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Lesson
Skills
Lesson
Skills
1

Demonstrate
familiarity with
specific fairy tales.
2

Describe the
characters, plot, and
setting of specific
fairy tales.

Identify common
characteristics of
fairy tales such as
“once upon a time”
beginnings, royal
characters, magical
characters or events,
and happy endings.
3
4
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DOMAIN 1 – FAIRY TALES AND TALL TALES
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RL 2.1-2.5, 2.7-2.9
Using
Titles
(CK-Core Knowledge
district English
material)
The Fisherman and CK
El pescador y su
His Wife
mujer por Manuel
Rodríguez
The Emperor’s
CK
Juan Bobo Busca
New Clothes
Trabajo por Marisa
Montes y Joe
Cepeda (Rayo)
Beauty and The
La bella y la bestiaLa Peor Señora del
Beast
Disney
Mundo por
(Editorial cordillera)
Francisco Hinojosa
(Fondo de Cultura)
Beauty and The
La bella y la bestiaDoña Flor (Pat
Beast II
Disney
Mora)
(Editorial cordillera)
La Mujer que
Brillaba Mas que el
Sol por Martínez
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ISBN Number
*Missing ISB numbers
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Domain
Lesson
5
6
Skills

Identify the fairy tale
elements of a
specific fairy tale.

Demonstrate
familiarity with
specific fairy tales.

Demonstrate
familiarity with
specific tall tales.
CCLS
English Book Title
CK
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill
7
8
Resources Currently
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CK
CK
John Henry
Casey Jones
CK
Spanish Book Titles
Paul Bruñan: Un
Cuento Fantástico /
Paul Bunyan
(Mulberry
Paperback Book =
un Libro Mulberry
en Español)
(Spanish Edition)
Amazon
Pecos Bill (Read-it!
Readers en Español:
Cuentos exagerados)
(Spanish Edition)
(Spanish) Library
Binding – January 1,
2006 Amazon
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Lesson
Skills
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English Book Title
2
3
4

Locate Asia, India,
and China on a map
or globe.

Identify Asia as the
largest continent
with the most
populous countries
in the world.

Explain the
importance of rivers
for the development
Spanish Book Titles
DOMAIN 2 – EARLY ASIAN CIVILIZATION
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STANDARDS
Using
Titles
RL 2.2,2.3, 2.5-2.7
RI
2.1,2.4,2.7,2.9,2.10
1
Resources Currently
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(CK-Core Knowledge
district English material)
Indus River Valley
Part I
CK
Indus River Part II
Hindus and
Hinduism
The Tiger The
Brahman and The
Jackal
CK
CK
CK
La India en el
Pasado y El
Presente por Susan
E. Goodman (NG)
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of civilization in
ancient times.
5
6

Describe the key
components of a
civilization.

Identify Hinduism
and Buddhism as
major religions
originating in Asia.

Describe the basic
principles of
Hinduism and
Buddhism.
7
8
9
10

Identify the holy
texts of Hinduism
and Buddhism
names for followers
of Hinduism and
Buddhism.
CCLS
English Book Title
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Using
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material)
The Blind Men and
The Elephant
CK
Diwali
Video form Safari
Montage
Safari Montage
Buddhist and
Buddhism
The Yellow and the
Yangtze Rivers
Paper, Writing, and
Calligraphy
The Magic
Paintbrush
Spanish Book Titles
Los Seis Ciegos Y
El Elefante/the
Blind Men and the
Elephant (Spanish
Edition) (Spanish)
Turtleback – April,
1999
by Karen Backstein
(Author), Annie
Mitra (Illustrator)
CK
Safari Montage
You Tube Video:
Spanish version of the
Magic Paintbrush
El pincel mágico de
Susi / The magic
paint brush of Susi
(Spanish Edition)
by Maria Isabel San
Martin Amazon
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Lesson
11
Skills

12
13
Identify holy places
for Hindus and
Buddhists.

Identify important
figures in Hinduism
and Buddhism.

Identify Diwali as an
important holiday in
Hinduism.

Demonstrate
familiarity with the
folktale “The Tiger,
the Brahman, and
the Jackal”.
14

Describe the
characters, plot, and
setting of the
folktale “The Tiger,
the Braham, and the
Jackal”.

Identify trickster
tales and folktales as
types of fiction.
CCLS
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The Importance of
Silk
Chinas Great Wall
CK
Confucius
CK
Chinese New Year
CK and Safari Montage
Spanish Book Titles
CK
Essential Chinese
Wisdom: Confucius
(Spanish Chinese
Edition) (Spanish
and Chinese
Edition) (Spanish)
Paperback –
December 31, 2014
by Confucius
(Author)
ISBN Number
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DOMAIN 3 – ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION
Lesson
Skills
ELA
STANDARDS
RL 2.2
RI 2.1,2.4, 2.7,2.9
1
The Ancient Greeks CK

2
3
4
5
Resources Currently
Using
(CK-Core Knowledge
district English material)

Identify Mount
Olympus as the
place the ancient.
Greeks believed was
the home of the
gods.
Identify ancient
Greece as the site of
the original, and
Mount Olympus Pt
1
Mount Olympus Pt
2
The Olympic
Games
All For Sparta
CK
CK
CK
CK
Spanish Book
Titles
Grecia en el Pasado
y en el Presente por
Miranda Andrew
(NG)
ISBN Number
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Lesson
6
7
Skills
Olympic Games.

Describe the
Olympic Games of
ancient Greece.

Describe how the
contributions of the
ancient Greek
civilization have
influenced the
present.

Describe the citystate Sparta and the
Spartan way of life.

Explain that Athens
is named after the
goddess Athena.

Describe the citystate Athens.

Describe how
Athenians
worshipped Athena.
CCLS
English Book Title
Athens and the
Olive Tree
Athens; The
Birthplace of
Democracy
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CK
CK
La Antigua
Grecia/Ancient
Greece por Tea
Benduhn
La Grecia Antigua
(DK Eyewitness
Books) por Anne
Pearson
0836880382
0756614910
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Domain
Lesson
8
9
10
11
12
Skills

Explain what the
Parthenon was.

Define the term
democracy.

Identify Athens as
the birthplace of
democracy.

Describe how
Athenians
worshipped Athena.
CCLS
English Book Title
Marathon
Thermopylae: The
Persians Strike
Again
The Great Thinkers
of Greece
Alexander the
Great Pt 1
Alexander the
Great Pt 2
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CK
CK
CK
CK and Safari Montage
CK and Safari Montage
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Skills
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DOMAIN 4 – GREEK MYTHS
Resources Currently
ELA
STANDARDS
RL 2.1,2.2,2.3,2.5,2.7,2.9
RI 2.7
1

2

3
4
Explain that the
gods and goddesses
of ancient Greece
were believed to be
immortal and to
have supernatural
powers, unlike
humans.

Identify the twelve
main gods and
goddesses in Greek
mythology.

Identify Mount
Olympus as the
place believed by
5
6
7
8
Explain that the
ancient Greeks
worshipped many
gods and goddesses.
Resources Currently
Using
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material)
The Twelve Gods
of Mount Olympus
Prometheus and
Pandora
Demeter and
Persephone
Arachnid the
Weaver
Theseus and the
Minotaur
Daedalus and
Icarus
Hercules
Other Adventures
of Hercules
Spanish Book Titles
ISBN Number
Spanish Book Titles
ISBN Number
Using
(CK-Core Knowledge
district English material)
Pandora’s Box by
Henrietta Barkow
illustrated by Diana
Mayo (available in
Spanish/EnglishBilingual Book)
Dioses y Héroes de la
Mitología Griega (S)
por Ana María
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the ancient Greeks
to be the home of
the gods.
9
10

11
Identify Greek
myths as a type of
fiction.

Demonstrate
familiarity with
particular Greek
myths.

Identify the
elements of
character, setting,
plot, and
supernatural beings
and events in
particular Greek
myths.

Identify common
characteristics of
Greek myths (i.e.,
they try to explain
mysteries of nature
and humankind,
CCLS
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Oedipus and the
Riddle of the
Sphinx
Atlanta and the
Golden Apples
Mitología
maravillosa para
niños por Luis
Francisco Trujillo
9684039263
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include supernatural
beings or events,
give insight into the
ancient Greek
culture).

Describe some of
the many different
types of mythical
creatures and
characters in Greek
myths, such as
Atlas, Pan,
Cerberus, Pegasus,
and centaurs.
DOMAIN 5 – WAR OF 1812
Lesson
Skills
ELA
STANDRADS
RL 2.4
RI 2.1-2.4,2.9
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Skills
1

Explain that
America fought
Great Britain for
independence.
2

Explain that the
Founding Fathers
wrote the
Constitution.
3
4

5
6

7
8

CCLS
English Book Title
Resources Currently
Using
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material)
America in 1812 Pt
1
CK
America in 1812 Pt
2
Mr. and Mrs.
Madison
Another War
Explain that Thomas Already?
Jefferson purchased The Attack on
Washington, D.C.
the Louisiana
Territory from the
Broad Stripes and
French.
Bright Stars
CK
Explain that Great
Britain became
involved in a series
of wars against
France.
Explain that due to a
shortage of sailors,
Britain began to
impress, or capture,
American sailors.
CK
CK
CK
La bandera de estrellas
por Stephanie Macceca
The Battle After the CK
War
Peace and Pirates
CK
Spanish Book Titles
Dolley Madison
Salva la Historia by
Roger Smaller
(Capstone Press)
ISBN Number
0736866183
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
Explain that some
members of the U.S.
government began
to call for war.

Identify that the
British controlled
land in the northern
Great Lakes region,
the northwestern
territories, and
Canada.

Explain that James
Madison was the
president during the
War of 1812.

Identify James
Madison, a
Founding Father, as
the main author of
the Constitution.

Identify James
Madison as the
fourth president of
the United States.
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Skills

Explain that in 1812
the United States
had a small army
and a small navy.

Explain that Press
Explain that the USS
Constitution became
known as “Old
Ironsides” because
British cannonballs
could not damage it.
Madison persuaded
farmers to become
soldiers.

Explain how the
President’s House
was a house
especially built for
the president and his
family; today it is
called the White
House.
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Lesson
Skills
Lesson
Skills
CCLS
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DOMAIN 6 – CYCLES OF NATURE
Resources Currently
ELA
STANDARDS
RI 2.1-2.4,2.7,2.9
1

2
3
4
5
Explain that a cycle
is a sequence of
events that repeats
itself again and
again.

Recognize that the
rotation of Earth
causes daytime and
nighttime.

Explain that it takes
twenty-four hours
for the earth to
rotate once on its
axis.
Resources Currently
Using
(CK-Core Knowledge
district English
material)
Using
(CK-Core Knowledge
district English material)
The Cycle of
Daytime and
Nighttime
The Reasons for
Seasons
Science textbook
(Harcourt)
Four Seasons in
One Year
Science textbook
(Hartcourt
The Life Cycle of a
Plant
Science textbook
(Hartcourt
The Life Cycle of a
Tree
CK
Science textbook
(Hartcourt
Spanish Book Titles
ISBN Number
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Titles
ISBN Number
La Historia de una
Semilla(S) por S.
Yung
Ciclos de Vida de
los Animales (NG)
CD audio lessons
Cicle del Arroz por
Mariana Megalhaes
y Cristina Quental
(Lectorum)
Ciclo del Huevo por
Marian Megalhaes y
Cristina Quental
(Lectorum)
Ciclo del Pan por
Marian Megalhaes y
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
6

7
8

9
Recognize that
living things have a
life cycle.
CCLS
English Book Title
Which Came First,
the Chicken or the
Demonstrate
Egg?
familiarity with the
The Life Cycle of a
poem “Bed in
Frog
Summer”.
The Life Cycle of a
Recognize that Earth Butterfly
orbits the sun.
The Water Cycle

Explain that it takes
one year for Earth to
orbit the sun.

Describe the
seasonal cycle:
spring, summer,
autumn, winter.

Identify that the tilt
of Earth’s axis in
relation to the sun
causes the seasons.
Resources Currently
Using
(CK-Core Knowledge
district English
material)
Spanish Book Titles
Cristina Quental
(Lectorum)
Ciclos de vida: de huevo a
gallina (QEB publishing)
Ciclos de vida: De renacuajo a
rana (QEB)
CK
CK
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Skills

Explain effects of
seasonal changes on
plants and animals.

Demonstrate
familiarity with the
poem “Bee! I’m
expecting you!”

Describe animal
processes in spring,
summer, autumn,
winter.

Define the term life
cycle.

Identify the stages of
the life cycle of a
flowering plant
(seed to seed).

Identify the stages of
the life cycle of a
tree (seed to seed).

Identify the stages of
the life cycle of a
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chicken (egg to
egg).

Identify the stages of
the life cycle of a
frog (egg to egg).

Explain
metamorphosis

Identify the stages of
the life cycle of a
butterfly (egg to
egg).

Explain that there is
a limited amount of
water on Earth.

Describe
evaporation and
condensation.

Identify forms and
importance of
precipitation.

Describe the
formation of clouds.
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Identify three types
of clouds: cirrus,
cumulus, and
stratus.
DOMAIN 7 – THE WESTWARD EXPANSION
Lesson
Skills
ELA
STANDARDS
RL 2.4
RI 2.1-2.4,2.7,2.9,2.10
1
2

Describe a pioneer
family’s journey
westward.

Describe family life on
the frontier.

Explain the significance
of the steamboat.
Going West
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Reading A-Z
Colonial Times
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Titles
Exploración del
Oeste por Peter y
Connie Roop (NG)
Exploración del
Medio Oeste por
Peter y Connie Roop
(NG)
Mr. Fulton’s
Journey
CK
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3

Identify Robert Fulton
as the developer of the
steamboat.
4

Identify steamboats,
canals, and trains as new
means of travel that
increased the movement
of people west.
5
6
7

Describe the importance
of canals.

Identify the Erie Canal
as the most famous canal
built during the Canal
Era.

Demonstrate familiarity
with the song “The Erie
Canal”.

Explain the significance
of Sequoyah’s invention
of the
8

9
Cherokee writing
system.
Resources Currently
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The Journal of a
Twelve-Year Old
on the Erie Canal
The Story of
Sequoyah
The Trail of Tears
CK
Westward on the
Oregon Trail
The Pony Express
Reading A-Z
Working on the
Transcontinental
Railroad
The Buffalo
Hunters
CK
Spanish Book Titles
CK and Safari Montage
CK, Safari Montage
Scholastic weekly reader the
on-line edition
CK
El Pony Express/
The Pony Express
(Excursiones
Fantásticas/
Fantastic Excursion)
(Spanish Edition)
(Spanish) Paperback
– September 20,
2007 by Darice
Bailer (Author),
Tom Antonishak
(Illustrator)
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
Explain why writing was
important to Sequoyah
and the Cherokee.

Describe the Cherokee
writing system in basic
terms.

Explain that the U.S.
government forced
Native Americans from
their lands.

Identify the Trail of
Tears as a forced march
of the Cherokee.

Identify the Oregon
Trail as a difficult trail
traveled by wagon
trains.

Identify the Pony
Express as a horseback
mail delivery system.

Identify steamboats,
canals, and trains as new
means of travel that
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increased the movement
of people west.

Identify the
transcontinental railroad
as a link between the
East and the West.
DOMAIN 8 – INSECTS
Domain
Lesson
1
Skills
ELA
STANDARDS
RI 2.1-2.4,2.6,2.8,2.10
Insects
Everywhere!
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district English material)
CK, Safari Montage
El Asombroso
Gusano de Seda
(NG)
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2
Skills

3
4

Explain that there
are many different
types of insects.

Explain that most
insects live solitary
lives, but some, such
as honeybees, paper
wasps, ants, and
termites, are social.
5
6
7
8
Explain that insects
are the largest group
of animals on Earth.

Explain that insects
live in virtually
every habitat on
Earth, with the
exception of the
oceans.

Classify and identify
particular insects as
small, six-legged
animals with three
main body parts.
CCLS
English Book Title
Resources Currently
Using
(CK-Core Knowledge
district English
material)
What Makes and
Insect and Insect?
Life Cycles of
Insects
Social Insects:
Bees and Wasps
CK
Social Insects:
Ants and Termites
Insects that Glow
and Sing
Armored Tanks of
the Insect World
Friend of Foe?
CK
CK
Abejas laboriosas leveled
reader
(Houghton Mifflin)
Spanish Book Titles
ISBN Number
Grupos de Animales
(NG)
Insectos (S) pro
Amy White
Abejas, hormigas,
Termitas: Insectos
que Viven por Marie
Saint-Dizier (S)
CK
CK
CK
Insectos (DK
Eyewitness Books)
by Laurence Mound
0756614937
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
Identify and
describe the three
main body parts of
insects: head,
thorax, and
abdomen.

Identify the
placement and/or
purpose of an
insect’s body parts.

Describe an insect’s
exoskeleton.

Explain why spiders
are not insects.

Describe insect life
cycles and the
processes of
complete and
incomplete
metamorphosis.

Describe how some
insects look like
miniature versions
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of adults when they
are born from eggs.

Explain why some
insects molt.

Describe how some
insects go through
four distinct stages
of development,
including egg, larva,
pupa, and adult.

Distinguish between
social and solitary
insects.

Describe how all
members of a social
insect colony come
from one queen.

Describe the roles of
honeybee workers,
drones, and queens.

Describe how
honeybees
communicate with
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one another through
“dances”.

Describe the social
behavior of ants and
ant colonies.

Describe the roles of
worker ants, males,
and queens.

Compare and
contrast
grasshoppers and
crickets.

Identify ways in
which insects can be
helpful to people.

Identify ways in
which insects can be
harmful to people.
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DOMAIN 9 – THE U.S. CIVIL WAR
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ELA
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RL 2.2, 2.7
RI 2.1-2.4,2.7,2.9,2.10
1
2
3

Demonstrate
familiarity with
slavery and the
controversy over
slavery in the United
States.

Identify the
contributions that
enslaved African
Harriet Tubman,
Part 1
Harriet Tubman,
Part 2
The Controversy
Over Slavery
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liderar a los esclavos a
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Housel
La Guerra Civil
(NG)
La Calle Es Libre
por Kurusa (Ekare)
La Peineta Colorada
por Fernando Pico
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Americans made to the
success of plantations in the
South.
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Abraham Lincoln
Describe the life and
contributions of
Harriet
Tubman.
5

Identify the
Underground
Railroad as a system
of escape for
enslaved Africans in
the United States.

Demonstrate
familiarity with the
poem “Harriet
6
7
8
9
10
11
Tubman”.

Demonstrate
familiarity with the
song “Follow the
Drinking Gourd”.
The Division of the
United States
The War Begins
Robert E. Lee
Clara Barton
The Emancipation
Proclamation
Ulysses S. Grant
The End of the War
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Abogado, líder, leyenda
por Justin Ron Fontes
(DK readers)
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That is Not Fair! No
es Justo! Emma
Tenayuca’s Struggle
for Justice/La Lucha
de Emma Tenayuca
por la Justicia por
Carmen Tafolla
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
Differentiate
between the North
and the South.

Describe the adult
life and
contributions of
Abraham
Lincoln.

Demonstrate
familiarity with the
poem “Lincoln”.

Differentiate
between the Union
and the
Confederacy and the states
associated with each.

Describe why the
southern states
seceded from the
United States.

Identify the U.S.
Civil War, or the
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War Between the
States, as a war
waged because of
differences between
the North and the
South.

Identify the people
of the North as
“Yankees” and those
of the South as
“Rebels”.

Define the
differences between
the Union and the
Confederacy.

Explain Abraham
Lincoln’s role in
keeping the Union
together during the
U.S. Civil War.

Identify Robert E.
Lee as the
commander of the
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Confederate Army.

Explain why Lee
was reluctant to
command either the
Union or
Confederate Army.

Identify Clara
Barton as the “Angel
of the Battlefield”
and the founder of
the American Red
Cross.

Describe the work of
the American Red
Cross.

Identify Abraham
Lincoln as the
author of the
Emancipation Proclamation.

Explain the
significance of the
Emancipation
Proclamation.
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
Identify Ulysses S.
Grant as the
commander of the
Union Army.

Explain that the
North’s victory
reunited the North
and the South as one
country and ended
slavery.
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DOMAIN 10 – THE HUMAN BODY: BUILDING BLOCKS AND NUTRITION
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Identify the five
senses and
associated body
parts.
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The Amazing
Human Body
CK
El Aparato
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Humano para
Madrugadores, por
Rebecca Johnson
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2
Identify the skeletal,
muscular,
circulatory, nervous,
digestive, and
excretory systems as
important systems in
the human body.

Describe the
significant
contributions of
Anton van
Leeuwenhoek.

Explain that all
living things are
made of microscopic
cells.
3

Describe the
relationship among
cells, tissues, organs,
and systems.

Identify important
components of the
4
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Cells and Tissues
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Organs
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El Aparato
Circulatorio: Libros
sobre el Cuerpo
Humano para
Madrugadores, por
Conrad J. Storad
(Lerner Publishing
Group)
El Sistema
Nervioso: Libros
sobre el Cuerpo
Humano para
Madrugadores, por
Joelle Rilley (Lerner
Publishing Group)
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digestive system and
their functions.
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6
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8
9

Describe the process
of nourishing the
body from the time
food is taken into
the mouth until
waste is removed
from the body.
Identify important
components of the
excretory system
and their functions.
Describe how the
digestive and
excretory systems
work together.
Explain the
importance of
vitamins and
minerals to the
body.
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The Digestive
System
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The Excretory
System
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A Well-Balanced
Diet
A Healthy Human
Body
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De Células a
Sistemas por
Rebecca L. Johnson
(NG)
Las Enfermedades y
el Cuerpo por
Catherine Stephens
(NG)
Nuestro Sistema
Nervioso por
Alexander Lin (NG)
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
Explain the
importance of eating
a balanced diet.

Classify foods as
healthy or
unhealthy.

Plan a daily
balanced diet.
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1
2
3
4
5

Explain the term
immigrant.

Describe reasons
immigrants leave
their home countries
to make a new home
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A Little Giant
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Life in the City
From Ireland to
New York City
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La llegada a los
Estados Unidos: La
historia de la Estatúa
de la Libertad y la
isla Ellis (Coming to
America) por
Kathleen Bradley
~El lorito pelón por
Hilda Perera
!Molly y los
peregrinos por
Barbara Cohen
~Maria by Margarita
Robleda
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in the United States
(e.g., push and pull
factors).
6
7
8
9
10
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A Land of
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A Mosaic of
Immigrants
Explain why the
Becoming a Citizen
United States was
We the People
and is called the
“land of opportunity. Immigration and
Citizenship
Identify the meaning
of e pluribus unum.
Explain the
significance of Ellis
Island and the Statue
of Liberty.

Describe how
immigration has
brought millions of
newcomers to the
United States.

Describe why large
populations of
immigrants settled
in major cities such
as New York,
Chicago,
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Philadelphia,
Detroit, Cleveland,
Boston, and San
Francisco.

Describe why some
immigrants settled
in the
Midwest.

Demonstrate
familiarity with the
song “This Land
Is Your Land”.

Explain what it
means to be a citizen
of a country.

Identify ways that a
person becomes an
American citizen.

Identify that the
government of the
United States is
based on the
Constitution, the
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highest law of our
land.

Lesson
Identify James
Madison as the
“Father of the
Constitution”.
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
Explain that
members of one
powerful group
often excluded
members of other
groups from certain
rights.

Describe how
organizations and
movements, such as
the civil rights
movement, were
created as people
fought for equal
rights.
3
4
5
6

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Eleanor Roosevelt:
A Voice for Human
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Mary McLeod
Bethune: A
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Jackie Robinson:
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Champion of
fighting for
Equality
important causes has Rosa Parks: The
helped to change
Mother of the Civil
laws and improve
Rights Movement
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En la época de Rosa
Parks y el movimiento
por los derechos civiles
(Heinemann Library)
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the lives of many
people.
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8
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9
Explain the terms
inequality,
discrimination,
suffrage,
segregation, and
activist.
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Dona Herweck)
Cesar Chavez:
Protector of
Workers’ Rights
Explain the concepts
of nonviolence, civil
rights, and human
rights.
Celebrating Those
Who Fought for a
Cause
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La Historia de Cesar
Chávez por K. Morales
Krull
~Safari Montage,
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readers
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