Communities

by Boehm, Richard G.

• ISBN13: 9780153097850
• ISBN10: 015309785X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

Table of Contents

Atlas	1	(13)
Geography Terms	14	(2)
Reading and Research Skills
Read Social Studies	16	(6)
Unit 1 What Is a Community?	22	(56)
Unit Preview	24	(2)
Set the Scene with Literature
Roxaboxen	26	(12)
Alice McLerran
Barbara Cooney
Where on Earth Is Roxaboxen?	38	(10)
Map and Globe Skills
Read a Map	46	(2)
Getting Along in a Community	48	(5)
Participation Skills
Act as a Responsible Citizen	52	(1)
Getting What We Need	53	(3)
Communities Have Histories	56	(6)
Chart and Graph Skills
Read a Time Line	61	(1)
Many People, Many Ways of Life	62	(16)
Making Social Studies Real
A Community Guidance Card	70	(2)
Visual Summary	72	(2)
Unit Review	74	(4)
Unit 2 Where People Start Communities	78	(62)
Unit Preview	80	(2)
Set the Scene with Literature
Aurora Means Dawn	82	(6)
Scott Russell Sanders
Jill Kastner
Communities Are in Different Places	88	(10)
Map and Globe Skills
Read a Landform Map	96	(2)
Communities Are Built Near Water	98	(4)
Chart and Graph Skills
Read a Table	101	(1)
Communities Are Built Where People Meet	102	(5)
Reading and Research Skills
Write a Summary	106	(1)
Why Did People Build Cahokia and St. Louis?	107	(9)
Map and Globe Skills
Find Intermediate Directions on a Map	115	(1)
Communities Are Built Near Resources	116	(5)
Map and Globe Skills
Use a Product Map	120	(1)
Communities Are Built for Government	121	(7)
Map and Globe Skills
Find State Capitals and Borders	126	(2)
Communities Move---Brasilia, Brazil	128	(12)
Making Social Studies Real
Students Adopt-a-Park	132	(2)
Visual Summary	134	(2)
Unit Review	136	(4)
Unit 3 Communities Grow and Change	140	(68)
Unit Preview	142	(2)
Set the Scene with Literature
Shaker Lane	144	(10)
Alice
Martin Provensen
Communities Change Yet Stay the Same	154	(10)
Map and Globe Skills
Compare Maps from Different Times	162	(2)
America's First Communities	164	(7)
The Community of Tenochtitlan	171	(5)
Reading and Research Skills
Learn from Artifacts	175	(1)
Mexico City Today	176	(6)
Participation Skills
Solve a Problem	180	(2)
Our Country's Early History	182	(6)
Inventions Change Our Country	188	(8)
Every Community Has a History	196	(12)
Making Social Studies Real
Honoring Their Ancestors	200	(2)
Visual Summary	202	(2)
Unit Review	204	(4)
Unit 4 People Working Together	208	(60)
Unit Preview	210	(2)
Set the Scene with Literature
Reuben and the Fire	212	(8)
Merle Good
P. Buckley Moss
People in an Amish Community Work Together	220	(7)
Chart and Graph Skills
Read Graphs	226	(1)
People Work Together to Make a Product	227	(7)
Chart and Graph Skills
Use a Flow Chart	232	(2)
People Buy Products and Services	234	(18)
Critical Thinking Skills
Make an Economic Choice	240	(2)
Learn Economics Through Literature
Saturday Sancocho	242	(8)
Leyla Torres
Map and Globe Skills
Use a Map Grid	250	(2)
The World Is a Marketplace	252	(16)
Chart and Graph Skills
Read a Cutaway Diagram	258	(2)
Making Social Studies Real
``Togetherness'' Is Good Business	260	(2)
Visual Summary	262	(2)
Unit Review	264	(4)
Unit 5 Living Together in a Community, State, and Nation	268	(68)
Unit Preview	270	(2)
Set the Scene with Literature
City Green	272	(10)
DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
People Make Communities Good Places to Live	282	(8)
Participation Skills
Resolve Conflicts	288	(2)
Rules and Laws in a Community	290	(8)
Participation Skills
Make a Choice by Voting	295	(3)
State Governments	298	(5)
Map and Globe Skills
Measure Distance on a Map	302	(1)
The National Government	303	(7)
Symbols of Pride	310	(10)
Participation Skills
Compare Patriotic Symbols	316	(4)
Solving Problems in South Africa	320	(16)
Counterpoints
The Turkey or the Eagle?	326	(2)
Making Social Studies Real
Pride in Her Neighborhood	328	(2)
Visual Summary	330	(2)
Unit Review	332	(4)
Unit 6 The Many People of a Community	336	(2)
Unit Preview	338	(2)
Set the Scene with Literature
Grandfather's Journey	340	(8)
Allen Say
People from Many Places	348	(6)
Culture in Harlem	354	(14)
Learn About Culture and Heritage Through Literature
John Henry	360	(3)
Ezra Jack Keats
Paul Bunyan	363	(3)
Mary Pope Osborne
David McCall Johnston
Critical Thinking Skills
Understand Point of View	366	(2)
Holiday Customs and Traditions	368	(7)
Critical Thinking Skills
Follow a Sequence	374	(1)
Different Countries, Different Cultures	375	(9)
Map and Globe Skills
Use a Population Map	384	(2)
Counterpoints
Islands of Tears or Islands of Opportunity?	386	(4)
Making Social Studies Real
An Old Tradition: The Scottish Highland Games	390	(2)
Visual Summary	392	(2)
Unit Review	394
For Your Reference	1	(25)
Discovering the History of Your Community	2	(14)
Biographical Dictionary	16	(5)
Gazetteer	21	(5)
Glossary	26	(5)
Index	31