Your child will learn:

Knowledge and Skill:

• Locate: capitals, states, borders, rivers, gulf, oceans, lakes, hemispheres, continents, major countries, mountain ranges, equator, coasts, poles, major cities, islands, and the United States.
• Define: Key/legend, lakes, map island, elevation, relief map, plain, mountain, plateau, and compass rose.
• Identify: Number of states, continents, cardinal directions, borders, Great Lakes, symbols (cities, rivers, elevations, water, land, national capitols, state capitals, and countries).
• Apply: directions, elevation key, scale, longitude/latitude,and legend.

Heritage:

• Study formation of government.
• Study and discuss history of Washington.
• Identify individuals and contributions.
• Identify past events in Washington.

Citizenship:

• Examine State Government.
• Identify current careers and educational opportunities.

Diversity:

• Show awareness of ethnic differences and multicultural influences 

Interdependence:

• Discuss and study current events.

Change:

• Examine the cause and effect of change in Washington on communities.