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Table of Contents Lesson 1 What is Geography? Objective: To help the student understand what geography is and what a geographer does. Lesson 2 How Was Our State Formed? Objective: To help the student understand how her state was formed. Lesson 3 Point Me in the Right Direction Objective: To learn basic maps skills Lesson 4 My State’s Region Objective: To help the student understand what region her state resides in. Lesson 5 Our State and the Shape of Things to Come Objective: To show the physical characteristics of the student’s state. Lesson 6 The Natural Resources Found in Our State Objective: To learn the natural resources of your state. Lesson 7 The Economic Regions of Our State Objective: To show the economic regions of your state. Lesson 8 How the Regions Helped Our Economy Grow Objective: To describe the major economic activity that comes from the different regions of your state. Lesson 9 The Economic Circle Objective: To trace the steps it takes to go from a natural resource found in your state to a finished product that can be sold. Lesson 10 How Products Move In, Around and Out of State Objective: To show how goods are moved in, around and out of state to help your state grow.

Lesson 11 Geography Wrap-Up Oral Presentation Objective: To recreate a region and goods that are produced there to show understanding of the Geography unit. Lesson 12 Who Were The First To Call Our State Home? Objective: Using a variety of informational resources.

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Lesson 13 Our Quest Continues Objective: Using a variety of sources (informational text and visual data) describe the way the early Native Americans of the state adapted to, used and modified their environment, including the state’s natural resources. Lesson 14 Our State is Getting Crowded Objective: Using a variety of sources, construct a historical narrative about the life of the early explorers and European settlers in the student’s state. Lesson 15 Our Humble Beginning: Working Together Objective: To discover how the common values of people help form a unified state. Lesson 16 Who Are Your? Objective: To see who the first Native American Indians, Europeans and explorers were that stood out in your state history. Lesson 17 What Did You Say Your Name Was? Objective: To find information about important Native American Indians, European settlers and explorers in our state history. Lesson 18 Oral Presentation Objective: To help the student become a strong oral presenter by speaking about the research he has completed. Lesson 19 Our Native American Roots Objective: To help the student learn about the life of Native Americans in your state and the Native American’s beliefs, using traditional stories and other resources.

Lesson 20 Our Explorer Roots Objective: To help the student learn about the life of explorers in your state, using traditional stories and other resources. Lesson 21 Our European Roots Objective: To show the life of early Europeans in our state and their beliefs, using traditional stories and information learned from previous lessons. Lesson 22 Working Together to Have a Great State! Objective: Using a variety of resources, the student will describe interactions that occurred between the Native Americans, early explorers and European settlers. Lesson 23 Disagreements Objective: Using a variety of resources, describe how difficult it was for the explorers and European settlers to get along with each other.

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Lesson 24 What Did You Do to Help Our State? Objective: Using the knowledge gained from previous lessons, generalize how the ideas and actions of key Native Americans affected the history of your state. Lesson 25 Statehood Continues Objective: Using case studies, informational text and the books from previous lessons, generalize how the ideas and actions of key European settlers and explorers affected the history of your state. Lesson 26 Timeline of Our State Objective: To create a timeline of the major events in our quest for statehood. Lesson 27 The Steps to Becoming a State Objective: The student will be able to explain the actual way a territory becomes a state. Lesson 28 Money in Our Economy Objective: The student will learn how money is used in our economy. Lesson 29 Scarcity in Our Economy Objective: The student will learn about how scarcity affects choices in our economy.

Lesson 30 What Will You Give Up? Objective: The student will learn about making economic choices. Lesson 31 Other Resources that Help Our Economy Objective: The student will learn how other resources (human and capital) are tied to our economy. Lesson 32 A Company Begins Objective: The student will learn about creating a business. Lesson 34 Presenting a Brand New Product Objective: The student will create an advertisement for her product. Lesson 35 Incentives Objective: The student will learn how opportunity costs, choices and incentives affect economic decisions. Lesson 36 Business is Booming, Right? Objective: The student will learn about the role business development has on a city’s or state’s economic development. Lesson 37 Taking Care of Our Natural Resources Objective: Student will learn about taking care of, or replenishing, our natural resources in order to keep our economy healthy.

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Lesson 38 Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Objective: The student will learn about the 3 R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle). Lesson 39 Aren’t You Something Special! Objective: The student will learn how specialization can lead to interdependence. Lesson 40 We Are World Travelers Objective: The student will learn about economic activities that allow us to have Inter-dependence with foreign companies.

Lesson 41 It’s a Small Word After All Objective: The student will learn about the interdependence between the United States and other countries caused by the exports to other countries. Lesson 42 Trade Objective: The student will learn about the concept of trade. Lesson 43 Transporting Goods Objective: The student will learn about how goods are transported. Lesson 44 Transportation and Trade Objective: The student will learn about how transportation is important to trade. Lesson 45 The Economic Future Objective: The student will learn that state’s need to change to have a good economic future. Lesson 46 Values Objective: The student will learn the definitions of some of the core democratic values. Lesson 47 More Values Objective: The student will learn the definitions of some of the core democratic values. Lesson 48 The Values of Our Nation Objective: The student will learn the definitions of more of the core democratic values. Lesson 49 Responsibilities Objective: The student will learn that there are responsibilities when you are the citizen of the United States. Lesson 50 What Does Our Government Do? Objective: The student will learn the six purposes of the government.

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Lesson 51 State Governments Objective: The student will learn what a state government does to carry out the responsibilities of a government.

Lesson 52 Representative Government Objective: The student will learn what a representative government is and why we have that kind of government. Lesson 53 Our State Constitution Objective: The student will learn the purpose of a state’s constitution. Lesson 54 The Executive Branch Objective: The student will be able to identify executive branch of government and the power it has. Lesson 55 The Legislative Branch Objective: The student will be able to identify legislative branch of government and the power it has. Lesson 56 The Judicial Branch Objective: The student will be able to identify judicial branch of government and the power it has. Lesson 57 City Government Objective: The student will identify the jobs of the executive branch at the city level. Lesson 59 State and Local Governments Objective: The student will learn about the roles of the state and local governments. Lesson 60 Lesson 60A Lawyer Objective: The student will learn about the job of the lawyer, who is a member of the judicial branch of government. Lesson 61 The Judge Objective: The student will learn about the role a judge plays in the judicial system of our state. Lesson 62 The Jury Objective: The student will learn about the duties of a jury.

Lesson 63 The Trial Begins Objective: The student will learn about how a real trial would proceed from start to finish. Lesson 64 The Trial Objective: The student will participate in a mock trial.

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Lesson 65 Goods and Services Objective: The student will review the definitions of goods and services. Lesson 66 The State Provides Us Goods and Services Objective: The student will learn about the goods and services a state provides. Lesson 67 Who Pays? Objective: The student will learn about how a state provides for the goods and services it provides for its citizens. Lesson 68 What Are Issues? Objective: The student will learn what an issue is. Lesson 69 Public Issues Objective: The student will learn what a public issue is and what it means to her. Lesson 70 Ways to Solve Public Issues Objective: The student will learn ways to solve public issues. Lesson 71 Putting Plan into Action Objective: The student will learn how to write an action plan to solve a public issue. Lesson 72 Completing Your Project Objective: The student will finish writing the action plan to solve a public issue that is related to the student. Lesson 73 Presenting Your Issues Objective: The student will use his public speaking skills to present his action plan.

Lesson 74 Everybody Has Opinions Objective: The student will learn how core democratic values play a role in conflict. Lesson 75 Public Issues and You Objective: The student will identify a public issue that influences the daily lives of the citizens of her community. Lesson 76 Solving a Public Issue Objective: The student will understand the importance of data and discussion before putting a policy into effect. Lesson 77 Your City Grows Objective: The student will learn how past public issues and policies have influenced the way people in your community live.

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Lesson 78 Your State Changes, Too Objective: The student will learn how decisions about public issues have changed your state. Lesson 79 Making Your Voice Heard Objective: The student will begin learning the process of participating in public policy changes by creating an imaginary town, a public issue that needs to be changed and brainstorming a solution. Lesson 80 Creating the Voice Objective: The student will continue to find a solution to the town’s issue and begin writing an action plan. Lesson 81 The Issue You Want to Fight For Objective: The student will begin the process of developing and implementing an action plan by researching a public issue. Lesson 82 Beginning Your Journey Objective: The student will develop an action plan to solve a public policy issue in your community.

Lesson 83 Wading in the water Objective: The student will think about how to implement his action plan. Lesson 84 Now the Real Work Begins Objective: The student will continue to implement her action plan. Lesson 85 The Issue Takes Center Stage Objective: The student will continue working on implementing his action plan and presenting it to the public.

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STUDENT MANUAL SOCIAL STUDIES / LESSON 1

Lesson 1 What is Geography?

Today you will learn about geography and what a geographer does. Geography is the study of places. A geographer is someone who asks questions to find out about the places.

Geographers learn about the “Geography” of a location by asking lots of questions. They ask questions to find out about places, communities, countries and even the whole earth.

Compare your answers about what geography is and what a geographer does with what you have just learned.

What kind of questions do you think a Geographer would ask?

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Here are some examples of different questions a geographer asks:

Where is the place located?

What places are close to the community?

What is the place like?

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Is the place a part of a larger place?

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Lesson 1 What is Geography?

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NAME: _________________________________________________________________

DATE: __________________________________________________________________

Your teacher will show you a map of the United States. Find your state on the map.

Answer these questions and the ones you wrote down to describe the place that you live.

Questions for Lesson:

1. What is geography? __________________________________________________________________

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2. What does a geographer do? __________________________________________________________________

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Lesson Wrap-Up: What was the most interesting fact you found out about your community?

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Lesson 2 How Was Our State Formed?

We have learned that Geographers have to ask many questions to learn about the Geography of a place. They need to find out about the natural and human characteristics of a place. Think about where you live. One of the questions geographers ask is where the “exact location” of a place is. What is the exact location where you live? If you gave your address, that would be the exact location of your home. Now, explain the current location of where you are sitting right now. You can give your “relative location” by saying something like “I am sitting next to the teacher in my classroom at school”. This would be your relative location. Sometimes it is easier for geographers to explain the relative location of a place rather than the exact location.

The community or city you live in is located in a state. A State is located in the United States. The United States is located in North America. North America is a continent in the world.

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Maps are an important tool for geographers. They help them describe the location of places and also locate places. Look at the map below and find the following:

What state is directly north of Iowa?

Which state is south of South Dakota?

Which state is East of North Dakota?

You used the “relative location” of the states.

Point to your state on the map.

Geographers also want to know what affected the development of a state and what physical characteristics the state has.

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Today, you are going to pretend to be a geographer and discover how your state was made.

Your teacher is going to show you how some states were formed by glaciers. Glaciers are a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface.

To show you how land formations are made by glaciers your teacher will use ice, hot water, sand and gravel. First, your teacher will place the ice in a shallow pan. Then, your teacher will pour hot water on the ice, you’ll notice at first not much happens. But, there are some things that might help it melt faster.

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Your teacher will add some gravel and sand to the top of the ice and pour the hot water again. What is happening now?

This is what covered most of the United States more than 14,000 years ago. Many of the states were nothing but a solid sheet of ice, about a mile deep.

It took many thousands of years to melt all this ice. As it melted, the gravel and sand underneath helped it melt even more. When it finally stopped melting, many states were formed. There were many landforms made by the glaciers melting. A landform is a natural feature of a land surface. Glacier deposits are sediment left after glacier. These also made landforms. What type of landforms do you think glaciers melting might have made? What type of landforms do you think glacier deposits might have made?

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Landforms are things such as valleys, plateaus, mountains, plain and hills.

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Now you are going to look at some of the maps that show how things changed. Remember it took thousands of years for our state to look like it does today. While we are looking, remember to think about: A) The changes in the physical land masses.

B) The physical changes made on the environment before and after the first settlers

came.

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Lesson 2 How Was Our State Formed?

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NAME: _________________________________________________________________

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1. What is a glacier? ____________________________________________________________________

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2. What is a landform? ____________________________________________________________________

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Lesson Wrap Up: What was the most important fact you found out about how our state changed?

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Lesson 3 Point Me in the Right Direction

Today you will learn how to use directions on a map. What are the four directions we use on a map? Here’s a hint it spells NEWS. The four directions are north, south, east and

west.

The direction symbol used on a map is called a Compass Rose. It was originally used to show wind direction but mapmakers started to use it in the 1300’s. When you see one you will understand why it is called a rose. It looks like one! Your teacher has a compass rose for you to label and decorate. After that you will be able to practice your skills on your state map.

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Lesson 3 Point Me in the Right Direction

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NAME: _________________________________________________________________

DATE: __________________________________________________________________


When you get your map, the first job is to find the compass rose. Where did you find it?

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OK. Lets test your map skills! You will be given a map and some directions. Listen carefully to find a city, river or lake.

Find your state capital. It should have a star next to its name. What is the first city south of it?

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What city is in the top northwest corner of the state? What is the city in the lower southeast corner?

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Starting in the south western corner of the map find the nearest lake? (Is there one to find?)

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Directly north from the capital is what city?

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Hopefully, you are now comfortable with finding things using directions on a map. You will need to keep this new skill in mind when you begin the next lesson.

What are the four directions that are used on a map? ____________________________________________________________________

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2. What is a compass rose? __________________________________________________________________

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Lesson Wrap Up: So if you were to get lost and all you had was a map could you find your way home?

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