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 * Unit 4: ** Western Hemisphere Today


 * Enduring Understanding: ** Thoughtful practices are a crucial component in the creation of a sustainable world.


 * Essential Question: ** //How do sustainable practices impact food and nutrition of the western hemisphere?//

STANDARD 4 – ECONOMICS Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of how the United States and other societies develop economic systems and associated institutions to allocate scarce resources, how major decision-making units function in the U.S. and other national economies, and how an economy solves the scarcity problem through market and non-market mechanisms. STANDARD 5 – CIVICS, CITIZENSHIP, AND GOVERNMENT Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments, the governmental system of the United States and other nations, the United States Constitution, the basic civic values of American constitution- al democracy, and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.
 * NYS Standards: **

Responsible Local and Global Citizenship B1: Articulate the rights and responsibilities of democratic participation and leadership in the classroom, school and/or local context. Inventing and Affecting the Future G35: Understand how to be accountable for their actions (and inaction) as well as beginning to understand what the short term and long term consequences of those actions are. Dynamics of Systems & Change C23: Take responsibility for the effect to their actions on present and future generations.
 * EfS Standards: **

RI.5.3. Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text. RI.5.7. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. RI.5.9. Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. RI.5.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4–5 text complexity band independently and proficiently. W.5.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. W.5.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. W.5.7. Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic. SL.5.1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on //grade 5 topics and texts//, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. SL.5.4. Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
 * Common Core Learning Standards: **

The FDA is interested in sponsoring a new restaurant that features organic and sustainably grown food. You must create a menu and advertisement for a restaurant that uses local, seasonable ingredients and convince their panel that yours will promote healthy eating habits in your community.
 * Performance Task: **


 * ** Lesson ** || ** Vocabulary ** || ** Objectives/KBAD ** || ** Activity ** || ** Homework/Resources ** || ** Environmental Stewardship Connections ** || ** Reading Focus Skill ** ||
 * ** 1 ** || civic value || KBAD list problems that are faced by people in the Western Hemisphere today.

KBAD name the basic civic values of the United States || KWL //“What do you problems do people in our community have to solve?”//

Chart civic values Interactive Textbook: //Citizenship// [|We the People (Children Singing Lyrics with Primary Source Documents)] || // Name the basic civic value that you think is the most important. Why do you think it is the most important? // ||  || Accessing Prior Knowledge

Comparing and Contrasting || Constitution Bill of Rights || KBAD describe the principles of Constitutional democracy. || Overview of documents that outline United States government. Interactive Textbook: //Citizenship// [|Brain Pop: Magna Carta] [|Bill of Rights Rap Video] [|Brain Pop: Bill of Rights] [|Brain Pop: Declaration of Independence] [|Brain Pop: US Constitution] || // Describe the purpose of the Bill of Rights. //
 * ** 2 ** || Declaration of Independence

iPad applications: [|Constitution for iPad] [|Declaration for iPad] ||  || Making Inferences

Drawing Conclusions || responsibility authority justice || KBAD to explain the rights and responsibilities of citizens. || Description of what it means to be a citizen. (ex. rights vs. responsibilities) [|//Foundations of Democracy Texts//] [|(Authority, Justice, Responsibility)] [|Brain Pop: Citizenship] || // List ten responsibilities that you have in your daily life. // ||  || Main Idea and Details
 * ** 3 ** || right

Making Connections || natural resources || KBAD to identify environmental issues impact people in the Western hemisphere. || (ex. sustainable farming practices, global warming/climate disruption, carbon credits) Interactive Textbook: //Sustainability// [|Brain Pop: Natural Resources] [|Brain Pop: Population Growth] [|Brain Pop: Humans and the Environment] [|Brain Pop: Agricultural Revolution] [|Brain Pop: Biofuels] [|Brain Pop: Wind Energy] [|Brain Pop: Solar Energy] || // On-going project distribution: “Current Events: Environmental Issues” // ||  || Making Connections || locavore seasonable food pyramid || KBAD create a menu and advertisement for a restaurant that uses local, seasonable ingredients to promote healthy eating habits in their community. || Identification of local, seasonable ingredients; Use of the food pyramid. || // Collect information for your menu and advertisement. // ||  || Facts and Details
 * ** 4-6 ** || sustainability
 * ** 7-10 ** || local

Drawing Conclusions ||


 * Ongoing activities: **
 * Interactive Textbook
 * [[file:SS U4 Sustainability Review Questions.pdf]]
 * [[file:SS U4 Western Hemisphere Chapter Exit Slip.docx]]
 * [[file:SS U4 Western Hemisphere Citizenship Chapter AS.docx]]
 * Take-home current events project “Current Events: Environmental Issues”
 * Take-home create an item off of your menu

The FDA is interested in sponsoring a new restaurant that features organic and sustainably grown food. You must create a menu and advertisement for a restaurant that uses local, seasonable ingredients and convince their panel that yours will promote healthy eating habits in your community.
 * Performance Task: **


 * Ongoing activities: **
 * Take-home current events project “Current Events: Environmental Issues”
 * Take-home create an item off of your menu

__**Matrix**__ for Grade 5 Social Studies Unit 4 - The Western Hemisphere Today

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__**Final Project Rubric**__ for Grade 5 Social Studies Unit 4 - The Western Hemisphere Today

Mock FInal Project (Teacher Created Exemplar)