Submitted by Amie Colcord

Language: Spanish Unit Cultural Theme or Academic Content Area: Social Studies Target Audience: Immersion Elementary Grade: 4 Proficiency Level: Intermediate Low

Standards: Communication:    1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Cultures:    2.1, 2.2 Connections:    3.1 Comparisons:    4.2 Communities:

Unit Timeframe:

Ten 50 minute periods

Unit Overview:

Students will learn about various landforms. They will then learn about various social concepts and institutions such as economy (services, free enterprise, taxes, importing, exporting), industry, government, natural resources (renewable and non-renewable), conservation, consumerism, climate, agriculture (commercial and sustainable), suburban/urban/rural areas. Next they will learn about New England by studying the regions specific characteristics (such as folliage) and by applying learned landforms, concepts, and institutions. Finally, students will learn about the mid-Atlantic region using a similar method.

Context:

Students are already familiar with some landforms such as rivers, mountains, deserts, cliffs, volcanos, islands, lakes, oceans, hills, and forests. They will learn about other landforms such as buttes, isthmuses, peninsulas, plateaus, bays, glaciers, canyons, marshes, and channels.  

General Unit References and Resources:

Regiones de nuestro pais

Power Point presentations

State books

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Lesson 1: Power Point on Landforms (including review of map skills) 
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