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Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings Kindergarten Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

Time, Change, Continuity Individuals, Groups, Institutions Culture Time, Change, Continuity Location K Kindergarten Individuals, Groups, Institutions Scarcity 4

Culture Culture is how people think, act, celebrate, and make rules, and that it is what makes a group of people special. 5

Time, Change, Continuity Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 6

Where people live matters. Location Where people live matters. 7

Individuals, Groups, Institutions What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 8

Scarcity Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 9

Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings 1st Grade Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

Time, Change, Continuity Individuals, Groups, Institutions Culture Location 1st Grade Individuals, Groups, Institutions Scarcity 11

Culture Culture is how people think, act, celebrate, and make rules, and that it is what makes a group of people special. 12

Time, Change, Continuity Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 13

Where people live matters. Location Where people live matters. 14

Individuals, Groups, Institutions What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 15

Scarcity Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 16

Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings 2nd Grade Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

2nd Grade Distribution of Power Time, Change, Continuity Location Individuals, Groups, Institutions Production, Distribution, Consumption Scarcity 18

Distribution of Power Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 19

Time, Change, Continuity Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 20

Where people live matters. Location Where people live matters. 21

Individuals, Groups, Institutions What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 22

Production, Distribution, Consumption The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 23

Scarcity Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 24

Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings 3rd Grade Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

Individuals, Groups, Institutions Production, Distribution Consumption Distribution of Power Conflict and Change Location 3rd Grade Individuals, Groups, Institutions Production, Distribution Consumption Beliefs and Ideals 26

Distribution of Power Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 27

Conflict causes change. Conflict & Change Conflict causes change. 28

Where people live matters. Location Where people live matters. 29

Individuals, Groups, Institutions What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 30

Production, Distribution, Consumption The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 31

People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. Beliefs & Ideals People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 32

Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings 4th Grade Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

Technological Innovations Individuals, Groups, Institutions Distribution of Power Conflict and Change Location 4th Grade Technological Innovations Rule of Law Individuals, Groups, Institutions Beliefs and Ideals Movement/ Migration 34

Distribution of Power Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 35

Conflict causes change. Conflict & Change Conflict causes change. 36

Where people live matters. Location Where people live matters. 37

Rule of Law Laws are made to keep people safe and explain what the government can and cannot do. 38

Individuals, Groups, Institutions What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 39

Movement/ Migration Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left. 40

People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. Beliefs & Ideals People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 41

Technological Innovation New technology has many types of different consequences, depending on how people use that technology. 42

Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings 5th Grade Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

5th Grade Conflict and Change Distribution of Power Location Production, Distribution, Consumption Scarcity Individuals, Groups, Institutions Movement/ Migration Beliefs and Ideals 44

Distribution of Power Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 45

Conflict causes change. Conflict & Change Conflict causes change. 46

Where people live matters. Location Where people live matters. 47

Production, Distribution, Consumption The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 48

Individuals, Groups, Institutions What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 49

Movement/ Migration Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left. 50

People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. Beliefs & Ideals People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 51

Scarcity Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 52

Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings All EUs Connecting Themes Enduring Understandings

People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. Beliefs & Ideals People’s ideas and feelings influence their decisions. 54

Conflict causes change. Conflict & Change Conflict causes change. 55

Culture Culture is how people think, act, celebrate, and make rules, and that it is what makes a group of people special. 56

Distribution of Power Laws and people’s beliefs help decide who gets to make choices in government. 57

Individuals, Groups, Institutions What people, groups, and institutions say and do can help or harm others whether they mean to or not. 58

Where people live matters. Location Where people live matters. 59

Movement/ Migration Moving to new places changes the people, land, and culture of the new place, as well as the place that was left. 60

Production, Distribution, Consumption The ways people make, get, and use goods and services may be different from how people in other places make, get, and use goods and services. 61

Rule of Law Laws are made to keep people safe and explain what the government can and cannot do. 62

Scarcity Because people cannot have everything they want, they have to make choices. 63

Technological Innovation New technology has many types of different consequences, depending on how people use that technology. 64

Time, Change, Continuity Some things will change over time, while other things will stay the same. 65