7th Grade Curriculum Standards
Unit of Study Content Academic Tech.
Sept. October
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Study Skills
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Note taking
Test taking
- how to
- reading over test q’s
- essay test – intro, body… outline
- study webs
- note cards
- big picture
- study habits
Presentations
- speeches
- PowerPoint
- reading
- using visuals
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E.8.1
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B.8.5.D,E
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A.8.3.E
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September:
1.Money Unit
2.Economics
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A.8.3.B
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A.8.5.A.B.C
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A.8.1.H
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D.8.3.A
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B.8.2.E
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A.8.1
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Oct. Nov
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Economics
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Intro. to money unit
- supply/demand
- inflation
- investing
- marketing
- $$values
- Capitalism
- Banking system
- Interest, taxes, credit,
- Buying power
Principles of Economics
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A.8.7
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A.8.4.6
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D.8.1
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A.8.1.G
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D.8.2,
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A.8.5.C
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Money Unit simulation
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D8.6,
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C.8.2.C
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D8.9
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D.8.1.A
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D8.10,
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D8.5
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D.8.4,
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D8.8,
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Nov. Dec
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Government
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Branches of..
- exec.
- legislative
- judicial
Types of Gov’t
- democracy
- communism
- socialism
- monarchy
Constitution
- structure of
- preamble
- amendments
- supreme court
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C.8.1, ,
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A.8.3.C
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8.3
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A.8.2.D
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B. 8.9,8.
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A.8.1.G
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Political Convention
simulation
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C.8.4,
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A.8.4.C.D
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B8.5,8.6
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A.8.4.A.B.
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C 8.2,8.5
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Literary: Animal Farm
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Cow analogies
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B.8.7.A.C
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B.8.2.F.E
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D.8.1.B
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Nov. Dec. Jan.
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Voting and Elections
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Electoral college
Popular vote
How elections work
Election delegations, nomination process…
Political Convention
Issues
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C 8.6.
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A.8.2.B.C
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8.7
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A.8.1.G
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8.8
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A8.4.G
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Political Convention
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A.8.5.B
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A.8.8.A-E
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B.8.6.B.E
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January
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Leadership/Group work
Jan.
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Coaching to change lives
- Traits of a leader
- Heroes
- Current and past leaders
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B 8.10,
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C.8.1.A.C
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E 8.2,
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C.8.4.F
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E 8.3,
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E8.4,
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E 8.5,
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E 8.6,
E 8.7,
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E 8.10
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E.8.13,
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E 8.15
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Jan-Feb
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Geography Current Events Month
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Map work
Mental Maps
Lat./Long
Country/Continents study
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A.8.3,
A 8.1,
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B 8.7
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Geo Bee
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A 8.2
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Country presentations
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March, April
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Japanese History
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Ancient to present history
Culture, customs, wars,
Cooperative, competition, social ques emphasized
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C 8.9
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C.8.3.A.B.D
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C.8.4.A.B
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D.8.1.D.E.F
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Warlords simulation
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April-June
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Conflict Resolution
WWI-II
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*Causes, Effects
*Alliances
Players
*Correspondence to Veterans – personal diaries
*Holocaust – personal stories. Fitting the personal clues together
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A 8.11
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A.8.2.D
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B 8.1
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A.8.4.D
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B 8.2
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A.8.5.C
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B 8.3
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B.8.4.C.D.F.A
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Literary: Daniel ½ human, Stones in Water
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B 8.4
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B.8.6.A
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B 8.5
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B.8.7.C.D.
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C 8.9
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B.8.8.A-D
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Normandy simulation
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Holocaust presentation
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7th Grade Social Studies
2013-2014
Robert Gentilli
gentillb@belleville.k12.wi.us
835-6120 ext. 301
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8th Grade Units of Study- Gentilli
Academic Tech.
September - October
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Stock Market/Economic
Aug.Sept
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*Stock Market Principles
- supply and demand, history labor, diversification…
* Stock indicators – high/low, 52 wk..
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A8.11,D.8.1
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A.8.1.G
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D8.2,D8.4
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A8.3.C.D
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Literary - Lawnboy
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D.8.5,D8.6
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A.8.5.C
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Computer simulation -stocks
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D8.8,D8.9
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A.8.6.A-C,E
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D.8.10
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B.8.7.C.D
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Create own companies
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C.8.4.B
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B.8.8.A.D
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C.8.2.C
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D.8.1.C
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October-November
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Colonialism Review
October
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Northern, Middle, Southern
- culture, economies, way of life
- surviving the passage
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A8.11,B.8.7
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B.8.7.D
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B8.8,B8.9
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Survivor challenge
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C8.3,E8.12
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November-December/January
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American Revolution
Oct., Nov
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History of…
- causes, Declaration, documents, battles, way of life (culture) slavery
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A8.2,B8.2
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A8.1.G
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B8.3,B.8.3
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A.8.2.D.G
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Survivor challenge
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B8.4, B8.6
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C.8.4.A
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Speech on who am I-
Revolutionary
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B8.7,B8.9
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C.8.4.D
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B8.10, C.8.1
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D.8.1.A
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Position paper
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C8.3, C87
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D.8.1.C.D
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Rewrite Declaration
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C89,E82
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D.8.4.E
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Boston Massacre Trial
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E8.12
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Dioramas
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January-February
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Constitution
Nov. Dec
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Structure
Articles
Bill of Rights
Supreme court rulings
Iraq Constitution
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B8.2,B8.5
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A.8.3.E
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B8.6,B8.7
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B.8.1.D
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Persuasive essay
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B8.9,B8.10
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B.8.2.C-E
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Compare/contrast essay
-Iraq and USA constitutions
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C8.1, C8.2
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B.8.5.A-B
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C8.4.C8.5
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B.8.6.A.E
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C8.6, E8.6
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C.8.1.B
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D.8.4.A-E
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February-April
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Lewis and Clark
Jan. Feb.
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Cause and effect
The journey and contacts
Indians, species, route, challenges, geography, plants…
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B8.2,B8.7
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A.8.2.G
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B8.8, B8.10
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B.8.1.D
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Personal journals
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B8.11, D8.11
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PPT on Expert analysis-
Historian, culture, scientist
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A8.1, A8.3
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Computer trail
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A8.7, E8.3
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April-June
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Civil War
March-May
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*Slavery – narratives
- culture, life in Africa, middle passage, auction, plantation life, economics
* Civil War
- causes and effects
- North, middle, south
- economics of the trade
- warfare, technology, battles
- Camp life - encampment
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A8.7, A8.10
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A.8.4.D.G
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B8.1, B8.3
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A.8.5.C
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1st person slave narratives
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B8.4, B8.5
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A.8.6.A.D.E
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Reading slave journals…
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B8.10, C8.2
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A.8.5.B.C.
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Literacy – River btwn us
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C8.3, C8.9
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B.8.2.B.C.F
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Soldier journals
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E8.5, E8.7
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B.8.3.H
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Video: Roots
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E8.13
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B.8.4.B.C
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Civil War encampment
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B.8.5.C-E
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Soldier essay – real soldier
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B.8.6.B.D
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C.8.2.D
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C.8.3.A.B
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