Transcript RMHSIntegratedCurriciculumPresentationOct27

Implementing a U.S. History in
Global Context Approach
RMHS Social Studies Department
Integrated U.S./World Curriculum
Caroline Allison, Dave Blanchard,
Jim DeBenedictis,
Reading Memorial High School
Massachusetts History and Social Science
Curriculum Framework, Grades 8-12 Pathways
Pathway 1
Grade 8: World History I, 500-1800
Grade 9: World History II, 1800-2001
Grade 10: U.S. History I, 1763-1877
Grade 11: U.S. History II, 1877-2001
Pathway 2
Grade 8: World History I, 500-1800
Grade 9: U.S. History I, 1763-1877
Grade 10: U.S. History II, 1877-2001
Grade 11: World History II, 1800-2001
Pathway 3
Grade 8: U.S. History I, 1763-1877
Grade 9: World History I, 500-1800
Grade 10: World History II, 1800-2001
Grade 11: U.S. History II, 1877-2001
Pathway 4
Grade 8: World History I, 500-1500
Grade 9: World History II, 1500-1800
Grade 10: U.S. History I, 1763-1877
Grade 11: U.S. History II, 1877-2000
Grade 12: World History III, 1800-2001
Pathway 5
Grade 8: World History I, 500-1500
Grade 9: U.S. History I, 1763-1877
Grade 10: U.S. History II, 1877-2000
Grade 11: World History II, 1500-1800
Grade 12: World History III, 1800-2001
RMHS Curriculum Implementation,
Rationale, and Process
Drawbacks of State
Pathways
►Some material taught
twice
►Gives impression U.S.
and world history are
separate
►MCAS was scheduled to
test US History from
Revolution to today (11th
grade)
Advantages of RMHS
Pathway
►Avoid redundancy
►Shows connections
between U.S. and world
history
►All of US history taught
in high school – benefits
for MCAS test (11th grade)
RMHS Integrated
U.S./World Curriculum
►History
8: Fall of Rome to the
Renaissance
►History 9: Exploration to 1815
►History 10: Industrial Revolution to
1914
►History 11: World War I to Present
History 9
Unit 1: The Renaissance and
the Reformation
Unit 7: The Enlightenment
Unit 2: The Age of Exploration
Unit 8: The Road to
Independence, 1753-1783
Unit 9: The French Revolution
and Napoleon
Unit 10: The Constitution of
the United States, 1776-1800
Unit 11: The Origins of
American Politics, 1789-1820
Unit 3: America – The Atlantic
World, to 1600
Unit 4: European Colonization
of the Americas, 1492-1752
Unit 5: The Age of Absolutism
Unit 6: Growth of the American
Colonies, 1689-1754
History 10
Unit 1: The Industrial
Revolution in Europe and
America
Unit 7: Nationalism and the
Growth of Democracy in Europe
Unit 2: World Revolution,
Romanticism & Jacksonian
America
Unit 8: Growth of the
Industrial Revolution & US
Labor Movement
Unit 3: US Antebellum I:
Religion, Reform and Growing
Sectionalism
Unit 9: The American West,
the Emergence of Populism &
and the Turner Thesis
Unit 4: US Antebellum II: The
Coming of the Civil War
Unit 10: New Imperialism & US
as a World Power
Unit 5: US Civil War
Unit 11: The Gilded Age
Unit 6: Reconstruction
Unit 12: The Progressive
Reform Era
History 11
Unit 1: The Great War and Its
Aftermath
Unit 7: The Decline of
Colonialism and the Emergence of
the Third World
Unit 2: The Russian Revolution & Unit 8: America in the 1960s and
Lenin and Stalin’s Impact
Early 1970s
Unit 3: The Rise and fall of
Capitalism in the United States in
the 20’s and 30’s
Unit 9: Israel and the Middle East
Unit 4: Asia in Upheaval
Unit 10: Ronald Reagan the
Triumph of Conservatism
Unit 5: The Second World War
and the Holocaust
Unit 11: The Age of the Hyperpower 1990-2001
Unit 6: The Origins of the Cold
War
Unit 12: Global Issues and
Challenges Reform Era
HISTORY 10 THEMES
Interconnection between US & World
► Nationalism
► Revolution
and Reaction
► Impact of Science and Technology
► Role of the Individual in History
► Reform
► Economics in History
► Imperialism
► Democracy/Democratic Governments
Sample 10th Grade Lesson/Mini-Unit
The Women’s Movement:
Bringing Seneca Falls to Today
Women's rights. [graphic].
[United States, ca. 1870]
American Antiquarian Society.
Sample 11th Grade Lesson/Mini-Unit
Iron Jawed Angels:
A Movie Guide for Teachers
Resources and Materials
►Textbooks:
In Class and Online
►Shared Departmental Folders,
Online
►Other Resources
Successes and Challenges
Questions?