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HISTORY/SOCIAL SCIENCE Title: Ancient Civilizations of the Mediterranean Grade 6, Required Course Number: 236, 246 Description: Students will study: • the physical and political geography of the world outside of the United States and North America • the origins of human beings in Africa and the early sites, migration, and settlements that flourished in Africa and Asia; and • the emergence and importance of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent Region and the Nile Valley. Students will also understand the significance of geography, religion, and philosophy on people and governments, and the conditions that not only support economic growth and development but also support the rise and fall of empires. Major topics include Introduction to Geography, Human Origins through the Neolithic Age, Mesopotamia, Nubia, and Egypt. Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Required Assessments/Products: • History Notebook (class notes, summaries, reflections, personal responses, responses to open-response questions) • BPS Mid and End-of-Course Assessments Instructional Materials: Students will use one of the following books for this course: Harcourt: Ancient Civilizations ; Houghton Mifflin: Message of Ancient Days; McGraw: World Teachers Curriculum Institute: Ancient Civilizations Title: World Geography, Grade 7, Required Course Number: 237 Description: Students will study the physical geography of the world outside of the United States and North America and its impact on the lives of people throughout the world. Students will acquire the skills and utilize the tools of geographers as they learn how to conduct geographic inquiry. In doing so, they will learn how to ask geographic questions, acquire geographic information, organize geographic information, analyze geographic information…and then answer the geographic questions they have posed, always supporting their answers with substantial geographic evidence. The following concepts are at the heart of each section of the World Geography course: • The World in Spatial Terms • Places and Regions • Physical Systems • Human Systems • Environment and Society • The Uses of Geography .Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Required Assessments/Products: • Geography Notebook (daily work from preview activities, class notes, and processing activities) • World Geography Mapping Labs • World Geography Writing for Understanding Exercises
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• BPS Mid and End-of-Course Assessments Instructional Materials: • Geography Alive!, Teachers Curriculum Institute (TCI) • Geography Alive! Teacher Resources , TCI
Title: Civics in Action (Grade 8, Required) Course #: 238 Description: The focus of the course is on building students’ mastery of challenging subject matter in civics and government; preparing them for responsible citizenship; and involving them in civic action projects that promote and demonstrate good citizenship, community service, and personal responsibility. The content is focused on developing and practicing essential citizenship skills (e.g., critical reading, discussion, debate, writing, collaboration, and decisionmaking) through the active exploration of a range of issues and ideas that are important to our local and national community and interesting to students. Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Required Assessments/Products: • Civics in Action Notebook (daily class notes, summaries, reflections, personal responses, responses to open-response question, other assignments, including civic action projects) • BPS Mid and End-of-Course Assessments • BPS Mid and End-of-Course Assessments • Debates, presentations, writing assignments products (see course guide) Instructional Materials: A variety of resources are employed in the course. The core text is Civics: Government and Economics in Action (Prentice-Hall)
High School: Title: United States History I – 1763-1877: Course Numbers: 2a1, 268 (Honors) Statement: This course is required of all students and may be used as one of three history courses students must pass to graduate from high school. Prerequisites: None Key Outcomes/Major Topics: The geography and history of the United States from 1763 to 1877 with studies of the political, economic, social and cultural developments of the nation throughout the eras. Major topics include The causes and consequences of the American Revolution The influence and ideas of the Declaration of Independence and the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson The debate between Federalist and Anti-Federalists over the ratification of the Constitution Ideas contained in the Federalist Papers on federalism, checks and balances and an independent judiciary The causes, course and consequences of America’s westward expansion The Transportation Revolution of the 19th century. The emergence of New England’s textile industry Critical developments leading to the American Civil War The policies and consequences of Reconstruction
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Required Documents: The following documents are required of all students and will be tested in the high school United States History MCAS. Mayflower Compact (1620) Declaration of Independence (1776) The Northwest Ordinance (1787) The United States Constitution (1787) Federalist Papers number 10 (1787–1788) The Bill of Rights (1791) The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848) Frederick Douglass: Independence Day Speech at Rochester, New York (1852) President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863) and Second Inaugural Address (1865) .Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Required Student Product/Exams: Student products include: • History Notebook (daily class notes, summaries, reflections, personal responses, responses to open-response question, other assignments) • BPS Mid and End-of-Course Assessments BPS assessments will be guided by MCAS requirements and will include thematic essays and Document Based Questions. A Document Based Questions will require students to 1) Read a passage from one or more required documents; 2) Read and interpret a political cartoon/drawing or photo or data from a chart or graph; 3) Respond to a question relating to the readings and/or data; and, 4) Write a response to a central question using information from the readings, drawing, charts or graphs. Instructional Materials – History Alive! The United States, Teachers Curriculum Institute; The Americans, McDougal Littell; The American Nation, Holt Title: U.S. History 2 - 1877 to the Present Course Numbers: 253 or 263 (Honors) Statement: This course is required of all students and may be used as one of three history courses students must pass to graduate from high school. Prerequisites: United States History I – 1763 to 1877 Key Outcomes/Major Topics: The geography and history of the United States from1877 to the present with studies of the political, economic, social and cultural developments of the nation throughout the eras. Major topics include The causes and consequences of immigration. The causes, course and growth of America in world affairs 1861-1914 The origins, accomplishments and failures of Progressivism Post-Civil War struggles of African Americans and women to gain civil rights The causes and consequences of the Great Depression American isolationism after World War I and impact on foreign policy The Cold War and the policy of Containment The causes, course and consequences of the Vietnam War The Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Rights Movement The Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon Administrations The North American Free Trade Agreement The causes, course and consequences of recent American diplomatic initiatives
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Required Documents: The following documents are required of all students. Documents will be included in the high school American history MCAS. Declaration of Independence (1776) The United States Constitution (1787) The Bill of Rights (1791) The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848) President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Fourteen Freedoms” speech (1941) Reverend Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham City Jail” (1963) and “I have a Dream” speech (1963) Required Student Product/Exams: Student products include: • History Notebook (daily class notes, summaries, reflections, personal responses, responses to open-response question, other assignments) • BPS Mid and End-of-Course Assessments MCAS in 2005-2006 Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Instructional Materials: McDougal Littell: The Americans: Reconstruction through the Present Holt, Rinehart and Winston: The American Nation: Civil War to Present Glencoe: The American Odyssey – the United States in the 20th Century
Title: World History 1: 500 to c. 1815 Course Numbers: 251 or 261 (Honors) Statement: This course may be used as one of three history courses students must pass to graduate from high school. Prerequisites: None Key Outcomes/Major Topics: The history of Europe, Africa, Asia from 500 to 1815 with studies of the political, economic, social, religious, cultural and technological developments and interactions of nations and people throughout the eras. Major topics include Western feudalism; African cities and states; societies in pre-Columbian America; Europe in the High Middle Ages; European expansionism and exploration and conquest of the Americas; the Enlightenment; and, the Industrial Revolution in the western world. Required Student Product/Exams: • History Notebook (daily class notes, summaries, reflections, personal responses, responses to open-response question, other assignments) .Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Instructional Materials: McDougal Litell: World History: Patterns of Interaction; Prentice Hall: World History: Connections to Today Vol. 1; West Publishing (Now NTC Contemporary Publishing Group): World History to 1800 Resource materials: Amsco: (Used as a resource book.) World History; Globe Fearon (Supplement for bilingual students)La Historia Mundail Para Una Edad Universal – Tomo 1: De la prehistoria a al revolucion industrial
Title: World History 2 - 1800 to the Present
Course Numbers: 252 or 262 (Honors)
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Statement: This course may be used as one of three history courses students must pass to graduate from high school. Prerequisites: None Key Outcomes/Major Topics: The history of European growth and development, European interaction with Africa and Asia and American intervention in world affairs from 1800 to the present with studies of the political, economic, social, religious, cultural and technological developments within nations throughout the eras. Major topics include: The causes, course and consequences of the Industrial Revolution The rise of unions and socialism in Europe African and South/Central American economic and political developments in the 19th and 20th centuries The causes, course and consequences of World Wars I & II The rise and goals of totalitarian states The establishment of the United Nations The Cold War Era1945-1989 Nationalist movements in Africa, Asia South/Central America and the Middle East The decline and fall of the Soviet Union The causes and consequences of the fall of apartheid The rise of Islamic fundamentalism The causes, course and consequences of recent international events Required Student Product/Exams: • History Notebook (daily class notes, summaries, reflections, personal responses, responses to open-response question, other assignments) • BPS Mid and End-of-Course Assessments .Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Instructional Materials: Prentice Hall: World History: Connections to Today – The Modern Era; McDougal Litell: Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction ; West Publishing (Now NTC Contemporary Publishing Group): Modern World History Material resources: AMSCO: (Used as a resource book.) World History; Globe Fearon (Supplement for bilingual students) La Historia Mundail Para Una Edad Universal – Tomo 2: De la edad del imperialismo a la actualidad
HONORS HISTORY Description: All Honors History courses are aligned with the Guiding Principles and standards included in the Massachusetts History/Social Science Curriculum Frameworks. The courses are accelerated to provide a more elaborate, complex and in-depth study of the key concepts in history. Students explore major themes, issues, and various perspectives to challenge, extend and build new understandings. Honors History courses emphasize the development of critical, divergent and independent readers, writers, and thinkers. Additional Requirements: In addition to the requirements for regular history courses, students in honors courses are expected to complete an in-depth, written analysis of the development, application, and importance of a key concept or issue that is of enduring significance across all
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eras of the historical periods studied in the course. Students will be expected to reference a variety of sources materials, including narratives, literature, expository text, and other primary sources (written, graphic, and visual). Students will also be expected to represent a range of socio-economic, cultural, and political perspectives in completing and presenting their analysis.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY (Course Number: 271) and ADVANCED PLACEMENT MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY (Course Number: 272) The AP courses in United States History and Modern European History are designed to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in United States and modern European history. The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full year introductory college courses. Students will learn to assess historical materials – their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance – and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. The course will develop the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in an essay format. Required Student Product/Exams: Student products include a history notebook or interactive notebook that contains summarizations, written responses to open-response, thematic essays and document based questions. All students enrolled in an Advanced Placement course must take the Advanced Placement Exam at the conclusion of the course. .Instructional Time: minimum of 210 minutes per week Instructional Materials: College level text selected by the school.
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