7th Grade - the Medieval World
Unit 1:
Land in my Community
“Everything in US history is about the land -- who oversaw and cultivated it, fished its waters, maintained its wildlife; who invaded and stole it; how it became a commodity (‘real estate’) broken into pieces to be bought and sold on the market (p. 1).”
Unit 7:
Another World is Possible
FQ: Who controlled the land when the US was founded?
Topics:
Unit 2:
The Founding of the US
FQ: How did slavery and the occupation of Native land fuel the US economic system?
Topics:
Unit 4: Slavery and Industrial Capitalism
Course Question: How does the settlement of the land that became the United States inform injustices in our world today?
FQ: How did different regions of US use the land?
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Unit 3: Regional Differences
FQ: How has land in my community been used over time?
Topics:
8th Grade - Am Rev to Recon (19th c. US)
10th Grade - 20th c. world
Teaching Thesis:
Unit 5: Civil War and War in the West
FQ: How did the conquest of Native land increase the conflict over slavery in the US?
Topics:
Unit 6: Reconstruction and Industrialization
FQ: What prevented a multi-racial democracy from succeeding in the 19th c?
Topics:
FQ: What is required for the US to repair past harm and prepare for a more just future?
Topics:
Informed by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the US (2014).
Draft your own course map and consider the specific topics to reinforce key concepts.
9th Grade - Ethnic Studies (possible)
7th Grade - Regional to Global Interconnection
8th Grade
Course Question:
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Course Teaching Thesis: 2-3 sentence possible response to the course question