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This is a blank copy of the curriculum map template. What's up everybody???? Yay social studies!!!

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 * [|Current Pacing Guide California]

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 * [|North Carolina History: A Digital Textbook (LEARN NC)]
 * [|Our Amazing Planet]
 * [|Watch Know Learn]
 * [|NCDPI Middle Grades SS Resources]
 * [|Simple K12]
 * NCDPI Common Core Wiki


 * ||  6th || 7th ||  8th ||
 * Strands || Pre-history to 1400 || 1400 to Current || NC History ||
 * History || 6.H.1 Understand why various ancient civilizations began, how they existed and fell. (use historical thinking)

6.H.2 Understand the significant people, events, issues and cultural groups of this ancient time period || 7.H.1: Use historical thinking to analyze various modern societies. > 7.H.2: Understand the implications of global interactions.
 * charts, graphs, and historical narratives
 * War, genocide, imperialism and colonization, Humanitarian efforts, United Nations, World Health Organization, Non Governmental Organizations, European Union and Organization of American States, advancements in transportation, communication networks and business practices || 8.H.1- Understand the creation and development of North Carolina and the United States.
 * Use charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain events.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use primary and secondary sources to see different historical points of view.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">summarize historical documents to understand the literal meaning.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">gather data from a variety of resources and be able to form an opinion that can be supported by historical evidence.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.H.2-Understand the ways in which conflict, compromise and negotiation have shaped North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">explain the impact that economic, political, social and military conflicts had on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">summarize how leadership and citizen actions (example: the Founding fathers, the Greensboro four, etc.) influenced the outcome of conflicts in North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">explore how debate, compromise, and negotiation have influenced significant periods of history in North Carolina and the United States.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.H.3-Understand the factors that contribute to change and continuity in North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how migration and immigration contributed to the development of North Carolina and the United States from colonization to contemporary times.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how changes in technology and new methods affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States (example, advancements in transportation, communication networks, and business practices.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political, and social change in North Carolina and the United States (example, abolitionists, the women of the Edenton Tea Party.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Compare and contrast issues from the past with issues of today to understand how things have changed and stayed the same in the development of North Carolina and the United States. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Geography & Environment || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6.G.1 Understand the geographic features that ancient civilizations

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6.G.2 Use existing and student created geographic tools (ie. graphs, maps, charts and data tables) to help understand and explain the history of ancient civilizations. Technology should be a source. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.G.1: Understand how geography, changes in the demographics, and environmental conditions shape modern societies and regions.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.G.2: Apply the tools of a geographer to understand modern societies and regions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Natural barriers, scarcity of resources, flooding, earthquakes, monsoons and tsunamis, recycling, planting trees, deforestation, pollution, irrigation systems and climate change
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Migration patterns and population and resource distribution patterns, maps, charts, graphs, GPS and GIS software || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.G.1-Understand the geographic factors such as physical characteristics of the land, place and location that influenced North Carolina and the United states
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how location and place affect opportunities and challenges for the move-ment of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understand the physical features, culture, political organization and ethic make-up of regions in North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how human-environment interaction affected the quality of life and settlement patterns in North Carolina and the United States. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Economics & Finance || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6.E.1 Understand how the physical environment made resources available to ancient civilizations.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Economics & Finance || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6.E.1 Understand how the physical environment made resources available to ancient civilizations.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Understand how human choices and interactions over resources affected the economy of ancient civilizations. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.E.1: Understand the economic activities of modern societies and regions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Colonialism, imperialism, globalization, interdependence, OPEC, NAFTA, G20, WTO, EU, economic alliances, capitalism, socialism, communism; market, mixed, command and traditional economies, credit, savings, investing, borrowing and giving || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.E.1-Understand the economic activities of North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline (example: the Great Depression, the North Carolina Gold Rush, etc)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use economic factors such as GDP, inflation, and unemployment to evaluate the growth and stability of the economy of North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how quality of life is affected by personal financial choices( example: credit, savings, investing, borrowing and giving.) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Civics and Government || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6.C&G.1 Understand government (its development and principle ideas), citizenship, and laws of ancient civilizations || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.C&G.1: Understand the development of government in modern societies and regions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution, democracy, communism, socialism, age. gender, legal, economic status, voting, taxes and military service, monarchs, dictators, elected officials, anti-governmental groups and religious, political factions || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.C& G.1-Analyze how democratic ideals such as limited government, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, republicanism, federalism and individual rights shaped government in North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evaluate the extent to which democratic ideals are evident in historical documents from North Carolina and the United States (example: the Mecklenburg Resolves, the Halifax resolves, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. constitution, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analyze differing viewpoints on the range and power of state and national governments. (example: federalist and anti-federalist, conservative and liberal.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analyze access to democratic rights and freedoms among various groups in North Carolina and the United States. (example: enslaved people, Native Americans, women, African Americans, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analyze access to democratic rights and freedoms among various groups in North Carolina and the United States. (example: enslaved people, Native Americans, women, African Americans, etc.)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.C&G.2-Understand the role that citizen participation, such as picketing, boycotts, sit-ins, voting, marches, holding elected office and lobbying plays in societal change.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Analyze issues pursued through active citizen campaign for change.(Example: voting rights, access to education, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain the impact of human and civil rights issues throughout North Carolina and United States history. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culture || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6.C.1 Explain how religion, cultural expression and social structure influenced life in ancient civilizations. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7.C.1: Understand how cultural values influence relationships between individuals, groups and political entities in modern societies and regions.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enslavement of various peoples, caste system, religious conflict, Social Darwinism, art, literature, architecture and music3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8.C.1-Understand how different cultures influenced North Carolina and the United States.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the united States. (example: Columbian Exchange, slavery, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Summarize the origin of beliefs, practices, and traditions that represent various groups in North Carolina and the United States. (example: African, Indian, Latino, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Summarize the contributions of particular groups to the development of North Carolina and the United States.(example: women, religious groups, European immigrants, etc.) ||
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 * Needs:**
 * technology
 * student access
 * wireless in classrooms
 * Inspiration software (planning tool for teachers and students, applications for all subjects)
 * MAPS !!!! Mine are out of date, and I do not have one for Europe or the Americas, or the World (Wall mounted)
 * primary sources
 * hardcopies for each student
 * subscriptions to on-line teacher resources
 * ceiling-mounted projectors with wireless capabilities (cord “spaghetti” creates a hazard)