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Unit 1- The U. S. Constitution: Then and Now

Essential Question: Why do laws continue to evolve?

In this unit, students read and compare selections about the development of laws and about people who have fought to change unfair laws to analyze why laws evolve. 












 Developing Characters' Relationships 

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Essential Question

Why do we value certain qualities in people?

In this unit, students read selections from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and other stories to compare and analyze the characters.




Unit 3: Cultivating Natural Resources

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Essential Question

How do we decide which resources we should develop?

In this unit, students read and compare selections about cultivating food in the past and today to understand how we develop our natural resources.







Unit 4: Recognizing Author's Point of View

Essential Question: How can other perspectives help us evaluate the world?

In this unit, students read and compare the different perspectives in selections to analyze point of view.






Unit 5: Technology’s Impact on Society

Essential Question

What value does technology bring to people’s lives?

In this unit, students will read and compare literary and nonfiction selections about the role that technology has played in people’s lives.

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