event. Discuss the questions listed. 3. Read the corresponding section in your journal and complete the Activity Notes. Write about the causes and effects of the event. 4. With your group, discuss why the event caused tension between Great Britain and the colonists. 5. Place your penny on the Unrest-O-Meter where you agree it belongs. 6. Prepare one group member to explain where you placed your penny and why.

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To Declare Independence or Not What were the arguments for and against colonial independence from Great Britain?

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Learn all about a Loyalist or a Patriot as you prepare for a panel debate. Then join a group to get an actor ready for the panel debate between Loyalists and Patriots.

Directions: Preparing for the Panel Debate 1. Listen as your teacher assigns you a role and a colonial figure. 2. Complete Steps 1 and 2 in your Activity Notes. You will find out your role, your other group members’ roles, and who your colonial figure is. 3. Complete the section of the table about your colonial figure. Read about your colonial figure. Fill in his or her occupation and their most important action and/or impact, as well as his or her argument for independence.

Directions: Debating Independence 1. With your group, complete Steps 3–6 in your Activity Notes. 2. Participate in and listen to the panel debate. You will hear from seven other colonial figures. 3. Complete the rest of the sections for each colonial figure as you learn about them. You may want to go back and read about the other colonial figures. Fill in their occupations, their most important actions and/or impacts, and their arguments for independence. © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

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The Declaration of Independence What are the main ideas in the Declaration of Independence?

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Examine six unique copies of the Declaration of Independence and discover how each affected history. Translate passages and answer questions about each primary source.

Directions: Interpreting the Declaration of Independence 1. Sit with your partner and read Sections 1–5. 2. Review the headings in your Activity Notes. Notice the six headings from “Primary Source Document 1” to “Primary Source Document 6.” These correspond to the six stations around the room. 3. Pick any station to begin your investigation. The order is not important. In your journal at each station, complete the following steps: • Answer the Focus Question about how the document affected U.S. history. • Translate the passage into language a fifth grader would understand. • Find the part of the document from which the translated passage comes. 4. After you complete your work at each station, show it to your teacher before continuing to another station.

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The American Revolution How did the colonists win the American Revolution?

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Play a game of tug-of-war with your classmates. Then discover how the game of tug-of-war connects to historical events during the American Revolution.

Directions: Tug-of-War 1. Listen as your teacher sorts the class into three different groups. 2. Pay attention to all the rules so that everyone can play safely. 3. Start to play tug-of-war! 4. Discuss how the game went.

Directions: Connecting the Tug-of-War to the American Revolution 1. Sit with a partner and begin to read Sections 1–7. Learn all about the events of the American Revolution. 2. Create a simile between each reading section about the Revolutionary War and the game of tug-of-war. Each section of the text corresponds with some part of the tug-of-war game. A simile is a comparison between two things using as or like. An example might be: The Blue Team was like the Continental army because it was small and untrained. 3. Write your similes in the Activity Notes and be prepared to share them with the class.

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The Constitution What are the key features of the U.S. Constitution?

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Watch a video about the creation of the U.S. Constitution and create a graphic organizer to show how the U.S. government functions. Then watch six videos depicting checks and balances in action and decide which branch of government is checking another.

Directions: Creating a Graphic Organizer of the U.S. Government 1. Sit with a partner to watch a video about the creation of the U.S. Constitution and answer some discussion questions. 2. Read Sections 2–5. Learn about the Constitution and how it was created. 3. Complete the last column of the table in your Activity Notes. 4. With your partner, create a graphic organizer showing how the U.S. government functions. 5. Be prepared to share your work with your classmates. Notice the similarities and differences between everyone’s work.

Directions: Watching Checks and Balances in Action 1. Read Section 6. Learn about constitutional checks and balances. 2. Look at the graphic organizer depicting the checks and balances in the Constitution and discuss what you see with a partner. 3. Watch six videos that show checks and balances in action. 4. After each video, decide which branch is checking the power of another branch. Write your response in your Activity Notes. © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

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The Bill of Rights What are the basic rights and freedoms of the American people?

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Work with your team to create and perform a mini drama that shows a citizen’s right being violated. Then swoop in with your “Bill of Rights Shield” to protect the citizen against that violation.

Directions: Performing Mini Dramas About the Bill of Rights 1. With your group, receive a Bill of Rights Shield from your teacher. 2. Read the back of your shield. It will tell you which amendment will protect your group in the mini drama. 3. Read the section that tells you more about the amendment that you received. Summarize the amendment in your Activity Notes. 4. Brainstorm ideas for your mini drama. Record notes and ideas in your Activity Notes. 5. Practice your mini drama with your group. Remember to find the moment where the Bill of Rights Shield comes in.

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Lesson 16

Our Role in Government What does it mean to be a citizen of the United States?

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Analyze how the words of early patriots still inspire civic values today. To express civic values, work with a group to create a plan to improve your community.

Directions: Exploring Civic Values Then and Now 1. Read Sections 1–4. Learn about what it means to be a citizen of the United States. 2. Listen as your teacher assigns you to a group of four. 3. Discuss and analyze the images and quotations you see. You will see an image of an early patriot, a quotation, and a photograph from today. Analyze each quotation and discuss how it relates to the United States today as well as to your personal responsibilities to your nation. 4. Record your responses in your Activity Notes. 5. Be prepared to share your thoughts with the entire class.

Directions: Creating a Plan to Improve Your Community 1. Listen as your teacher assigns you a role and a group. 2. Complete Steps 1–5 in your Activity Notes. Make sure to read each step closely and to take turns leading steps with your classmates.

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Lesson 17

Shaping America’s Economy How did the Founding Fathers create the economy we use today?

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Complete puzzles about our free market economy and the Constitution as it relates to money, trade, and business.

Directions: Free Market Economy Puzzles 1. Read Sections 1 and 2. Read about how the free market economy came to be in the United States. 2. Look at the images associated with each section. There are two images for each section. 3. Make a prediction about how the image connects to the reading. 4. Listen to the audio. Were your predictions correct? 5. Complete the economic puzzle or activity about each section.

Directions: The Constitution’s Influence 1. Read Sections 3–5. Learn about the Constitution’s impact on money, trade, and business. 2. Look at the images associated with each section. There are two images for each section. 3. Make a prediction about how the image connects to the reading. 4. Listen to the audio. Were your predictions correct? 5. Complete the economic puzzle or activity about each section.

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