Standards
Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry
with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
- Chronology organizes history and
increases understanding of historical relationships.
- Human and physical systems interact and impact one another.
- Societies are diverse and change over time.
- Scientific and technological developments impact human interactions.
- Religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful societal
forces.
- Using historical data, events in history can be analyzed from
multiple perspectives.
- Human and physical characteristics define regions
Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions
students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.
- What were the major causes and effects of the Renaissance in Europe?
- How does the environment shape human society in the Renaissance?
- How did societal structure during the Renaissance compare to that of
today?
- How did scientific and technological developments impact society
during the Reformation?
- How did religious and philosophical ideas impact Renaissance
society?
- What are the major events of the Reformation and how can they be
organized chronologically? What cause/effect relationships exist among
these events?
- How were the cultural achievements of the Europeans during the
Renaissance comparable to those of the Ottomans and Mughals/Moguls at
the same time?
- How do maps increase understanding of the Ottomans and Safavids? How
are cultural regions defined over time?
- What economic, social and religious factors motivated Discovery,
Exploration and Colonization?
- How do maps and charts increase understanding of Exploration and
Colonization?
- What human and physical systems interacted during the Age of
discovery, exploration and colonization
- How were Africans, American Indians, Asians, and Europeans impacted
by contacts/ migration during the era of exploration and colonization?
- How did Asian ideas impact European trade?
Standards and Benchmarks
D-11 Social Studies Indicators
- Colorado Standards are very general. To more
clearly define learning expectations for all students, District 11 has added
these indicators of success to the required curriculum.
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.
- 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
- 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]
- Human
and Physical Systems: Evaluate how human and physical systems
interact and impact one another.[G5]
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