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m Charter Schools Institute P State University of New York BUFFALO UNITED CHARTER SCHOOL FINAL CHARTERED AGREEMENT Section 2852(5) Submission to the Board of Regents Volume 8 of 9 REDACTED APPLICATION! 74 North Pearl Street, 4"1 Floor, Albany, New York 12207 Tel: (518)433-8277 Fax:(518)427-6510 E-mail: chartersfaisvsadm.sunv.edu www.newYQrkcharters.org 1403 :o: :o: HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY 0 EIGHTH GRADE 0 PART TWO TIMELINES, CURRICULUM, AND RESOURCES History/Geography Schedule 0 Core Knowledge Objectives ^ Curriculum Related Websites General Resources for Classroom Kits: Perma-Bound Geography Resources for Classroom 0 Kits: Debby & Company o: :o: O COPYRIGHT NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR (REV. A 7/2001) 14C4 History/Geography - Recommended Schedule "Denotes bolded Michigan Social Studies Themes to be studied in Preparation for the MEAP Grade 8 - First Semester Month Unit August *1763 - French and Indian War. Pontiac's Rebellion September Weekl *1774 - Causes of the American Revolution: Intolerable Acts Week 2 *1776 - Principles of Independence: Declaration of Independence *1777 - American Revolution: Battle of Saratoga Week 3 Civics: The Constitution - Principles and Structure of American Democracy *1781-89 - Early U.S. Government: Articles of Confederation; Week 4 US. Constitution/ (OverviewofvtheU.S. Constitution) October Week 5 (Bill of Rights; Amendments) *13*, 19th amendments Week 6 (Legislative Branch) Week 7 (Executive Branch; Judiciary) Week 8 •1793 - Technology and Mechanization: Cotton Gin *1800 - Competing Visions for the New Nation: Jefferson Vs. Hamilton Debate (strict vs. loose constructionism) November Week 9 •1803 - Expansion: Louisiana Purchase Week 10 *1823 - World Role of a New Nation: Monroe Doctrine Week 11 1832 -48- Reforms and Expressions of Democracy: Abolition Movement, Women's Rights Week 12 *1850 - American System and Nationalism: Building of Canal and railroads December Week 13 *1850 - 61 - Causes of the Civil Wan Compromise of 1850; Secession of Southern States Week 14 * 1861 - 65 - Civil War Emancipation Proclamation (1862) Week 15 Battle of Gettysburg (1863) lanuary Week 16 Gettysburg Address (1863) Week 17 •Reconstruction and Civil Rights: (13*), 14*, 15* amendments Week 18 Review for MEAP Week 19 MEAP e COPYRIGHT NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR (REV. A 7/2001) 14 OS History/Geography - Recommended Schedule Grade 8 - Second Semester Include Geography in the Study of Major topics February Week 20 The Civil Rights Movement Week 21 Week 22 The Cold War (Origins of War, The Korean War, Week 23 America in the Cold War) Week 24 The Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism March (The Vietnam War, Social and Environmental Activism) Week 25 The Middle East and Oil Politics (History, Week 26 Geography of the Middle East) Week 27 Week 28 The End of the Cold War The Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges (American Policy of Detente; Breakup of April the USSR) Week 29 Spring Break Week 30 The Decline of European Colonialism (Breakup of the British Empire; Week 31 Creation of People's Republic of China) May Week 32 The End of the Cold War The Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges (China Under Communism; Week 33 Contemporary Europe; The End of Apartheid in South Africa) Week 34 Week 35 Geography of Canada and Mexico (Canada) June Week 36 (Mexico) e COPYRIGHT NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR (REV. A 7/2001) 14G6 History and Geography: Grade 8 The Decline of European Colonialism A. BREAKUP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE • Creation of British Commonwealth, independence for colonial territories • Troubled Ireland: Easter Rebellion, Irish Free State • Indian nationalism and independence Sepoy Rebellion Mahatma Gandhi, Salt March Partition of India into Hindu and Muslim states • Geography of India and South Asia Overview Legacy of British colonial rule: English language, rail system Himalayas, ML Everest, K-2 Very high population densities and growth rates, food shortages Monsoons Rivers: Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal Pakistan, Karachi Bangladesh Sri Lanka India Second most populous country after China Subsistence agriculture Caste system, "untouchables" Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta; Madras Longstanding tension between Hindus and Muslims Core Knowledge Sequence: content guidelines for grades K-8, Core Knowledge Foundation, Chariottesville, VA O COPYRIGHT NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR (REV. A 7/2001) 14G7 B. CREATION OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA • China under European domination Opium Wars, Boxer Rebellion Sun Yat Sen • Communists take power Mao Zedong: The Long March Defeat of nationalists led by Chiang Kai-Shek Soviet-Communist Chinese 30-Year Friendship Treaty • Geography of China Overview One-fifth of world population 4,000-year-old culture Third largest national territory, regional climates Physical features Huang He (Yellow) River, Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea Great Wall, Grand Canal Social and economic characteristics Major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou (formerly Canton), Shenyang World's largest producer of coal and agricultural products, major mineral producer Off-shore oil reserves Multi-dialectal, including Mandarin, Cantonese Hong Kong, special coastal economic zones Taiwan, Taipei II. The Cold War A, ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR • Post-WWII devastation in Europe, Marshall Plan, Bretton Woods Conference • Western fear of cc imunist expansion, Soviet fear of capitalist influences • Truman Doctrine, policy of containment of communism Formation of NATO, Warsaw Pact The "Iron Curtain" (Churchill) Berlin Airlift Eastern European resistance, Hungarian Revolution, Berlin Wall, Prague Spring B. THE KOREAN WAR • Inchon, Chinese entry, removal of MacArthur • Partition of Korea, truce line near the 38th Parallel Core Knowledge Sequence: content guidelines for grades K-8, Core Knowledge Foundation, CharlonesviUe, VA C COPYRIGHT NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR (REV. A 7/2001) 1408 AMERICA IN THE COLD WAR • McCarthyism, House Unamerican Activities Committee, "witch hunts" Hollywood Blacklist Spy cases: Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg • The Eisenhower Years Secret operations, QA, FBI counterespionage, J. Edgar Hoover, U-2 incident Soviet Sputnik satellite, "Missile Gap," Yuri Gagarin Eisenhower's farewell speech, the "military-industrial complex" • The Kennedy Years, "Ask not what your country can do for you" Attack on organized crime, Robert F. Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs invasion Nuclear deterrence, "mutual assured destruction," Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Kennedy assassination in 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, Warren Commission • Space exploration, US. moon landing, Neil Armstrong • American culture in the 1950s and 1960s Levinown and the rise of the suburban lifestyle, automobile- centered city planning Influence of television Baby Boom generation, rock and roll, Woodstock festival, 26th Amendment Core Knowledge Sequence: content guidelines for grades KS. Core Knowledge Foundation. Chariottesville. VA C COPYRIGHT NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR (REV. A 7/2001) 14C3 HL The Civil Rights Movement • Segregation PJessyv. Ferguson, doctrine of "separate but equal" "Jim Grow" laws • Post-war steps toward desegregation Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball Truman desegregates Armed Forces Adam Clayton Powell, Harlem congressman Integration of public schools: Brtmmv. Board of Education (1954), Tliurgood Marshall • Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks • Southern "massive resistance"^ Federal troops open schools in Little Rock, Arkansas Murder of Medgar Evers Alabama Governor George Wallace "stands in schoolhouse door" • Nonviolent challenges to segregation: "We shall overcome" Woohvorth lunch counter sit-ins Freedom riders, GORE Black voter registration drives Martin Luther King, Jr. Southern Christian Leadership Conference March on Washington, "I have a dream" speech "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Selma to Montgomery March • President Johnson and the civil rights movement The Great Society, War on Poverty, Medicare Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, affirmative Action • African American militance Malcolm X Black Power, Black Panthers Watts and Newark riots • Assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Core Knowledge Sequence: content guidelines for grades KS. Core Knowledge Foundation, CharionesvUle, VA O COPYRIGHT NATIONAL HERITAGE ACADEMIES 2001-2002 SCHOOL YEAR (REV. A 7/2001) 1410 IV. The Vietnam War and tibe Rise of Social Activism A. THE VIETNAM WAR • French Indochina War Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Cong • Domino Theory • US. takes charge of the war, Special Forces, Tonkin Gulf Resolution • Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre • Antiwar protests, Kent State, The Pentagon Papers, "hawks" and "doves" • American disengagement, Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy, Kissinger, War Powers Act • Watergate scandal, resignation of Nixon • Vietnam, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) B. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM • Feminist movement, "women's liberation" Betty Friedan, National Organization for Women Roev.Wade Failure of the Equal Rights Amendment • Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers • American Indian Movement Second Wounded Knee Federal recognition of Indian right to self-determination • Emergence of environmentalism Rachel Carson, Si/en/Spring Environmental Protection Agency, Endangered Species Act, dean Air and Water Acts Disasters