TABLE OF CONTENTS American Heritage People In Societies World Interactions Citizen Rights and Responsibilities Democratic Process Decision Making and Resources Science, Technology, and Society

AMERICAN HERITAGE

Have different groups complete a timeline that represents a certain century in history AD – 2000 AD Interview an older relative or person about how life was in the past compared to the present Create a collage that represents the history of America

continued Read the American symbol books Perform various simulations that pertain to historical event throughout the history of America

State information resource links to state homepages, and gives additional info. About symbols, flags, etc. lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html Each day an important fact from U.S. history is illustrated and described Stay on top of the news around the U.S.

CONTINUED es_map.html Map of the U.S., also includes an interactive fact book merica/NorthAmerica.html Timeline that represents the beginning of time until the present day of the U.S.

PEOPLE SOCIETY IN

Write a biography on a famous person that has had a major influence on the U.S. Have the student pretend that an alien has land in the U.S. Have the students make a collage that would teach the alien about the U.S. Give students basic elements of culture. Have the groups examine and discuss what they may represent,and record answers

Continued Break students into groups and have them prepare a presentation of a holiday celebrated in the U.S. Flat Stanley or Pen Pals

Commentary on issues and people in society Find out everything you need to know about holidays and traditions dates, holidays, festivals, and events from around the world

continued Get information on the project and find out how to get involved Covers the lives of over 15,000 people, also includes interactive quizzes

WORLD INTERACTIONS

Allow the students to play with the electronic talking globe,quiz game United States scavenger hunt; use the clues to find the correct states Make a list and explain way goods travel through the U.S. Give examples and places of the use of land, air, and water

Continued Give the students some baseball and football stickers. Giving them a map of the U.S., see how many team locations they can find throughout the United States Have students draw a map from the school to their homes. Make sure that every detail is given (turns, stops, street names) Have the students locate the different time zones in the U.S. and color code

National wild and scenic rivers of the U.S. Zoom in and out or rotate the interactive globe to get details on time zones Official maps of states and major rivers

Continued Map and flags of the U.S. and Canada Country profiles- facts, maps, economy, flags, etc.

DECISION MAKING and RESOURCES

Put students into groups. Give each group different jobs to complete. After they have done the job pay them a wage. Then allow them to make purchases from the class store. Then discuss the concepts Students will prepare a paper on a new product. This paper will include resources and labor involved to create, and estimated costs Identify the different form of money from around the world and in the U.S.

Continued Read the story “Alexander, who used to be rich”. Pass out the play money and have students make purchases from the book. Discuss ways people spent and saved money Students will be given wages based upon work each week. Students in turn use the money for taxes, desk rental, and goods. Each week taxes and insurance are due, if the person don’t have enough money the become homeless (desk less).

Conversion of money Learn about the origin, history, and history of money in Europe and the U.S. ecedweb.unomaha.edu/museum.html money museum’s teaching unit designed to stimulate interest in exploring and understanding global economy

Continued Money management for the next generation kid activities on counting money and determining how much is left

DEMOCRATIC PROCESS

Current event time Explain various classroom positions and have students create posters an election, and hold an election for these positions Read and review “How the U.S. Government Works”.

Continued Students will cut out words to form the names of the presidents Simulation of some make believe mock trials

History of the White House, virtual tour, past president information members.delphi.com/efrench/index.html Explains the three branches of government Collection of facts about the constitution and its signers, famous quotes and a quizzes

Continued Seeks to educate the youth about the democratic process and in political awareness Analysis of the 2000 election

CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS and RESPONSIBLITIES

Groups of students will conduct their own news cast Allow students to select their own classroom rules and consequences Have students create signs encouraging others to recycle Have students create their own classroom newspaper Students will write about citizen rights and responsibilities to society

Get up to the minute news and sports Get around the world newspapers An environmental site just for kids

Continued Students can view the Bill of Rights to see what rights they have as citizens in the U.S. History of human rights and other ideas

SCIENCE and SOCIETY