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Citizenship & United States of American Indians Influential People & Maps & Globes Innovations &
Unit Name Pledge of America Major Holidays Resources
Allegiance
2.11 a-f, 2.13 b 2.12 a-d, 2.13 a 2.3 a-c, 2.7 a-c 2.4 a-j, 2.5 a-h 2.6 a-c 2.2, 2.8, 2.9,
SOLs
2.10
Who is a citizen? How do the people of Why did American What contributions How can we use What are the
the United States Indians develop did these selected maps? three main types
What are the contribute to their different cultures? individuals make of resources?
responsibilities communities? that changed the What uses do we
and What regions of the lives of Americans? have for maps How have they
characteristics of Why do we vote in country did How do they impact and globes? ways in which
a good citizen? elections? American Indians how we live today? we use these
occupy? What were How do we read resources
What What do the the characteristics of What are the major maps? What changed over
Essential opportunities to American symbols those regions? holidays celebrated tools do we have time?
Questions be good citizens represent? by United States to help us read
exist in my daily What contributions citizens? and interpret Why do we
life? did American them? barter and
Indians make? Why do citizens of exchange
How do my the United States money?
personal actions What regions of the celebrate major
affect others in United States were holidays?
my community? American Indians
located? How has What values are
What is the this changed now, celebrated in the
Pledge of today? various holidays
Allegiance? Why celebrated in the
do we say it? How did the United States of
environment America?
influence the
cultures and Who is Martin
lifestyles of the Luther King, Jr.,
American Indians? George Washington,
and Christopher
Columbus, and why
are there holidays
named after them?
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Recognizing Practicing good Identifying artifacts Identifying artifacts Using basic map Asking
direct cause and citizenship skills and and primary and and primary and skills to locate appropriate
effect respect for rules and secondary sources to secondary sources to places on maps questions to
relationships laws while understand events in understand events in and globes to solve a problem
collaborating. American history American history support an
Using a decision- compromising, and understanding of Using a
making model to participating in Comparing and Using and creating American history decision-making
make informed classroom activities contrasting people, graphs, diagrams, model to make
decisions places, or events in and pictures to Make and use informed
Skills Connecting past & American history determine simple map decisions
Practicing good present characteristics of symbols
citizenship skills Defending positions people, places, or Recognizing
and respect for Identify the orally and in writing, events to support an Draw maps of direct cause and
rules and laws individual rights that using content understanding of familiar area effect
while citizens have vocabulary American history relationships
collaborating. Locate specific
compromising, Explain how the Comparing and areas (regions) Describe the
and participating people of the United contrasting people, on maps and following types
in classroom States of America places, or events in globes of resources
activities make contributions to American history human, capital,
their local, state, and natural
Decision-making national communities Making connections
between past and Identify
Distinguish Describe what each present examples of
between Citizen of the American each type of
and citizen symbols represent Defending positions resource
and mean orally and in writing,
using content
vocabulary
Collect, organize,
and record
information
Explain cause-and-
effect relationships
Summarizing
Describe the
contributions of
Christopher
Columbus,
Benjamin Franklin,
Abraham Lincoln,
George Washington
Carver, Helen
Keller, Thurgood
Marshall, Rosa
Parks, Jackie
Robinson, Cesar
Chavez, and Martin
Luther King, Jr.
Describe why
United States
citizens celebrate
major holidays
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day, Presidents
Day, Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Columbus Day,
Veterans Day,
Thanksgiving Day
Think-pair-share Collaborative wall Morning meeting Contents of artifact Fill-in-the-blank Content included
chart for each of the greetings bags map in chart
Assessment Oral contributions individual rights
s to discussion of life, liberty, pursuit of Content included in American figures Making a map of Resources chart
relevant topics happiness organization chart booklet their own
(ex: articulating bedroom: makes Mini-economy
who qualifies as a Oral contributions to Guided Discovery Matching Activity sure title, reflection
citizen) discussion of relevant inquiry (memory game) compass, and
topics (ex: why do we map legend are
Creating posters: vote? (in national Exit tickets Christopher included criteria
using markers, electionshow is Columbus: Hero or
colored pencils, this connected to Think-pair-share Villain? Pen-pal letter
etc. to draw an taking part in the
ideal citizen (or voting process in the Ongoing KWL chart KWL chart for the
good citizen) classroom?)) Influential
and to include Americans
characteristics, Explanations of table
qualities, and group flags
responsibilities
(students can Content of American
choose to work in symbols flip book
groups or
independently) If field trip happens,
field trip reflection
Ongoing wall
chart for self-
discipline, self-
reliance, honesty,
trustworthiness
Generating Service learning: Readers Theater Readers Theater Google Earth Case studies
classroom rules taking part in service
learning opportunities Role-playing/Taking Read-Alouds Pen Pals: writing Make a chart
Activities Collaborative in the school, such as different a letter to a pen with two
definition box tops, shoe perspectives Historical pal about their columns, one for
building (of collection drive, book reenactments community, goods, and one
concepts like collection drive, etc. Guided Discovery asking questions for services.
respect, (we did one during Role-playing/Taking about another Give students
trustworthiness, Ongoing wall chart class during the different region of the US magazines at
etc.) for each of the Group lesson where perspectives their table
individual rights we looked at Investigate groups and have
Ongoing wall life, liberty, pursuit of pictures depicting Timelines ready-made them cut and
chart for happiness the way of life for a maps paste examples
responsibilities specific tribe and Historical characters of goods and
self-discipline, American symbols made inferences Make a map of examples of
self-reliance, flip book based on what we Music History their bedroom services
honesty, saw) (or some other
trustworthiness, If students are sitting Memory game: On a space that is Make a chart
etc. in table groups, give Reading mentor series of index cards, personal to labeled with the
them a blank flag and texts (ex: The print out a picture of them): include three types of
Assigning ask them to come up Rough-Face Girl is the individuals we title, compass resources, and
classroom roles with their table flag. the Algonquian are learning about rose, and map have students list
(such as line Encourage them to Indian version of the and write their name legend school resources
leader, attendance thoughtfully choose Cinderella story, this under the picture; on and place them
taker, paper what to include on could also be other index cards, Where I Live in in the right
passer, etc.) the flag and to be integrated with write out bulleted the USA: category (ex:
able to explain what literacy and facts about that http://www.ench teacher, water,
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teacher and I will and stripes on the Making a chart to the person with the
role-play as a American flag organize information facts Label the Mini-economy:
student. I will represent the 50 about the American classroom with students create
spill a box of states and 13 original Indians Artifact bags: it may directions items to barter
crayons on the colonies not be feasible for (NSEW) and exchange
floor and blame American Indians every student to with the items
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for doing it. This to the Washington http://www.ambrose notable individual classmates
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parent, etc.) community within the Institutions bag with various
classroom, while also National Museum of facts; once students
Reading mentor allowing me a chance the American Indian are done creating
texts: culturally to get to know my (if field trip to their artifact bags,
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on what activity OXHcFVY Indians lived in because we will
to do for morning have already
meeting, etc. (in covered the unit on
general, voting to Native Americans)
make fair
classroom
decisions);
incorporate the
voting process in
the classroom
throughout the
school day
Discuss the
concept of the
Take-A-Break
chairwhy do
we have it? How
is it connected to
demonstrating
self-discipline
and self-reliance?
Notable Dates
First Day of School8/23
Professional Development Days9/22, 10/27, 11/6, 1/22, 2/19, 3/30,
Parent Conferences11/7
Last Day of School6/6
On the 2017-2018 School Calendar for Albemarle County, I counted approximately 35 weeks of instructional days, leaving 2 weeks at the end
of the year for review. The Social Studies curriculum I have mapped out takes place over the span of approximately 17 weeks, which is roughly
half of the instructional weeks. I envision a flip-flopping of sorts between doing a Social Studies Unit, followed by a Science Unit, and so forth.
I have a lot more to learn about curriculum mapping, and decided to try to keep a roughly even balance between instructional time for Social
Studies and Science. This way, I might gain a better understanding of which units might need more time, or less time, and adjust as I
experiment. I think Id use a curriculum map like this as a starter, but would definitely take notes throughout the year and adjust for the next
school year, accordingly.