Fifth Grade Social Studies

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Fifth Grade Social Studies

• Looking at Unit 9
• Understanding the NewsWhat is Americas role in
  the 21st century world?
• March17, 2009

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US involvement in the world

• World Wars Cold War led to increased
  involvement in conflicts around the world
• Korean
• Vietnam
• Middle East
• How have beliefs of US citizens changed because
  of these involvements?

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What do people in Vietnam today call this
conflict?

• Whos Who of the Vietnam conflict
  http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/whos/index.ht
  ml
• Timeline of US involvement (teacher reference
  http//www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/timel
  ine.htm
• Information for teachers (from a Vietnam
  Veterans Organization) a virtual Wall
  http//www.teachvietnam.org/
• Photographic story of the conflict from the
  National Archives http//www.archives.gov/educati
  on/lessons/vietnam-photos/.

http//www.archives.gov/education/lessons/vietnam-
photos/images/marines-on-tank.gif
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Middle East Peace Efforts
Students DO NOT need to memorize every
peace-related meeting, treaty, etc. related to
the Middle East. Instead, have them notice
overall themes of U.S. involvement in Middle
Eastern conflicts. Images and contemporary news
articles/reports can be very helpful. Possible
EQ Why have the various peace efforts in the
Middle East not been successful long-term?
http//www.cartercenter.org/resources/images/galle
ry/main/jimmy_carter_sadat_begin.jpg
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Collapse of the USSR

• NY Times article http//tinyurl.com/da7j5k
• Did not happen overnight
• Discuss US desire for increased communication
  w/the Soviet Union, gradual opening of the
  country, and economic changes
• Berlin Wall fell in 1989 Soviet Union ended in
  1991 end of sphere of influence
• Technology tie-in revolution was, in fact,
  televised

http//gulaghistory.org/nps/onlineexhibit/after/fa
ll-src/images/yeltsin-detail.jpg
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Persian Gulf War

• Iraq invaded Kuwait (8/2/1990)
• US allies gave deadline for withdrawal
• When Iraq did not acquiesce, US allies invaded
• Official conflict ended (2/28/1991)
• Emphasis on technology

http//www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asi
a/txu-oclc-192062619-middle_east_pol_2008.jpg
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September 11, 2001

• Students DO NOT need a graphic play-by-play of
  the events of 9/11.
• Instead, focus on the impact of the attacks on
  both American beliefs and world affairs.
• Be very cautious when sharing images with your
  students many websites are NOT appropriate for
  use in school.

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Invasion of Afghanistan / War in Iraq

• Before beginning this conversation, be careful to
  think about the range of experiences present in
  your class (students who have immigrated,
  students whose parents are serving in the
  military, etc.
• Discuss the invasion of Afghanistan by the US as
  a response to the events of 9/11.
• Address the ensuing invasion of Iraq its
  results in a straightforward way address
  controversy when/if it arises.
• Great time for students to learn that they can
  respect the opinions of others without agreeing.

http//www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/world/middleeast
/24museum.html
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Impact of Computers the Internet

• In Ben Franklins day, mail could take two weeks
  to travel between New York Philadelphia.
  Transatlantic mail took months, and often never
  arrived.
• In the days of the Pony Express, mail could
  travel from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific
  Coast in about ten days. Upon the completion of
  the transcontinental telegraph in 1861,
  communication became almost instantaneous.
• The telephone increased the amount of speedy
  communication available, and mail services
  improved, as well.
• Modern computer technology, following World War
  Two, rapidly increased the amount of information
  that could be transmitted, and the development of
  the Internet in the 1990s made a virtually
  limitless amount of information accessible
  instantly.

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Impact of Computers the Internet

• As computers became more more central to
  worldwide businesses, they also became important
  components of many electronic devices.

Great potential Essential Question Why is the
Computer History Museum located in San Jose,
California? Visit the Computer History Museum
for more details than you ever knew you wanted to
know http//www.computerhistory.org/.
http//ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL61-0351.jpg
http//img.nytstore.com/IMAGES/NSAPST4_LARGE.JPG
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Performance Task
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Trade Economic Activity
Costs to Transport One Ton(Cents per Mile) Costs to Transport One Ton(Cents per Mile) Costs to Transport One Ton(Cents per Mile) Costs to Transport One Ton(Cents per Mile)
Land 1815 Mode of Transportation 1860
Land 30 Road 15 or more
Land   Railroad 2 or more
Water 1/3 or more6 River River Raft downstream Boat upstream Steam boat     1/3 or more
Water   Canal 1 or more
Water   Great Lakes 1/10
Water 1 or less Ocean 1/2 or less
Source George Rogers Taylor, The Transportation Revolution (New York Holt, Rinehart, 1962) Appendix A, Table 2 Source George Rogers Taylor, The Transportation Revolution (New York Holt, Rinehart, 1962) Appendix A, Table 2 Source George Rogers Taylor, The Transportation Revolution (New York Holt, Rinehart, 1962) Appendix A, Table 2 Source George Rogers Taylor, The Transportation Revolution (New York Holt, Rinehart, 1962) Appendix A, Table 2

• Excellent lesson plan linking trade geographic
  growth in the United States http//www.econedlink
  .org/lessons/index.php?lessonNN719pageteacher.

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Fifth Grade Social Studies

• Looking at Unit 10
• Effective Citizenship
• March17, 2009

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12th 17th Amendments

• Twelfth

• Seventeenth

• Ratified 1804 (following contested election of
  1800)
• Electors from each state would separately elect
  President Vice-President (see Election of 2000
  for example ?).

• Ratified 1913
• Population would directly elect US senators,
  rather than having state legislatures elect them.

How do these two amendments help maintain a
representative democracy for the United States?
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23rd 24th Amendments

• Twenty-Third

• Twenty-Fourth

• Ratified 1961
• Allows District of Columbia (Washington, D. C.)
  to have electors for Presidential/
  Vice-Presidential elections

• Ratified 1964 (in response to Civil Rights
  Movement)
• Guaranteed right to vote regardless of payment of
  any sort of tax specifically, the poll tax.

How do these two amendments help maintain a
representative democracy for the United States?
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Functions Businesses, Banks, Government
What is the function of business in our
economy? What are the functions of banks in our
economy? What is the function of government in
our economy? How do these three interact?
http//econ161.berkeley.edu/multimedia/circular.ht
ml
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Personal Finance

• Feed the Pig! Great personal finance site with
  lots of interactive components
  http//www.feedthepig.org/.
• Holiday Savings Calculatorhttp//www.kidsbank.com
  /calculators/holiday/hol_calc.asp

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Resources!
Remember! These are only suggested resources.
Make sure to preview these sites before sharing
them with your students. You know your students
better than I do!

• http//www.samanthasmith.info
• Homepage dedicated to Samantha Smith, who
  traveled as a child ambassador to the Soviet
  Union, and worked for world peace toward the end
  of the Cold War
• http//www.fireboat.org/
• Homepage of the John J. Harvey fireboat, which
  provided firefighting support to the New York
  Fire Department on September 11th
• http//www.gcee.org
• Georgia Council on Economic Education
  workshops, materials, more
• http//www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1884
  100,00.html
• Great photo essay about changes in American
  retail good for discussions of shifting
  economic AND geographic patterns in our country
• http//www.jumpstart.org/links.cfm
• Gigantic list of personal-finance related
  websites be sure to preview, as some are
  corporate, and others not age-appropriate
• Related games http//www.uen.org/financial_lit/st
  udent/kids_activities.shtml.
• http//www.kidseconposters.com/keb/Literature20Co
  nnection.htm
• Literature links to economics from the Indiana
  Council on Economic Education

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Resources for Integration
The Librarian of Basra Jeanette Winter
Alias Mission Mark Alan Stamaty
Two Bobbies Kirby Larson Mary Nethery
10,000 Days of Thunder Philip Caputo
Captain Abduls Pirate School Colin McNaughton
Uncle Jeds Barbershop Margaree King Mitchell
The Breadwinner Deborah Ellis
Listen to the Wind Susan Roth Greg Mortenson