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Enduring
Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years
beyond the instruction received this year.
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Chronology
organizes history and increases understanding of historical
relationships.
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Cause and
effect relationships explain connections among people and events.
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Using data,
events is history can be analyzed from multiple perspectives.
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Societies
are diverse and change over time.
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Economic,
scientific and technological developments impact human interactions.
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Human
migration impacts cultural development of societies.
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Political
power has been used throughout history.
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Religious
and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces.
Essential
Questions
- most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer
after completing learning activities.
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Does
history repeat itself?
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Must the
prosperity and growth of one group of people always come at the expense
of another group of people?
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How did
cultures of the Native Americans and settlers lead to change over time?
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Which
scientific/technological development had the greatest impact on human
interactions?
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How did the
United States implement imperialism throughout the world?
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How did
American imperialism impact changes in the meaning, use, location,
distribution, and importance of resources throughout the 19th and early
20th centuries?
District 11 curriculum is designed to prepare and equip students to be
successful in the 21st Century. Curriculum resources and lessons included
here have been aligned to the Colorado Standards for each content area. In
addition, the entire program has been aligned with the knowledge, skills,
and learner attributes the
Partnership for
21st Century Skills promotes as necessary for
success in the 21st Century. You will see the highlighted core values
embedded in these lessons and activities.
Standards
and
Benchmarks
History 1: Students understand the chronological organization of
history and know how to organize events and people into major eras
to identify and explain historical relationships.
Benchmark B: Students use chronology to organize historical events
and people.
History 2: Students know how to use the processes and resources
of historical inquiry.
Benchmark 2ormation (e.g., letters, diaries, literature, text,
newspaper, art, music, technology, oral history, interviews).
History 3: Students understand that societies are diverse and
change over time.
Benchmark B: Students understand the history of social organization
in various societies.
History 4: Students understand how science, technology, and
economic activity have developed, changed, and affected societies
throughout history.
Benchmark A: Students understand the impact of scientific and
technological developments on individuals and societies.
History
5: Students understand political institutions and
theories that developed and changed over time.
Benchmark C: Students know how political power has been acquired,
maintained, used and/or lost throughout history.
History 6: Students know that religious and philosophical ideas
have been powerful forces throughout history.
Benchmark C: Students know how various forms of expression reflect
religious beliefs and philosophical ideas.
Geography 1: Students know how to use and construct maps,
globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information
about people, places, and environments.
Benchmark A: Students know how to use maps, globes, and other
geographic tools to acquire, process and report information from a
spatial perspective.
Geography
2:
Students know the physical and human characteristics of places, and
used knowledge to
Benchmark B: Students know how and why people define regions.
Geography 4: Students understand how economic, political
cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human
populations, interdependence, cooperation and conflict.
Benchmark E: Students know how cooperation and conflict among people
influence the division and control of the earth's surface.
Geography
5: Students understand the effects of interactions
between human and physical systems and changes in meaning, use,
distribution, and importance of resources.
Benchmark B: Students know how physical systems affect human
systems.
D-11 Social Studies Indicators
History
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Chronology/Cause & Effect: Determine cause and effect
relationships based on organizing major historical and/or
current events chronologically.
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Historical Inquiry: Utilizing multiple perspectives, analyze and
question historical data from primary and secondary sources
during major historical eras.
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Diverse
and Changing Societies: Evaluate the impact of interactions and
contributions of diverse peoples and cultures on past and
current societies.
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Science,
Technology, and Economic Activity: Evaluate the impact of
economic, scientific and technological developments on human
interactions.
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Political Institutions and Theories: Analyze how political power
has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost among various
cultures throughout history.
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Religious and Philosophical Ideas: Determine how societies have
been affected by religious and philosophical ideas.
Geography
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Use and
Construction of Geographic Tools: Analyze maps, globes, charts,
graphs, and databases to acquire, process and report information
about people, places and environments. [G1]
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Characteristics of Place and Region: Use physical and human
characteristics to define regions important in human
history.[G2]
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Patterns
of Human Population and Interaction: Analyze the physical and
cultural impact of human migration.[G4]
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Human
and Physical Systems: Evaluate how human and physical systems
interact and impact one another.[G5]
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