Week/

Month

Content

Skills for Student Achievement

Assessment

Performance Standards Addressed

1-4

Sept.

·         Bus Safety

·         Geography -5 themes

·         Culture-12 elements

·         Using latitude/ longitude (location)

·         Studying Globe

·         Using map features

·         Understanding different types of maps

·         Analyzing the 5 themes of Geography  for Canby

·         Analyzing the 12 elements of Culture for Canby

·         Using a gazetteer

·         Reading climate/landform maps(place/region)

·         Working with partners

·         Bus Safety Test

·         Destination Dilemmas

·         Put Us on the Map

·         Rectanguland

·         Triarama

·         Geography Quiz

·         Culture Quiz

·         diorama

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5-10

Oct./

Nov.

·         Geography(of chosen civilization)

·         Culture(of chosen civilization)

·         Canby History

·          Prehistory and Ancient History

·         Time, Continuity, and Change

·         Knowing oceans and continents

·         List the differences between the Old/New Stone Age

·         Formulating Questions about Canby-visiting  Depot

·         Note taking from reading

·         Identifying resources

·         Identifying sources

·         Researching Ancient Civilizations

·         Writing a research report

·         Presenting information to a group

·         Working in groups

·         Making an Ancient Civilization Timeline

·         Map Making

·         Writing Essay answers

·         Quizzes

·         Ancient Civilization Research/ Project/ Presentation/ Timeline

·         Inquiry

·         Accessing Information

·         Media, Observation and Investigation

11-15

Nov./

Dec.

·         European Geography

·         European Culture

·         Medieval History

·         Cause/Effect

·         Note taking from reading

·         Researching Knights/Vikings

·         Making a Medieval Timeline

·         Understanding the causes and effects of the Reformation

·         Map Making

·         Writing Essays

·         Middle Ages-Museum Trunk

·         Timeline

·         Graphic Organizers

·         Chapter Test

·         KWL Chart

·         Knight Viking Stations

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·         Accessing Information

·         Inquiry

·         Media, Observation and Investigation

16-18

Dec./

Jan.

·         European Geography

·         European Culture

·         History –Renaissance-Reformation-Modern Science-beginning of Modern History

·         Citizenship-ML King , JR

·         Examining Art through Renaissance time

·         Examining Religion during the Reformation

·         Researching the influence of Elizabethan England and Modern Science

·         Studying the contributions of ML King, JR

·         Note taking from listening

·         Map Making

·         Writing Essays

·         Graphic Organizers /

·         Da vinci /Michelangelo video/books

·         Galileo/graphic Organizer

·         Chapter Test

·         ML King video/Graphic Organizer

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19-21

Jan./

Feb.

·         Geography of Minnesota

·         Culture of Minnesota (Dakota)

·         Appreciating the Dakota Culture in Minnesota (Sidney Byrd/guest speaker)

·         Using a primary source (Sidney Byrd/guest speaker)

·         Researching the contributions of our state

·         Reading wall, road, county maps of Minnesota

·         Writing about personal experience with Minnesota towns

·         Map Making

·         Winter Count

·         Minnesota Item

·         Geography Stations

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22-24

Feb./

March

·         Geography of Minnesota

·         Culture of Minnesota (European influence)

·         Researching 4 cities

·         Working in groups

·         Map reading

·         Map making

·         Presenting information to a group

·         Writing About towns

·         Town Celebrations/float

·         Chapter worksheets

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25-29

March/

April

·         Culture of Minnesota (Ojibwa, Dakota, French and other Europeans)

·         Geography of Minnesota (water routes)

·         Knowing the characteristics of the Native Americans in our state

·         Researching the effects of the Fur Traders and Voyageurs

·         Note taking from overhead

·         Fur Trade Projects/research

·         Voyageur Quiz

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30-34

April/

May

·         Current Issue Analysis

·         Government of Minnesota

·         Reading Newspaper Articles

·         Researching with the Internet

·         Writing a Persuasive Essay

·         Researching legislative issues

·         Visiting the State Capitol

·         Current Issue Analysis packet

·         Current Issue Analysis

·         Inquiry

·         Media, Observation and Investigation

34-36

May

·         History of Minnesota

(Civil War, Dakota Conflict)

·         Culture of Minnesota (The Idea of Minnesota)

·         Listening and reacting through writing to “A Soldier’s Heart”

·         Listening and reacting through writing to WW II Guest Speakers

·         Comparing the Civil War Era in Minnesota to the Dakota Conflict

·         Researching Minnesota Symbols

·         Understanding culture through “The Idea of Minnesota”

·         Accelerated reader test

·         Minnesota Quilt Squares

·         Video/Graphic Organizer

·         Minnesota collage

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