Cultural Program Goals and Objectives
Grade Level 5

About the Cultural Program
Social Studies and Science are often treated as separate subjects in school, but with our Cultural Program, we’ll combine social studies and science. During the habitat classes, students explore the Sound, Salt Marsh, Pond, Beach and Forest, and focus on human interaction with the habitats. We’ll explore the three groups of people to inhabit our area (African Americans, Europeans, and Native Americans) and find out how each group experimented with island plants, animals and other materials. Finally, we’ll explore how our current culture (that’s us!) uses plants, animals and materials native to our island habitat and how we can conserve and protect them. Because of the multi-disciplinary mix of social studies and science, we are offering these classes only to groups of students 6th grade and younger.

Main Curriculum Area: Social Studies
Other Curriculum Areas: English
Grade Level: 5

Primary Goals and Objectives:
These objectives will be covered during all Cultural Program classes. Some objectives are more specific to one habitat than another, so if your schedule does not allow you to take all offered classes, or if there are particular objectives that you want to make sure we cover, please let us know what your specific needs are.

Anthropology/ Psychology/ Sociology
Social Studies Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will analyze the characteristics of people of the Western Hemisphere.

Objectives
1.1 Identify, locate, and describe major groups of people, past and present, in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Social Studies Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will assess the influence of major religions, ethical beliefs, and aesthetic values on life in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Objectives
2.1 Describe evolving art forms and aesthetic values and assess their influence on life in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Geography
Social Stuides Competency
Goal 3		 The learner will locate major physical features and suggest the influence of location on life in the Western Hemisphere.


Objectives
3.1 Describe the absolute and relative location of major landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

3.2 Analyze the impact of the absolute and relative location of places on ways of living in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Social Stuides Competency
Goal 5		 The learner will evaluate ways the people of the Western Hemisphere use, modify and adapt to the physical environment.

Objectives
5.1 Explain how people of the Western Hemisphere adapt and have adapted to the physical environment.

History
Social Stuides Competency
Goal 11		 The learner will analyze changes in ways of living and investigate why and how these changes occurred.

Objectives
11.1 Identify and describe changes which have occurred in ways of living in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

11.2 Identify examples of cultural transmission and interaction within and among the regions of the Western Hemisphere.

11.3 Evaluate the effects of change on the lives of the people of the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Social Stuides Competency
Goal 12		 The learner will trace developments in the history of the United States, Canada, and Latin America and assess their impact on the lives of people today.

Objectives
12.1 Identify people, symbols, and events associated with the heritage of the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

12.2 Associate an event or phenomenon in the history of the United States, Canada, and Latin America with a current situation or practice.

English Competency
Goal 1		 The learner will apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.

Objectives
1.01 Expand and refine vocabulary through knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, roots, derivatives, and etymologies(word origins) to assist comprehension.

English Competency
Goal 2		 The learner will apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.

Objectives
2.09 Listen actively and critically by:
  • asking questions.
  • delving deeper into the topic.
  • elaborating on the information and ideas presented.
  • evaluating information and ideas.
  • making inferences and drawing conclusions.
  • making judgments.
English Competency
Goal 4		 The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objectives
4.01 Read aloud grade-appropriate text with fluency, comprehension, expression, and personal style demonstrating an awareness of volume, pace, audience, and purpose.

4.02 Use oral and written language to:

  • formulate hypotheses.
  • evaluate information and ideas.