Unit Objectives
Good Citizenship 2.10 Explain the responsibilities of a good citizen.
Map Skills 2.4 Develop map skills by locating China and Egypt on a world map. Locate American Indian regions on a U.S. map. Compare and contrast climate, land and plant life of these regions.
2.5 Locate the 7 continents, 5 oceans, and U.S. geography.
2.6 Construct maps.
First Americans 2.2 Compare the lives and contributions of American Indians (First Americans), with emphasis on the Powhatan of the Eastern Woodlands, the Lakota of the Plains, and the Pueblo people of the Southwest.
Diversity 2.12 Understand that the United States is a land of people who have diverse ethnic origins, customs, and traditions, who make contributions to their communities, and who are united as Americans by common principles.
Ancient Civilizations 2.1 Study the contributions of ancient Egypt and China which have had an impact on world history, with emphasis on architecture, inventions, and written language.
Famous Americans 2.11 Identify George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Jackie Robinson, and Martin Luther King, Jr. as Americans whose contributions improved the lives of other Americans.
Economics 2.7 Describe the differences between natural resources (water, soil, wood, coal), human resources (people at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings).
2.8 Distinguish between the use of barter and money in the exchange for goods and services.
2.9 Explain that scarcity (limited resources) requires people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.
Communities 2.3 Identify and compare changes in community life over time in terms of buildings, jobs, transportation, and population.