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This unit alignment was created as a reference guide for lesson planning. It shows how the various curricular materials offered by CMS Social
Studies align with CMS units. This is not a required order, simply a guide for how the different lessons line up with one another. This may be used in
conjunction with different lessons based on the needs of teachers, students, and classrooms.
Unit 1: Culture and ● Respecting Diversity by Anastasia Suen “How do diverse Unit 1
Communities ● Music Around the World by Char cultures influence Mini-Assessment
Benjamin communities?”
Unit Guide ● Caring by Lucia Raatma
● Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native “Is history a series of
Sample Planning Guide America by Joseph Bruchac facts or a collection of Report Card
● Respect by Lucia Raatma perspectives?”* Rubrics
Essential Question: How ● Foods of West Africa by Ethan Y.
do diverse cultures Garten
influence communities? ● Games Around the World by Sarah
Levete
NCES: 2.C.1, 2.H.1 ● Morning Meals Around the World by
Maryellen Gregoire
Unit 1 Digitized and Printable Primary
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Unit 2: My Geography, ● Mapping Our Nation by Sandy Phan “How do people Urban or Rural?: Is Unit 2
My Environment ● Food from Farms by Nancy Dickmann impact the urban or rural living Mini-Assessment -
● Exploring National Parks by Robin C. environment around better? Geography
Unit Guide Fitzsimmons them?”
● Our Natural Resources Unit 2
Essential Question: How ● Be the Change for the Environment by Mini-Assessment -
do people impact the Megan Kopp Environment
environment around ● Latitude and Longitude by Kristen
them? Rajczak
● Mapping North America by Emily Report Card
NCES: 2.G.1, 2.G.2, Jankowski Rubrics
2.H.1 ● Reading Maps by Ann H. Matzke
Unit 2 Digitized and Printable Primary
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Unit 3: Civics and ● Doing Your Part Serving Your “How can I be a Good Citizen: How can Unit 3
Government Community by Kelly Rodgers responsible citizen?” I be a good citizen in Mini-Assessment
● Martin Luther King Jr. by Emma H. my community?
Unit Guide Haldy “What makes a
● We Are Citizens by Laine Falk person from history Report Card
Essential Question: How ● Vote For Me! by J. Jean Robertson worth remembering?”* Rubrics
can I be a responsible ● Frederick Douglass: Freedom Fighter
citizen? by Kayla Roberts
● Sonia Sotomayor: Supreme Court
NCES: 2.C&G.1, Justice by Stephanie Sammartino
2.C&G.2, 2.H.1 McPherson
● Library by Jennifer Colby
● Sacagawea by Jodie Sheperd
Unit 3 Digitized and Printable Primary
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Unit 4: Economics and ● Money and Trade in Our World by “How do the basic Spend, Save, and Unit 4
Financial Literacy Shelly Buchanan economic concepts Share: Why is it Mini-Assessment
● Shopping Around the World by Clare change the world?” important to spend,
Unit Guide Lewis save, and share our
● Do I Need It? Or Do I Want It? by “What should I do with money? Report Card
Essential Question: How Jennifer S. Larson my money?” Rubrics
do basic economic ● Earn Money by Mary Reina
concepts change the ● Super-Smart Shopping: An Introduction
world? to Financial Literacy by Mattie Reynolds
● What Can You Do With Money? by
NCES: 2.E.1 Jennifer S. Larson
● What Do I Want? What Do I Need? by
Rachel Eagen
● Where Do We Keep Money? How
Banks Work by Jennifer S. Larson
Unit 4 Digitized and Printable Primary
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*Addresses standards within the unit but loosely related to unit Essential Question.