8th grade curriculum orientation for wed feb 9
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Social Studies 8th grade curicculum night orientation for Chatham High School, NJTRANSCRIPT
21st Century Social Studies9th Grade Orientation
Steven Maher, Social Studies Supervisor
…not your parent’s Social Studies
21st Century Social Studies
Social Studies Curriculum Sequence
US History and World Studies
Electives
Course Levels
What you can do to help your child
What Social Studies was for us
“Learning”MemorizationRememberingRepeating
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“Learning”
AccessingInterpretingManipulatingCommunicating
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Social Studies Core Curriculum Sequence
US History I
9th Grade
US History II World Studies
10th Grade 11th Grade• Concepts US History I• US History I• Honors US History I
• Concepts US History II• US History II• AP US History II
• Concepts World Studies• World Studies• AP World History
England’s Colonial Experiments: The 17th CenturyJamestown Virginia House of Burgesses Sir George CalvertLord Baltimore Act Concerning Religion 1649 John Winthrop/ “City on a Hill” Mayflower Compact Roger WilliamsAnne Hutchinson Thomas Hooker Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639QuakersWilliam Penn’s “Holy Experiment”Putting Down Roots: Families in the Atlantic EmpireHalfway CovenantThe New England PrimerAnthony Johnson Stono RebellionMercantilismNavigation Acts (include Staple Act here)Bacon's RebellionCotton MatherIncrease MatherSalem Witch TrialsDominion of New England (Andros)Leisler's RebellionCoode’s RebellionFrontiers of Empire: 18th Century AmericaScotch-Irish Immigrants"Pennsylvania Dutch" “Middle Ground”The American "Enlightenment"Benjamin FranklinWhite Pines/Sugar Act/Hat, Felt and Iron Acts1st Great AwakeningJonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
The American Revolution:“No Taxation without Representation”John Locke/Two Treatises of GovernmentProclamation of 1763George GrenvilleRevenue Act of 1764Stamp ActStamp Act CongressSons of LibertyBritish Reaction/The Declaratory ActTownshend DutiesBoston Massacre Committees of CorrespondenceBoston Tea Party First Continental CongressSecond Continental CongressDeclaration of IndependenceThomas Paine: Common Sense/The CrisisToriesLexington and ConcordBunker HillSaratogaYorktown Treaty of Paris, 1783The Republican ExperimentSociety of Cincinnati Benjamin Banneker & Phillis WheatleyRichard AllenAbigail AdamsLand Ordinance of 1785 Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Nationalist CritiqueNewburgh Conspiracy Jay-Gardoqui Treaty Annapolis ConventionShays’ Rebellion Philadelphia ConventionVirginia PlanNew Jersey PlanConnecticut Compromise
Democracy in Distress: The Violence of Party Politics Judiciary Act of 1789Hamilton’s economic planHamilton vs. JeffersonCitizen Genet AffairJay’s Treaty Battle of Fallen Timbers Pinckney’s TreatyPolitical clubsWhiskey RebellionWashington’s Farewell AddressXYZ AffairAlien & Sedition ActsVirginia & Kentucky ResolutionsElection of 1800Jeffersonian Ascendancy: Theory and Practice of GovernmentTecumseh & the ProphetSamuel SlaterLouisiana PurchaseLewis and Clark ExpeditionMarbury v. Madison/midnight judgesFletcher v. PeckThe Burr TrialOrders in Council & the Chesapeake AffairEmbargo Act (1807), Non-Intercourse Act (1809), Macon’s Bill No. 2 (1810)War HawksHartford ConventionTreaty of Ghent (1814)Nation Building and NationalismAdams-Onis Treaty James F. Cooper, Leatherstocking Tales ClermontNational RoadErie CanalPutting Out SystemLowell, MassachusettsHenry Clay’s American System
Social Studies Resources
Social Studies Learning Environments
Social Studies Learning Environments
US History I and US History II
Essential Skills
•Analysis of Primary Documents• Analysis of Secondary Documents• Content Understanding• Proving a Thesis in Writing• Proving a Thesis with Presentation
Reflection
EvidenceAuthentic Assessment Portfolio
Rubric
21%
21%
21%
21%
16%
Final Course Grade
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
Final Assessment Grade
8%
8%
Authentic Assessment
Final Exam
World Studies - Units of Study
Industrialization and its Consequences
A Half Century of Crisis
Paradoxes of Global Acceleration
Western World Dominance
The 21st Century
World Studies• Essential Questions as lenses
Government • What is the best way to organize society?
Culture • How does culture best meet the needs of people?
Economics• What is the best way
to create and distribute resources?
Technology • How does technology affect societies?
Environment
• How do societies interact with their environment?
A Half Century of
Crisis
Social Studies Electives• AP European History• AP Psychology• AP Government and Politics• International Relations• Sociology• Psychology• African American Studies• Middle Eastern Studies• Holocaust & Genocide Studies
11th & 12th
Grade
Course Levels in Social Studies
• College Prep
Concepts classes are designed for students who need to dedicate more time to strengthening their reading, writing, and social studies skills.
2008 AP Exam PerformanceNational Pass Rate 53%CHS Pass Rate 93%
54321
• Concepts
• Advanced Placement
TeacherRecommendation
Social Studies Core Curriculum Sequence
US History I
9th Grade
US History II World Studies
10th Grade 11th Grade• Concepts US History I• US History I• Honors US History I
• Concepts US History II• US History II• AP US History II
• Concepts World Studies• World Studies• AP World History
What to do to help your child
Talk
Ask “How do you know that?”
Read
What to do to help your child
21st Century Social Studies9th Grade Orientation
Steven Maher, Social Studies Supervisor
Thank You!