|
Sixth |
Seventh | Eighth |
Civil War | Ancient
History
Secondary Resources
A Blueprint for Learning
Social Studies
The Blueprint for Learning
is a companion document for the Tennessee Curriculum
Standards which are located at
www.tennessee.gov/education. Although the curriculum
adopted by the State Board of Education in its entirety remains
on the web for additional reference, this reformatted version
makes the curriculum more accessible to classroom teachers.
Sixth
Grade Sixth |
Seventh | Eighth |
Civil War | Ancient
History
Secondary Resources
A Blueprint for Learning - Social Studies
CULTURE
Culture encompasses similarities and
differences among people, including their beliefs, knowledge,
changes, values, and tradition. The student will explore these
elements of society to develop an appreciation of and respect for
the variety of human cultures.
Key
|
Reporting
Category
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|
M |
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Define the basic
components of culture. |
|
M |
|
Identify how communities
reflect the cultural background of their inhabitants. |
|
M |
|
Compare how cultures
differ in their use of similar environments and resources. |
|
M |
|
Analyze how human
migration and cultural activities influence the character of
a place. |
|
M |
|
Define religion. |
|
D |
|
Describe the beliefs of
the world major religions. |
|
D |
|
Identify the founders of
the world’s major religions. |
|
D |
|
Identify characteristics
of a physical environment that contribute to the growth and
development of a culture. |
|
D |
|
Evaluate the effect of
technology on a culture. |
|
D |
|
Explain why individuals
and groups respond differently to their physical and social
environments. |
|
D |
|
Explain how information and experiences may
be interpreted differently from people of diverse cultural
perspectives and frames of reference. |
|
D |
|
Describe instances in which language, art,
music, belief systems, and other cultural elements can
facilitate understanding or cause misunderstanding. |
|
D |
|
Explain and give examples of how language,
literature, the arts, architecture, other artifacts,
traditions, beliefs, values, and behaviors contribute to the
development and transmission of culture. |
|
M |
|
Define cultural
diffusion. |
|
M |
|
Compare different ways
in which cultural diffusion takes place. |
|
M |
|
Construct a timeline of
technological innovations and rate the importance of
technological advancements. |
|
D |
|
Show through specific examples how science
and technology have changed people’s perceptions of the
social and natural world. |
|
D |
|
Describe examples in
which values, beliefs, and attitudes have been influenced by
technological knowledge. |
ECONOMICS
Globalization of the economy, the
explosion of population growth, technological changes and
international competition compels the student to understand, both
personally and globally, production, distribution, and consumption
of goods and services. The student will examine and analyze economic
concepts such as basic needs versus wants, using versus saving
money, and policy-making versus decision-making.
|
D |
|
Explain the relationship
of supply and demand in early world history. |
|
A |
E |
Recognize an example of a barter
economy.
Barter Economy Defined |
|
M |
|
Describe the change from
hunter/gatherer economies to economies based on animal and
plant domestication. |
|
A |
E |
Identify disadvantages and advantages of nomadic and early
farming lifestyles (i.e., shelter, food supply, and,
domestication of plants and animals). |
|
M |
|
Investigate the impact
of trade on the economies of early civilizations. |
|
D |
|
Define various types of
economies and their methods of production and consumption. |
|
A |
E |
Recognize the importance of economic systems in the
development of early civilizations around rivers (i.e.,
Tigris and Euphrates, Huang He, Nile, and Indus). |
|
D |
|
Apply economic concepts
to evaluate historic developments. |
|
D |
|
Explain the economic
impact of improved communication and transportation. |
|
A |
E |
Identify major trade routes (i.e., silk roads, Persian trade
routes, African trade routes, Mediterranean trade routes,
and ocean routes).
Silk Road Info African
Trade Route
Mediterranean Trade Info
Ocean Routes |
|
D |
|
Appraise the
relationship among scarcity of resources, economic
development, and international conflict. |
|
M |
|
Differentiate between
needs and wants. |
|
D |
|
Analyze how supply and
demand and change in technologies impact the cost for goods
and services. |
|
D |
|
Evaluate the
relationship between creditors and debtors. |
|
A |
E |
Recognize the importance of trade in
later civilizations (i.e., Mediterranean, Southeast Asia,
India, and European). |
|
A |
E |
Analyze how basic
economic ideas influenced world events (i.e., supply and
demand lead to exploration and colonization). |
GEOGRAPHY
Geography enables the students to see,
understand and appreciate the web of relationships between people,
places, and environments. The student will use the knowledge,
skills, and understanding of concepts within the six essential
elements of geography: world in spatial terms, places and regions,
physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the
use of geography.
|
M |
|
Use the basic elements
of maps and mapping. |
|
A |
G |
Identify the basic
components of a world map (i.e., compass rose, map key,
scale, latitude and longitude lines, continents, and
oceans).
Components of a Map
Latitude & Longitude
Continents and Oceans |
|
M |
|
Identify the locations
of certain physical and human features and events on maps
and globes. |
|
A |
G |
Identify basic geographic forms (i.e., rivers, lakes, bays,
oceans, mountains, plateaus, deserts, plains, and coastal
plains).
Plateau
Geographic Landforms National
Geographic Forms Pictures |
|
M |
|
Identify the location of earth’s major
landforms such as continents, islands, mountain ranges, and
major bodies of water such as the oceans, seas, rivers, and
gulfs. |
|
A |
G |
Use a variety of maps to understand geographic and
historical information (i.e., political maps, resource maps,
product maps, physical maps, climate maps, and vegetation
maps).
Physical/Political Map
Climate Map
Vegetation Map
Product Map |
|
M |
|
Describe the location of major physical
characteristics such as landforms, climate, soils, water,
features, vegetation, resources, and animal life; and human
characteristics such as language groups, religions,
political systems, economic systems, and population centers
in the world. |
|
D |
|
Explain how and why the location of
geographic features both physical and human in the world
change over time and space. |
|
A |
G |
Recognize reasons that cultural
groups develop or settle in specific physical environments. |
|
A |
G |
Identify the location of early
civilizations on a map (i.e., Mesopotamian, Egyptian,
Ancient Chinese, and Indian).
Ancient Civilizations Map |
|
D |
|
Identify concepts that define and describe
spatial organization such as location, distance, direction,
scale, movement, and region. |
|
D |
|
Explain how changing
technology such as transportation and communication
technology affect spatial relationships. |
|
D |
|
Describe how physical
and human processes shape the characteristics of a place. |
|
D |
|
Explain how technology
shapes the physical and human characteristics of places. |
|
D |
|
Explain why places have
specific physical and human characteristics in different
parts of the world. |
|
A |
G |
Recognize the basic components of culture (i.e., language,
common values, traditions, government, art, literature, and
lifestyles). |
|
A |
G |
Identify geographic reasons for the location of population
centers prior to 1500 (i.e., coastal plains, deserts,
mountains, and river valleys). |
A |
G |
Interpret a graph that
illustrates a major trend in world history (i.e., population
growth, economic development, governance land areas, and
growth of religions).
Population Growth
Economic Development |
|
A |
G |
Recognize how migration and cultural diffusion influenced
the character of world societies (i.e., spread of religions,
empire building, exploration, and languages). |
GOVERNANCE AND CIVICS
Governance establishes structures of
power and authority in order to provide order and stability. Civic
efficacy requires understanding rights and responsibilities, ethical
behavior, and the role of citizens within their community, nation,
and world.
|
D |
|
Identify informal and
formal forms of governance. |
|
A |
GC |
Recognize types of
government (i.e., formal/informal, monarchy, direct/indirect
democracy, republics, and theocracy).
Monarchy
Republics
Theocracy |
|
D |
|
Describe the purpose of
governance and how its powers are acquired, used, and
justified. |
|
D |
|
Analyze the necessity of
establishing and enforcing the rule of law. |
|
D |
|
Originate models of
lower to higher forms of social and political orders. |
|
A |
GC |
Recognize the steps that give rise to complex governmental
organizations (i.e., nomadic, farming, village, city,
city-states, and states). |
|
M |
|
Identify written laws
handed down from ancient civilizations. |
|
A |
GC |
Identify the development of written
laws (i.e., Hammurabi’s Code, Justinian Code, and Magna
Carta).
Code of Hammurabi
Justinian Code
Magna Carta |
|
D |
|
Explore the development
of citizenship and government in ancient civilizations. |
|
D |
|
Explain and apply concepts such as power,
role, status, justice and influence to the examination of
persistent issues and social problems. |
|
A |
GC |
Recognize the roles assigned to individuals in various
societies (i.e., caste systems, feudal systems, city-state
systems, and class systems).
Caste Systems
Feudal Systems and Middle Ages |
|
D |
|
Recognize the relationship between a
places’s physical, political, and cultural characteristics
and the type of government that emerges in that place. |
|
D |
|
Identify natural
resources that are necessary to the survival of a
civilization. |
|
D |
|
Differentiate between
rights and privileges of the individual. |
|
A |
GC
|
Compare and contrast the
lives of individual citizens in various governmental
organizations (i.e., monarchial systems, feudal systems,
caste systems, and democratic systems-Greek). |
|
D |
|
Consider how cooperation
and conflict affects the dissemination of resources, rights,
and privileges. |
HISTORY
History involves people, events, and
issues. The student will evaluate evidence to develop comparative
and causal analyses, and to interpret primary sources. He/she will
construct sound historical arguments and perspectives on which
informed decisions in contemporary life can be based.
*
Some state performance indicators are listed
in more than one era. These may be assessed in any of the eras in
which they appear, but not necessarily in all eras in which they
appear.
World History Standards Era 1: The
Beginnings of Human Society
|
M |
|
List ancient weapons and
tools. |
|
M |
|
Understand the role of
the environment in terms of influencing the development of
weapons and tools. |
|
M |
|
Explain the role of
agriculture in early settled communities. |
|
M |
|
Recognize the immediate and long term
impacts and influences of early agricultural communities
such as Southwest Asia and the African Nile Valley. |
|
M |
|
Describe the biological
processes that shaped the earliest human communities. |
|
M |
|
Identify the characteristics of
hunter-gatherer communities in various continental regions
in Africa versus the Americas. |
|
M |
|
Explain how different
early human communities expressed their beliefs. |
|
M |
|
Explain how geologists,
archaeologists, and anthropologists study early human
development. |
|
M |
|
Identify scientific
evidence regarding early human settlements in Africa. |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize the types of early
communities (i.e., nomadic, fishing, and farming).
Nomad Pics |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Identify major technological advances (i.e., tools, wheel,
irrigation, river dikes, development of farming, advances in
weaponry, written language, and printing press). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize the world's major religions and their founders
(i.e., Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed).
Judiasm |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Identify how early writing forms in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and
the Indus Valley influenced life (i.e., legal, religious,
and culture). |
|
*A |
WH
1 |
Recognize the significant
mythologies of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the designations for time
dating (i.e., BCE, AD, centuries, decades, prehistoric, and
historic). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early
Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and
Renaissance). |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Read a
timeline and order events of the past between prehistory and
the Renaissance. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify examples of groups impacting world history (i.e.,
Muslims, Christians, Mongolians, Vikings, slave traders,
explorers, merchants/traders, and inventors.) |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Identify characteristics
including economy, social relations, religion, and political
authority of various societies (i.e., Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Indian, and
Medieval). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Describe the ways in which individuals can change groups
(i.e., Martin Luther – Christian church, William of Normandy
– English Monarchy, Joan of Arc – Hundred Years War, and
Buddha – Chinese Culture). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the possible causes of change in civilizations
(i.e., environmental change, political collapse, new ideas,
warfare, overpopulation, unreliable food sources, and
diseases). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the impact of individuals on world history (i.e.,
Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, William the Conqueror, Ramses II,
Julius Caesar, Socrates, Aristotle, Marco Polo, Alexander
the Great, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Martin Luther,
and Johannes Gutenberg). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the job characteristics of archaeologists,
anthropologists, geologists, and historians.
Archaeologists
Anthropologists
Geologists |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify differences between various cultural groups (i.e.,
European, Eurasian, Indian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern,
African, and Native American). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify types of artifacts by
pictorial representation (i.e., Egyptian, Roman, Greek,
Chinese, Native American, Medieval, and Renaissance).
|
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify major technological advances
(i.e., tools, wheel, irrigation, river dikes, development of
farming, advances in weaponry, written language, and
printing press). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify conclusions about early world historical events
using primary and secondary sources. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the development of written and spoken languages
(i.e., Roman alphabet, Latin word origins, Romance
Languages). |
World History Standards Era 2: Early
Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples (4000-1000 BCE)
|
M |
|
Describe the characteristics of writing in
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus valley and how their
written records shaped political, legal, religious, and
cultural life. |
|
M |
|
Compare and contrast the Mycenaean Greek
development of agriculture, writing, education, law, and
trade with another society. |
|
M |
|
Explain how the
development of different types of tools, laws, and religion
influenced early Chinese civilization. |
|
M |
|
Compare and contrast how the economic,
political, cultural, and environmental factors among the
ancient civilizations of Egypt, Indus River Valley, China,
and Mesopotamia shaped their histories. |
|
M |
|
Explain the decline of
the Indus Valley civilization. |
|
M |
|
Identify significant
individuals and events in Egyptian civilization. |
|
M |
|
Describe the
characteristics of Aryan society. |
|
M |
|
Describe what
archaeological evidence reveals about Chinese history during
the Chang Dynasty. |
|
M |
|
Identify early forms of writing, law, and
trade (i.e., cuneiform, hieroglyphics, barter, Code of
Hammurabi, and the Ten Commandments).
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
Native American
|
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize the types of early
communities (i.e., nomadic, fishing, and farming). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Identify major technological advances (i.e., tools, wheel,
irrigation, river dikes, development of farming, advances in
weaponry, written language, and printing press). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize the world's major religions and their founders
(i.e., Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize significant epics as historical sources (i.e.,
Iliad, the Odyssey, Mahabharata, and Ramayana). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Identify how early writing forms in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and
the Indus Valley influenced life (i.e., legal, religious,
and culture). |
|
*A |
WH
1 |
Recognize the significant
mythologies of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the designations for time
dating (i.e., BCE, AD, centuries, decades, prehistoric, and
historic). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early
Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and
Renaissance). |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Read a
timeline and order events of the past between prehistory and
the Renaissance. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify examples of groups impacting world history (i.e.,
Muslims, Christians, Mongolians, Vikings, slave traders,
explorers, merchants/traders, and inventors.) |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Identify characteristics
including economy, social relations, religion, and political
authority of various societies (i.e., Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Indian, and
Medieval). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Describe the ways in which individuals can change groups
(i.e., Martin Luther – Christian church, William of Normandy
– English Monarchy, Joan of Arc – Hundred Years War, and
Buddha – Chinese Culture). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the possible causes of change in civilizations
(i.e., environmental change, political collapse, new ideas,
warfare, overpopulation, unreliable food sources, and
diseases). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the impact of individuals on world history (i.e.,
Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, William the Conqueror, Ramses II,
Julius Caesar, Socrates, Aristotle, Marco Polo, Alexander
the Great, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Martin Luther,
and Johannes Gutenberg). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the job characteristics of archaeologists,
anthropologists, geologists, and historians. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify differences between various cultural groups (i.e.,
European, Eurasian, Indian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern,
African, and Native American). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify types of artifacts by
pictorial representation (i.e., Egyptian, Roman, Greek,
Chinese, Native American, Medieval, and Renaissance).
Egyptian Artifacts
Ancient China Notes/Pics |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify major technological advances
(i.e., tools, wheel, irrigation, river dikes, development of
farming, advances in weaponry, written language, and
printing press). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify conclusions about early world historical events
using primary and secondary sources. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the development of written and spoken languages
(i.e., Roman alphabet, Latin word origins, Romance
Languages). |
World History Standards Era 3:
Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires (1000
BCE-300 AD)
|
M |
|
Illustrate the placement
of major religions on the earth’s surface. |
|
M |
|
Compare and contrast
elements of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. |
|
M |
|
Identify the causes and
spread of Christianity. |
|
M |
|
Explain the origins of
Buddhism and fundamental Buddhist beliefs. |
|
M |
|
Explain the patterns of
Phoenician political organization, culture, and trade in the
Mediterranean basin. |
|
M |
|
Describe the development
of Greek city-states and their political and social
characteristics. |
|
M |
|
Identify the
characteristics of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires. |
|
M |
|
Explain the impact and achievements of the
Hellenistic period on art, mathematics, science, philosophy,
and political thought. |
|
M |
|
Understand the origins
and social framework of Roman society. |
|
M |
|
Identify fundamental
social, political, and cultural characteristics of Chinese
society under early imperial dynasties. |
|
M |
|
Compare geographical and
architectural features of Egypt. |
|
M |
|
Identify major cultural
elements of Greek society such as sculpture, architecture,
and pottery. |
|
M |
|
Explore the role of art,
literature, and mythology in Greek society by analyzing
primary sources. |
|
M |
|
Explain the political,
commercial, and cultural uses of Latin and Greek as
universal languages of the Roman Empire. |
|
M |
|
Construct timelines to
show sequences of important dates and events. |
|
M |
|
Identify cause and
effect of events leading to the rise and decline of
civilizations. |
|
M |
|
Describe how the rise and decline of
military power, state bureaucracy, legal codes, belief
systems, written languages, and communications and trade
networks affected societies. |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize the types of early
communities (i.e., nomadic, fishing, and farming). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Identify major technological advances (i.e., tools, wheel,
irrigation, river dikes, development of farming, advances in
weaponry, written language, and printing press). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize the world's major religions and their founders
(i.e., Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Recognize significant epics as historical sources (i.e.,
Iliad, the Odyssey, Mahabharata, and Ramayana). |
|
*A |
WH 1 |
Identify how early writing forms in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and
the Indus Valley influenced life (i.e., legal, religious,
and culture). |
|
*A |
WH
1 |
Recognize the significant
mythologies of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the designations for time
dating (i.e., BCE, AD, centuries, decades, prehistoric, and
historic). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early
Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and
Renaissance). |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Read a
timeline and order events of the past between prehistory and
the Renaissance. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify examples of groups impacting world history (i.e.,
Muslims, Christians, Mongolians, Vikings, slave traders,
explorers, merchants/traders, and inventors.) |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Identify characteristics
including economy, social relations, religion, and political
authority of various societies (i.e., Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Indian, and
Medieval). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Describe the ways in which individuals can change groups
(i.e., Martin Luther – Christian church, William of Normandy
– English Monarchy, Joan of Arc – Hundred Years War, and
Buddha – Chinese Culture). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the possible causes of change in civilizations
(i.e., environmental change, political collapse, new ideas,
warfare, overpopulation, unreliable food sources, and
diseases). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the impact of individuals on world history (i.e.,
Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, William the Conqueror, Ramses II,
Julius Caesar, Socrates, Aristotle, Marco Polo, Alexander
the Great, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Martin Luther,
and Johannes Gutenberg). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the job characteristics of archaeologists,
anthropologists, geologists, and historians. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify differences between various cultural groups (i.e.,
European, Eurasian, Indian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern,
African, and Native American). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify types of artifacts by
pictorial representation (i.e., Egyptian, Roman, Greek,
Chinese, Native American, Medieval, and Renaissance).
Roman Pictures
Greek Pictures/Notes |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify major technological advances
(i.e., tools, wheel, irrigation, river dikes, development of
farming, advances in weaponry, written language, and
printing press). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify conclusions about early world historical events
using primary and secondary sources. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the development of written and spoken languages
(i.e., Roman alphabet, Latin word origins, Romance
Languages). |
World History Standards Era 4:
Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter (300AD-1000 AD)
|
M |
|
Identify the spread of
Christian belief in Europe. |
|
M |
|
Diagram the social
structure of medieval society. |
|
M |
|
Explain the significance
of Norse migrations and invasions. |
|
M |
|
Describe social class
and gender roles in Medieval Europe. |
|
M |
|
Understand the significant features of
Mayan and Andean civilization as in their location of
cities, road systems, sea routes, status of elite women and
men, art, and architecture. |
|
M |
|
Recognize the importance
of maritime and overland trade routes linking regions of
Afro-Eurasian societies. |
|
M |
|
List the major
achievements in technology, astronomy, and medicine in the
Gupta societies. |
|
M |
|
Identify monastic
examples of preserving Greco-Roman and early Christian
learning. |
|
M |
|
Read an example of
African oral history for its historical importance. |
|
M |
|
Identify the spread of
Islamic belief in Asia and Africa. |
|
M |
|
Explain how the
influence of Islamic ideas and practices influenced culture
and social behavior. |
|
M |
|
Describe the
characteristics of and development of great African and
Asian civilizations. |
|
M |
|
Identify the impact of Chinese society on
surrounding cultures in terms of assimilation of ideas and
political autonomy. |
|
*A |
WH 2 |
Recognize and order major historical events on a timeline
between the Middle Ages and Renaissance. |
|
*A |
WH 2 |
Identify the impact of advances in technology on history
(i.e., agricultural revolution, Renaissance scientists,
exploration during the 1400s). |
|
*A |
WH 2 |
Recognize how the Renaissance changes the nature of society
(i.e., shift from religious domination to science,
philosophy, and art). |
|
*A |
WH
2 |
Evaluate to what extent
civilizations build on the accomplishments of previous
civilizations. |
|
*A |
WH
2 |
Compare and contrast the
historical development of the Western, Eastern, and African
cultures. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the designations for time
dating (i.e., BCE, AD, centuries, decades, prehistoric, and
historic). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early
Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and
Renaissance). |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Read a
timeline and order events of the past between prehistory and
the Renaissance. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify examples of groups impacting world history (i.e.,
Muslims, Christians, Mongolians, Vikings, slave traders,
explorers, merchants/traders, and inventors.) |
|
*A |
WH
1, 2 |
Identify characteristics
including economy, social relations, religion, and political
authority of various societies (i.e., Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Indian, and
Medieval). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Describe the ways in which individuals can change groups
(i.e., Martin Luther – Christian church, William of Normandy
– English Monarchy, Joan of Arc – Hundred Years War, and
Buddha – Chinese Culture). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the possible causes of change in civilizations
(i.e., environmental change, political collapse, new ideas,
warfare, overpopulation, unreliable food sources, and
diseases). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Recognize the impact of individuals on world history (i.e.,
Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, William the Conqueror, Ramses II,
Julius Caesar, Socrates, Aristotle, Marco Polo, Alexander
the Great, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Martin Luther,
and Johannes Gutenberg). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the job characteristics of archaeologists,
anthropologists, geologists, and historians. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify differences between various cultural groups (i.e.,
European, Eurasian, Indian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern,
African, and Native American). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify types of artifacts by
pictorial representation (i.e., Egyptian, Roman, Greek,
Chinese, Native American, Medieval, and Renaissance). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify major technological advances
(i.e., tools, wheel, irrigation, river dikes, development of
farming, advances in weaponry, written language, and
printing press). |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify conclusions about early world historical events
using primary and secondary sources. |
|
*A |
WH 1, 2 |
Identify the development of written and spoken languages
(i.e., Roman alphabet, Latin word origins, Romance
Languages). |
World History Standards Era 5: The
Emergence of Europe (1200-1500AD)
|
I |
|
Recognize the
developments of science, philosophy, and art in the 14th
and 15th centuries. |
|
I |
|
Understand the significant developments of
medieval English in legal and constitutional practices and
how this shaped the development of European governments. |
|
I |
|
Recognize the origins
and the economic, social, and political impact of the plague
upon Eurasian societies. |
|
I |
|
Judge the significance
of the Reformation on the development of Europe. |
|
I |
|
Compare and contrast
feudalism and manoralism. |
|
I |
|
Explain the cultural characteristics of
Islamic society such as a common language, religious text,
and society and how this led to cohesiveness across regions. |
|
I |
|
Identify features of
trade routes in Asia, Europe, and Africa. |
|
I |
|
Describe the roles and
motivations of squires, saints, and soldiers in Christian
Europe. |
|
I |
|
Describe the economic,
social, and religious features of West Africa. |
|
I |
|
Identify aspects of the architecture of
Medieval Europe and how some elements may still be seen in
local and modern architecture. |
|
I |
|
Compare and contrast
art, architecture, and education in medieval Christian and
Spanish Muslim society. |
|
I |
|
Rate the importance of foreign sources in
recording the history in areas of Mongol domination as in
the travels of Marco Polo and ibn Battuta. |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Recognize the designations for time
dating (i.e., BCE, AD, centuries, decades, prehistoric, and
historic). |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Recognize major historical time periods (i.e., Early
Civilizations, Classical Period, Dark Ages, Middle Ages, and
Renaissance). |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Read a
timeline and order events of the past between prehistory and
the Renaissance. |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify examples of groups impacting world history (i.e.,
Muslims, Christians, Mongolians, Vikings, slave traders,
explorers, merchants/traders, and inventors.) |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify characteristics
including economy, social relations, religion, and political
authority of various societies (i.e., Mesopotamian,
Egyptian, Greek City-States, Roman Empire, Indian, and
Medieval). |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Describe the ways in which individuals can change groups
(i.e., Martin Luther – Christian church, William of Normandy
– English Monarchy, Joan of Arc – Hundred Years War, and
Buddha – Chinese Culture). |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Recognize the possible causes of change in civilizations
(i.e., environmental change, political collapse, new ideas,
warfare, overpopulation, unreliable food sources, and
diseases). |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Recognize the impact of individuals on world history (i.e.,
Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, William the Conqueror, Ramses II,
Julius Caesar, Socrates, Aristotle, Marco Polo, Alexander
the Great, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Martin Luther,
and Johannes Gutenberg).
Martin
Luther
William the Conqueror
Joan of Arc
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Socrates
Gutenberg
Charlemagne
Julius Caesar
Ferdinand
Isabella |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify the job characteristics of archaeologists,
anthropologists, geologists, and historians. |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify differences between various cultural groups (i.e.,
European, Eurasian, Indian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern,
African, and Native American). |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify types of artifacts by
pictorial representation (i.e., Egyptian, Roman, Greek,
Chinese, Native American, Medieval, and Renaissance).
Renaissance |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify major technological advances
(i.e., tools, wheel, irrigation, river dikes, development of
farming, advances in weaponry, written language, and
printing press). |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify conclusions about early world historical events
using primary and secondary sources. |
|
*A |
WH1,2 |
Identify the development of written and spoken languages
(i.e., Roman alphabet, Latin word origins, Romance
Languages). |
|
*A |
WH2 |
Recognize and order major historical events on a timeline
between the Middle Ages and Renaissance. |
|
*A |
WH2 |
Identify the impact of advances in technology on history
(i.e., agricultural revolution, Renaissance scientists,
exploration during the 1400s).
Agricultural Revolution
|
|
*A |
WH2 |
Recognize how the Renaissance changes the nature of society
(i.e., shift from religious domination to science,
philosophy, and art).
Renaissance
|
|
*A |
WH2 |
Evaluate to what extent
civilizations build on the accomplishments of previous
civilizations. |
|
*A |
WH2 |
Compare and contrast the
historical development of the Western, Eastern, and African
cultures. |
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND INTERACTIONS
Personal development and identity are
shaped by factors including culture, groups, and institutions.
Central to this development are exploration, identification, and
analysis of how individuals and groups work independently and
cooperatively.
|
M |
|
Recognize that
individuals can belong to groups but still have their own
identity. |
|
I |
|
Relate personal changes
to social, cultural, and historical contexts. |
|
I |
|
Describe personal
connections to place, as associated with community, nation,
and world. |
|
I |
|
Describe ways regional,
ethnic, and national cultures influence individuals’ daily
lives. |
|
I |
|
Identify and describe
ways family, groups, and community influence the
individual’s daily life and personal choices. |
|
I |
|
Demonstrate an understanding of concepts
such as role, status, and social class in describing the
interactions of individuals and social groups. |
|
I |
|
Analyze group and
institutional influences on people, events, and elements of
culture. |
SOCIAL STUDIES PROCESS STANDARDS
The student will use social studies
process standards to acquire information, analyze, problem solve,
communicate, and develop a historical awareness.
|
D |
|
Detect
cause and effect relationships to acquire information.
|
|
D |
|
Distinguish between fact and opinion to recognize propaganda
to acquire information. |
|
D |
|
Use
maps, graphs, globes, media, and technology sources to
acquire information. |
|
D |
|
Discover resources available from museums, historical sites,
presidential libraries, and local and state preservation
societies to acquire information. |
|
D |
|
Identify relevant factual material to problem solve and
analyze data. |
|
D |
|
Classify information by source, chronology, and importance
to problem solve and analyze data. |
|
D |
|
Critically examine data from a variety of sources to problem
solve and analyze data. |
|
D |
|
Detect
bias in data presented in a variety of forms to problem
solve and analyze data. |
|
D |
|
Note
cause/effect relationship and draw inferences from a variety
of data to problem solve and analyze data. |
|
D |
|
Read
critically a variety of materials including textbooks,
historical documents, newspapers, magazines, and other
reference sources for historical awareness. |
|
D |
|
Construct and analyze timelines for historical awareness. |
|
D |
|
Utilize community resources such as field trips, guest
speakers, and museums for historical awareness. |
|
D |
|
Incorporate the use of technological resources for
historical awareness. |
|
D |
|
Utilize primary and secondary source material such as
biographies and autobiographies; novels; speeches and
letters; and poetry, songs, and artwork for historical
awareness. |
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A Blueprint for Learning - Social Studies
CULTURE
Culture encompasses similarities
and differences among people, including their beliefs,
knowledge, changes, values, and tradition. The student will
explore these elements of society to develop an appreciation of
and respect for the variety of human cultures.
Key
|
Reporting
Category
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|
|
M |
|
Define the basic components of culture.
|
|
M |
|
Explain how people living in the same
region maintain different ways of life. |
|
M |
|
Identify how communities locally,
regionally, and globally reflect the cultural background
of their inhabitants. |
|
D |
|
Analyze the role of cultural diffusion and
interactions among Earth’s human systems in the ongoing
development of Earth’s cultural landscapes. |
|
D |
|
Identify and describe the location of major
cultural attributes such as language, religion,
political systems, economic systems, and population
centers locally, regionally, and globally. |
|
M |
|
Define religion. |
|
D |
|
Describe the beliefs of the world’s major
religions. |
|
D |
|
Evaluate the role of religious beliefs on
local, regional, nation-state, and global levels. |
|
I |
|
Identify characteristics of a physical
environment that contribute to the growth and
development of a culture. |
|
M |
|
Compare how cultures differ in their use of
similar environments and resources. |
|
D |
|
Evaluate the effect of technology on
various cultures. |
|
D |
|
Explain how information and experiences may
be interpreted differently from people of diverse
cultural perspectives and frames of reference. |
|
D |
|
Describe how language, art, music, belief
systems, and other cultural elements facilitate global
understanding or cause misunderstanding. |
ECONOMICS
Globalization of the economy, the
explosion of population growth, technological changes and
international competition compels the student to understand,
both personally and globally, production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services. The student will examine and
analyze economic concepts such as basic needs versus wants,
using versus saving money, and policy-making versus
decision-making.
|
I |
|
Define various types of economies and their
methods of production and consumption (e.g., market
economy, free enterprise, capitalism, communism, and
socialism). |
|
D |
|
List the major resources and industrial and
agricultural products, locally, regionally, and
globally. |
|
A |
E |
Define renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Natural resources: Can we use them forever |
|
D |
|
Apply basic economic concepts in studying
the various regions of the world such as export, import,
tariffs, and closed and emerging markets. |
|
A |
E |
Recognize basic economic
concepts (i.e., imports, exports, barter system,
tariffs, closed and emerging markets, supply and demand,
inflation, recession, and depression).
Money Lessons: Supply and Demand and Other Lessons |
|
D |
|
Explain the interactions between domestic
and global economic systems. |
|
D |
|
Recognize that resources, goods, and
services are exchanged worldwide. |
|
A |
E |
Select the major resources, industrial, and agricultural
products from the three grand divisions from a map of
Tennessee.
TN State Information |
|
D |
|
Explain the economic impact of improved
communication and transportation. |
|
D |
|
Appraise the relationship among scarcity of
resources, economic development, and international
conflict. |
|
I |
|
Evaluate the domestic and international
impact of various economic agreements. |
|
I |
|
Apply economic concepts to evaluate
contemporary developments. |
|
A |
E |
Interpret economic issues
as expressed with maps, tables, diagrams, and charts.
Reading Graphs and Charts |
|
M |
|
Describe the characteristics, location, and
use of renewable and nonrenewable resources. |
|
M |
|
Identify ways resources are recycled. |
|
D |
|
Describe patterns of resource distribution
and utilization.
Types and Numbers of
Professions 1800 |
|
D |
|
Discover the relationship between the use,
availability, and accessibility of resources and a
country’s standard of living, including the role of
technology in resource acquisition and use. |
|
D |
|
Analyze issues related to the location,
availability, use, distribution, and trade of natural
resources.
Economic Markets |
GEOGRAPHY
Geography enables the student to
see, understand and appreciate the web of relationships between
people, places, and environments. The student will use the
knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts within the six
essential elements of geography: world in spatial terms, places
and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and
society, and the use of geography.
|
M |
|
Identify, describe, and be able to use the
basic elements of maps and mapping. |
|
A |
PG |
Identify and use the
basic elements of maps and mapping.
Tutorial on Map Reading
Mapping PPT
Mapping PPT II
Scale and Distance Readings PPT |
|
M |
|
Identify the location of physical and human
attributes on maps and globes at local, regional, and
global scales. |
|
A |
PG |
Locate on map specific lines of longitude and latitude.
(i.e., Prime Meridian, International Date Line,
Equator, North and South Poles, Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, and Arctic Antarctic Circles).
Reading Latitude and Longitude PPT
Latitude and Longitude mapping Quiz
Great PPT Lesson |
|
A |
PG |
Locate the earth's major physical characteristics (i.e.,
7 continents and 4 oceans).
Continents and Oceans PPT Lesson |
|
A |
HG |
Distinguish between types of maps. (i.e., political,
physical, climatic, land-use resource, contour,
elevation, and topographic.)
Great Map PPT Lesson
Description of Each Map Type: PPT Lesson |
|
M |
|
Demonstrate an understanding of various
types of maps including thematic and topographic maps. |
|
A |
PG |
Interpret a map indicating scale, distance, and
direction.
Scale and Distance PPT
Direction PPT |
|
A |
PG |
Read and interpret a time
zone map.
Time Zone Lesson PPT
Time Zones of the USA |
|
M |
|
Discuss applications of current geographic
techniques in mapping such as GIS and GPS. |
|
M |
|
Identify the location of the earth’s major
physical characteristics such as continents, landforms,
bodies of water, climate regions, vegetation, and
natural resources. |
|
A |
PG |
Identify the major river systems of Tennessee.
Map of Major TN Rivers |
|
A |
PG |
Select the natural resources found in the 3 grand
divisions of Tennessee (coal, copper, timber, plants,
and animals.)
Map of Three Grand Divisions |
|
A |
PG |
Identify the location of
the earth's major landforms and bodies of water (i.e.,
Rockies, Andes, Himalayas, Alps, Urals, Sahara desert,
Nile River Valley, Great Plains, Mississippi River,
Amazon River, Thames River, Seine River, Rhine River,
Danube River, Tigris River, Eurphrates River, Ganges
River, Volga River, and Yellow River).
World Physical Maps by Continent |
|
A |
PG |
Identify the six physical regions of Tennessee (i.e.,
Unaka Mountains, Valley and Ridge, Cumberland Plateau,
Highland Rim, Central Basin, and Gulf Coastal Plain).
|
|
M |
|
Identify the location and size of major
human features such as cities, political units, and
countries. |
|
A |
HG |
Distinguish the differences among rural, suburban, and
urban communities. |
|
M |
|
Explain why physical, biological, and human
processes leave discernable patterns on the earth’s
surface locally, regionally, and globally. |
|
M |
|
Identify the spatial distribution of major
ecosystems such as tropical rainforest, desert, and
grassland. |
|
A |
PG |
Identify the characteristics that define a region
geographically. |
|
M |
|
Identify concepts and geographic tools used
to define and describe spatial organization such as
absolute and relative location, distance, direction,
scale, movement, and region. |
|
M |
|
Explain patterns of spatial organization
including why some areas are more densely settled than
others and the differences between rural, urban, and
suburban patterns. |
|
A |
HG |
Define demographic concepts. (i.e., population,
population distribution, population density, and growth
rate). |
|
A |
PG |
Compare the five largest cities of Tennessee using a bar
graph. |
|
M |
|
Describe factors that affect spatial
organization of the earth’s surface such as
transportation, migration, and communication technology. |
|
M |
|
Identify which features on the earth’s
surface are physical and which are human. |
|
A |
PG |
Recognize specific physical processes that operate on
the earth’s surface (i.e., erosion, volcanoes,
earthquakes, wind and water currents, plate tectonics,
and weathering). |
|
M |
|
Describe how physical, biological, and
human characteristics and processes define and shape a
place. |
|
M |
|
Describe how human movement and migration
influence the character of a place. |
|
M |
|
Appraise the symbiotic relationship between
the physical and human environments as they are
reflected on the earth’s surface. |
|
M |
|
Identify the criteria used to define a
region, including physical traits and formal,
functional, and vernacular cultural regions. |
|
M |
|
Describe types of regions at the local,
regional, and global level. |
|
M |
|
Describe how cultures influence the
characteristics of regions and how human characteristics
make specific regions of the world distinctive. |
|
M |
|
Explain factors that contribute to changing
regional characteristics and boundaries. |
|
M |
|
Identify types of the earth’s physical
processes such as tectonic activity, and changing
landforms. |
|
M |
|
Consider the effect of weathering and
erosion, the hydrologic cycle and climate change. |
|
M |
|
Analyze physical patterns and ecosystems
found locally, regionally, and globally. |
|
M |
|
Examine the consequences of a specific
physical process operating on the earth’s surface. |
|
M |
|
Describe how the characteristics of
different physical environments affect human activities
including ways in which people adapt to living in
different physical environments. |
|
M |
|
Describe the impact and interaction of
natural hazards and disasters on human settlements and
systems. |
|
M |
| |