"The Story of US" A study of America and how we became the United States.
Big Picture Theme: "Becoming Something New: Building a newness through the power of Human Spirit, Adversity, and Individuality."
Key Knowledge: Discovering the moments when Americans harnessed technology to advance human progress and shape our nation.
Content Goals:
1. Understand the interactions and interdependence of indigenous peoples, explorers, colonists, and immigrants on the land and creation of America.
2. Understand how both environmental factors, human systems, and technology helped create a new nation.
3. Enhance those inquiry skills that allow individual students to determine which events led to the creation of the United States.
Rational of unit (Explain why we studied this unit):
Artifact #1 American History Timeline Summative Assessment (Summary of what this artifact is and how it reaches the unit content goals.)
Artifact #2: Title & Summary (What the artifact is and how it reaches the unit content goals.)
Reflection of Unit & Artifacts