3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:Patriotisim
  • Subject(s):Social Studies
  • Days:35
  • Grade(s):2
Key Learning: Our patriotism is demonstrated through the celebration of historical individuals, national symbols and landmarks, and major events of our past.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 

How do significant people and events from the past affect today's society?

What are important symbols and landmarks and how do they represent the United States of America?
   
Concept:

Holidays, Ceremonies, and Important Events

SS2C25*,

SS2C32*
Concept: Patriotic Symbols

SS2C32*
Concept: Landmarks

SS.A.5.1.2.1,

SS2C32*
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do important events and people in history help determine our holidays?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

What do selected American symbols represent from past events, legends, and historical accounts?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How do important buildings, statues, and monuments reflect the history of the United States?

 (A)

What is the importance of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty to immigrants?

 (ET)
Vocabulary:

holiday, tradition, beliefs, customs, ceremonies, celebrations, culture

Vocabulary:

symbols, patriotic, pledge of allegiance, National Anthem

Vocabulary:

monuments, statues, Ellis Island, landmarks, Statue of Liberty, immigrants, Washington, D.C.

Concept: Immigration

SSA4141,

SS2A25*,

SS2A27*,

SS2A28*
Concept:

Historical Patriotic Figures

SS2C25*
Concept:
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How has immigration impacted our American culture?

 (ET)

Why do people immigrate to the United States (past and present)?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How did the contributions of important people impact United States history?

 (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

(A)
Vocabulary:

immigration, immigrant, impacted, religious beliefs

Vocabulary:

contribution, patriotic, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, veterans, presidents, American women

Vocabulary:

Additional Information:

* Indicates Next Generation Standards/Benchmarks --

(Note: Holidays or cultural observances may be taught based on calendar occurance at any time of the year.) --

Harcourt Brace Florida Daily Reading Support for Social Studies: See Unit Biographies--

Harcourt Brace Social Studies: pages 168-173, 188-193 --

Time Readers For Kids: Martin Luther King, Jr. , Amelia Earhart, Ellis Island, Building a Better Community, We Elect a President, Robert Fulton --

PCSB Website: <http://www.polk-fl.net/staff/ teachers/ socialstudies.htm>--

Patriotism, by Raatma, Lucia.

Published 2000 --

So What Is Patriotism Anyway?, by LaMachia, John.

Published 2001 --

Explorers of North America: URL: <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml> -- <http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/learn.jsp> -- Coming To America: The Story of Immigration, by Betsy Maestro -- F is For Flag & L is For Liberty, by Wendy Cheyette Lewison -- Various books by: Lynda Sorensen, and Jean Fritz

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  • immigration -
  • symbols -
  • monuments -
  • holiday, tradition, beliefs, customs, ceremonies, celebrations, culture -
  • immigrant -
  • statues, Ellis Island, landmarks, Statue of Liberty, immigrants, Washington, D.C. -
  • patriotic -
  • contribution, patriotic, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, veterans, presidents, American women -
  • pledge of allegiance, National Anthem -
  • impacted, religious beliefs -