Social Studies Curriculum

    Our school district continues to prepare students to be successful on the New York State tests.  This year I will be initiating a Social Studies Performance Task and several Document Based Essay questions to give your child the opportunity to use higher level thought processes and skills.  Learning how to interpret and analyze real documents and how to respond to them is an important skill that will be used throughout his or her educational experiences.  These tasks reflect the new state standards and assessments.

                                    Overview of Social Studies Curriculum

Materials:

• Text: Human Heritage, A World History, Glencoe

• Teacher prepared materials

• Social Studies notebooks and binders

• Projects

Areas of Study:

• The Five Themes of Geography

• Map and Globe Skills

• Early Man

• Middle Eastern and Egyptian Civilization

• Greek Civilization

• The Roman Empire

• The Middle Ages

• The Renaissance

• The Reformation

• The Scientific, Industrial and Political Revolutions

Activities:

• Map Projects

• Individual research projects and presentations

• Group discussions

• Vocabulary games and activities

• Critical thinking activities

• Review games

• Graphic Organizers

• Performance Tasks

• Constructed Responses

• Interactive video tapes

• Content videos

Evaluation:

• Written homework assignments

• Tests and quizzes

• Projects

• Presentations

• Essays

• Document Based Essays

• Class Participation

• Skill Masters

 

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