Create a community garden to learn about plant life cycles and sustainable practices, integrating environmental science and social studies. Students will be responsible for planting, maintaining, and harvesting.

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How can we survive out of earth? It is a unit of space exploration. It is for middle school students grade 6-8. The final project is individualized. Students are homeschooled. Week 1: Scientific Research & Planning Goal: Gather the data needed to design a survival-ready colony. Day 1: The Inquiry. Watch the NASA Mission to Mars unit videos to understand the goal. Write down 5 "Need to Know" questions about surviving in space. Day 2: Site Selection. Use the NASA Solar System Interactive to explore the Moon and Mars. Choose one and list its specific challenges (e.g., Moon's 14-day nights vs. Mars' dust storms). Day 3: Life Support Science. Research how astronauts get oxygen and water. Activity: Build a Miniature Greenhouse or a simple "water filtration" experiment using sand and gravel to simulate resource recycling. Day 4: Technical Blueprints. Draw a top-down map of your colony on grid paper. You must include at least four "Modules": Living, Laboratory, Energy, and Food. Day 5: Material Scavenging. Collect "space-age" building materials from around the house. Look for: Structures: Cardboard boxes, toilet paper rolls, plastic containers. Tech: Old CDs (for solar panels), aluminum foil (for radiation shielding), and bottle caps. Week 2: Construction & The Final Mission Goal: Build the tangible model and document the mission. Days 6–7: The Core Build. Assemble the main base on a sturdy cardboard foundation. Use hot glue or tape to connect modules with "tunnels" (represented by toilet paper tubes). Day 8: Detailing & Aesthetics. Add "lunar regolith" or "martian soil" by painting the base or using colored sand. Use Lego minifigures to set the scale. Day 9: The Mission Manual. Create a 4-page booklet (digital or paper): Page 1: Colony Name and Location. Page 2: How your colony produces Oxygen and Water. Page 3: How you generate Power (Solar/Nuclear). Page 4: A "Day in the Life" of a colonist. Day 10: Final Presentation. Record a 3-minute video tour of your colony, explaining each feature as if you are the lead engineer presenting to NASA.

Is violence justified when people are being oppressed?

Big Idea This unit embarks on an investigation of the thirteen original colonies, providing students with a foundational understanding of early American society. Students will engage in the critical practice of using evidence to construct claims in response to compelling and supporting historical questions, thereby developing analytical skills. Students will thoroughly examine the diverse cultural traditions that various groups introduced to the colonies, emphasizing the interplay of these traditions in shaping the colonial experience. Furthermore, students will analyze the significant role of religion in the formation of colonial societies, exploring its influence on governance, social norms, and individual behavior. The unit will also dissect the multifaceted impact of cultural, economic, and environmental factors on the movement of people, ideas, and goods within and to the colonies, thereby illustrating the complexities of early transatlantic interactions. Finally, students will confront the profound social and economic repercussions of the slave trade on diverse populations, analyzing its enduring historical significance and its impact on the development of American society. Prerequisite Skills & Knowledge Through previous elementary social studies instruction: Sense of self in community, state, and world Citizenship and civic virtues (roles and responsibilities) Native Americans: culture, human-environmental interaction, organization Motivations for European exploration Through a brief (approximately 9 Days) Unit 0 Review: Geography concepts Native Americans Overview Interpreting Primary & Secondary Sources Unit Compelling Question What does it take to build a society? Essential Inquiry Standard (Formative and Summative Assessment Focus) 5.I.UE.1 Use evidence to develop claims in response to compelling and supporting questions. Essential Standards Supporting Standards 5.G.HI.1 Describe the traditions diverse cultural groups brought with them when they moved to and within the United States. 5.H.CE.2 Analyze the role religion played in early colonial society. 5.G.MM.1 Analyze how cultural, economic, and environmental factors encouraged and restricted the movement of people, ideas and goods to and within the United States. 5.H.CE.3 Describe the social and economic impact of the slave trade on diverse groups. 5.I.Q.1 Ask compelling questions about the founding of the United States. 5.I.Q.2 Generate supporting questions to answer compelling questions about the founding of the United States. 5.E.IC.1 Analyze how incentives and opportunity costs impact decision making, using examples from history. 5.G.GR.1 Use a variety of maps, satellite images and other models to explain the relationships between the location of places and regions and their human and environmental characteristics. 5.G.HE.1 Explain how cultural and environmental changes impact population distribution and influence how people modify and adapt to their environments. 5.G.HI.2 Analyze how and why cultural characteristics diffuse and blend with migration and settlement. 5.H.CO.1 Analyze the role conflict and collaboration played in the founding of the United States. 5.E.ST.1 Explain how specialization, comparative advantage and competition influence the production and exchange of goods and services in an interdependent economy. 5.E.MI.1 Explain the relationship between supply and demand. 5.E.KE.1 Analyze how incentives and opportunity costs impact decision making, using examples from Kentucky history. 5.G.KGE.1 Compare the lives of Kentucky settlers to those living in other areas during the early years of the United States. Learning Inventory What do we want students to know and be able to do? Derived from identified standards Verbs (skills) Nouns (content and key vocabulary) Use Evidence, develop claims, response, compelling and supporting questions. Describe Traditions, diverse cultural groups brought, moved to and within the United States Analyze Role, religion, early colonial society Analyze Cultural, economic, and environmental factors, encouraged, restricted, movement of people, ideas and goods, the United States Describe Social and economic impact, slave trade, diverse groups Ask Generate Analyze Use Explain Analyze Analyze Explain Explain Analyze Compare Compelling Qs about founding of US SQs to answer CQs about founding of US Incentives, opp costs, decisions, history Maps, sat imgs, models, relat, location, H-E char Cultural & env changes, pop dist, mod/adapt Cultural char diffuse and blend, mig and sett. Conflict & collaboration, founding of US Spec’ztion, comp adv, comp, prod goods, serv Relationship, supply and demand Incentives, opp costs, decisions, KY History Lives of KY settlers with others. Visible Learning (Examples provided are not an exhaustive list) Learning Intentions Success Criteria Learners will describe the motivations for Europeans to emigrate to the Colonies. I can define opportunity cost and incentives. I can define religious persecution. I can distinguish between a push and a pull factor. I can describe how Colonial America offered a variety of incentives (pull factors) that attracted Europeans to settle. I can describe how conditions in Europe (push factors such as religious persecution) offered motivations for groups of Europeans to settle in the colonies. I can explain with specific examples the incentives diverse groups of European settlers took advantage of in the colonies. Learners will explain the cultural and environmental changes that impacted population distribution in the Colonies. I can list the diverse cultural groups of Colonial America (including: American Indians, Puritans, Quakers, European immigrants, and forced migrants from Africa). I can define “modify” and “adapt.” I can define “Diffuse” and “blend.” I can define culture, economic factors, and environmental factors. I can describe through specific examples how various cultural groups brought different traditions and beliefs to the United States. I can explain why people settled where they did based on economic, religious, or environmental factors. I can explain how religious beliefs had an impact on people living in Colonial America. I can analyze and distinguish cultural (religion and language), economic (agricultural and industrial), and environmental (physical geography) encourage and/or restrict the movement of people, goods, and ideas. Learners will analyze the conflict and collaboration that happened between American Indians and the Colonists. I can define conflict and collaboration. I can give specific examples of how the Colonists and American Indians engaged in conflict for numerous reasons. I can give specific examples of how the Colonists and American Indians were able to collaborate and compromise to avoid conflict. Learners will connect how geography impacts economic activity in regions. I can use maps and other tools to explain relationships between location and environmental characteristics. I can explain how human and environmental characteristics influenced the development of specialized economies. I can define interdependence and give specific examples of how the colonies were economically interdependent upon each other. I can explain the relationship between supply and demand. I can differentiate between colonial characteristics that contributed to the comparative advantage between the colonies. Learners will distinguish the reasons for Kentucky settlement during colonial times. I can justify why incentives drew some early settlers to Kentucky and why others chose not to take advantage of these opportunities. I can compare the lives of early explorers and settlers of Kentucky to the lives of others settling in the colonies. Learners will describe the cultural, social, and economic impacts of the slave trade in Colonial America. I can describe with specific examples how enslaved Africans brought aspects of their culture to the colonies. I can explain the social role and limits enslaved Africans had in Colonial America. I can explain the economic impact and role enslaved Africans had on farms in the colonies, especially in the South. Learning Progression and Assessment Points (Note: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are examples and not an exhaustive list) Supporting Question 1: What incentives motivated European settlers to come to America? Learners will describe the motivations for Europeans to emigrate to the Colonies. I can define opportunity cost and incentives. I can define religious persecution. I can distinguish between a push and a pull factor. I can describe how Colonial America offered a variety of incentives (pull factors) that attracted Europeans to settle. I can describe how conditions in Europe (push factors such as religious persecution) offered motivations for groups of Europeans to settle in the colonies. I can explain with specific examples the incentives diverse groups of European settlers took advantage of in the colonies. Supporting Question 2: What features encouraged and restricted the movement of people, ideas, and goods during colonial times? Learners will explain the cultural and environmental changes that impacted population distribution in the Colonies. I can list the diverse cultural groups of Colonial America (including: American Indians, Puritans, Quakers, European immigrants, and forced migrants from Africa). I can define “modify” and “adapt.” I can define “Diffuse” and “blend.” I can define culture, economic factors, and environmental factors. I can describe through specific examples how various cultural groups brought different traditions and beliefs to the United States. I can explain why people settled where they did based on economic, religious, or environmental factors. I can explain how religious beliefs had an impact on people living in Colonial America. I can analyze and distinguish cultural (religion and language), economic (agricultural and industrial), and environmental (physical geography) encourage and/or restrict the movement of people, goods, and ideas. Supporting Question 3: What impact did colonial conflict and collaboration have on American Indians? Learners will analyze the conflict and collaboration that happened between American Indians and the Colonists. I can define conflict and collaboration. I can give specific examples of how the Colonists and American Indians engaged in conflict for numerous reasons. I can give specific examples of how the Colonists and American Indians were able to collaborate and compromise to avoid conflict. Supporting Question 4: How did the geography and resources connect the specialized economies of the colonial regions? Learners will connect how geography impacts economic activity in regions. I can use maps and other tools to explain relationships between location and environmental characteristics. I can explain how human and environmental characteristics influenced the development of specialized economies. I can define interdependence and give specific examples of how the colonies were economically interdependent upon each other. I can explain the relationship between supply and demand. I can differentiate between colonial characteristics that contributed to the comparative advantage between the colonies. Supporting Question 5: What incentives and opportunity costs impacted early settlers’ decision to settle Kentucky? Learners will distinguish the reasons for Kentucky settlement during colonial times. I can justify why incentives drew some early settlers to Kentucky and why others chose not to take advantage of these opportunities. I can compare the lives of early explorers and settlers of Kentucky to the lives of others settling in the colonies. Supporting Question 6: What impact did enslaved Africans have on the colonies? Learners will describe the cultural, social, and economic impacts of the slave trade in Colonial America. I can describe with specific examples how enslaved Africans brought aspects of their culture to the colonies. I can explain the social role and limits enslaved Africans had in Colonial America. I can explain the economic impact and role enslaved Africans had on farms in the colonies, especially in the South. Unit 1 Summative Assessment - FCPS Staff only What does it take to build a society? 5.I.UE.1 Use evidence to develop claims in response to compelling and supporting questions. 5.G.HI.1 Describe the traditions diverse cultural groups brought with them when they moved to and within the United States. 5.H.CE.2 Analyze the role religion played in early colonial society. 5.G.MM.1 Analyze how cultural, economic, and environmental factors encouraged and restricted the movement of people, ideas and goods to and within the United States. 5.H.CE.3 Describe the social and economic impact of the slave trade on diverse groups. Anchor Materials Additional Resources Savvas Kentucky myWorld: Chapter 1: Life in the Colonies 1.1: New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies 1.2: Daily Life in the Colonies 1.3: Slavery in the Colonies 1.4: Cooperation and Conflict 1.5: The French and Indian War DBQ Project: Elementary Mini-Qs - Volume 2 Note: Teachers may select just one DBQ to fully implement, but use sources from these to support instruction. 2. Early Jamestown: Why Did So Many Colonists Die? Glossary for Terms for KAS for Social Studies Getting started with Primary Sources https://www.loc.gov/programs/teachers/getting-started-with-primary-sources/ Resources for Background Colonial Williamsburg Education Resource Library: https://resourcelibrary.history.org/?from=teachers Regions of the Thirteen Colonies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15JxkzMbdd0 Migration https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/migration/ Christopher Columbus’ Journal https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3892 Puritans https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Puritans/353681 Quakers https://quaker.org/quaker-history-introduction/ Jamestown https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=-RZW6rL7HQQ The 13 Colonies for Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUmi3iNMawo&t=41s Slave Trade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YI6PtEu8aQ Sources for Analysis Account of Quaker (William Francis) refusing to pay religious fees https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-colonies-motivations-and-realities/sources/248 This map shows sites such as English and French forts, American Indian groups, trails, “The Falls 6 miles Long” (Louisville), and more https://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/ky/es_ky_powwow_1.html Middle Passage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRJ8aOM028Y Estimates of Africans Arriving in America https://www.slavevoyages.org/assessment/estimates Looking Ahead: Vibrant Learning Experiences Savvas Kentucky myWorld Chapter 1 Quest: You’re Home!

students argue if violent responses to oppression are natural and therefore justified

STEM Engineering Challenge: Build a Wind-Proof Tower Challenge Question: Can you design and build the tallest tower that can stand on its own and survive the wind? Supplies Use 4 or fewer: Paper Tape Craft sticks or straws Small fan or teacher-made wind with cardboard Time Frame: 1 Hour 5 min — Ask: What makes tall structures strong or weak? 10 min — Imagine & Plan: Students sketch a tower design before building. 20 min — Create: Students build the tallest free-standing tower they can. 10 min — Test: Measure height, then test with wind for 10 seconds. 10 min — Improve: Students revise their tower after testing. 5 min — Share: Students explain what worked, what failed, and what they changed. Rules Tower must stand on its own. It must be at least 12 inches tall. It must survive “wind” for 10 seconds. Students may only use the given materials. Grade-Level Adjustments 1st–2nd: Focus on tallest tower that stands. 3rd–5th: Add a budget limit, height requirement, or require a labeled design sketch. Graduate Profile Connections Innovative Problem Solver: designs, tests, improves Productive Collaborator: works with a team Effective Communicator: explains design choices Mastery Learner: uses failure to improve the design

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