Page |1

Livingston American School Quarterly Lesson Plan Social Studies

Week
Concept / Topic To Teach:

Specific Objectives:

Unit 8: Needs/Wants

Identify and describe

the physical
characteristics of
places such as
landforms, bodies
of water, natural
resources, and weather;
Identify examples of
and uses for natural
resources in the
community, state, and
nation;
And
Identify and describe
the human
characteristics of
places such as types of
houses and
ways of earning a living
Identify ways people
exchange goods and
services; and
Identify examples of
people wanting more

Week

Week

Unit 9: Goods and Services

Unit 10: Making Choices

Identify and describe

the physical
characteristics of
places such as
landforms,

Identify examples of
goods and services in
the home, school, and
community

bodies of water, natural

resources, and weather
Identify examples of
and uses for natural
resources in the
community, state, and
Nation
Identify and describe
the human
characteristics of
places such as types of
houses and ways of
earning a living.
Identify examples of
goods and services in
the home, school, and
community;

Identify ways people

exchange goods and
services; and
Identify ways people
exchange goods and
services; and

Week
Unit:11: The relationship
between past and present technology

Identify historic figures

such as Alexander
Graham Bell and
Thomas Edison who
have
exhibited a love of
individualism and
inventiveness
Create a calendar or
timeline;
Identify ordinary
people who exemplify
good citizenship and
exhibit a love of

Identify ways people

exchange goods and
services; and

individualism and
inventiveness.

Use voting as a way of

making choices and
decisions; and

Describe how household

tools and appliances
have changed the ways
families live

Describe ways that

families meet basic

Describe how
technology has
changed

Page |2
than they can have;
Explain why wanting
more than they can
have requires that
people make choices;
and
Describe ways that
families meet basic
human needs
Describe similarities
and differences in ways
families meet basic
human needs

Identify ways people

exchange goods and
services
Identify the role of
markets in the
exchange of goods and
services
Describe the
requirements of
various jobs and the
characteristics of a job
well-

human needs

communication,and
recreation;

Describe similarities
and differences in ways
families meet basic
human needs.
Describe various
beliefs, customs, and
traditions of families
and explain their
importance

performed;
Describe the
requirements of
various jobs and the
characteristics of a job
wellPerformed

General Goal(s):

This unit is the first of

three with an economic
focus. Unit 8 focuses on
the economic concepts
related to basic needs,
including food, clothing,
shelter, want,
need, scarcity, choices
people make. The next unit
will be about producing
goods and services, and
the third about making
choices.

This is the second unit that

has an economic focus. In
this unit the focus is on the
production and
consumption of goods and
services, especially looking
at therelationship between
production and
consumption with the
physical and human
characteristics of place,
the natural resources of an
area, and how those things
affect the goods and

Individuals, families, and

communities all make economic
choices. This unit focuses on
economic choices made by
families and the decision-making
process
that is involved inmaking those
choices. Choices are often
influenced by beliefs, customs,
and traditions of families.
Families decide where to live,
where towork, and things to buy
based on their culture, traditions,
economic status and beliefs.

It is important to introduce
students to the idea of
technology and its ongoing
effects on society. Students
should realize that
technology is not a new
thing but
includes the invention of
tools and better ways of
doing things since the
beginning of time.
Technology is anything
man has invented to solve
a problem, such as

Page |3

Assessment Based On
Objectives:

This unit lays the

foundation for
understanding economics
systems. In earlier units
students have learned
about the physical
characteristics of places
and about
how those places affect
what people do, what they
eat, how they dress, and
how they live (1.6). This
unit has them examining
these ideas and the idea
ofscarcity (wanting more
than they can have (1.8)
from more of an economic
system point of view.

services produced and

consumed in the area. In
line with this, students also
look at how production and
consumption of goods has

Class work

Economic choices also include

buying now, saving and buying
later, and
sharing resources. Families are
constantly deciding which needs
and wants can be fulfilled and
which cannot.
Because all choices involve a
decision-making process, the
emphasis in this unit is on the
decision-making process.
Students begin to recognize that
all choices
have consequences.The
consequences can be positive or
negative, but all choices have
consequences. Students begin to
predict the consequences of a
choice and choose between the
consequences. By working
through the decision-making
process, students will build the
skills needed to help them
becomeresponsible citizens.
Opportunities to practice using
the decision-making process are
included in this unit.

paper and pencil instead of

drawing in the sand, shoes
instead of bare feet.
The final lesson will
emphasize the process of
problem-solving when
creating an invention.
Students will learn that
anyone can be an inventor.
By identifying a
problem and creating their
own solution, they will
understand that ordinary
people can exhibit a love
of inventiveness.

Class work

Class work

Class work

Checklists

Checklists

Checklists

Checklists

Presentations

Presentations

Presentations

Presentations

Vocabulary quizzes

Vocabulary quizzes

Vocabulary quizzes

Vocabulary quizzes

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Teacher observation

Teacher observation

Teacher observation

Teacher observation

Participation

Participation

Participation

Participation

Quizzes and Tests

Quizzes and Tests

Quizzes and Tests

Quizzes and Tests

changed as a result of
technology, and they learn
about the role of markets
inthis change.

Page |4
Core Values

Proficient Communicator

Proficient Communicator

Proficient Communicator

Proficient Communicator

Confident Individual

Confident Individual

Confident Individual

Confident Individual

Creative Thinker

Creative Thinker

Creative Thinker

Creative Thinker

Compassionate Citizen

Compassionate Citizen

Compassionate Citizen

Compassionate Citizen