UNIT
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CONTENT UNDERSTANDINGS
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ASSESSMENTS
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| Studying the Earth | Chapter 1 - Earth’s Geography
· Latitude, longitude, climate · Earth’s resources |
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Hands-on activities
· Paper and pencil test · Extra credit activities |
| Chapter 2 - Early People
· Culture, customs, values, technology · Stone Age |
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Hitting on learning modalities
· Literature based on topic · DBQ - Stone Age |
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| Early Civilization | Chapter 3 - Egypt
· Geography · History · Ancient civilization |
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Hands-on activities
· Paper and pencil test · Extra credit activities · Costumes for Halloween |
| Chapter 4 - Fertile Crescent
· Geography · Mesopotamian civilization · Barter/surplus, city/state |
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Hitting on learning modalities
· Literature based on topic · DBQ - Ancient Egypt |
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| Ancient Europe | Chapter 6 - Greece (ancient)
· Geography · Legacy - government, religion, literature, sports, theater, philosophy |
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Hands-on activities
· Paper and pencil test · Extra credit activities · Hitting on learning modalities |
| Chapter 7 - Ancient Rome
· Geography - contour maps · Legacy - architecture, engineering, language, Christianity |
· Literature based on the topic | |
| Growth of Europe | Chapter 8 - Middle Ages
· Geography · Feudalism · Church influence · Time of change |
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Hands-on activities
· Paper and pencil test · Extra credit activities · All create a shield · Hitting on learning modalities |
| Chapter 9 - Renaissance
· Art · Reformation · Martin Luther · Printing press · Bill of Rights Chapter 10 - Age of Exploration · Traders / explorers · Geography · Scientific method, etc. |
· Literature based on the topic | |
| Europe and North Asia
in Modern Times |
Chapter 11 - Two Revolutions
· Industrial Revolution · French Revolution · Primary/Secondary sources |
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Hands-on activities
· Paper and pencil test · Extra credit activities · Hitting on learning modalities |
| Chapter 12 - From Russia to the Commonwealth of Independent States
· Geography - Russia · Growth of Russia · Russian Revolution |
· Literature based on the topic | |
| Chapter 13 - Twentieth Century
· WW I - quick overview · WW II - quick overview |
· DBQ → WW II | |
| Research Paper - Oral Report (Combined English/Social Studies) on someone from history
(preferably not U.S.) |
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Variety of activities: oral reports, acting out of articles, written paragraphs
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| Current Events:
Ø Time For Kids Ø Weekly paper |
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| Middle East | ||
| Variety of activities:
Ø Oral reports Ø Acting out of articles Ø Written paragraphs |
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| Extra credit: includes dioramas, models, music (rap), ABC order booklets, newspaper accounts, videos, audio cassettes, puppets of time periods, maps, graphs, etc. | ||
| Select Units (as feasible) |
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DBQ's (constructive response questions) |