Course Title: World Religions Unit: World Religions Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: 1. What are the historical origins of each of the major world religions? 2. What are the current practices and traditions of the major world religions? 3. How do the major world religions view some current political and social conflicts? Unit/ Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and 90 Days Early Civilizations 2. Early civilizations (India, Egypt, China and Mesopotamia) with unique governments, economic systems, social structures, religions, technologies and agricultural practices and products flourished as a result of favorable geographic characteristics. The cultural practices and products of these early civilizations can be used to help understand the Eastern Hemisphere today. Human Systems 6. Modern cultural practices and products show the influence of tradition and diffusion, including the impact of major world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism). Learning Stations Primary Source Analysis Graphic Organizers Discussion/Notes Collaborative Group Project Peer Review Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Weekly Discussion Forum Unit Projects Class Participation United Streaming YouTube Schoolhistory.uk Powerpoint/Prezi/ GoogleDocs Examview Google Sites 1 Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action. 2 The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source. 3 Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4 Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Video Viewing/ Discussion Multimedia Presentations A Concise Introduction to World Religions World Religions Empires: Great Religions: People and Passions that Changed the World
Course Title: History of the Holocaust Unit: History of the Holocaust Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: Unit/ Time Frame 1. What were the nationalist beliefs and events leading up to the deportation of peoples to ghettos and concentration camps? 2. What were the purposes and processes of ghettos and concentration camps? 3. How were the various acts of resistance and liberation formed during the time of the Holocaust? 4. What are the connections the Holocaust has to today in terms of popular culture and world events? Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and 90 Days 10 Modern instances of genocide and ethnic cleansing present individual, organizational, and national issues related to the responsibilities of participants and non-participants. 16 Oppression and discrimination resulted in the murder of Jews and other groups, during World War II, Armenian Genocide during World War I and the Holocaust, the state-sponsored mass murder. 1 Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action. 2 The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source. 3 Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4 Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Learning Stations Primary Source Analysis Graphic Organizers Discussion/Notes Collaborative Group Project Peer Review Video Viewing/ Discussion Multimedia Presentations Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Weekly Discussion Forum Unit Projects Class Participation United Streaming YouTube Schoolhistory.uk Powerpoint/Prezi/ GoogleDocs Examview The Nazis: A Warning from History Auschwitz Triumph of the Will The Longest Hatred Boy in the Striped Pajamas Defiance Schindler s List Band of Brothers Life is Beautiful The Pianist Sophie Scholl Anne Frank Valkurie Nuremburg Holocaust & Human Behavior Google Sites
Course Title: Enriched World Studies Unit: Enlightenment & Revolution Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: 1. What are the core components of the world s differing governments and economies? 2. What factors cause people to seek economic, political, or social change? Unit/ Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and August- October 5. The Scientific Revolution impacted religious, political, and cultural institutions by challenging how people viewed the world. 6. Enlightenment thinkers applied reason to discover natural laws guiding human nature in social, political and economic systems and institutions. 7. Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, absolute rule and mercantilism. 8 Enlightenment ideas on the relationship of the individual and the government influenced the American Rev., French Rev. and Latin American wars for independence. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Collaborative Group Project Video Viewing/ Discussion Learning Stations Multimedia Presentations Board Game Creation/Play Primary Source Analysis News Report Project Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Government Illustration Project Economic Board Game Project Primary Source Analysis News Report Project Class Participation United Streaming YouTube Schoolhistory.uk Yli.edu Powerpoint/Prezi/Goo gledocs YouTube Examview AlJazeera Library of Congress Vocab ulary: Enlightenment, Absolutism, Emigration, Monarchy, Reform, Revolution, Social Contract, Political, Economic, Scientific Revolution, Scientific Method, Philosophies, Enlightened Despots, Traditional Economy, Market Economy, Command Economy, Mixed Economy, Communism, Socialism, Capitalism, Private Property, Freedom of Enterprise, Absolute Monarchies, Constitutional Monarchies, Parliamentary Democracies, Presidential Democracies, Dictatorships, Theocracies
Course Title: Enriched World Studies Unit: Industrial Revolution Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: 1. What are the social, political, economic, and environmental effects of Industrialization on a society? 2. How do advances in communication and transportation affect the social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of historical eras? Unit/ Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and November 9 Industrialization had social, political and economic effects on Western Europe and the world. 26 Emerging economic powers and improvements in technology have created a more interdependent global economy. 28 The rapid increase of global population coupled with an increase in life expectancy and mass migrations have created societal and governmental challenges. 29 Environmental concerns, impacted by population growth and heightened by international competition for the world s energy supplies, have resulted in a new environmental consciousness and a movement for the sustainability of the world s resources. 11 Decisions about human activities made by individuals and societies have implications for both current and future generations, including intended and unintended consequences. 12 Sustainability issues are interpreted and treated differently by people viewing them from various political, economic, and cultural perspectives. 13 International associations and non-governmental organizations offer means of collaboration to address sustainability issues on local, national, and international levels. 1 Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2 The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3 Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4 Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Person Primary Source Description Multimedia Presentations Learning Stations Primary Source Analysis Video Viewing/ Discussion Learning Diagrams Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Primary Source Analysis Class Participation YouTube Schoolhistory.uk Yli.edu Powerpoint/Prezi/ GoogleDocs YouTube Examview AlJazeera Library of Congress Dr. Seuss s The Lorax U.S. Citizenship Test Vocab ulary: Industrial Revolution, Enclosure Movement, Factors of Production, Agricultural Revolution, Cottage Industry, Industrialization, Factory, Labor Union, Strikes, Mass Production, Interchangeable Parts, Laissez-Faire, Textile, Migration, Emigration, Labor, Working Conditions, Working Class, Oppression, Human Rights, Communication, Transportation, Globalization, Rural, Urban, Cooperation, Conflict, Collective Security, Popular Culture, Infant Mortality, Birth rate, Death rate, Urbanization, Human Migration, Emigration, Standard of Living, Productive Capacity, Infrastructure, Protectionism, Tariff, Blockade, Quota, International Trade, Citizen Action, Public Policy, International Movement, Slavery, Human migration, Natural resources, Raw materials, Consumer goods, International trade, Per capita, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Freedom of enterprise, Competition, Standard of living, Technology
Course Title: Enriched World Studies Unit: Imperialism Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: 1. What are the social, political, and economic roots of imperialism? 2. How can historical events and eras be viewed from multiple perspectives? 3. How has imperialism affected the society, government, economies, and environments of those who were imperialized? Unit/ Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and December 10 Imperial expansion had political, economic and social roots. 11 Imperialism involved land acquisition, extraction of raw materials, spread of Western values, and maintenance of political control. 12 The consequences of imperialism were viewed differently by the colonizers and the colonized. 24 Regional and ethnic conflicts in the post-cold War era have resulted in acts of terrorism, genocide and ethnic cleansing. 25 Political and cultural groups have struggled to achieve self-governance and selfdetermination. 1 Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2 The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3 Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4 Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Learning Stations Primary Source Analysis Graphic Organizers Discussion/Notes Perspective Charting Fishbowl activity / Discussion Collaborative Group Project Peer Review Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Imperialism Perspective Project Primary Source Analysis Fishbowl Discussion Class Participation United Streaming YouTube Schoolhistory.uk Powerpoint/Prezi/ GoogleDocs Examview Readwritethink.org Video Viewing/ Discussion Multimedia Presentations Vocab ulary: Social, Colonize, Indigenous, Modernize, Reform, Exploitation, Oppress
Course Title: Enriched World Studies Unit: The World Wars Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: Unit/ Time Frame 1. How did the global conflicts of the 20th century influence the economic, social, and political structure of the world? 2. What leads a nation to war? 3. How can technology be both harmful and helpful to a society? Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and January- March 13 Advances in technology, communication and transportation improved lives, but also had negative consequences. 14 The causes of World War I included militarism, imperialism, nationalism and alliances. 15 The consequences of World War I and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive Axis expansion and the policy of appeasement, which in turn led to World War II 16 Oppression and discrimination resulted in the murder of Jews and other groups, during World War II, Armenian Genocide during World War I and the Holocaust, the statesponsored mass 17 World War II devastated most of Europe and Asia, led to the occupation of Eastern Europe and Japan, and began the atomic age. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Pretest Multimedia Presentations Timeline Creation Video Viewing/Discussion Mapping Independent Research and Presentation Primary Source Analysis Perspective Writing Learning Stations Mock Trial Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Independent Study Presentation Timeline Mapping Primary Source Analysis Perspective Writing Individual Reflections Mock Trial Textbooks Discovery Education YouTube ExamView Life Magazine schoolhistory.uk classcoffee.com MAUS Band of Brothers Saving Private Ryan www.ushmm.org Vocab ulary: Militarism, Alliance system, Imperialism, Nationalism, Trench warfare, Czar, Bolsheviks, Communism, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Neutral, Allied Powers, Central Powers, Schlieffen Plan, Propaganda, Total War, Genocide, U-boats, Zimmerman Note, Armistice, Fourteen Points, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, Ultimatum, Mobilization, Conscription, Disarmament, Totalitarian, No-man s-land, Reparations, Totalitarian, Protectionism, Tariff, Quota, Blockades, Convoy system, Appeasement, Atomic weapons, Civilian, Holocaust, Refugee, Axis Powers, Allied Powers, Nonaggression Pact, Battle of Britain, Isolationism, Blitzkrieg, Scorched-Earth Policy, Genocide, Luftwaffe, RAF, Anschluss, Lebensraum, Kamikaze, Oppression, Holocaust, Refugee, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Weapons, Deported, Final Solution, Concentration Camps, Ghetto United Nations
Course Title: Enriched World Studies Unit: The Cold War Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: Unit/ Time Frame 1. How did conflicts between economic systems and the restructuring of political boundaries and alliances affect the post-wwii world? 2. What are major global issues of the late 20 th century and today? Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and April-May 18 The United States and the Soviet Union became superpowers and competed for global influence. 19 Treaties and agreements at the end of World War II changed national boundaries and created multinational organizations. 20 Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the Middle East. 21 Postwar global politics led to the rise of nationalist movements in Africa and Southeast Asia. 22 Political and social struggles have resulted in expanded rights and freedoms for women and indigenous peoples. 23 The break-up of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War and created challenges for its former allies, the former Soviet republics, Europe, the United States and the non-aligned world. 27 Proliferation of nuclear weapons has created a challenge to world peace. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Pretest Multimedia Presentations Literature Connections/ Discussion Video Viewing/Discussion Mapping Independent Research and Presentation Primary Source Analysis Perspective Writing Learning Stations Storybook Writing Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Independent Study Presentation Mapping Primary Source Analysis Perspective Writing Individual Reflections Storybook Textbooks Discovery Education YouTube ExamView schoolhistory.uk Better Butter Battle The Wall Glogster Prezi Powerpoint Vocab ulary: Ideology, Cold War, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Dictatorship, Ethnic unrest, Satellites, Ethnic conflict, Persistent conflict, Ethnic strife, Containment, Communism,, Détente, Nuremberg Trials, Iron Curtain, Berlin airlift, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Hydrogen Bomb, Arms Race, Sputnik, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Course Title: World Studies Unit: Enlightenment & Revolution Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Unit: 1. What are the core components of the world s differing governments and economies? 2. What factors cause people to seek economic, political, or social change? Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies Seven Weeks 5. The Scientific Revolution impacted religious, political, and cultural institutions by challenging how people viewed the world. 6. Enlightenment thinkers applied reason to discover natural laws guiding human nature in social, political and economic systems and institutions. 7. Enlightenment ideas challenged practices related to religious authority, absolute rule and mercantilism. 8. Enlightenment ideas on the relationship of the individual and the government influenced the American Rev., French Rev. and Latin American wars for independence. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Video and Discussion Multimedia Presentations Primary Source Analysis Lecture Discussion Notes Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Primary Source Analysis Chapter Vocabulary Discovery Ed. YouTube PowerPoint ExamView Human Legacy Textbook Netflix Vocabulary: Enlightenment, Absolutism, Emigration, Monarchy, Reform, Revolution, Social Contract, Political, Economic, Scientific Revolution, Scientific Method, Philosophies, Enlightened Despots, Traditional Economy, Market Economy, Command Economy, Mixed Economy, Communism, Socialism, Capitalism, Private Property, Freedom of Enterprise, Absolute Monarchies, Constitutional Monarchies, Parliamentary Democracies, Presidential Democracies, Dictatorships, Theocracies
Course Title: World Studies Unit: Industrial Revolution & Environmental Issues Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions: 1. What are the social, political, economic, and environmental effects of Industrialization on a society? 2. How do advances in communication and transportation affect the social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of historical eras? Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies Six Weeks 9. Industrialization had social, political and economic effects on Western Europe and the world. 26. Emerging economic powers and improvements in technology have created a more interdependent global economy. 28. The rapid increase of global population coupled with an increase in life expectancy and mass migrations have created societal and governmental challenges. 29. Environmental concerns, impacted by population growth and heightened by international competition for the world s energy supplies, have resulted in a new environmental consciousness and a movement for the sustainability of the world s resources. 11. Decisions about human activities made by individuals and societies have implications for both current and future generations, including intended and unintended consequences. 12. Sustainability issues are interpreted and treated differently by people viewing them from various political, economic, and cultural perspectives. 13. International associations and non-governmental organizations offer means of collaboration to address sustainability issues on local, national, and international levels. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Primary Source Analysis Video and Discussion Lecture Discussion Notes Independent Writing Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Primary Source Analysis Chapter Vocabulary Essays Discovery Ed. YouTube PowerPoint ExamView An Inconvenient Truth Dr. Seuss s The Lorax Human Legacy Textbook Netflix Vocabulary: Enclosure Movement, Factors of Production, Agricultural Revolution, Cottage Industry, Factory, Labor Union, Strikes, Mass Production, Interchangeable Parts, Laissez-Faire, Textile, Migration, Emigration, Labor, Working Conditions, Working Class, Oppression, Human Rights, Transportation, Globalization, Rural, Urban, Urbanization, Standard of Living, Infrastructure, Tariff, International Trade, Citizen Action, Public Policy, Slavery, Natural, Raw Materials, Consumer goods, International Trade, Per Capita, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Freedom of Enterprise, Competition, Technology
Course Title: World Studies Unit: Imperialism & Nonviolent Resistance Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions: 1. What are the social, political, and economic roots of imperialism? 2. How can historical events and eras be viewed from multiple perspectives? 3. How has imperialism affected the society, government, economies, and environments of those who were imperialized? Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies Five Weeks 10. Imperial expansion had political, economic and social roots. 11. Imperialism involved land acquisition, extraction of raw materials, spread of Western values, and maintenance of political control. 12. The consequences of imperialism were viewed differently by the colonizers and the colonized. 24. Regional and ethnic conflicts in the post-cold War era have resulted in acts of terrorism, genocide and ethnic cleansing. 25. Political and cultural groups have struggled to achieve self-governance and self-determination. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source. 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Primary Source Analysis Lecture Discussion Notes Video and Discussion Multimedia Presentations Independent Research Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Primary Source Analysis Research Project Chapter Vocabulary Discovery Ed. YouTube PowerPoint ExamView Gandhi Human Legacy Textbook Netflix Vocabulary: Colonize, Indigenous, Modernize, Reform, Exploitation, Oppress, Slavery, Extraterritoriality, White Man s Burden, Social Darwinism, Berlin Conference, Segregation, Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary, Nonviolence, Noncooperation, Civil Disobedience, Unjust Laws, Media
Course Title: World Studies Unit: The Cold War, The Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions: 1. How did conflicts between economic systems and the restructuring of political boundaries and alliances affect the post-wwii world? 2. What are major global issues of the late 20 th century and today? Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies Six Weeks 18. The United States and the Soviet Union became superpowers and competed for global influence. 19. Treaties and agreements at the end of World War II changed national boundaries and created multinational organizations. 20. Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the Middle East. 21. Postwar global politics led to the rise of nationalist movements in Africa and Southeast Asia. 22. Political and social struggles have resulted in expanded rights and freedoms for women and indigenous peoples. 23. The break-up of the Soviet Union ended the Cold War and created challenges for its former allies, the former Soviet republics, Europe, the United States and the non-aligned world. 27. Proliferation of nuclear weapons has created a challenge to world peace. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Multimedia Presentations Literature Connections/ Discussion Video and Discussion Primary Source Analysis Lecture Discussion Notes Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Primary Source Analysis Individual Reflections Research Project Discovery Education YouTube ExamView Better Butter Battle Netflix Human Legacy Textbook Hotel Rwanda A Long Way Gone Vocabulary: Ideology, Cold War, NATO, Warsaw Pact, Dictatorship, Ethnic Unrest, Satellites, Ethnic Conflict, Genocide, Persistent Conflict, Ethnic Strife, Containment, Communism,, Détente, Nuremberg Trials, Iron Curtain, Berlin airlift, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Hydrogen Bomb, Arms Race, Sputnik, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile Crisis, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Course Title: World Studies Unit: The World Wars Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions: 1. How did the global conflicts of the 20th century influence the economic, social, and political structure of the world? 2. What leads a nation to war? 3. How can technology be both harmful and helpful to a society? Time Frame Core-Standards Instructional Strategies Nine Weeks 13. Advances in technology, communication and transportation improved lives, but also had negative consequences. 14. The causes of World War I included militarism, imperialism, nationalism and alliances. 15. The consequences of World War I and the worldwide depression set the stage for the Russian Revolution, the rise of totalitarianism, aggressive Axis expansion and the policy of appeasement, which in turn led to World War II 16. Oppression and discrimination resulted in the murder of Jews and other groups, during World War II, Armenian Genocide during World War I and the Holocaust, the state-sponsored mass 17. World War II devastated most of Europe and Asia, led to the occupation of Eastern Europe and Japan, and began the atomic age. 1. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action 2. The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source 3. Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. 4. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations. Multimedia Presentations Video and Discussion Primary Source Analysis Perspective Writing Lecture Discussion Notes Standardized Quizzes Final Unit Standardized Test Primary Source Analysis Individual Reflections Chapter Vocabulary Essays Discovery Education YouTube ExamView All Quiet on the Western Front Band of Brothers Human Legacy Textbook Netflix Vocabulary: Militarism, Alliance system, Imperialism, Nationalism, Trench warfare, Czar, Bolsheviks, Communism, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, Neutral, Allied Powers, Central Powers, Propaganda, Total War, Genocide, U-boats, Zimmerman Note, Armistice, Fourteen Points, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, Ultimatum, Mobilization, Disarmament, Totalitarian, No-man s-land, Reparations, Protectionism, Appeasement, Atomic weapons, Civilian, Holocaust, Refugee, Axis Powers, Allied Powers, Nonaggression Pact, Battle of Britain, Isolationism, Blitzkrieg, Scorched-Earth Policy, Genocide, Anschluss, Lebensraum, Kamikaze, Oppression, Holocaust, Refugee, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Weapons, Deported, Final Solution, Concentration Camps, Ghetto, United Nations
Course Title: Regular American Studies 10 Month: August September (3 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How does technology create change in society? 2. What is the relation between industrialization and immigration? 3. How does industrialization affect the creation of or perpetuation of social classes? 4. What are the benefits and consequences of capitalism? Industrial Revolution & Immigration The rise of corporations, heavy industry, mechanized farming and technological innovations transformed the American economy from an agrarian to an increasingly urban industrial society. Sweat shop simulation Close reading assignments Notes/lecture United Streaming videos Charts, Venn diagrams, drawings and political cartoons Graded assignments Review worksheet Unit Test American Anthem text book United Streaming Excerpts from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell The rise of industrialization led to a rapidly expanding workforce. Labor organizations grew amidst unregulated working conditions, laissez-faire policies toward big business, and violence toward supporters of organized labor. Discovery Ed videos Immigration, internal migration and urbanization transformed American life.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: September-October ( 3.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What measures can people take to create change in society? 2. What is the relation between industrialization and urbanization? 3. What are the challenges and benefits of urbanization? 4. What the results and consequences of unrestricted capitalism? Progressivism Following Reconstruction, old political and social structures reemerged and racial discrimination was institutionalized. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings Judge a contemporary court case Group presentations Political cartoon interpretation Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Review Worksheet Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary Source Readings Excerpts of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser The Progressive era was an effort to address the ills of American society stemming from industrial capitalism, urbanization and political corruption. Discovery Ed videos
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: October November (4.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How does America become a leading world power? 2. What are the benefits and consequences of isolationism v. world involvement? 3. How does the Treaty of Versailles end WWI but create the environment for the outbreak of WWII? Imperialism & World War I As a result of overseas expansion, the Spanish- American War and World War I, the United States emerged as a world power. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings Poetry interpretation Charts and graphic organizers Conscientious objector jig-saw Judge first amendment court cases Graded assignments Yellow Journalism writing assignment Imperialism poetry assignment Review worksheet Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary Source Readings The White Man s Burden by Rudyard Kipling and Ernest Crosby s parody The Real White Man s Burden Oyez Court Case summaries After WWI, the United States pursued efforts to maintain peace in the world. However, as a result of the national debate over the Versailles Treaty ratification and the League of Nations, the United States moved away from the role of world peacekeeper and limited its involvement in international affairs.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: December (2.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What were the obstacles of and opportunities for racial acceptance? 2. How did American society react to the moral questions of the decade? 3. What are the short term and long term effects of the economic policies of the 1920s? Post-WWI: 1920s Racial intolerance, antiimmigrant attitudes and the Red Scare contributed to social unrest after World War I. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Graded assignments Review worksheet Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary Source Readings United Streaming videos An improved standard of living for many, combined with technological innovations in communication, transportation and industry, resulted in social and cultural changes and tensions. Discovery Ed videos Movements such as the Harlem Renaissance, African-American migration, women s suffrage and Prohibition all contributed to social change.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: January (2.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What economic factors led to the Great Depression? 2. How did the role of the government change as a result of the Great Depression? Depression & New Deal The Great Depression was caused, in part, by the federal government s monetary policies, stock market speculation and increasing consumer debt. The role of the federal government expanded as a result of the Great Depression Close reading assignments Notes/lecture United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Graded assignments Causes of the Great Depression writing assignment Review worksheet Unit Test American Anthem text book United Streaming videos Discovery Ed videos
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: January-February (2.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How did the US change from an isolationist nation to one of intervention? 2. How does US society mobilize to support the war effort? 3. Why did the US use the atomic bomb and what were the short term and long term effects of it? World War II During the 1930s, the U.S. government attempted to distance the country from earlier interventionist policies in the Western Hemisphere as well as retain an isolationist approach to events in Europe and Asia until the beginning of WWII. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Atomic Bomb Document Based Question assignment Graded assignments Review worksheet Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary source readings United Streaming videos The United States mobilization of its economic and military resources during World War II brought significant changes to American society. Discovery Ed videos Why did the US use the atomic bomb and what were the short term and long term effects of it?
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: January-February (2.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How did the US change from an isolationist nation to one of intervention? 2. How does US society mobilize to support the war effort? 3. Why did the US use the atomic bomb and what were the short term and long term effects of it? World War II During the 1930s, the U.S. government attempted to distance the country from earlier interventionist policies in the Western Hemisphere as well as retain an isolationist approach to events in Europe and Asia until the beginning of WWII. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Atomic Bomb Document Based Question assignment Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary source readings United Streaming videos The United States mobilization of its economic and military resources during World War II brought significant changes to American society. Discovery Ed videos Why did the US use the atomic bomb and what were the short term and long term effects of it?
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: Feburary - March (4.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How does the conclusion of WWII lead to the tensions of the Cold War Era? 2. How does Cold War competition lead to technological advancements? 3. How does the spread of communism increase global tensions and what steps are taken to prevent it? 4. What are the changes that take place domestically in the post-war era? 1950s & Cold War The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the Soviet and Chinese expansionist policies. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Atomic Bomb Document Based Question assignment Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary source readings United Streaming videos The Second Red Scare and McCarthyism reflected Cold War fears in American society. Discovery Ed videos The Cold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam influenced domestic and international politics. The collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the USSR brought an end to the Cold War. The postwar economic boom, greatly affected by advances in science, produced epic changes in American life.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: April Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What strategies are used to create racial and social equality? 2. How do the demographics of the United States change during the 1960s? 3. How do the roles and responsibilities of the government change during the 1960s? 1960s & Civil Rights Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil liberties. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Atomic Bomb Document Based Question assignment Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary source readings United Streaming videos The continuing population flow from cities to suburbs, the internal migrations from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt and the increase in immigration resulting from passage of the 1965 Immigration Act have had social and political effects. Discovery Ed videos The movie The Help The movie Remember the Titans Political debates focused on the extent of the role of government in the economy, environmental protection, social welfare and national security.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: May Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How does the US economy change as a result of globalization? 2. How does US society and foreign policy change as a result of the War on Terror? Contempory Issues Improved global communications, international trade, transnational business organizations, overseas competition and the shift from manufacturing to service industries have impacted the American economy. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Atomic Bomb Document Based Question assignment Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary source readings United Streaming videos The United States faced new political, national security and economic challenges in the post-cold War world and following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Discovery Ed Videos
Course Title: Psychology Week: 1-3.5 Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What is psychology and how has it developed to a modern social science? 2. What are the contemporary psychological theories? 3. If much of psychology is subjective, how do psychologists do valid research? Introduction to Psychology Understand the development of psychology as an empirical science Reading and discussion Notes and lecture Role play Graded assignments Ch. 1 & 2 test Research project Semester Exam Holt Psychology text ch. 1 and 2 Various related news articles Summarize the various professional options and theories of psychology Assess research methods used to study behavior and mental processes Explain ethical issues in research with humans and nonhumans
Course Title: Psychology Week: 3.5 5.5 Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How do biological functions affect behavior and mental processes? 2. How do you account for the different influences of nature and nurture? Psychobiology Identify the structure and function of the nervous and endocrine system Reading and discussion Notes and lecture Charts and graphic organizers Graded assignments Ch. 3 & 4 test Semester Exam Holt Psychology text ch. 3 and 4 Time magazine article What Makes You Who You Are Various related news articles Explore the interaction between biological factors and experience Explain the processes of sensation and perception Classify the capabilities and limitations of sensory processes
Course Title: Psychology Week: 5.5 8 Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What are the differences and similarities between consciousness and altered consciousness? 2. How do humans and animals learn and to what extend can we influence our own learning? Consciousness & Learning Identify the relationship between conscious, unconscious, and altered consciousness Reading and discussion Notes and lecture Charts and graphic organizers Sleep logs Classical conditioning simulation Graded assignments Ch. 5 & 6 test Semester Exam Holt Psychology text ch. 5 and 6 Various related news articles YouTube clips on classical and operant conditioning Explain the characteristics of sleep and theories that explain why we sleep and dream Describe the principles of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, observational learning, and cognitive learning
Course Title: Psychology Week: 8 13 Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What are the milestones and major obstacles at each stage of development? 2. What are the most successful parenting strategies and why? 3. How can one age successfully? 4. How is a person s personality developed? Life Stages & Personality Describe the methods and issues in life span development Reading and discussion Notes and lecture Charts and graphic organizers Various videos Graded assignments Exploratory and Explanatory Essay Semester Exam Holt Psychology text ch. 10 12 & 14 Various related news articles Time magazine articles What Makes Teens Tick and Growing Up? Not So Fast Feral Children documentary Episode of Scrubs: My Five Stages Explain the theories of life span development Summarize the perspectives on personality development
Course Title: Psychology Week: 14-18 Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What are the differences and similarities between disordered and normal behavior? 2. What medical and social precautions need to be considered with the mentally ill? Psychological Disorders Describe the various perspectives on abnormal behavior Reading and discussion Notes and lecture Charts and graphic organizers Individual research Movie analysis Graded assignments Research presentation Ch. 18 Test Semester Exam Holt Psychology text ch. 18 Various related news articles A Beatiful Mind and The Soloist Explain the causes, symptoms, and treatments for psychological disorders
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: August September (3 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How does technology create change in society? 2. What is the relation between industrialization and immigration? 3. How does industrialization affect the creation of or perpetuation of social classes? 4. What are the benefits and consequences of capitalism? Industrial Revolution & Immigration The rise of corporations, heavy industry, mechanized farming and technological innovations transformed the American economy from an agrarian to an increasingly urban industrial society. Sweat shop simulation Close reading assignments Notes/lecture United Streaming videos Charts, Venn diagrams, drawings and political cartoons Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Quiz Unit Test American Anthem text book United Streaming Excerpts from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell The rise of industrialization led to a rapidly expanding workforce. Labor organizations grew amidst unregulated working conditions, laissez-faire policies toward big business, and violence toward supporters of organized labor. Immigration, internal migration and urbanization transformed American life.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: September-October ( 3.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What measures can people take to create change in society? 2. What is the relation between industrialization and urbanization? 3. What are the challenges and benefits of urbanization? 4. What the results and consequences of unrestricted capitalism? Unit Core-Standards Instructional Strategies and Progressivism Following Reconstruction, old political and social structures reemerged and racial discrimination was institutionalized. The Progressive era was an effort to address the ills of American society stemming from industrial capitalism, urbanization and political corruption. Historical events provide opportunities to examine alternative courses of action Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings Judge a contemporary court case Group presentations Political cartoon interpretation Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary Source Readings Excerpts of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser The use of primary and secondary sources of information includes an examination of the credibility of each source Historians develop theses and use evidence to support or refute positions. Historians analyze cause, effect, sequence, and correlation in historical events, including multiple causation and long- and short-term causal relations.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: October November (4.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How does America become a leading world power? 2. What are the benefits and consequences of isolationism v. world involvement? 3. How does the Treaty of Versailles end WWI but create the environment for the outbreak of WWII? Imperialism & World War I As a result of overseas expansion, the Spanish- American War and World War I, the United States emerged as a world power. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings Poetry interpretation Charts and graphic organizers Conscientious objector jig-saw Judge first amendment court cases Graded assignments Yellow Journalism writing assignment Imperialism poetry assignment Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary Source Readings The White Man s Burden by Rudyard Kipling and Ernest Crosby s parody The Real White Man s Burden Oyez Court Case summaries After WWI, the United States pursued efforts to maintain peace in the world. However, as a result of the national debate over the Versailles Treaty ratification and the League of Nations, the United States moved away from the role of world peacekeeper and limited its involvement in international affairs.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: December (2.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What were the obstacles of and opportunities for racial acceptance? 2. How did American society react to the moral questions of the decade? 3. What are the short term and long term effects of the economic policies of the 1920s? Post-WWI: 1920s Racial intolerance, antiimmigrant attitudes and the Red Scare contributed to social unrest after World War I. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary Source Readings United Streaming videos An improved standard of living for many, combined with technological innovations in communication, transportation and industry, resulted in social and cultural changes and tensions. Movements such as the Harlem Renaissance, African-American migration, women s suffrage and Prohibition all contributed to social change.
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: January (2.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. What economic factors led to the Great Depression? 2. How did the role of the government change as a result of the Great Depression? Depression & New Deal The Great Depression was caused, in part, by the federal government s monetary policies, stock market speculation and increasing consumer debt. The role of the federal government expanded as a result of the Great Depression Close reading assignments Notes/lecture United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Graded assignments Causes of the Great Depression writing assignment Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book United Streaming videos
Course Title: Enriched American Studies Month: January-February (2.5 weeks) Academic Year: 2013-2014 Essential Questions for this Month: 1. How did the US change from an isolationist nation to one of intervention? 2. How does US society mobilize to support the war effort? 3. Why did the US use the atomic bomb and what were the short term and long term effects of it? World War II During the 1930s, the U.S. government attempted to distance the country from earlier interventionist policies in the Western Hemisphere as well as retain an isolationist approach to events in Europe and Asia until the beginning of WWII. Close reading assignments Notes/lecture Primary source readings United Streaming videos Charts and graphic organizers Atomic Bomb Document Based Question assignment Graded assignments Clicker quizzes Unit Test American Anthem text book Primary source readings United Streaming videos The United States mobilization of its economic and military resources during World War II brought significant changes to American society. Why did the US use the atomic bomb and what were the short term and long term effects of it?