Social Studies

Skills:

• Uses strategies for reading fiction and nonfiction to understand New England and Japan now and long ago.
• Obtains data from a variety of sources including books, video, photographs, the Internet, etc.
• Presents clear explanations in both oral and written form.
• Realizes that multiple perspectives are necessary in order to have a more accurate view of people and cultures.

New England Now and Long Ago

• Studies the impact of change on communities and environments; specifically how electricity,m telephones and transportation influenced the development of Wellesley and other communities.
• Discusses the implications of change in New England.

Japan

• Locates major landforms of Japan.
• Describes how the Japanese honor the past in their everyday lives.
• Describes how Japanese culture values nature, beauty, family and simplicity.
• Explains some problems the Japanese have faced and how they have worked together to solve those problems.