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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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September
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- Test Preparation
- Geography
Skills
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Primary and secondary
sources; map terms; interpretation of charts, graphs, timelines,
and other documents |
Familiarizing
students with format of test; reading maps; (including differentiating
between physical, political, historical, topographical, and theme
maps), reading and interpreting documents including charts, various
graphs, and timelines. |
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- Observation
- Construction of maps, timelines, charts
- Collecting and interpreting documents
- Vocabulary tests
- Games such as Jeopardy
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Essential
Questions:
- What
is a constructed response question?
- What
is a DBQ?
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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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| October |
- Review
major documents and government
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- Constructed
responses
- Interpreting
documents
- Writing
DBQ's
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- Writing
to inform
- Learning
to restate findings in essay form
- Comparing/contrasting
related documents
- Responding
to a given topic in essay form (DBQ)
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- How
does the geography influence the climate, culture, and natural
resources of an area?
- How
do people change the environment in which they live? Why?
- How
do the natural resources impact the economic growth of a particular
region?
- How
do ancient cultures influence present day cultures/traditions
in the Americas?
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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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November/December
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Geography
and culture of Canada, Latin America, and the USA (Americas)
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- Geography
of the western hemisphere
- Climate
resources
- Culture
- Economic
influences of western hemisphere
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- Knowledge
of continent and countries in western hemisphere
- Comparing/contrasting
geography of countries in western hemisphere and its impact
on the economics, cultures, traditions, climates, and overall
environment.
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- Comparison
charts (location, government, resources, documents, cultures
- construct
maps (political, physical).
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- What were the major causes and effects of European exploration?
- What important historic figures and groups made significant
contributions to the development of the Americas?
- What
role did geography play in the settlement pattern?
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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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January/February
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- Exploration of the Americas
- Focus on milestones of specific explorers successful in the
western hemisphere
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- Cause/effect
- Compare/contrast
- Western hemisphere before and after exploration
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- Reading
comprehension
- Comparing
and contrasting accomplishments of explorers of the western
hemisphere
- Analyzing
effects of exploration on world.
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- Explorer project (research specific explorer, create map displaying
route(s)(s) taken and discovered land(s), write resume indicating
where from, who sailed for, when exploration took place, how
journey was accomplished and successes.
- Write persuasive essay comparing explorer to 2 others and
expressing which researched explorer should be considered "best".
- Create map showing impact of exploration on "new"
world vs. Europe.
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- How
do the governmental structures vary from place to place throughout
the Americas?
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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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March
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- Colonization
of America
- Formation
of U.S. Government
- Government
of the Americas
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- How governments
differ
- Reasons
for colonization
- Cultural
diversity throughout western hemisphere
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- Reading
comprehension
- Making
comparisons
- Understanding
the different forms of government and their components
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- 3D Timeline
creations
- Create
a map of New England, Middle and Southern colonies
- Chart comparisons
of governments of the Americas
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- Why
and how did people begin moving west of the Appalachians?
- How
did social and economic life change as the US began to move
from an agricultural society to an industrial one?
- How
did the geographic features contribute to this change?
- What
were the effects of the Western Migration?
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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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April
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- Western
Expansion
- Industrial
Revolution
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- Causes
for westward expansion
- Impact
of migration on society
- Understanding
what the Industrial Revolution did for the Western Hemisphere
world
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- Cause and
effect
- Reading
comprehension
- Analyzing
the social and economic impact on the US during this time
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- Texts
- The Cabin
Faced West, Jean Fritz
- Oregon
Trail
- America's
Story and Adventures in Time and Place - anthologies
- The Factory
Bell
- Erie Canal
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- What
were the conflicting perspectives on slavery?
- What
were slavery's political, social, and economic ramifications?
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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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May
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- Slavery
- Civil War
- Reconstruction
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- Origins
of slavery
- Treatment
of slaves in different parts of the western hemisphere
- What is
meant by "civil" war
- Results
of war on America
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- Reading
Comprehension
- Debate
- Writing
persuasively
- Interpreting
points of view on war
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Assess
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- Compare
and contrast the various waves of immigration.
- How
has cultural diffusion played an important role in the development
of our society?
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Month
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Content
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Concepts
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Skills
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Materials & Resources
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Assessments
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June
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- Immigration
- Reasons
for movement to US
- Impact
on society
- Labor movement
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- Comparing/contrasting
- Comprehension
- Immigration's
impact on the world
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