Communication - Articulate and understand thoughts and ideas effectively by oral, written, and nonverbal means. Convey thoughts and ideas for a variety of purposes.
Critical Thinking - View problems, looking for both “bigger picture” connections and more detailed distinctions, to gain insights that will inform solutions. Regularly pursue additional information and evidence to refine understanding.
Collaboration - Understand that broader and, ultimately, personal interests are often better served by addressing challenges as a team. In pursuit of solutions, leverage the strengths and perspectives of others.
Learner’s Mindset - Demonstrate positive attitudes and beliefs about life-long quest for knowledge and skills. Seek novel experiences and an openness to change. Regularly set goals to monitor and direct for self-improvement.
Adaptive Perseverance - Continue an effort through task completion despite challenges. Understand there are often multiple ways to achieve an outcome. Respond productively to feedback and setbacks.
How did Reconstruction directly shape future events in American history. Including, but not limited to The Civil Rights Era and the Modern Political atmosphere?
How did population shifts during this time define the country we live in today?
Was anything fixed during Reconstruction?
Give examples The Great Migration had on American Industry, and analyze the impact advances in transportation had on the American West, and explain the impact Jim Crow Laws had on America from the 1860s-1920s.
D2.Civ.1.6-8. Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of citizens, political parties, interest groups, and the media in a variety of governmental and nongovernmental contexts
D2.Geo.4.6-8. Explain how cultural patterns and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.
D2.Geo.5.6-8. Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
D2.Geo.7.6-8. Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
D2.Geo.8.6-8. Analyze how relationships between humans and environments extend or contract spatial patterns of settlement and movement.
D2.Geo.9.6-8. Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.
D2.Eco.1.6-8. Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
D2.His.1.6-8. Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
D2.His.3.6-8. Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
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