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Culture Standards
3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4
Components of Culture - Recognize some of the major components of a culture (i.e., language, clothing, food, art, and music).
3.1.1
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  1. Food Pyramids in Various cultures - | Cambodian An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format | Chinese An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format | Native American | Spanish An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format| Many Cultures |
  2. Dress Me Up - Help a Colonist from 1628 get dressed. (Requires Flash)
  3. Focus on Ethnic Cuisine - links to pages ranging from African to Vietnamese
  4. Mask Making and Use in Different Cultures - Native America, Africa, Asia, and others
  5. Music: a fundamental activity of humankind - various pages related to music in different cultures
  6. Music of Countries and Cultures - from African music to Zydeco, presented by Silver Burdette
Basic Needs - Determine similarities and differences in the ways different cultural groups address basic human needs (i.e., food, water, clothing, and shelter) by interpreting pictures.
3.1.2
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  1. African Hats - A salute to African headdresses. Click on the word Objects on the left , then click on each hat.
  2. American Foods - CrackerJacks - Hamburger
  3. Human Needs - The Nine Basic Human Needs and how they affect people in the workplace.
  4. Japan - webquest "Welcome to my World" compares culture with American culture.
  5. Mexican Foods - compare history and culture with American culture. A lesson plan can be found at this site
  6. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsWater for Basic Needs - Sift through this site for graphs and data to use with your students.
  7. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessons Friends and Flags - Global project; Participants interact in a vibrant online community and exchange cultural packages sent via post to 2 international partners in their cluster.
Population Distribution - Differentiate the cultural population distribution in the United States using a bar graph.
3.1.3
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  1. Demographic Profiles: 1990 and 2000 Comparison Tables - Data from the U. S. Census Department that students could download and use to create graphs
  2. Foreign Born Population in the US - good pie graph An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  3. A PowerPoint show related to this standardThe Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2003 - large variety of charts and graphs | Index of Slides - includes data that can be copied and inserted into Excel
Map of Cultural Groups - Interpret a chart or map identifying major cultural groups of the world.
3.1.4
HG
  1. Race and Hispanic Origin - Population Density of the United States: 1990

2nd grade economics standards Economics Standards 4th grade economics standards
3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5
Resource vs Product - Distinguish the difference between a natural resource and finished product
3.2.1
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  1. An Economics and Literature Lesson - Geraldine, a goat, tells the story of a Navajo weaver who produces a rug using the goat's mohair.
  2. Everything Comes from Something - trace resources' points of origin by constructing and analyzing a product map
  3. From the Land - explore the riches that come from the land – and how craft artists use them!
  4. The International Pencil - "its production is the result of an amazingly large number of interactions involving many people from around the world"
Agricultural and Industrial Areas - Interpret a map showing agricultural and industrial areas.
3.2.2
E
  1. Assam Agriculture Map - map with legend
  2. Map of India - interactive map
  3. Northern Nevada Industrial Map - detailed map
Imports or Exports - Distinguish between imports and exports
3.2.3
E
  1. Import and Export - Lesson plan with interactive activities. A lesson plan can be found at this site
  2. Exports and Imports - The thirteen colonies were noted for different exports
Producer or Consumer - Using a picture, differentiate the difference between a producer and a consumer.
3.2.4
E
  1. Business Buddies - Students learn the differences between goods and services and producers and consumers (Author - Laurie Ayers)
  2. Lets Find a Deal - drag each person to the right column; producer or consumer This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  3. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsLittle Bill the Producer! - This lesson (from EconEd Link) teaches the most basic vocabulary about production. People who make goods and provide services are called producers.
  4. Match producers and the products they make by dragging images from one row to another A video is available through this link
  5. Norman Rockwell's Curiosity Shop - match the good or service.
  6. Mystery Workers - review the concepts of goods, services, and producers using the Internet to locate examples of each in a teacher's classroom
  7. Simple Simon Met a Pie-Man - a flash video of the classic rhyme, Simple Simon and the Pie-Man, introduces students to the concepts of consumer and producer. A video is available through this link
  8. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsSimple Simon Meets a Producer - In this lesson plan (from EconEd Link) students learn that consumers are the people who buy and use goods and services. Producers make the goods and provide the services.
  9. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsWe are Consumers and Producers - In this lesson (from EconEd Link) students learn how they and family members fulfill the roles of consumers and producers at home and in their community.
Money or Barter - Differentiate between money and barter economies.
3.2.5
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  1. Bartering for Goods - article on bartering; use this quiz for comprehension
  2. How Money Began - article about the beginning of money and bartering.
  3. Money in Revolutionary Times - Learning about the functions of money. A lesson plan can be found at this site
2nd grade geography standards Geography Standards 4th grade geography standards
3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.3.4 | 3.3.5 | 3.3.6 | 3.3.7 | 3.3.8 | 3.3.9
Physical Components - Identify the major physical components of the world (i.e., oceans, equator, continents, and hemispheres).
3.3.1
PG
  1. Continents and Oceans - interactive map
  2. Label Maps at iKnowThat.com - Note: this link takes you to an index of activities. To work on this SPI, select any of the five entries in the Physical Features section, click on the green Maybe Later button to go to the activity, and then select either Puzzle or Labels to begin.
  3. World Atlas - Click on the continents for more maps.
  4. Continent and Ocean Match - Quia game
  5. Oceans and Continent Quiz - Lizard point game
  6. Ocean and Continent Hangman game
  7. World Continents and Oceans game - choose your learning level
Map Key - Recognize and use a map key.
3.3.2
PG
  1. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsMap Sites - Teacher Resource
  2. Mapability - Map Symbols.
  3. Reading a Road Map - Pick a state and use the Map Key.
Local Map - Find a specific location on a school or community map.
3.3.3
PG
  1. Community Map - find different locations using the key An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  2. Maps of U.S. cities - find your city and locate places
Absolute and Relative - Use absolute and relative locations to identify places on a map (i.e., north, south, east, west, borders, lines of longitude and latitude, the equator, and the north and south poles.)
3.3.4
PG
  1. Cardinal Directions Quiz - a multiple choice quiz from Quia This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding
  2. Compass and Directions - activity with a printable resource.
  3. Create a Tennis Ball Globe - Students create a Tennis Ball Globe, seeing how a spherical Earth can be shown in one type of flat map. An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  4. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessons Go to Enchanted Learning Software's Search page and enter latitude and longitude. You will find dozens of printable pages
  5. Find your Longitude - Interactive game
  6. Label the Latitude and Longitude – a world map from Enchanted Learning A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessons(teacher page)
  7. Latitude and Longitude - Great Kinesthetic Lesson Plan to help in understanding which way is latitude and which is longitude. A lesson plan can be found at this site
  8. Latitude and Longitude - information about the concept from the Hammond World Atlas Corporation
  9. Latitude and longitude - online Quiz
  10. Latitude and Longitude - Quia Quiz game This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  11. Latitude and Longitude Pretest - Quiz Quiz This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  12. Latitude and Longitude Game - Find Hannah on the map.This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  13. Latitude and Longitude Printout Glossary - to be used with the world map above.
  14. The Latitude with Attitude - Generate a random Longitude and Latitude and each player writes down where they think the coordinates are.
  15. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessons Latitude and Longitude of World Cities - use this site for data and looking up different cities.
  16. Look up the latitude and longitude of states in the U.S.
  17. Looking at the Earth - A Quia quiz about the Earth reviewing latitude, longitude, Equator, hemisphere and more.
  18. Special Lines of Latitude and Longitude - Quia Quiz This site is interactive and allows students to play a game or input or collect data
  19. USA Latitude and Longitude Activity - from Enchanted Learning
  20. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessons Using latitude and longitude - introduction to concept
  21. World map to use in latitude & longitude study - World Latitude and Longitude Activity to go with the map
  22. World Latitude and Longitude Outline Map - from Enchanted Learning
Earth's Systems - Identify basic components of earth’s systems (i.e., landforms, water, climate, and weather).
3.3.5
PG
  1. Color Landforms Atlas of the United States - a large number of maps are available, take a look at your state's 1895 map
  2. Image Gallery of Landforms - Introduces some of the major kinds of landforms with a link to a picture or image.
  3. Landform Picture Gallery - posted by the About network
  4. Landforms - Learn the natural physical features of the earth's surface.
  5. Landforms Module - put together photos of different landforms.
  6. Types of Land - learn more about types of land when you click on them in the map.
  7. Exploring Landforms in the United States - thirteen pages of images related to maps, landforms and features of the earth An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
Cardinal Directions - Utilize skills to locate a place using cardinal directions and symbols given an appropriate map with a key.
3.3.6
PG
  1. Compass Rose - worksheet
  2. Origin of Compass Rose - Scroll down to the bottom after reading the history for the key to 32 points of the compass with latitude and longitude readings.
Climate - Determine the climate of a specific region of the world using a map.
3.3.7
PG
  1. Climate - Learn about the different types of climate and what controls the climate.
  2. Interactive map - use the change theme button at the bottom of the map to select the climate theme.
  3. United States Climate Page - Click on a state and find out about the climate
Ecosystem - Differentiate the distinguishing characteristics of ecosystems (i.e., deserts, grasslands, and rainforests).
3.3.8
PG
  1. What are Ecosystems - Learn about each area and the differences between them.
  2. Ecosystems - We're all in this together!
  3. Lesson Plans and Interactive Quizzes - index of 13 quizzes and activities This site includes questions for your students to check their understanding & A lesson plan can be found at this site
  4. Rainforests - Rainforests facts, videos and more.
Geographic Features - Recognize the identifying characteristics of certain geographic features (i.e., peninsula, islands, continents, mountains, rivers, deserts, oceans, and forests).
3.3.9
PG
  1. Types of Land - Geographical features
  2. Reading a Map - interactive map reading

2nd grade Governance and Civics Standards Governance and Civics Standards 4th grade Governance and Civics Standards
3.4.1 | 3.4.2

Government Service - Select from a set of visual representations a service provided by the government (i.e., parks, schools, and libraries).
3.4.1
GC
  1. Colorado Springs Parks and Trail Maps - several available, some are interactive
  2. Park and recreation map of Lake Sidney Lanier - detailed legend available
  3. Your Neighborhood at Ben's Guide to Government features the many people who are there to help you. (click on a building to learn about the people) (K-2)
Good Citizenship - Determine the representative acts of a good citizen (i.e., obeying speed limit, not littering, and walking within the crosswalk).
3.4.2
GC
  1. Good Citizenship - Activities for exploring the five themes of being a good citizen
  2. The Six Pillars of Character - Classroom and discussion activities.
  3. What makes a good citizen - Lesson plan A lesson plan can be found at this site
2nd grade history standards History Standards 4th grade history standards
3.5.1 | 3.5.2 | 3.5.3
Historical Events - Label historical events as past, present, and future.
3.5.1
H
  1. A Celebration Timeline - map the events of the year with a timeline
  2. Predictions - Find out what people in the past thought would happen by the year 2000
  3. Technology Timeline - interactive timeline
  4. Understanding a Timeline - you can see how events are related in different times and places
Timeline - Use a timeline to determine the order of a historical sequence of events.
3.5.2
H
  1. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsTimelines - choose from over 100 timelines at Internet4Classrooms
  2. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsTimelines: Timeless Teaching Tool - Timeline resources right at your fingertips in this article from Education World! Included: Activity ideas for teachers of all grades.
Historical Passage - Read and interpret facts from a historical passage.
3.5.3
H
  1. From Colonial Crossing to Kitty Hawk - Students compare primary and secondary sources. (Author - Julie Thompson)
  2. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsPrimary Documents in American History - The Library of Congress is home to many of the most important documents in American history. This Web site provides links to materials digitized from the collections of the Library of Congress that supplement and enhance the study of these crucial documents.
  3. Primary Source Documents - links to over two dozen sources of primary source documents
2nd grade Individuals, Groups, and Interactions Standards Individuals, Groups, and Interactions Standards 4th grade Individuals, Groups, and Interactions Standards
3.6.1 | 3.6.2 | 3.6.3
Needs or Wants - Classify needs and wants using pictures of common items (i.e., food, cleaning products, clothes, candy, makeup).
3.6.1
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  1. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsNeeds and Wants - a one page poster An Adobe Acrobat document in .pdf format
  2. Needs and Wants - Pictures of needs and wants, a quiz and a short lesson
  3. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsWants and Needs - A Cooperative Learning Lesson - (a lesson plan) Students sort magazine pictures into Wants and Needs. They will glue the pictures onto the correctly labeled poster board
Conflict and Cooperation - Distinguish between conflict and cooperation within group interactions as represented by pictures.
3.6.2
GC
  1. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsWhat's Your Territory? - [designed for K-2 - adaptable to grade 3 ] In this lesson, students will consider how they, their pets, and their parents define and defend their personal spaces or territory. They will discuss the reasons that countries sometimes fight over territories
  2. A resource for the teacher to use in planning their lessonsA World At Peace - "brainstorm the basic rights of people everywhere, explore in basic terms the United Nation's Declaration of Human Rights; use international photography galleries as part of a multimedia creative writing assignment imagining a world at peace."
Global Concerns - Recognize major global concerns (i.e., pollution, conservation of natural resources, global warming, and destruction of rainforest).
3.6.3
HG
  1. Environmental Kids Club - explore your environment and learn how to protect it

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