Table of Contents

Unit 1: Environments Change [SS]

• Lesson 1: Heat Causes Change
• Lesson 2: Earthquakes and Volcanoes
• Lesson 3: People and the Environment
• Lesson 4: People Change the Environment
• Lesson 5: Pollution (2 Days)
• Lesson 6: A River Ran Wild (2 Days)
• Lesson 7: Animals in the Environment (2 Days)
• Final Project: The Wump World

Unit 1: Morning Girl [LA]

• Lesson 1: Background Information (2 Days)
• Lesson 2: Point of View (2 Days)
• Lesson 3: The News
• Lesson 4: The Rock
• Lesson 5: Let's Write (2 Days)
• Lesson 6: The Storm
• Lesson 7: Visitors
• Final Project: Poetry Night

Unit 2: Communities Change Over Time [SS]

• Lesson 1: Communities Change
• Lesson 2: Elements of Culture
• Lesson 3: What Is A Civilization? (2 Days)
• Lesson 4: A Street Through Time (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: Cultures Around the World (2 Days)
• Lesson 6: Ancient Civilizations (2 Days)
• Lesson 7: Medieval Times
• Lesson 8: America Yesterday and Today (2 Days)
• Lesson 9: Technology and Transportation
• Final Project: Time Capsule

Unit 2: Communities and Culture [LA]

• Lesson 1: Getting Started (2 Days)
• Lesson 2: Where Are We?
• Lesson 3: The King
• Lesson 4: Back Home
• Lesson 5: A Day in Egypt
• Lesson 6: Middle Ages (2 Days)
• Lesson 7: Off to the Castle
• Lesson 8: Return Home (2 Days)
• Lesson 9: Writing About History (2 Days)
• Final Project: Elements of Change

Unit 3: People Change the World [SS]

• Lesson 1: Citizens Can Make Changes (2 Days)
• Lesson 2: Leaders Have Character (2 Days)
• Lesson 3: Inventions and New Discoveries (2 Days)
• Lesson 4: Injustice (2 Days)
• Lesson 5: Making the World a Better Place (2 Days)
• Final Project: I Can Change the World (2 Days)

Unit 3: American Heroes [LA]

• Lesson 1: Heroes
• Lesson 2: Early American Heroes
• Lesson 3: Heroes of Freedom
• Lesson 4: Hard Times
• Lesson 5: Recent Heroes
• Lesson 6: African-American Heroes
• Lesson 7: Female Heroes
• Lesson 8: Heroes of Science and Invention
• Lesson 9: Book of Heroes
• Final Project: My Life Story