Timeline
|
Month
|
Key Questions
|
Activities
|
September
|
What
are land forms?
What are the land forms in our area?
What is a relief map?
How does our topography affect where people live?
What resources do people need in our community?
Where do they come from?
How do they get here?
|
(Units
and Pages are from textbook,
*Landform
quiz
*Research bay area topography.
*Getting What We Need Lesson 3 Pg.53
*Where people start Communities Unit 2 Pgs. 78-139
*Make a topographic map in clay.
*Synthesize the effects of topography on the settling of our community
on student web page.
|
October
|
What
is an ancestor?
Why did people immigrate to the area?
How have individuals contributed to our community's development?
What cultural traditions do our families have?
|
*Communites
Have Histories
Pg 56
*Many People, Many Ways of Life Pg.62
*Interview a family member about coming to the United States.
Write their story.
*Create an iMovie to tell their story using photos and computer images.
* Essay Test- Why do immigrants come to our community?
*Add a web page about immigration.
|
November
|
Who
were the first
inhabitants of the bay area?
How did their physical environment affect the way they lived?
What happened to the Native Americans when Europeans arrived?
|
*America's
First
Communities Pg. 164
* Create a map of local triblet locations.
*Research local Native Americans.
*Create a diorama showing an Early American village in our area.
*Create a web page about Native Americans in the area.
|
December
|
What
cultural and
religious experiences are unique to our families?
How are they alike and different?
|
*Demonstrate
something
that your family does during the winter break.
i.e.. a recipe, craft, celebration, etc.
* Create a poster celebrating different families traditions.
|
January
|
(Focus
on science fair
project.)
|
|
February
|
What
animals and plants
live in our area?
What special adaptations do they have to survive in this environment?
What are some different environments and their inhabitants?
|
*Research
an animal and
plant that lives in your area.
*Diagram the plant and animal.
* Identify the basic needs of all living things.
*Make a powerpoint presentation about your animal.
*Share your presentation.
*Create a web page about the flora and fauna in the area.
|
March
|
What
is the history
of your community?
How have individuals contributed to its founding and development?
How have demographics changed?
|
*Read
about Daly City's history.
*Communities Grow and Change Pg.140-163
*Our Countries Early History Pg.182-199
*Read about the Earthquake of 1906.
*Create a timeline of the community and post it to your web page.
* Research census data of the area.
* Create a circle graph of two different
time periods and compare the demographics and post it to your web page.
*Field trip to the local historical society.
|
April
|
|
|
May
|
|
|
