Social Studies
Ohio’s Model
Competency-Based Program
Emphasis on 9th Grade
Kristen Hoskins
ED 439
Dr. Helms
The Six Strands
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American Heritage
People in Societies
World Interactions
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Decision Making and
Resources
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
Democratic Processes
American Heritage
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It refers to those aspects of the past that help
to make the American people unique among
those peoples of the world while at the same
time recognizing what we hold in common
with other people.
American Heritage
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How have we been
shaped by the
geography of the
United States?
American Heritage
Activities
htt://www.ctc.edu/~ttaylor/smod.htm
(MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
1814-1919) Timeline European History
 http://www.vwc.edu/library_tech/wwwpa
ges/dgraf/rev-chro.txt FRENCH
REVOLUTION (TIMELINE) Compare and
Contrast the timelines.
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American Heritage
Activities
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http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/aha/ti
meline.html TIMELINE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
Are these timeline relevant to modern times?
American Heritage
Activities
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What is the significance to the Betsy Ross
Flag?
American Heritage
Activities
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/history/gb/
origin.html ORIGINS OF CIVIL WAR
 Explain why the American civil war is a
good example of multiple causation.
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American Heritage
Activities
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http://civilwarmidi.homepage.com
MUSIC OF CIVIL
WARhttp://civilwarmidi.homepage.com/
abram.html FOR UNION
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http://civilwarmidi.homepage.com/conqu
er.html SONG FOR CONFEDERATES
People in Societies
This strand recognizes that the united states
and the world encompass many different
racial, ethnic, and religious groups.
People in Societies
Activities
http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/troot/confl
ict.htm CAUSE IN EFFECT IN
 HUMAN SOCIETIES
 http://www.naacp.org/ The National
Association for the advancement of
Colored People
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People in Societies
Activities
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http://owleyes.org/d
ouglas.htm
Frederick Douglas
and the significance
of his speeches
People in Societies
Activities
http://www.ugrr.org/web.htm
Underground railroads during slavery
 http://www.brightmoments.com/blackhist
ory/fnhtubman.html African American
women, includes Harriet Tubman. Why
is she important then and now?
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People in Societies
Activities
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http://www.ailf.org/heritage/chinese/essay01.
htm The struggles, hardships and successes
of the Chinese immigrants to America
beginning in mid-1800's to the present
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie
Accompaniment to PBS series chronicling the
life of the "richest man in the world." Includes
timelines, image gallery, teacher's guide, and
a look at the context from which he came.
Andrew Carnegie
World Interactions
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It explores the links people make around the
world as they attempt to address common
problems.
World Interactions
Activities
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The World, An in-depth, interactive fantasy
world
The World is designed to provide an
environment for role-playing games. This
project, while in its early stages, includes
some interesting maps and high-level
information about religion, history & magic.
http://www.zip.com.au/~ford/World
World Interactions
Activities
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UK-based society "exists to honour and
remember those that fell in the war and to
study the war in its entirety".
http://www.medal.net/crimean.htm
Maps of World War Two
A history of the Second World War through
maps. Includes critical battles and campaigns
such as Dunkirk, Barbarossa, Stalingrad,
Kursk, D-Day, Normandy, Berlin and others.
http://www.onwar.com/maps/wwii/index.htm
World Interactions
Activities
World Map of Live Webcams
 Click on the map of the world to access
webcams in different countries. Most
webcams are outdoor views.
http://dove.mtx.net.au/~punky/Worldma
p.htm
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World Interactions
Activities
Versailles Treaty 1919
 Complete contents of treaty, along with
WWI maps, charts, photos, cartoons,
and links to related resources.
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/text/versaill
estreaty/verc...
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World Interactions
Activities
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http://www.trolleyvilleusa.org/trolley.html
trolley, trains, trollies, electric streetcars,
museum at Trolleyville USA
Visit our working Trolley Museum, ride actual
Trolley Cars. Book you next party and have it
on our trolly cars and ride the 2 1/2 mile track.
We also have special functions on most
holidays. Visit our Site for details!
Decision Making and Resources
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Focuses on decisions individuals and societies
make in addressing wants.
Activities:
Technical and Regulatory Barriers to
Trade
Deals with technical and regulatory barriers to
trade, mutual recognition arrangements,
Australia-European Community Mutual
Recognition Agreement, New Approach
Directives, Australia's Conformity Assessment
Bodies, TTMRA
http://www.isr.gov.au/industry/tbt/index.html
Decision Making and Resources
Activities
Department of commerce - market access
and compliance
 Describes how American business is
informed of its rights under trade agreements
and the status of existing trade barriers.
Recommends strategies for increasing
exports and helps overcome trade barriers.
Http://www.Mac.Doc.Gov/internet/aboutmac.h
tm
Laissez-faire in population: the least bad
solution
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Decision Making and Resources
Activities
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Economist David Friedman argues that there
is no justification in economic theory for the
widely believed notion that the results of
allowing parents freely to decide how many
children they have must, in the long run, be
catastrophic under any tolerable social
institutions.
Http://www.Best.Com/~ddfr/academic/laissezfaire_in_pop...
Decision Making and Resources
Activities
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Organized Labor
What if? Counterfactual history question
asking what if the Supreme Court of
Massachussets had not legalized trade
unions in an 1842 ruling.
http://www.wakeamerica.com/past/WhatIfQO
D.php3?m_Articl
Division of Taxation
Provides links to regulations, forms,
newsletters, information and electronic filing.
http://www.tax.state.ri.us
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
This strand provides a context for
examining and engaging in those activities
that are part of an adult’s public life.
 MrDz - Civics
 Briefly explains the purpose of civics;
includes outline of course content and
links to political issues.
http://www.valley.net./~MrDz/civics.htm
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Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities, Activities
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Propaganda
A compilation of topics relating to social
engineering: propaganda, rhetoric,
manipulative language and more.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/lyndale/lotcaf
/propg.htm
Logic and Fallacies
Atheism Web's guide to logic and fallacies in
practical reasoning.
http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.ht
ml
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities, Activities
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Myth, Stereotype, and Cross-Gender
Identity in the DSM-IV
An abstract and the text of a paper presented
at the Association for Women in Psychology's
21st Annual Feminist Psychology
Conference, in Portland, OR, 1996.
http://www.transgender.org/tg/gic/awptext.htm
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Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities, Activities
The Difficult Process of Identifying
Processes
 Whitepaper that also appeared in John
Wiley & Son's Knowledge and Process
Management (Vol. 5, No. 1), 1998,
discusses the difficulties encountered in
identifying organizational processes.
http://home.att.net/~nickols/diffcult.htm
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Conclusion
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The objective is to weave the six strands
together for an affective education that
relates to 9th grade social studies.