COLLEGE AND CAREER READY GOALS IN SOCIAL STUDIES
Key Ideas and Details
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Craft and Structure
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.*
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Objectives for our 1st unit:
Concept 1: Research Skills for History
PO 1. Construct charts, graphs, and narratives using historical data.
PO 2. Interpret historical data displayed in graphs, tables, and charts.
PO 3. Construct timelines (e.g., presidents/ world leaders, key events, people)
of the historical era being studied.
PO 4. Formulate questions that can be answered by historical study and research.
PO 5. Describe the difference between a primary source document and a secondary source document and the relationships between
them.
PO 6. Determine the credibility and bias of primary and secondary sources
PO 7. Analyze cause and effect relationships between and among individuals and/or historical events.
PO 8. Analyze two points of view on the same historical event.
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Concept 2: Early Civilizations
No performance objectives at this grade.
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Concept 3: Exploration and Colonization
No performance objectives at this grade.
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Concept 4: Revolution and New Nation
(Note: The American Revolution was taught in Grade 5. The Foundations and Structure of American Government are taught in Grade 8, Strand 3.)
PO 1. Analyze the following events which led to the American Revolution:
a. Tea Act
b. Stamp Act
c. Boston Massacre
d. Intolerable Acts
e. Declaration of Independence
PO 2. Describe the significance of key events of the Revolutionary War:
a. major battles (e.g., Lexington, Saratoga, Trenton)
b. aid from France
c. surrender at Yorktown
PO 3. Describe the impact of the following key individuals on the Revolutionary War:
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. George Washington
d. Patrick Henry
e. Thomas Paine
f. King George III
PO 4. Describe the significance of the following documents:
a. Declaration of
Independence
b. Articles of Confederation
c. Constitution
d. Bill of Rights
PO 5. Explain the influence of the following individuals in the establishment of a new government:
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. John Adams
d. Benjamin Franklin
PO 6. Describe how one nation evolved from thirteen colonies:
a. Constitutional Convention
b. George Washington's presidency
c. creation of political parties (e.g., Federalists, Whigs, Democratic-Republicans)
Monday
BELLWORK - U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND NATURALIZATION TEST
Monday
Revolution ppt. to slide 20
Tuesday
Constitution Day BW
Pretest
Breed's Hill painting
PPT #16-20
56 Men
Jefferson Crossword
Homework - Finish Crossword
Wednesday
Hey King Reading
Hey King WS
Challenges faced by the colonists as they prepared to fight off colonization
Thursday
Revolution ppt.
Friday - HALF DAY
Liberty's Kids Delaware
George Washington
Study for test: Popups and Rags to Riches
Concept 1: Research Skills for History
PO 1. Construct charts, graphs, and narratives using historical data.
PO 2. Interpret historical data displayed in graphs, tables, and charts.
PO 3. Construct timelines (e.g., presidents/ world leaders, key events, people)
of the historical era being studied.
PO 4. Formulate questions that can be answered by historical study and research.
PO 5. Describe the difference between a primary source document and a secondary source document and the relationships between
them.
PO 6. Determine the credibility and bias of primary and secondary sources
PO 7. Analyze cause and effect relationships between and among individuals and/or historical events.
PO 8. Analyze two points of view on the same historical event.
__________________
Concept 2: Early Civilizations
No performance objectives at this grade.
_____________________
Concept 3: Exploration and Colonization
No performance objectives at this grade.
__________________
Concept 4: Revolution and New Nation
(Note: The American Revolution was taught in Grade 5. The Foundations and Structure of American Government are taught in Grade 8, Strand 3.)
PO 1. Analyze the following events which led to the American Revolution:
a. Tea Act
b. Stamp Act
c. Boston Massacre
d. Intolerable Acts
e. Declaration of Independence
PO 2. Describe the significance of key events of the Revolutionary War:
a. major battles (e.g., Lexington, Saratoga, Trenton)
b. aid from France
c. surrender at Yorktown
PO 3. Describe the impact of the following key individuals on the Revolutionary War:
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. George Washington
d. Patrick Henry
e. Thomas Paine
f. King George III
PO 4. Describe the significance of the following documents:
a. Declaration of
Independence
b. Articles of Confederation
c. Constitution
d. Bill of Rights
PO 5. Explain the influence of the following individuals in the establishment of a new government:
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. James Madison
c. John Adams
d. Benjamin Franklin
PO 6. Describe how one nation evolved from thirteen colonies:
a. Constitutional Convention
b. George Washington's presidency
c. creation of political parties (e.g., Federalists, Whigs, Democratic-Republicans)
Monday
BELLWORK - U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND NATURALIZATION TEST
Monday
Revolution ppt. to slide 20
Tuesday
Constitution Day BW
Pretest
Breed's Hill painting
PPT #16-20
56 Men
Jefferson Crossword
Homework - Finish Crossword
Wednesday
Hey King Reading
Hey King WS
Challenges faced by the colonists as they prepared to fight off colonization
Thursday
Revolution ppt.
Friday - HALF DAY
Liberty's Kids Delaware
George Washington
Study for test: Popups and Rags to Riches