Below are the New Haven Public Schools’ performance and content specific standards that align with my unit. The topic and class this unit is designed for is for students of multiple grades, therefore the standards alignment ranges from grade 9 (World History) through grades 10 and 11 (U.S. I and U.S. II).
NHPS Social Studies Common Performance Standards
Students will:
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- Gather historical data from multiple primary and secondary sources.
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- Identify the main idea in a source of historical information.
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- Write short narratives and statements presenting historical ideas.
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- Demonstrate understanding through written, verbal, visual, musical
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- and/or technological formats.
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- Formulate questions and hypotheses from multiple perspectives, using multiple sources.
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- Research an issue of interest and be able to take and defend a position on that issue.
NHPS Social Studies Specific Content Standards
Grade Nine
Content Standard 3.0 Geography
Students will:
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- Read, view and listen to multiple sources concerning geography.
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- Explore the geography of early civilizations and its effects on the development of the region.
Grade Nine
Content Standard 5.0 History
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- Read, view and listen to multiple sources concerning history.
Grade Ten
Content Standard 1.0 Diversity
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- Read, view and listen to multiple sources that reflect the diversity of culture.
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- Assess the impact of other European settlements on Native Americans, including long-term effects of contact, cooperation, and conflict.
Grade Ten
Content Standard 3.0 Geography
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- Discuss westward expansion, the concept of Manifest Destiny, sectionalism, and the market economy.
Grade Eleven
Content Standard 3.0 Geography
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- Read, view and listen to multiple sources concerning geography.
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- Explore the impact of geography on the Native American’s cultures.
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- Describe some of the natural obstacles faced in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
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- Assess, in geographic terms, the results of American expansion
Grade Eleven
Content Standard 5.0 History
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- Assess the effects of homesteading on the western movement.