US History - Colonial America to the Reconstruction Period
Welcome to United States History. This course is designated to assist students in achieving the core learning goals as outlined by the District of Columbia. The classroom policies and procedures are designed to foster an environment that allows for the development and ultimate academic success of the student.
The primary purpose of Social Studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world (adapted from the National Council for the Social Studies definition of Social Studies).
The purpose of this history course is to provide students with the opportunity to examine key themes and work on historical thinking, processes, and chronological skills so that they have a strong foundation and contextual knowledge through which to study history. This course aligns to the Common Core Standards for History. Students will be expected to work both online and in the classroom to complete course requirements. The course consists of units that reviews ancient, classical, and medieval periods to provide the foundation for modern world history, to the global transformations during the eve of the early modern period, to the Atlantic revolutions, industrialism, imperialism, and the 20th century global wars, the Cold War, and finally the global transformations of our modern world. Following the C3 Framework, students are expected to complete a research based National History Day type activity at the end of each unit as a culminating activity.
The social studies units explore a theme/enduring understanding through the disciplinary lens of history, culture, economics, civics, and geography. Specific critical thinking and academic success skills are identified through module contents that integrate social studies with language arts, music, art, health, and technology to extend the students understanding. The students will gather information from a mixture of sources and use the information to learn, reflect, and connect times past with the present. Students will use a wide range print and non-print resources as well as primary sources including interviews, maps, documents, photographs, and artifacts.
Integrated thinking, reasoning and creativity: The integration of thinking and academic success skills to those skills that contribute to the student’s ability to creatively solve problems collaboratively, interpret multiple perspectives, analyze complex data, understand connections among a variety of ideas, and write arguments. These skills have been identified in educational research as tools necessary to thrive in the 21st Century knowledge-based global economy and in developing civic-minded individuals.
The primary purpose of Social Studies is to help young people develop the ability to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world (adapted from the National Council for the Social Studies definition of Social Studies).
The purpose of this history course is to provide students with the opportunity to examine key themes and work on historical thinking, processes, and chronological skills so that they have a strong foundation and contextual knowledge through which to study history. This course aligns to the Common Core Standards for History. Students will be expected to work both online and in the classroom to complete course requirements. The course consists of units that reviews ancient, classical, and medieval periods to provide the foundation for modern world history, to the global transformations during the eve of the early modern period, to the Atlantic revolutions, industrialism, imperialism, and the 20th century global wars, the Cold War, and finally the global transformations of our modern world. Following the C3 Framework, students are expected to complete a research based National History Day type activity at the end of each unit as a culminating activity.
The social studies units explore a theme/enduring understanding through the disciplinary lens of history, culture, economics, civics, and geography. Specific critical thinking and academic success skills are identified through module contents that integrate social studies with language arts, music, art, health, and technology to extend the students understanding. The students will gather information from a mixture of sources and use the information to learn, reflect, and connect times past with the present. Students will use a wide range print and non-print resources as well as primary sources including interviews, maps, documents, photographs, and artifacts.
Integrated thinking, reasoning and creativity: The integration of thinking and academic success skills to those skills that contribute to the student’s ability to creatively solve problems collaboratively, interpret multiple perspectives, analyze complex data, understand connections among a variety of ideas, and write arguments. These skills have been identified in educational research as tools necessary to thrive in the 21st Century knowledge-based global economy and in developing civic-minded individuals.
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