Learning Goals and Objectives-- Grades 9 - 12
Social Studies
- familiarity and use of the tools of historical research
- to understand communities of the past and present
- ability to identify patterns of land use
- awareness of the evolution from local markets to international ones
- ability to identify significant factors in this growth
- individual choice as recorded by material culture
- understanding of how material culture reflects individual choice
- understanding of how an individual's choice reflects the concerns and desires of the broader society
Language Arts
- familiarity and use of the tools of historical research
- visit libraries, local historical societies, and museums to conduct self-directed research
- to write family history or local history
- to write historical fiction
- looking at individual choice as recorded by material culture
- as a source of inspiration for historical fiction
- as a source for "facts" to support a thesis
- as a theme for works of fiction and nonfiction
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