8th+Grade+1st+9+Weeks

First Nine Weeks various historical perspectives. ||  || * Declaration of Independence sources used to construct historical narratives (e.g. formulate historical questions, gather data from a variety of sources, evaluate and interpret data and support interpretations with historical evidence). ||  || Reading Strategies and decision-making. ||  || Compare and contrast the ideas of John Locke and the Dec of Indep || US Constitution || opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States. || Native American Kinzawa Dam Farming ||  || affected quality of life and settlement patterns in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. environmental disasters, infrastructure development, coastal restoration and alternative sources of energy). ||  || * Johnny Cash, As Long as the Grass Shall Grow.
 * **Clarifying Objective** || Focus || Resources ||
 * **8.H.1** || **Apply historical thinking to understand the creation and** **development of North Carolina and the United States.** ||  ||   ||
 * 8.H.1.1 || Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues. ||  ||   ||
 * 8.H.1.2 || Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context. ||  || *Declaration of Independence* Mecklenburg Resolves
 * Mayflower Compact
 * Halifax Resolves ||
 * 8.H.1.3 || Use primary and secondary sources to interpret
 * Mecklenburg Resolves
 * Mayflower Compact
 * John White's journal
 * John White's Maps ||
 * 8.H.1.4 || Use historical inquiry to evaluate the validity of
 * question
 * clarify
 * inferencing ||
 * 8.H.1.5 || Analyze the relationship between historical context
 * ** 8.C&G.1 ** || ** Apply historical thinking to understand the creation and development of North Carolina and the United States. ** ||  ||   ||
 * 8.C&G.1.1 || Summarize democratic ideals expressed in local, state, and national government (e.g. limited government, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, republicanism, federalism and individual rights). || US Constitution || Articles of Confederation
 * 8.G.1.1 || Explain how location and place have presented
 * 8.G.1.2 || Understand the human and physical characteristics of regions in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. physical features, culture, political organization and ethnic make-up). ||  ||   ||
 * 8.G.1.3 || Explain how human and environmental interaction
 * Native American
 * Kinzawa Dam
 * Farming ||
 * 8.C.1 ||~ Understand how different cultures influenced North Carolina and the United States ||  ||   ||
 * 8.C.1.1 || Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the United States (e.g. Columbian exchange, slavery and the decline of the American Indian populations. ||  ||   ||