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General Information & Curriculum Overview <br /><strong style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><strong style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><strong style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 36pt; "><strong style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div style="text-align: center;"><em></em></div> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><strong style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div style="text-align: center;"><em>Fifth Grade General Information</em></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><em></em></div> <span style="font-size: 14pt; "> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Attendance Policy</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Please call the school if your child is going to be absent or tardy.  As soon as your child returns to school, we must receive a note, signed by a parent or guardian, stating the reason for the absence or late arrival.  Students arriving after 8:30 are considered tardy.  Also, if your child is to go home in a way other than the normal procedure, a signed note from the parent or guardian is required.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Homework Policy</span></span></span></span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-weight: normal;">The average fifth grade </span></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">student should have approximately one hour of homework each day.  This includes silent reading, daily review of notes, and written assignments.  Each teacher  posts the homework in his/her room.  The students are given ample time to record the assignments in their planners.  This website can also serve as a backup to these planners.  Work handed in late will be marked down.</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; "><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Interim Progress Reports</span></span></span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Students will receive progress reports at the halfway point of each trimester.  These notices serve to notify parents and guardians that a student is doing well, improving, or having difficulty.  It should be remembered that these notices are given so that a student may improve before report cards are sent home. </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Medication</span></span></span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">If a student required medication during the school day, including cough drops, a note signed by the parent or guardian must be sent in, along with the medication, to the Health Office.</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Homework Overview</span></span></span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Math</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• complete written homework assignments Monday - Thursday (occasionally Fridays)<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• master multiplication and division facts<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• make corrections to tests and other assignments<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Reading</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• read silently at least 30 minutes at home</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• reading comprehension passages will be assigned on Fridays and will be due the following Monday<br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• additional work assigned at teacher's discretion</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Science</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• study notes on a daily basis when there are note packets to study<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• occasionally complete classwork projects that were not completed in school<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• take advantage of extra credit that is available every month<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Social Studies</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• study notes on a daily basis when there are note packets to study<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• occasionally complete classwork projects that were not completed in school</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• complete skill practice constructed response questions or maps on a weekly basis</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• take advantage of extra credit that is available every month</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">Spelling</span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• study for tests each week<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• complete practice work as required<br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"></div> </span> <div style="text-align: center;"><em><br /> </em></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; ">The following is a general overview of the curriculum.  </span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><em>Dates given are approximate and will change based on the needs of the students.</em></div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Standard Math</div> </span></strong> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Pre-New York State Assessment (September - March)<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Place Value of Whole Numbers and Decimals<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Addition and Subtraction of Whole Numbers<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Multiplication of Whole Numbers<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapters 4 & 5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Division by 2 Digit Numbers<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Number Theory and Fraction Concepts<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 19<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Percentages<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Addition and Subtraction of Fractions<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 11<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Addition and Subtraction of Decimals<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapters 13 & 14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Multiplication and Division of Decimals<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chps 15, 16, &17<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Geometry and Measurement<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Post-New York State Assessment (March - June)<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 18<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ratios and Proportions<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 20<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Probability<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 21<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Equations and Functions<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 22<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Integers<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• Chapter 23<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Coordinate Graphing<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Reading</span></strong></div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Throughout the year, the objectives of the reading program are to help students to:<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• read voluntarily and often<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• read a wide variety of materials<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• have confidence in themselves as readers<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• present themselves as readers to others<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• read to become informed on a wide range of topics<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• read to improve their lives<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• read to have satisfying and rewarding experiences<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• read to expand their world beyond the now<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• collect books and refer to favorites again and again<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• recommend books to others<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• talk with others about what they read<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• know authors and illustrators, genres, and styles<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• develop preferences and constantly expand them<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• reflect on their reading<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• make connections between and among the things they have read<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• think critically about what they've read<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• develop their language skills<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• develop their writing skills<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• develop their oral language skills<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">• develop and maintain daily, independent / leisure reading habits.<br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">English </span></strong></div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <div>Throughout the year, the objectives of the language arts program are to help students to:<br /> </div> <div>• write often (on demand, informally, and using the writing process)</div> <div>• organize writing in a logical and appropriate manner</div> <div>• stay on task in developing writing without digressions</div> <div>• develop topics fully using supporting details and examples</div> <div>• utilize sentence variety</div> <div>• develop confidence as a writer</div> <div>• notice and practice the writer's craft</div> <div>• use writing as a tool for learning and thinking</div> <div>• write for different purposes:  to share experiences, to express feelings, to give instructions, to persuade, etc.</div> <div>• write in different genres (including fiction, memoir, persuasive writing, essays)</div> <div>• develop language skills</div> <div>• have successful daily writing experiences</div> <div>• use proper grammar, usage, capitalization, and punctuation</div> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Science</span></strong></div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">•<strong> Unit 1:  </strong><strong>Ecosystems<em> </em></strong><strong><em>(</em></strong><em>September-February)</em><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Students will learn about the interdependence of living and non-living parts of the environment.  They will design and conduct experiments using a scientific method to test the effects of salt, fertilizer run-off, and acid rain on ecosystems.  The students will also keep notebooks of observations and note packets will need to be studied at various times throughout the unit.</div></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-size: 36pt; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong>• Unit 2:  </strong><strong>Electromagnetism</strong><strong><em> </em></strong><em>(February and March)</em></div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Each class will act as a business whose products are motors and buzzers.  Students may opt to interview for the job of team captain.  All students will work as part of the business and will be evaluated on their ability to solve problems, work as a member of a team, be flexible, and maintain a good work ethic.  They will also have the opportunity to use spread sheets to keep track of the business's profits and losses as well as maintain and use an on-line data base of problem solving solutions.  At the end of the unit there will be notes to study.</div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong>• Unit 3: </strong><strong> Properties of Air </strong><em>(April and May)<br /> </em> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Students will learn that air is matter and it exerts pressure through a discovery approach.  In this method, students existing concepts of air will be challenged by various demonstrations.  Culminating notes will be given at the end that the students will need to study.</div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><strong>• Unit 4: </strong><strong>Weather Prediction</strong><em> (June)</em><br /> </div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ">Students will have a brief unit on predicting weather (high and low air pressure, fronts, precipitation, prevailing winds).  Students will participate in an activity to predict the weather for a given day in this area.</div> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br /> </div> <div><font size="6"><span style="font-size: 19px; "> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><strong></strong></span></p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; "> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong><u>Social Studies</u></strong></span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>• Overview</strong></span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The fifth grade students will be learning about the western hemisphere.  In doing so, there will be three underlying concepts:</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">1) historical events happen as people try to meet their needs and wants</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">2) history is not isolated events from the past, but a series of causes and effects </span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">3) historical figures are real people who lived lives that included problems and successes</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /> </span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The students will be participating as teams in a simulated race through the western hemisphere. There will be various activities and projects that will allow them to earn points in the race culminating in a fiesta in June.  While students will earn race points as a team, grades will be earned individually.  All units will include notes that need to be studied on a daily basis, project work, and weekly homework assignments.  There will also be weekly opportunities for extra credit. Projects will include physical and political maps of the following:</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ The United States</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ Canada</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ Mexico and Central America</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ West Indies</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ South America</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Homework will include practice in the following skills:</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ finding distances on a map</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ finding directions on a map</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ finding latitude and longitude on a map</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">~ answering constructed response questions based on maps, charts, graphs, tables, drawings, reading passages, and political cartoons</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /> </span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>• Unit 1:  The Indigenous People of the Western Hemisphere</strong> <em>(September & October)</em></span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Students will learn how humans first came to the western hemisphere to meet their needs and wants.  They will also learn about some of the major groups including the Arawak, Aztecs, Carib, Maya, Inca, Inuits, Plains People, and Woodland People.</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /> </span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>• Unit 2:  The European Age of Exploration</strong> <em>(November - January)</em></span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Students will learn why the Europeans, specifically the Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish, needed to explore beyond Europe to meet their needs and wants.  They will then learn about the resulting colonies.</span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /> </span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>• Unit 3:  U.S. Independence and Government</strong> <em>(February - April)</em></span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Students will learn about the events leading to American independence beginning with the French and Indian War and concluding with the American Revolution Battle of Yorktown.  They will then learn how the new United States formed a new government including both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.  </span></font></p><p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: red; "><em>NOTE:  During presidential election years, the executive branch portion of this unit will be taught in October and November to correspond with the national election.</em></span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><br /> </span></font></p> <p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Times; "><font size="4"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>• Unit 4:  American Neighbors:  Revolutions to Present <span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>(May & June)</em></span></strong></span></font></p> </span></span></font></div> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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