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     		·   Note-taking
    ·   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


     
     
    UNIT
    SKILLS
    TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
    Government ·   American values/purposes of government
    ·   Local, state and federal government
    ·   Legislative, executive and judicial branches
    ·   Citizenship, pledge, speeches, songs, stories     		·   Teacher observation
    Erie Canal/Westward Expansion ·   Erie Canal
    ·   Western New York
    ·   Wayne County (town, settlement)     		·   DBQ

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