Decision One:
Curriculum Map
Topic: United States and Canada (47 days)
Key Learning(s):
Unit Essential Question(s):
The five themes of geography can be
used to understand the geographical
and cultural aspects of the United
States and Canada.
How do the United States and Canada’s
geography, climate and natural resources
affect the way people live and work?
How do the five themes of geography
help us understand the way people live
and work in the United States and
Canada?
Grade: 6
Optional
Instructional Tools:
Western Hemisphere text
Maps and atlases
Charts and graphs
Canada video
Internet
Encyclopedias
Current events
Concept:
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Physical Geography
History
Culture
Political/Government
6.4.6D, 7.1.6B, 7.2.6A, 7,4,6A, 7.4.6B
8.4.6A, 8.4.6B, 8.4.6C, 8.4.6D, 8.1.6A,
7.1.6B, 7.3.6A, 7.3.6B, 7.3.6C
7.3.6E, 5.1.6A, 5.4.6C, 5.4.6E, 5.4.6D
8.1.6B, 8.1.6C, 8.1.6D
Lesson Essential Questions:
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Lesson Essential Question
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are the countries,
regions, and major cities of
the United States and
Canada?
What ethnic groups settled
in the United States and
Canada?
What are the population and
cultural characteristics of the
United States and Canada?
How are the governments of the
United States and Canada
similar and different?
What are the major
physical features of the
United States and
Canada?
How do the climate,
environment and people
interact in the United
States and Canada?
Vocabulary:
Interact
Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains
What were the important
documents and people of
the United States and
Canada and what were
their contributions to
society?
How do the governments of the
United States and Canada
interact with each other?
How does conflict and
cooperation affect how
people interact?
Vocabulary:
Indigenous
Missionary
Indentured Servant
Vocabulary:
Cultural diversity
Cultural exchange
Ethnic group
Vocabulary:
NAFTA
Interdependent
Tariff
Appalachian Mountains
Laurentian Highlands
Death Valley
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Mississippi River
Glaciers
Rain shadow
Tundra
Permafrost
Prairie
Desert Scrub
Deciduous forests
Coniferous forests
Hydroelectricity
Agribusinesses
Alluvial
Mackenzie River
Great Slave Lake
Great Bear Lake
Hudson Bay
Plantation
Boycott
Revolutionary War
Declaration of Independence
Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
Industrial Revolution
Abolitionist
Reconstruction
Segregate
Homestead Act
Cold War
Civil Rights Movement
Dominion
Bilingual
Reservation/Reserve
Commute
Megalopolis
Population density
Industrialization
Petrochemical
Sunbelt
Recession
Mixed-crop farm
Corporate farm
Forty-niner
Mass transit
Free trade
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Lesson Essential Questions:
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Economics
7.3.6D, 6.4.6C, 6.4.6E, 6.2.6L, 6.4.6G
Lesson Essential Questions:
How are the economies of
the United States and
Canada the same and how
are they different?
How do the natural
resources affect the
economies of the United
States and Canada?
What are the major
imports, exports and who
are the trading partners of
the United States and
Canada?
Vocabulary:
Economics
Trade
Import
Export
Natural resources
Capitalism
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