Ralph E. Russo
The goal of the unit is for students to appreciate the value of urban space as a resource to understanding the past and as a springboard to the future. Objectives toward reaching this goal are aligned with standards outlined in the New Haven Public School Curriculum, State of Connecticut Department of Education standards, and National History standards. Alignment with specific standards is listed where applicable. An addendum of standards is also included as a table in this unit.
Students will be able to connect events and places associated with the New Haven Green with historical events in New Haven/ Connecticut/ American History.
Students will define sense of place.
Students will gain an understanding of the form, purpose and function of public space in light of the current renewal that is going on downtown around the Green and the 18th/19th century urban pastoralism initiative.
Students will look at historical interpretations of a place. Students will generate their own interpretations of place.
Standards
These objectives are linked to the following standards. As a result of completing lessons in this unit students will:
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· demonstrate an understanding of the ways that cultural encounters and the interaction of people of different cultures in pre-modern as well as modern times have shaped new identities and ways of life. [SS12:3c]
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· gather, analyze, and reconcile historical information, including contradictory data, from primary and secondary sources to support or reject hypotheses. [SS12:1b]
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· demonstrate an understanding of major events and trends in world history, United States history from all historical periods and from all regions of the world. [SS12:2a]
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· describe, explain and analyze political, economic and social consequences that came about as the resolution of a conflict. [SS12:3e]
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· evaluate data within the historical, social, political and economic context in which it was created testing its credibility and evaluating its bias. [SS12:1d]
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· explain relationships among the events and trends studied in national and world history. [SS12:2c]
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· describe and analyze, using historical data and understandings, the options which are available to parties involved in contemporary conflicts or decision making. [SS12:4b]
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· demonstrate an understanding of the ways race, gender, ethnicity, and class issues have affected individuals and societies in the past. [SS12:3f]
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· describe relationships between historical subject matter and other subjects they study, current issues, and personal concerns. [SS12:4e]
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· analyze historical and contemporary conflicts through the respective roles of state and national governments. [SS12:5b]