UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    Geography
    ·   Demonstrate knowledge of U.S. geographic regions: world, nation, state and local

    - Latitude
    - Longitude
    - Number letter grids - coordinates

    ·   Use different types of maps
    - Land form
    - Route
    - Topographical
    - Climate
    - Physical detail
    		·   Map test
    Native Americans
    ·   Algonguian and Iroquois cultures
    - social/cultural
    - economic
    - political
    - geographic
    - religious

    - ways modified and dependent on
    environment
    ·   Teacher observation
    Explorers: Major Explorers of New York State
    (impact of exploration)
    ·   Summarize the importance of Henry Hudson and his impact on New York State’s impact and development
    		·   Discussion

    UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    		 
    Colonial and Revolutionary Periods: Dutch, English & French Influence in New York State Culture and Lifestyles in the colonies:

    ·   Social, economic, political and geographic, religious
    ·   Slave trade and slavery in the colonies
    ·   Government
    ·   Cultural similarities and differences by community, local region and state
    ·   Economic questions

     - What goods and services to produce?
     - How to produce them?
     - For whom to produce them?
     

    ·   Ways of making a living in our local region and state

    The Revolutionary War:

    ·   Location of New York State; significance of New York State’s location and its relationship to locations of other people and places
    ·   War strategy

     - Native American role
     - Local battles
     - Loyalists, patriots, leaders
     - Effects of war
    ·   Notetaking
    ·   Report writing

     
    The New Nation: American Democracy in New Government
    ·   Declaration of Independence
    ·   Constitution
    ·   Bill of Rights
    ·   Traditions, values, practices, roots of American culture

     
    ·   Discussion
    Government
    ·   American values/purposes of government
    ·   Local, state and federal government
    ·   Legislative, executive and judicial branches
    ·   Citizenship, pledge, speeches, songs, stories
    		 ·   Teacher observation
    Westward Movement
    ·   Journals
    Civil War
    ·   Underground Railroad and New York State
    		 ·   Game
    ·   Discussion
    Industrial Growth and Expansion
    ·   Transportation (Erie Canal and early roads)
    ·   Industrialization, inventions
    ·   Immigration. migration
    ·   Urbanization:

     - Economic, political and social impact
     - Rural vs. urban
     - Labor movement, child labor
    ·   Discussion
     

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