U.S. HistoryMs. Martin

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Curriculum Framing Questions

   The students attending this course will have set curriculum framed questions that they will be able to answer after learning about U.S. History in this

course. Essential Why is Freedom Important?Unit What were the good and bad outcomes of World

War I and II?Content How Did America come to be? Who Freed the slaves? What was the Indian War?

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Class Summary In this unit students will learn

about the history of the United States. This course takes students from the arrival of the first people in North America and through the Civil War.

Students will be given lessons  that  integrate topics in geography, civics, and economics. The will be taught to use tools to better prepare them for technology use later in life.

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Role of the Teacher A teacher carries a big

responsibility in her classroom. The role of an elementary teacher is to provide early guidance in the educational development of young children.

The teacher must develop and manage an approved curriculum. That will measure the students learning.

It is expected of a teacher to also keep parents informed of achievements and behavioral problems that their children may experience.

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Expected roles of the Students and Parents

Students will be responsible for designing, and performing a historical reenactment. That includes but is not limited to the following areas of interest: historical timeline and historical holiday and events. Each student will have a job to perform a role in the play. This play will be performed for all parents and staff.

Volunteers are always welcome in our classroom. Please consider helping in any number of ways (guest speaker, gathering resources, photography, and etc.).

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Benefits of the Unit Students will be able to learn

planning and group skills through out this unit. Students will be taught U.S. History.

After completing this course should fully understand the becoming of the U.S. and its historical holidays meanings. Students should also have acquired a responsibility and individual independence to complete task.

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Classroom Standards and Objectives

1) Students will compare families of today with families of the past in relation to work, home, and school. 

- present-one or both parents working outside the home, families sharing household responsibilities, students having choices of transportation;

- past-parents working together on family-owned farms, family responsibilities assigned by gender, students walking to school

 2) Students will discuss rights and responsibilities of individuals in relation

to different social groups, including family, peer group, and classmates.  • Explaining the importance of manners and social etiquette  • Explaining the necessity for rules and laws and consequences of failing

to obey them  3) Students will describe ways people celebrate their diverse cultural

heritages. Examples: literature, language, games, songs, dances, holidays

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Project Based LearningThe students in this course will be taught using project

based learning activities and lesson plans. PBL is a educational system which is more devoted

towards the students. It’s a program that is not just based open what needs to be learned, considering the school curriculum, but rather how much can be learned while trying to achieve what needs to be learned.

PBL is a more broad system of learning that actually engages the students in what their learning instead of the usual basic classroom learning that just involves memorization. 

Project based learning teaches students how to relate learning to real life situations through the use of hands on projects.

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