M/J United States History Advanced- 2100020
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2100020 M/J UNITED STATES HISTORY Advanced: Advanced courses offer scaffolded learning opportunities for students to develop the critical skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation in a more rigorous and reflective academic setting. Students are empowered to perform at higher levels as they engage in the following: analyzing historical documents and supplementary readings, working in the context of thematically categorized information, becoming proficient in note-taking, participating in Socratic seminars/discussions, emphasizing free-response and document-based writing, contrasting opposing viewpoints, solving problems, etc. Students will develop and demonstrate their skills through participation in a capstone and/or extended research-based paper/project (e.g., history fair, participatory citizenship project, mock congressional hearing, projects for competitive evaluation, investment portfolio contests, or other teacher-directed projects).
First Nine Weeks
Class introduction, orientation and procedures
Roots of September 11th
Constitution Day
Celebrate Freedom Week (last full week in September)
Organizing Principle 1: Students will be introduced to research and inquiry skills to analyze American History using primary and secondary sources.
Organizing Principle 2: Students will understand the ways that economic, political, cultural, and religious competition between the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch shaped colonial America.
Organizing Principle 3: Students will understand policies from British rule negatively affected the lives of the colonists while uniting them at the same time.
DBQ and Historical Essay Introduction and Practice
Introduction: History Fair
Second Nine Weeks
DBQ and Historical Essay Introduction and Practice
Organizing Principle 4: Students will understand the key influences that led to the Revolutionary War, the writing of the Declaration of Independence, and the founding principles of our nation.
Organizing Principle 5: Students will understand the causes, course, and consequences of the founding principles of our nation.
Organizing Principle 6: Students will participate in developing History Fair projects.
Third Nine Weeks
DBQ and Historical Essay Practice
Organizing Principle 7: Students will understand the significant impact that George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson had in founding the principles and laws of our nation.
Organizing Principle 8: Students will understand the variety of ways Andrew Jackson influenced our nation during westward expansion.
Organizing Principle 9: Students will understand why western expansion occurred and the impact it had on the United States as a whole.
Organizing Principle 10: Students will understand the domestic and international causes, course, and consequence of westward expansion.
Fourth Nine Week
Organizing Principle 11: Students will understand the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.
Organizing Principle 12: Reconstruction, Students will understand the policies, practices, and consequences of Reconstruction.
Useful websites:
National History Day (NHD): http://www.nhd.org/Contest. htm
Florida History Fair: http://www.floridahistoryfair.com/
Jinks Middle School website: http://www.bayschools.com/jms/Home.aspx
The following is a suggested pacing is a guide for the year. Please see your child's assignment chart for the most accurate reflection of the day's assignments.
Required Class Materials:
Discovery Education, Social Studies Techbook, World History Florida
Supplies needed:
Loose leaf notebook paper
Pen(s) – blue or black ONLY
Pencil(s)- #2
Folder with 3 prongs and 2 pockets- orange
Spiral notebook (2- 70 page or 1- 3 or 5 subject) In lieu of a folder & spiral you may use a binder with tabs-must be designated for US History.
Extras that are not required but will be used in the classroom: glue, ruler, colored pencils/ markers
Grade Breakdown in Focus:
95%= Summative- to include but not limited to: individual standards tests and to also include Projects/Performance projects such as History Fair project and Posters.
5%= Formative- to include but not limited to: Classwork- Document Based Questions, written responses, KIM Charts - (vocabulary chart), lesson/section/section work, reading passages, variety of graphic organizers
0%= Diagnostic/Documentation