SS10 Curriculum Map
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August
Content and Essential Skills
- Human Beginnings
- Early Civilizations
Skills
-Explain How recent archaeological finds have contributed to our understanding of human origins.
-Describe some of the achievements of the earliest humans.
-Identify the traits that define a civilization.
-Identify the components of the Nile River Civilization.
-Identify the characteristics of the Fertile Crescent.
-Relate how people of the Indus River civilization built cities.
Assessment
Section Assessments
-Guided Reading Practice assignments
-Essay exam
Section Assessments
-Guided Reading Activities
-Outlines
-Chapter Test
Resources
Optional
September
Content and Essential Skills
- Kingdoms and Empires in the Middle East
- The Rise of Ancient Greece
- The Height of Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome and Early Christianity
Skills
-Explain how trading peoples influenced the development of the Middle East.
-Explain how a series of powerful empires extended their rule throughout the Middle East.
-Describe where and how the early Greek civilizations developed.
-Define and explain the "polis".
-Compare and contrast the values and beliefs of the Spartans and the Athenians.
-List and explain events in the Ancient Olympics.
-Describe the life and career of Alexander the Great.
-Identify and characterize the early peoples of the Italian Peninsula.
-Identify aspects of Ancient Rome (govt., religion, the Legion).
-Explain the downfall of the Roman Empire.
Assessment
Section Assessments
-Discussion
-Compare and Contrast essay.
Section Assessments
-Discussion
-Compare and Contrast Essays
-Tests (Multiple Choice)
-Compare and Contrast Assignments
Section Assessments
-Outlines
-Tests
Section Assessments
-Guided Reading
-Section Study Guides
-Outlines
-Tests
Resources
Optional
October
Content and Essential Skills
- The New Rome
- Islamic Civilization
- The Rise of Medieval Europe
- The Crusades
Skills
-Explain the split between the Eastern and Western Churches.
-Explain what made the Byzantine Empire rich and powerful.
-Describe the characteristics of Byzantine life.
-State how and why the Cyrilic alphabet was developed.
-Identify the basic beliefs and practices of Islam.
-Summarize Islamic daily life.
-Explain what made Frankish rulers great in their time.
-Describe feudal society and the manor system.
-Summarize how the Crusades began and what their results were.
Assessment
Section Assessments
-Research Papers
-Compare and Contrast Essays
-Cyrillic Writing Activity
-Multiple Choice Test
Section Assessments
-Guided Reading Activities
-Outlines
-Section Study Guides
-Test
Section Quiz
-Section Assessments
-Castle Design Activity
-Test
Section Assessments
-Test
Resources
Optional
November
Content and Essential Skills
- The Americas
Skills
-Describe how early Native Americans made use of their environment.
-List and describe characteristics of the Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations.
Assessment
Section Assessments
-Compare and Contrast Activity
-Test
Resources
Optional
December
Content and Essential Skills
- Royal Power and Conflict
- Scientific Revolution
Skills
-Identify and describe the characteristics of the European monarchies (Spain, France, England, Russia)
-Describe how scientific thought changed during the 1600s.
-Identify changes in political thought.
-Discuss the difference of ideas between Thomas Hobbes and John Locke.
-Identify the factors that helped Enlightenment spread
Assessment
Guided Reading Practice
-Open-Book Test
Guided Reading Practice
-Section Study Guides
-Discussion
-Section Assessments
-Chapter Test
-Final Exam
Resources
Optional
January
Content and Essential Skills
- English and American Revolutions
- The French Revolution
- The Age of Industry
Skills
-Identify the causes of the English Civil War.
-Explain the changes in the British upon the completion of civil conflict.
-Describe the conditions in the American colonies that lead to conflict.
-Discuss the government that was formed after the Revolutionary War.
-Explain how France's social structure led to conflict.
-Identify the 3 Estates.
-Identify the political reforms that were made in France.
-Explain why the French Revolution led to war with others in Europe.
-Describe how Napoleon built then lost and empire.
-Describe daily life before the emergence of industry.
-Explain how the industrial Revolution began in Great Britain.
-Discuss how new technology advanced the growth of industry.
-Explain how the Industrial Revolution changed people's lives.
Assessment
Guided Reading Practice
-Study Guides
-Enrichment Activities
-Discussion
-Chapter Test
-Movie- The Patriot & Study Guide
Section Assessments
-Study Guides
-Enrichment Activities
-Discussion
-Guided Reading Practice
-Chapter Test
-Documentary- "The French Revolution" & Study Guide
Study Guides
-Short Essay questions
-Guided Reading Practice
-Chapter Test
Resources
Optional
February
Content and Essential Skills
- Cultural Revolution
- Nationalism
Skills
-Identify the beliefs of the following people:
Adam Smith
Malthus and Ricardo
Jeremy Bentham
Robert Owen
Karl Marx
Frederich Engels
-Define the following:
capitalism
utilitarianism
socialism
proletariat
-Explain how socialism worked.
-Identify scientific advances made between 1750 and 1914.
-Define nationalism.
-Explain how nationalism led to the unifications of Italy and Germany.
-Explain how revolutionary movements developed in Russia.
Assessment
Short Essays
-Section Assessments
-Reteaching Activities
-Timeline Activities
-Unit Test
Guided Reading Practice
-Section Assessments
-Unit Quiz
Resources
Optional
March
Content and Essential Skills
- World War I
- The World Between the Wars
Skills
-Identify, locate and label the countries of 1914 Europe on a map.
-Define the following:
Nationalism
Militarism
System of Alliances
-Explain how nationalism, militarism and system of alliances led to the outbreak of World War I.
-Identify the series of events that led to the outbreak of war.
-Explain how propaganda was used in the war.
-Describe how the war was fought.
-Explain how the war came to an end.
-List the terms of the treaty of Versailles.
-Describe the financial and human cost of the war.
-Identify the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, Washington Disarmament Conference, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
-Identify the factors that led to dictatorships in Italy and Germany during the 1920s and 1930s.
-Define fascism and nazism.
-Describe the lives and roads to power for Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
-Explain how Hitler's "Final Solution" was developed and carried out in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.
-Describe the events that led to the Russian Revolution.
-Explain the power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky after Lenin's death.
-Identify the characteristics of Stalin's rule of the USSR.
Assessment
1914 Europe Map
-Section Study Guides
-Short Essay
-Guided Reading Practices
-Mapping History Activity
-Propaganda Poster Activity
-Section Assessments
-Unit Test
Short Essays
-Section Assessments
-"Hitler-Mussolini" Compare and Contrast
-Map of 1933 Europe
-Final Solution Q&A
-Movie- Schindler's List & Study Guide
Resources
Optional
April
Content and Essential Skills
- World War II
- The Cold War
Skills
-Explain how WWII was a product of WWI.
-Explain how Hitler conquered territory before the start of WWII.
-Identify the events that to the German invasion of Poland.
-Describe how Hitler took control of Europe and the British and American responses.
-Describe the events that led to US entry into WWII.
-Identify key battles that led to the eventual defeat of Germany, Italy and Japan in WWII.
-Identify the key leaders of the Nazi regime placed on trial at Nuremburg following the war.
-Explain the charges placed on Nazi war criminals.
-Decide their guilt or innocence.
-Identify the events that led tensions between the US and the USSR.
-Identify the key parts of containment:
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Formation of NATO
-Explain how the Soviet Union carried out its policies after Stalin's death.
-Describe the state of US-USSR relations during the 1950s.
-Explain the chain of events that led up to and including the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Assessment
Section Assessments
-Section Study Guides
-Guided Reading Practice
-Timeline Activities
-Turning Points of WWII Chart
-Pearl Harbor Reading Q&A
-Nuremburg Indictment Q&A
-Nuremburg You Be The Judge Activity
-Unit Test
Containment Worksheet
-Map- NATO & the Warsaw Pact
-Section Assessments
-Guided Reading Practices
-Timeline Activities
-Graphic Organizers
-Movie- Thirteen Days & Study Guide
-Unit Test
Resources
Optional
May
Content and Essential Skills
- The Modern Middle East
- Latin America
Skills
-Explain how nationalism led to the creation of independent nations in the Middle East after WWII.
-Identify the countries and occupied territories of the Middle East.
-Describe how nationalism led to conflict in the Middle East.
-Identify the role that the Cold War has played in the Middle East.
-Summarize how conflicts have been decided in the Middle East since the 1960s.
-Describe how people in the Middle East have handled conflict between traditional and modern values.
-Identify the social and political challenges facing Latin America since the end of WWII
Assessment
Graphic Organizers
-Map of the Middle East
-Section Assessments
-Study Guides
-Guided Reading Practice
-Video- Inside the Kill Box & Study Guide
-Unit Quiz
Section Assessments
-Study Guides
Resources
Optional
