People Who Make a Difference

By keyleenavarro

  • Compare/Contrast daily lives of past and present

    Compare/Contrast daily lives of past and present
    Students differentiate the daily lives of their parents and grandparents

  • Maps

    Maps
    Students are able to locate and label continents and oceans. Students are also able to locate specific geographic features in their own neighborhood

  • Government

    Government
    Students explain governmental institutions and practices in the
    United States and other countries.

  • Economy

    Economy
    Students understand basic economic concepts and their individual
    roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning
    skills.

  • Biographies

    Biographies
    Students understand the importance of individual action and
    character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others’ lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Jackie Robinson,
    Sally Ride).