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Social Studies
 
 
Commencement
 
 
 
 
Standard 2 - World History
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.
 		 
 
 
 
Key Idea 4
The skills of historical analysis include the ability to investigate differing and competing interpretations of the theories of history, hypothesize about why interpretations change over time, explain the importance of historical evidence, and understand the concepts of change and continuity over time.
 
 
 
 
Performance Indicator
interpret and analyze documents and artifacts related to significant developments and events in world history.
 
 

Resource Selection
 
 
Lesson Plans
Thinkfinity Images at War
Thinkfinity The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles
Thinkfinity "The Missiles of October": The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Thinkfinity Ending the War, 1783
Thinkfinity The War in the North, 1775-1778
Thinkfinity Soviet Espionage in America
Thinkfinity The War in the South, 1778-1781
Thinkfinity Ancient Greece
Thinkfinity Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of...You!
Thinkfinity Unwrapping Mummies
Thinkfinity African Artifact Scavenger Hunt
Thinkfinity Pompeii and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
Thinkfinity Sources of Discord, 1945-1946
Thinkfinity How "Grand" and "Allied" Was the Grand Alliance?
CHF Two Worlds Collide in 1609
CHF Henry Hudson: Change Over Time
CHF Robert Fulton: Technological Innovation and Change
GHG The Eight Features of Civilization
GHG Roman Coins
GHG Who were the Maya?
GHG Industrial Revolution
GHG Dying to Be a Martyr
GHG Women Wanting to Work
GHG Socratic Seminar - The Enlightenment
GHG Magna Carta:Cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution
 
 
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