Standards

Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

Standards and Benchmarks

District 11 Diamond Units/Lessons Overview - includes information about the purpose, goals and structure of these sample instructional units:

• Unit 1:

Parent Resources

This course presents a unique opportunity to discuss with your teenager your family's ethnic and cultural roots. Looking through family albums and tracing your family heritage will help classroom activities and concepts have deeper meaning. Instructors will be providing discussion prompts and questions that will help guide your conversations. Students will be analyzing primary and secondary source documents.