Public learning track
Culture, Families, and Communities
9 lessons
Goal
Explore how families, traditions, languages, and cultural expressions shape personal identity and diverse communities.
9 lessons
0 of 9 done
- What Is Culture?Up next
- Family Traditions and BelongingNot started yet
- Cultural Expressions Through Music and DanceNot started yet
- Storytelling and Oral TraditionsNot started yet
- Native American Sign Language and LanguagesNot started yet
- Traditional Art, Beadwork, and SymbolsNot started yet
- What Makes a Community Unique?Not started yet
- Why People Move to New CommunitiesNot started yet
- Current Events in Our Communities and StateNot started yet
Standards Covered
- SS2.2.2Wyoming Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Recognize and describe unique ways in which expressions of culture influence people including Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming (e.g., language, sign language, stories, music, symbolism, and art).
- SS2.5.3Wyoming Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Use the human features of a community to describe what makes that community unique (e.g., cultural, language, religion, food, clothing, political, economic, population, and types of jobs in an area) and why others want to move to that place.
- SS2.2.1Wyoming Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Name the ways groups (e.g., families and schools), including Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, meet human needs and concerns (e.g., belonging and personal safety) and contribute to personal identity and daily life (e.g., compare features of modern-day living [food, shelter, clothing, transportation] to those of the past; create a chart showing how farming, schools, or communities have changed over time; illustrate past dwellings [tepee, sweat lodge, wikiup, sod, log cabin, earth lodge] and present-day housing).
- SS2.4.3Wyoming Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe a “current event.” involving significant people and places in Wyoming (e.g., local, state, or tribal events).
Curriculum Framework
1st Grade · Social Studies · US-WY-SS
1
8 lessons
Citizenship, Rules, and Laws
Understand why rules and laws exist in schools, communities, tribal nations, and our country, and how good citizens participate.
2
9 lessons
Symbols, Traditions, and National Holidays
Identify patriotic symbols, songs, pledges, and celebrations of the United States and Wyoming's Indigenous Tribes.
3
9 lessons
Culture, Families, and Communities
Explore how families, traditions, languages, and cultural expressions shape personal identity and diverse communities.
4
9 lessons
Geography and Mapping Our World
Read and create maps using keys, cardinal directions, and symbols, and compare physical and human characteristics of communities.
5
8 lessons
People, Places, and the Environment
Discover how humans adapt to, use, and modify their natural environment to meet their needs.
6
9 lessons
History, Change Over Time, and Technology
Examine how tools, technology, daily life, and major events have changed from the past to the present and shape the future.
7
8 lessons
Economics: Needs, Wants, and Economic Choices
Understand fundamental economic concepts including needs, wants, goods, services, prices, saving, and modern production.
8
7 lessons
Social Studies Inquiry and Research Tools
Develop research, literacy, and digital inquiry skills using libraries, atlases, dictionaries, computers, and primary sources.