21st Century Social Studies 9th Grade Orientation …not your parent’s Social St u d i e s Steven Maher, Social Studies Supervisor 21st Century Social Studies Social Studies Curriculum Sequence US History and World Studies Electives Course Levels What you can do to help your child What Social Studies was for us Memorization “Learning” = Remembering Repeating Accessing “Learning” Interpreting =Manipulating Communicating Social Studies Core Curriculum Sequence US US World Studies History I History II 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade • Concepts US History I • Concepts US History II • Concepts World Studies • US History I • US History II • World Studies • Honors US History I • AP US History II • AP World History England’s Colonial Experiments: The 17th Century The American Revolution: Democracy in Distress: The Violence of P Jamestown “No Taxation without Representation” Judiciary Act of 1789 Virginia House of Burgesses John Locke/Two Treatises of Government Hamilton’s economic plan Sir George Calvert Proclamation of 1763 Hamilton vs. Jefferson Lord Baltimore George Grenville Citizen Genet Affair Act Concerning Religion 1649 Revenue Act of 1764 Jay’s Treaty John Winthrop/ “City on a Hill” Stamp Act Battle of Fallen Timbers Mayflower Compact Stamp Act Congress Pinckney’s Treaty Roger Williams Sons of Liberty Political clubs Anne Hutchinson British Reaction/The Declaratory Act Whiskey Rebellion Thomas Hooker Townshend Duties Washington’s Farewell Address Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 Boston Massacre XYZ Affair Quakers Committees of Correspondence Alien & Sedition Acts William Penn’s “Holy Experiment” Boston Tea Party Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions Putting Down Roots: Families in the Atlantic Empire First Continental Congress Election of 1800 Halfway Covenant Second Continental Congress Jeffersonian Ascendancy: Theory and Prac The New England Primer Declaration of Independence Government Anthony Johnson Thomas Paine: Common Sense/The Crisis Tecumseh & the Prophet Stono Rebellion Tories Samuel Slater Mercantilism Lexington and Concord Louisiana Purchase Navigation Acts (include Staple Act here) Bunker Hill Lewis and Clark Expedition Bacon's Rebellion Saratoga Marbury v. Madison/midnight judges Cotton Mather Yorktown Fletcher v. Peck Increase Mather Treaty of Paris, 1783 The Burr Trial Salem Witch Trials The Republican Experiment Orders in Council & the Chesapeake A Dominion of New England (Andros) Society of Cincinnati Embargo Act (1807), Non-Intercourse A Leisler's Rebellion Benjamin Banneker & Phillis Wheatley Macon’s Bill No. 2 (1810) Coode’s Rebellion Richard Allen War Hawks Frontiers of Empire: 18th Century America Abigail Adams Hartford Convention Scotch-Irish Immigrants Land Ordinance of 1785 Treaty of Ghent (1814) "Pennsylvania Dutch" Northwest Ordinance of 1787 Nation Building and Nationalism “Middle Ground” Nationalist Critique Adams-Onis Treaty The American "Enlightenment" Newburgh Conspiracy James F. Cooper, Leatherstocking Tale Benjamin Franklin Jay-Gardoqui Treaty Clermont White Pines/Sugar Act/Hat, Felt and Iron Acts Annapolis Convention National Road 1st Great Awakening Shays’ Rebellion Erie Canal Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield Philadelphia Convention Putting Out System Vi i i Pl L ll M h tt Social Studies Resources Social Studies Learning Environments Social Studies Learning Environments US History I and US History II Essential Skills •Analysis of Primary Documents • Analysis of Secondary Documents • Content Understanding • Proving a Thesis in Writing • Proving a Thesis with Presentation Authentic Assessment Portfolio Evidence Reflection Rubric 21% 1st Quarter 21% 2nd Quarter Authentic Final 21% 3rd Quarter Assessment Final Course Exam 8% Grade 21% 4th Quarter 8% 16% Final Assessment Grade World Studies - Units of Study World Studies • Essential Questions as lenses • What is the best way to Government organize society? • How does culture best Culture meet the needs of people? A Half • What is the best way to Economics create and distribute Century of resources? • How does technology Crisis Technology affect societies? • How do societies interact Environment with their environment? Social Studies Electives 11th & 12th • AP European History Grade • AP Psychology • AP Government and Politics • International Relations • Sociology • Psychology • African American Studies • Middle Eastern Studies • Holocaust & Genocide Studies Course Levels Teacher in Social Studies Recommendation • Concepts Concepts classes are designed for students who need to dedicate more time to strengthening their reading, writing, and social studies skills. • College Prep • Advanced Placement 5 2008 AP Exam Performance 4 National Pass Rate 53% 3 CHS Pass Rate 93% 2 1 Social Studies Core Curriculum Sequence US US World Studies History I History II 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade • Concepts US History I • Concepts US History II • Concepts World Studies • US History I • US History II • World Studies • Honors US History I • AP US History II • AP World History What to do to help your child Talk Ask “How do you know that?” What to do to help your child 21st Century Social Studies 9th Grade Orientation Thank You! Steven Maher, Social Studies Supervisor.