WEEK OF december 17, 2018
UNIT 3 - LONG AGO AND TODAY
We have finished the first lesson and taken the quiz. We will start lesson 2 on Monday.
Lesson 1 - Communities Then and Now
Vocabulary:
past - long ago
transportation - the way people move from place to place
communication - the way people share idea, thoughts, or information
Read the following sentences and decide if it happened in the past or happens today:
1) Water runs right into our homes.
2) We write e-mails on the computer.
3) We travel by wagons pulled by horses.
4) We grow our food in a garden.
5) We shop for food at a store.
6) Airplanes help us go to places far away.
7) Most families live on farms.
The way people share ideas, thoughts, or information is called communication.
Most of the time, people walked to places in the past.
Some examples of transportation are trains, carts pulled by horses, buses, motorcycles, and boats.
Students need to know that wagons, taxis, and cars are examples of transportation and e:mail and letters are examples of communication.
Lesson 2 - Early Americans
Vocabulary:
Native American - the first people to live in North America
settler - a person who moves from one place to live in another place
Pilgrim - a group of people from England who traveled to America
colony - a place that is ruled by another country
The first people to live in America were theNative Americans.
Squanto helped the Pilgrims grow and find food.
The first settlers came from Spain.
The Spanish forced the Timucuan to leave Florida because they wanted the land all for themselves.
The Native Americans helped the settlers learn how to grow, fish, and hunt food.
1) The Timucuan were Native Americans who lived in Florida. Then, settlers from Spain and England came to America. The people from England were called Pilgrims. They set up acolony that was ruled by the King of England. In the fall, the Pilgrims had a special mean that we now call Thanksgiving.
Lesson 3 - Colonies to States
Vocabulary:
President - the leader of the United States
1) The colonies had a war with England.
2) George Washington was the first President of the United States of America.
3) The 13 colonies wanted to be free to choose their own way of life.
The Declaration of Independence said that America was free.
George Washington led his country in the war and he was the first president.
First, Paul Revere warned people that the British soldiers were coming.
Next, leaders from the colonies wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Next, the war with England ended.
Finally, George Washington became the first president of the United States.
Lesson 4 - Families on the Move
Vocabulary:
pioneer - person who leaves home to lead the way into a new land
Study guide for quiz:
People who leave their homes to lead the way into a new land are called pioneers.
President Andrew Jackson forced the Cherokees to leave their homes because he knew the pioneers needed more room to live.
Being attacked by Native Americans, getting sick, and getting lost were dangers that the pioneers faced as they moved west.
Pioneers traveled in covered wagons.
Lesson 5 - Freedom for All
Vocabulary:
interview - to ask a person questions and write down the answers
slavery - when another person takes away your freedom and forces you to work for no pay
Study guide for quiz:
A civil war happens when people living in the same country fight one another.
Hiram asked his uncle questions and wrote down the answers. Hiram interviewed his uncle.
Slavery means that you are not free and have to work for no pay.
President Lincoln said that slavery was against the law.
Slavery ended when the North won the war in 1865.
Vocabulary:
past - long ago
transportation - the way people move from place to place
communication - the way people share idea, thoughts, or information
Read the following sentences and decide if it happened in the past or happens today:
1) Water runs right into our homes.
2) We write e-mails on the computer.
3) We travel by wagons pulled by horses.
4) We grow our food in a garden.
5) We shop for food at a store.
6) Airplanes help us go to places far away.
7) Most families live on farms.
The way people share ideas, thoughts, or information is called communication.
Most of the time, people walked to places in the past.
Some examples of transportation are trains, carts pulled by horses, buses, motorcycles, and boats.
Students need to know that wagons, taxis, and cars are examples of transportation and e:mail and letters are examples of communication.
Lesson 2 - Early Americans
Vocabulary:
Native American - the first people to live in North America
settler - a person who moves from one place to live in another place
Pilgrim - a group of people from England who traveled to America
colony - a place that is ruled by another country
The first people to live in America were theNative Americans.
Squanto helped the Pilgrims grow and find food.
The first settlers came from Spain.
The Spanish forced the Timucuan to leave Florida because they wanted the land all for themselves.
The Native Americans helped the settlers learn how to grow, fish, and hunt food.
1) The Timucuan were Native Americans who lived in Florida. Then, settlers from Spain and England came to America. The people from England were called Pilgrims. They set up acolony that was ruled by the King of England. In the fall, the Pilgrims had a special mean that we now call Thanksgiving.
Lesson 3 - Colonies to States
Vocabulary:
President - the leader of the United States
1) The colonies had a war with England.
2) George Washington was the first President of the United States of America.
3) The 13 colonies wanted to be free to choose their own way of life.
The Declaration of Independence said that America was free.
George Washington led his country in the war and he was the first president.
First, Paul Revere warned people that the British soldiers were coming.
Next, leaders from the colonies wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Next, the war with England ended.
Finally, George Washington became the first president of the United States.
Lesson 4 - Families on the Move
Vocabulary:
pioneer - person who leaves home to lead the way into a new land
Study guide for quiz:
People who leave their homes to lead the way into a new land are called pioneers.
President Andrew Jackson forced the Cherokees to leave their homes because he knew the pioneers needed more room to live.
Being attacked by Native Americans, getting sick, and getting lost were dangers that the pioneers faced as they moved west.
Pioneers traveled in covered wagons.
Lesson 5 - Freedom for All
Vocabulary:
interview - to ask a person questions and write down the answers
slavery - when another person takes away your freedom and forces you to work for no pay
Study guide for quiz:
A civil war happens when people living in the same country fight one another.
Hiram asked his uncle questions and wrote down the answers. Hiram interviewed his uncle.
Slavery means that you are not free and have to work for no pay.
President Lincoln said that slavery was against the law.
Slavery ended when the North won the war in 1865.
