Ohio Academic Content Standards Social Studies

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Ohio Academic Content StandardsSocial Studies

• Ed 629
• Katie Dempsey
• Abby Nussbaum
• Stephanie Morgan

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Ohio Academic Content Standards

• History
• People in Societies
• Geography
• Economics
• Government
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Social Studies Skills and Methods

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Ohio Academic Content Standards

• Midwest Region of the United Sates
• Grade 5

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History
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History Activities

• Create a scrapbook of the Midwest region. The
  scrapbook should have a map of the region, Native
  Americans from this region, a report about
  someone special in this region etc.
• Create a timeline of important events to the
  Midwest region.
• Read about explorers for the internet and
  determine why many of them went on explorations.
• Watch a video clip on the history of the Midwest
  region
• Write a report about an important political
  figure to the Midwest region.

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History Websites

• Zoom Explorers
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/indexh
  .shtml
• Timeline
• http//www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html
• Information on Midwest region
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_St
  ates
• The Midwest
• http//www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875014.html
• Native Americans-Shawnee
• http//www.geocities.com/bigorrin/shawnee_kids.ht
  m

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People in Societies
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People in Societies Activities

• After learning about the explorers, students will
  learn about the different types of immigrants who
  settled in the area. Students will create a
  collage of one culture that can be found in the
  Midwest. The collage should include pictures of
  customs, traditions, clothing, and food.
• Students will learn about the weather of the
  Midwest and then will create a chart of how the
  weather affects the lives of the people living in
  the Midwest. This includes the crops that are
  grown, the weather patterns like tornadoes, and
  other information weather activities.
• Students will learn about the crops that are
  grown in the Midwest and how the Midwest
  contributes to the worlds food supply.
• Students will research a person from the Midwest
  who has had an impact on the United States.
  Students will create an autobiography of the
  person citing the person's contributions to the
  Midwest.
• Students will discover one food
• recipe that is popular in the
• Midwest. Students will cook
• the dish and share it with the
• class.

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People in Societies Websites

• Our Regions http//www.glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/LP
  Tools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_StampLPID3
  7460
• Origin Of Our Food http//www.glc.k12.ga.us/Builde
  rV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_Stamp
  LPID37858
• History of the Midwest http//usa.usembassy.de/tra
  vel-regions.htmmidwest
• Food of the Midwest http//www.foodbycountry.com/S
  pain-to-Zimbabwe-Cumulative-Index/United-States-Mi
  dwest-Region.html
• People of the Midwest http//www.factmonster.com/i
  pka/A0875014.html

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Geography
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Geography Activities

• Students will complete a worksheet labeling the
  states in the Midwest Region.
• Students will learn the states in the Midwest by
  putting a puzzle of the states together.
• Students will learn the capitals of states in the
  Midwest by matching the capitals with the correct
  states after listening to School House Rocks
  states song.
• Students will learn the landforms of the Midwest
  by reading about the physical characteristics of
  the region. To expand on the landforms, students
  will create a guidebook to one important landmark
  in the Midwest. Students will compare the
  landforms of the Midwest to the rest of North
  America.
• Students will be assigned a state in the Midwest
  and will be required to present the state to the
  class by sharing location, flag, capital,
  landforms, etc.

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Geography Websites

• Regions Defined http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtm
  l/rrhtml/regdef.html
• US Midwest Region Map http//www.eduplace.com/ss/m
  aps/pdf/midwestus.pdf
• A Puzzle of the Regions http//tapestry.usgs.gov/p
  uzzle/default.html
• Archaeological Parks in the Midwest
  http//www.uark.edu/misc/aras/heartland.html
• US Midwest Culture and History Locations
  http//www.iexplore.com/usmap/Midwest/mw_culture/C
  ulturalExploration
• Midwest States and Capitals
• http//www.50states.com/

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Economics
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Economics Activities

• Students will learn about supply and demand by
  bidding on a candy item. Students will be
  asked why they were willing to pay such a high
  price, and would they have done the same if they
  knew there were more?
• Students will learn about division of labor by
  making construction paper hot air balloons. A
  few students will work alone and several groups
  will be working in the division of labor system.
• Students will learn about providers of goods vs.
  services. They will each receive an index card
  with a profession on it, and class discussion
  will be administered to show interdependence.
• Students will learn the value of U.S. dollars
  compared to Canadian dollars by using a
  conversion tool online.
• Students will learn about the distribution of
  goods. Each group of students will receive a bag
  full of goods and discuss how they will
  distribute amongst themselves.

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Economic Websites

• Defines production, distribution and consumption
• http//www.tutor2u.net/economics/gcse/revision_no
  tes/basics_production_distribution_consumption.htm
  
• Economics A-Z
• http//www.economist.com/research/Economics/
• Saving money and the banking system
• http//www.kidsbank.com/index_3.asp
• Coin minting
• http//www.usmint.gov/kids/
• Exchange Rate info. and conversion
• http//www.oanda.com/convert/classic

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Government
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Government Activities

• Watch the Schoolhouse Rock Three Ring Government
  Video and follow along with lyrics
• Complete a packet on the first 10 presidents and
  their rules in create American.
• Play a game called 20 questions about the US
  presidents.
• Have each group (3-5) create a poster board about
  a branch of the government.
• Have students become exports on different
  political parties in early American. They must be
  able to defend their reasons for starting a new
  party and be able to explain it to others.

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Government Websites

• Branches of the Government
• http//library.thinkquest.org/J0110221/
• Past Presidents of the United States
• http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
• Know-Nothing Party
• http//www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec9
  11
• Whig Party
• http//www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec1
  004
• Federalist Party
• http//www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec8
  87
• Anti Federalist Party
• http//www.britannica.com/eb/article-9007803/Anti
  -Federalists

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activities

• Students will learn about rights and
  responsibilities by making a T-chart of these.
• Students will learn about aspects of civic
  responsibilities by role playing.
• Students will learn about voicing opinion on
  public issues and policies by writing letters to
  a local newspaper.
• Students will learn about equal opportunity by
  comparing/contrasting copies of their schools
  policy to another policy found online.
• Students will learn about legal rights and
  responsibilities. In groups, they will each
  research a legal right or responsibility and
  present it to the class.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Websites

• Historical Documents
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/documents/index.html
  
• Citizenship
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/index.ht
  ml
• Department of labor, for kids
• http//www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-kidsyouth.htm
  
• Rights vs. Responsibilities Worksheet
• http//www.thinkequal.com/page.cfm/link82
• Student Voices
• http//student-voices.org/Columbus/StudentResourc
  es.aspx?LocId13

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Social Studies Skills and Methods
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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activities

• Use problem solving skills to solve a problem
  from American History such as, which political
  party to join?
• Read a chapter on the Midwest and summarize key
  points in your own words.
• Use a variety of maps to examine the aspects of
  the Midwest states, capitals, elevations, and
  landforms.
• Students will create graphs showing the climate
  of the Midwest. Students will explain how the
  landforms, vegetation, and people affect the
  Midwest.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Websites

• Ohio History Central- To find political parties
  www.Ohiohistorycenteral.org
• Midwest Climate and Temperatures
  http//www.wunderground.com/US/Region/Midwest/Temp
  erature.html
• Information on States of Midwest
  http//maps.howstuffworks.com/maps-of-the-midwest.
  htm
• Maps of Midwest http//www.enchantedlearning.com/u
  sa/statesbw/regions.shtml