ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDINGS

SS5E1a, b, e:
SS5E1b, f: Price
Opportunity costs, incentives, impact
price incentives,
of technological
trade
advancements
SS5E2a: Household SS5E2b, c: Private
function in the
business and bank
economy
functions
SS5E3a-c:
Consumer and
business
interaction

ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5E1a, f:
SS5E1a, c, e:
Opportunity costs,
Opportunity costs,
impact of
specialization,
technological
trade
advancements
SS5E2a: Household
function in the
economy
SS5E3a-c:
Consumer and
business
interaction

SS5CG3b: Voting
rights

GOVERNMENT/CIVIC UNDERSTANDINGS

GOVERNMENT/CIVIC UNDERSTANDINGS

SS5CG3b: Voting
rights

QUARTER 3
World War II and
America: 1950Cold War
1975
(5 weeks)
(4 weeks)
GEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5G2b: Locate
SS5G1b: Locate
primary
important managricultural and
made locations.
industrial
SS5G2b: Patterns
locations.
of economic
activities.
HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5H6a-f:
SS5H8a-d: Key
Involvement in
people, events,
World War II.
and developments
SS5H7a-c: Origins
(1950-1975)
and consequences
of the Cold War.
SS5H8a: Cuban
Missile Crisis and
the Vietnam War.

QUARTER 2
The Changing
WWI, Jazz Age,
Nation
Great Depression
(4 weeks)
(5 weeks)
GEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5G1a, b:
SS5G2b: Patterns
Physical features,
of economic
man-made places
activities.
SS5G2a, b:Patterns
of economic
activities.
HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5H3a-e:
SS5H4a, b: U.S.
Describe how life
involvement in
changed in
WWI and postAmerica at the
WWI America.
SS5H5a-c: Effect of
turn of the
the Great
century.
Depression and
New Deal

ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5E1d: Voluntary
SS5E2a-d: Functions of
exchange
four major sectors in
SS5E2a: Household the U. S. economy.
function in the
SS5E4: Personal budget
economy
SS5E3a-c:
Consumer and
business
interaction
.

SS5CG3a,b:
Representative
democracy

GOVERNMENT/CIVIC UNDERSTANDINGS

HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5H9a, b: Trace
important
developments in
America since
1975.

QUARTER 4
America: 1975Effective Citizenship
Present
(3 weeks)
(6 weeks)
GEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5G2b: Patterns
of economic
activities.

MAP AND GLOBE SKILLS 1-12 (To be introduced in Q1 and developed throughout the year)
INFORMATION PROCESSING SKILLS 1-17 (To be introduced in Q1 and developed throughout the year)
CONNECTING THEMES: Location; Individuals, Groups, Institutions; Scarcity; Distribution of Power; Production, Distribution, Consumption; Conflict & Change; Beliefs & Ideals; Movement, Migration (To be introduced in Q1
and developed throughout the year)

SS5CG1c: Concepts
of due process
SS5CG2a, b: The
amendment
process
SS5CG3b: Voting
rights
ECONOMIC UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5E3a: Competition,
SS5E2a: Household
markets, and prices
function in the
economy
SS5E3a, b:
Consumer and
business
interaction

SS5CG1a-b: Citizens rights

HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5H1a-e: Explain
the causes, major
events, and
consequences of
the Civil War.
SS5H2a-c:
Analyze the effects
of Reconstruction
on American life.
GOVERNMENT/CIVIC UNDERSTANDINGS

QUARTER 1
Effective Citizenship: Intro. The Civil War &
(3 weeks)
Reconstruction
(5 weeks)
GEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS
SS5G1b: Locate
important manmade places

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