Unit Five ~ Living Together in a Community, State, and Nation ~ This unit analyzes conflict and conflict resolution in different communities.
Main Ideas:
1. People in communities work together to solve
their problems.
2. Rules and laws are for the common good of a community.
3. Citizens show pride in their communities in many ways.
4. The parts of a government work together for the common good.
5. People in governments in other countries work together to solve
problems.
Suggested Books for Independent Reading
Street Music: City Poems
by Arnold Adoff
If You Were There in 1776
by Barbara Brenner
It's Our World, Too!
Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference by Phillip Hoose
Across the Wide Dark Sea:
The Mayflower Journey by Jean Van Leevwen
The President's Cabinet and
How It Grew by Nancy Winslow Parker
Senator by Richard Sobel
Suggestions to Extend and Enrich this Unit:
Write a character sketch of an imaginary person who would make a good community leader.
Research the architectural style of capitol buildings around the country. Are these capitol buildings similar? When and where did this style of architecture originate?
Choose a flag that you think is interesting, draw a picture of the flag, and explain the significance of its design.
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