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G08: Colonial America, Colonization or the Americas: Home

Unit 1 Outline: Us, Them, We

Compelling Question:

  • How does colonization affect people’s rights, cultures, and communities, both in the past and today?

Standards Assessed:

QUESTIONING, PLANNING, AND EVALUATING SOURCES: MS.SS.8.QPE.SP.4

Analyze and interpret data to assess the credibility and relevance of the sources in order to refine the inquiry

DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:

MS.SS.8.KU.S2.8.b

Connections and Conflict: Explain how historical legacies have facilitated understanding or caused misunderstanding (in the last 100 years)

MS.SS.8.KU.S3.8.c

Geography: Explain voluntary and involuntary migration and its effects on the physical and human characteristics of a place ( Social Identity wheel)

MS.SS.8.KU.S4.8.d

Culture: Explain the influence different cultural or ethnic groups living in the same society have had on one another(personal identity wheel)

INFORMED COMMUNICATION WITH ACTION: MS.SS.8.ICA.SP.5

Use relevant evidence from credible sources in order to formulate claims and counterclaims and further develop logically sequenced, reasoned arguments and explanations

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