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Unit 1: Geography—Geographical Regions of Arkansas
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s)
What makes a region unique?
Guiding Question(s)
1. How do the six geographic regions of Arkansas differ?
2. What contributions did the rivers of Arkansas make to its
settlement?
3. How did the Native Americans and early explorers contribute
to the names of geographic locations?
4. How did natural resources affect settlement and trade?
Activities/Resources
Activities
Map use recap=Compass, Legend, scale (distance) Longitude
and Latitude.
Textbook Resources
Put yourself in the Picture pg. 2
Discussion questions pg. 4
Science activity Earthquake web quest pg 6
Discussion questions pg. 9
Examining fresh water activity pg. 15
Writing activity pg. 16
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
AR Region activity for each region pg. 17-23
Geology/Our Physical Geography/Arkansas Land and Regions/
Photo analysis pg. 25
Climate, Weather and Environment/Our People and Natural
Photo analysis pg. 26
Resources.
Common Core
Vocabulary : Ecosystem news report activity pg. 30 TE
Reading/Writing Focus
Writing:
Chapter
1 Additional Resources
Arkansas Regions PowerPoint
Content: Research
Vocabulary
Finding diamonds in Arkansas
Page 3 # 1Arkansas Cities Jeopardy
Prompt: After studying about the geography and
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Arkansas In Abstract
each of the regions of Arkansas, choose one of the
An Illustrated Atlas – writing prompts
regions and follow instructions on how you are to
Ballooning Through Arkansas
make a brochure that tells about that region.
Crowley’s Ridge
Gulf Coastal Plain
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Ouachita
Ouachita River Valley
Ozark Plateaus
Regions Brochure
Teaching Arkansas Timelines
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ASSESSMENT:
Discussion Questions for each theme.
Brochure on AR Region
STANDARDS: Unit 1
Arkansas History SLE’s
G.1.AH 7-8.1 - Investigate the six geographical land regions of Arkansas: Ozark Mountains (plateau), Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas
River Valley, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Crowley’s Ridge, West Gulf Coastal Plain
G.1.AH.7-8.2 - Identify and map the major rivers of Arkansas.
G.1.AH.7-8.3 - Describe factors contributing to the settlement of Arkansas (e.g., climate, water, accessibility)
G.1.AH 8-7.4 - Research the origins of key place names in Arkansas (e.g., towns, counties, and landforms)
G.1.AH.7-8.5 - Examine the economic effect of Arkansas’s natural resources: Diamonds, Bauxite , Forestry products,
Oil
Common Core Standards
Reading
RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
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RH. 6-8.7. Integrate visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
RH. 6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source
distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Writing
WHST. 6-8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information
and ideas clearly and efficiently.
WHST. 6-8.9. Draw evidence from the informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Unit 2: The First People
Activities/Resources
Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s):
What happens when cultures meet?
Guiding Question(s):
1. What evidence is there that Native Indians lived in all areas of
Arkansas?
2. How did the changes in major food sources influence the
development of Native Indian cultures?
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
Prehistoric Indians/Historic Indians of Arkansas
Common Core
Reading/Writing Focus
Writing:
Content: (W.7-8.2) Narrative
Chapter 2 opener Put yourself in the picture 32
Textbook Resources
Discussion questions pg. 34
Study the painting pg. 37
Culture questions pg. 40
Discussion questions pg. 44
Activity what’s in a painting pg. 46
Write a legend 47
Graphic organizer 51
Vocabulary :
Additional Resources
Arkansas Indian Tribes
Words to Understand Arkansas Native American PowerPoint
Can You Dig It
Pg 33 TE
Creation Story Examples
Prompt: After studying and reading examples of
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legends the Native Americans wrote about their
interpretation of how things came to be, write a
Legend about how something came to be.
ASSESSMENT:
7th Grade
Creation Story Assignment
Necessities of Life
Osage Legend and Arkansas History
Salt of the Earth
A. Compare and Contrast
1. Osage, Caddo, Quapaw, Tunicas + Koroas
2. Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian
B. Creation Story Assignment
1. Examples Included.
STANDARDS: Unit 2
Arkansas History SLE’s
EA.2.AH.8-7.1 - Compare and Contrast pre-historic cultures in Arkansas: Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian traditions
E.A.2.AH.7-8.2 - Identify significant elements in the success of prehistoric cultures in Arkansas: Location, Food sources
E.A.2.AH.7-8.3 - Compare and contrast the cultural characteristics of early Indian tribes in Arkansas: Osage, Caddo, Quapaw
Common Core Standards
Reading
RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH. 6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source
distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
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RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
RH. 6-8.7. Integrate visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Writing
WHST. 6-8.2. Write informative/ explanatory texts including the narration
of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments or technical processes.
WHST. 6-8.3. Students must be able to incorporate narrative accounts into their analyses of individuals or events of historical
importance.
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Unit 3: Discovery and Exploration
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s):
What happens when cultures meet?
Guiding Question(s):
1. What are some different approaches taken by the Spanish
and French to the exploration of Arkansas?
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
European Invaders/Colonial Arkansas
Activities/Resources
Put yourself in the picture 52 TE
Textbook Resources
Discussion questions pg. 54
Eyewitness activity pg. 59
LaSalle and DeTonti Activity pg. 61
Discussion questions pg. 62
Analyze the painting pg. 63
Vocabulary : Additional Resources
1818 Arkansas Journals
Writing:
Words
to Arkansas Post
Arkansas Timelines
Content: (W.6-8.2) Informative/Explanatory
Understand
Bears and Panthers
53
Compare and Contrast Explorers
Prompt: How did the exploration of the Spanish and
Dunbar and Hunter
French in Arkansas differ?
Toast and Roast Explorers
ASSESSMENT:
Common Core
Reading/Writing Focus
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Compare and Contrast The Explorers of Arkansas
1. Desoto and LaSalle
2. Joliet/ Marquette and Hunter/ Dunbar
3. Spanish Explorers and French Explorers
4. DeTonti and John Law
STANDARDS: Unit 3
Arkansas History SLE’s
EA.3.AH7-8.1 - Discuss the impact of the first European explorers in Arkansas: Hernando De Soto, Robert de LaSalle, Jacques Marquette and Louis
Joliet
EA.3.AH.7-8.2 Identify key individuals and groups related to the settlement of Arkansas: Henri De Tonti, John Law, Thomas Nuttall, William Dunbar,
George Hunter, Henry Schoolcraft, G.W. Featherstonhaugh, Bernard de La Harpe
Common Core Standards
Reading
RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH. 6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source
distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Writing
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WHST. 6-8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information
and ideas clearly and efficiently.
WHST. 6-8.7. Conduct short research projects to answer question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources
and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
WHST. 6-8.8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the creditability
and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a
standard format of citation.
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Unit 4: Settlement – Territorial/Statehood
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s):
What people and events helped shape Arkansas?
Guiding Question(s):
1. How did political and social issues of the United States
influence Arkansas’s progress to statehood?
2. What are some factors that influenced the move of the
territorial capital from Arkansas Post to Little Rock?
3. What were the effects of the New Madrid earthquakes of
Arkansas and the United States?
4. Who were the major figures in Arkansas’s early
government?
5. What was the “Trail of Tears”?
6. How did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 affect Arkansas?
Activities/Resources
Put yourself in the picture 68 TE
Put yourself in the picture 90 TE
Textbook Resources
Discussion questions pg70
Discussion questions pg74
Discussion questions pg. 80
Star spangled banner activity pg. 81
Web quest activity pg. 86
Discussion questions pg. 92
Arkansas Portrait pg. 93
Steamboat Web quest pg. 95
Arkansas State House WQ pg. 96
Discussion questions pg. 99
Teacher Notes 103 Art Activity 106
Discussion questions pg. 108
Arkansas Portrait pg. 110
Political Cartoon Activity pg. 111
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
New American Nation/Exploring the Louisiana Purchase/Frontier
Arkansas/Organizing the Territory/Statehood and
Antebellum/Slavery
Common Core
Vocabulary :
Additional Resources
Reading/Writing Focus
Writing:
TE pg 69 chpt 4 TE Specializing to Produce a Great State
Exploration and Settlement PowerPoint
Content:
pg 91 chpt 5
Early Arkansan Politics: The Crittenden/Conway Duel
Early Settlers Make a Home in Arkansas
Prompt:
Early Arkansas Economies
Home on the Range
ASSESSMENT:
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Toast or Roast= A 2-3 minute speech along with a written speech
on people and events that helped shape Arkansas.
7th Grade
Life in Arkansas Territory
Naming our Counties
Old State House Activity Book
STANDARDS: Unit 4
Arkansas History SLE’s
.
TPS.4.AH7-8.1 Explain the effects of the Missouri Compromise on Arkansas’s settlement patterns.
TPS.4.AH.7-8.2 Explain the advantages of territorial status (e.g., court system, government assistance, transportation, economy)
TPS.4.AH.7-8.3 Discuss the process leading to territorial status (e.g., Northwest Ordinance, township, sections)
TPS.4.AH.7-8.7 Discuss the process to achieve statehood: Petition for statehood, congressional approval, Michigan/Arkansas, June 15, 1836
TPS.4.AH.7-8.6 Discuss the contribution of William Woodruff’s, The Arkansas Gazette to the growth and development of Arkansas
TPS.4.AH7-8.8 Discuss the decline and removal of American Indian tribes in Arkansas.
Common Core Standards Reading
RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
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RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information. (sequentially, comparatively, and casually)
RH. 6-8.7. Integrate visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Writing
WHST. 6-8.3. Students must be able to incorporate narrative accounts into their analyses of individuals or events of historical
importance.
WHST. 6-8.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose,
and audience.
WHST. 6-8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information
and ideas clearly and efficiently.
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Unit 5: Slavery/Civil War
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s):
How does war cause change?
Guiding Question(s):
1. What initial effects did the Civil War have on Arkansas?
2. How did Arkansas’s government during the Civil War reflect
the United States’ government?
3. What major Civil War battles were fought in Arkansas?
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
Students shall examine the causes and effects of the Civil War on
Arkansas
Common Core
Vocabulary :
Reading/Writing Focus
Writing:
Words to Understand
Content:
117
Prompt:
Activities/Resources
Put yourself in the Picture 116
Textbook Resources
Theme 1 Pg 118
Arsenal History Activity 120
Theme 2 pg 122
Writing- Argumentative essay 124, Civil War Scenario 125
Graphic organizer North vs. South 127
Emancipation Proclamation Activity 132
Additional Resources
Arkansas Civil War Bandits and Outlaws
A Whole New World
Battle or Massacre
Arkansas in the Civil War: Using Informational Texts
Notable People in the Civil War
Slavery: Civil War Writing Narrative
ASSESSMENT:
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STANDARDS: Unit 5
Arkansas History SLE’s
SR.5.AH,7-8.1 Discuss the controversy leading to the secession of Arkansas (e.g., state leaders, cooperationists, Secession Convention, May 6,
1861)
SR.5.AH.7-8.2 Define confederation and identify the weaknesses of the Confederacy
SR.5.AH.7-8.3 Discuss how the Union and Confederate governments exerted power to fight the war (e.g., draft, first income tax, wars recruitment)
SR.5.AH.7-8.6 Explain the existence of dual governments in wartime Arkansas: Washington, Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
SR.5.AH.7-8.4 Compare the Confederacy to the government under the Articles of Confederation
SR.5.AR.7-8.7 Identify the major Civil war battlefields in and near Arkansas.SR.5.AR.7-8.6 Explain the existence of dual governments in wartime
Arkansas.
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Common Core Standards
Reading
RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
RH. 6-8.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source
distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
RH. 6-8.3. Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies (how a bill becomes a law, how interest
rates are raised and lowered.
Writing
WHST.6-8.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
WHST. 6-8.2. Write informative/ explanatory texts including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments or
technical processes.
WHST.6-8.5. With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising,
editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose the audience have been addressed.
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Unit 6: Reconstruction through Civil Rights
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s)
How does war cause change?
How do good times and bad times affect the state?
Guiding Question(s)
1. What were some of the problems faced during the period of
Reconstruction?
2. What measures were taken during Reconstruction to resolve
problems?
3. Who were the political leaders in Arkansas during
Reconstruction?
4. How did Arkansas support World War I?
5. What economic effects did the oil boom and tourism have on
Arkansas?
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
Common Core
Reading/Writing Focus
Writing:
Content:
Vocabulary :
Words
to
Understand 141
Words
to
Understand 157
Prompt:
ASSESSMENT:
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Put yourself in the picture 140
Put yourself in the picture 157
Textbook Resources
Discussion questions pg. 142
Arkansas Portrait 147
Compromise of 1877 Web quest 153 TE
Arkansas Portrait 154
Discussion questions pg. 158
Arkansas portrait pg. 161
Prohibition Web quest pg. 164
Discussion questions pg. 166
Diamond quest 169
Discussion questions pg. 170
Arkansas women web quest 178
Arkansas Portrait 180
Additional Resources
Charting Changes
Elaine
How Do We “Fix It?”
Jim Crow
Reconstruction thru Civil Rights
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Arkansas History SLE’s
RP.6.AH.7-8.1 Describe the Reconstruction Era in Arkansas: Freedmen’s Bureau, Brooks-Baxter War, resurgence of the Democratic Party, approval
of the 1874 Constitution.
RP.AH.7-8.2 Describe the effects of sharecropping on society in Arkansas.
RP.AH.7-8.3 Describe the development of manufacturing and industry in Arkansas using available technology(e.g. railroad, timber, electricity)
RP.6.AH.7-8.4 Describe the economic challenges Arkansas farmers faced during the post-Reconstruction period
RP.6.AH.7-8.6 Discuss the contributions of political leaders in Arkansas during the progressive Era (e.g., Jeff Davis, Joe T. Robinson, Charles
Brough, George Donaghey, Hattie Caraway)
RP.6.AH.7-8.5 Describe the development of the public school system in Arkansas (e.g., Charlotte Stephens, Mifflin Gibbs)
Common Core Standards
Reading
RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
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RH.6-8.5 Describe how a text presents information. (sequentially, comparatively, and casually)
RH. 6-8.7. Integrate visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Writing
WHST. 6-8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information
and ideas clearly and efficiently.
WHST. 6-8.7. Conduct short research projects to answer question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources
and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
WHST. 6-8.8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the creditability
and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a
standard format of citation.
Unit 7: Arkansas’ role in World conflict
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Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s)
How does war cause change?
How do good times and bad times affect the state?
Guiding Question(s)
1. How did Arkansas support World War I?
2. What economic effects did the oil boom and tourism have on
Arkansas?
3. What part did natural disasters have in creating the Great
Depression?
4. How did the New Deal programs impact Arkansas
economically?
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
political, social, and economic growth in Arkansas
Common Core
Reading/Writing Focus
Writing:
Content:
Activities/Resources
Put yourself in the Picture 182
Textbook Resources
Discussion questions pg. 184
Discussion questions pg. 188
Analyze the photograph 189 Natural Disasters 191
Discussion questions pg. 194
Art activity pg. 199
Expressive Essay pg. 200
Additional Resources
Facebook Assignment
Home Front
Over There
Uncle Sam Desired our Presence
Under One Flag
Vocabulary :
Words
Understand 183
to
Prompt:
ASSESSMENT:
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Facebook Page Creative writing= Students create a Facebook page
for a historical figure with his friends posting on his page and groups
that he joins.
STANDARDS: Unit 7
Arkansas History SLE’s
W.7.AH.7-8.1 Describe the contributions of Arkansans in the early 1900s (e.g., troops to World War I, Field Kindley, Louise Thaden, Scott Joplin)
W.7.AH.7-8.2 Examine the economic effects of the oil boom on southern Arkansas
W.7.AH.7-8.3 Explore the effects of tourism on the economy: Hot Springs, Ozarks, Murfreesboro diamond mines
GD.8.AH.7-8.1 Describe the economic and social effects of the 1927 flood on Arkansas using primary and secondary sources
GD.8.AH.7-8.2 Describe the consequences of the 1930 drought on Arkansas using available technology
GD.8.AH.7-8.3 Examine the results of bank closures on Arkansas
GD.8.AH.7-8.4 Discuss the effects New Deal programs had on society in Arkansas during the Great Depression (e.g., Works Progress
Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Civil Works Administration)
GD.8.AH.7-8.5 Explore the economic and social consequences of the Great Depression
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Common Core Standards
Reading
RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Writing
WHST.6-8.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
WHST. 6-8.7. Conduct short research projects to answer question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources
and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
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Unit 8: Good Times/Bad Times
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Essential Question(s)
How do good times and bad times affect the state?
Guiding Question(s)
1. What social and economic changes were brought about by
World War II?
2. Who were key people in political, social, and economic
development to Arkansas after World War II?
3. What were the key industries in economic development in
Arkansas after World War II?
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
Students shall examine the effects of World War II and other events
upon the modernization of Arkansas.
Common Core
Vocabulary :
Reading/Writing Focus
Writing:
Words to Understand
Content:
205
Prompt:
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Activities/Resources
Put yourself in the Picture 204
Put yourself in the Picture 224
Textbook Resources
Discussion questions pg. 206
Japanese Internment 210
The Holocaust pg. 213
Discussion questions pg. 214
Discussion questions pg. 218
Research activity pg. 219
Arkansas Portrait pg. 222
Additional Resources
Three Branches of Government
1927 Flood
1931 England Food Riot
Arkansas and the CCC
Cotton in my Sack
Entrepreneurs of Arkansas lesson plan
Entrepreneurs of Arkansas PowerPoint
West Ninth Street Lesson Plan
On the Road Again
To the North
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ASSESSMENT:
Good times and Bad times, Arkansas Mural Project.
STANDARDS: Unit 8
Arkansas History SLE’s
WWP.9.AH.7-8.1 Identify contributions of Arkansans during World War II: Military, wartime industry, domestic food production to feed the military
WWP.9.AH. 7-8.2 Describe the social and economic effects of World War II on Arkansans
WWP.9.AH.7-8.3 Research Japanese relocation camps and prisoner of war camps in Arkansas using available technology
WWP.9.AH.7-8.5 Identify political leaders and their major contributions after World War II (e.g., Sid McMath, Orval Faubus, J. William Fulbright, John
McClellan, Winthrop Rockefeller, Wilbur Mills, Dale Bumpers, David Pryor, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee)
WWP.9.AH.7-8.12 Identify significant contributions made by Arkansans in the following fields: Art, business, culture, medicine, science
WWP.9.AH.7-8.6 Examine the economic development of Arkansas after World War II (e.g., timber industry, catfish farms, poultry industry,
agriculture, retail, tourism, labor unions)
Common Core Standards
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RH. 6-8.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including vocabulary specific to domains related
to history/social studies.
RH.6-8.1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
RH. 6-8.6. Indentify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view. (loaded language, inclusion, or avoidance, or particular facts)
RH. 6-8.7. Integrate visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
RH. 6-8.8. Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.
Writing
WHST.6-8.1. Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content. WHST. 6-8.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the
development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. WHST. 6-8.9. Draw evidence from the
informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Global Goal:
Analyze the social, global, political, and economic characteristics of emerging societies.
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Activities/Resources
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Unit 1:
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
Writing:
Vocabulary :
ASSESSMENT:
Textbook Resources
Additional Resources
STANDARDS: Unit 1
Arkansas History SLE’s
.
Common Core Standards
Reading
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Arkansas History/Common Core Curriculum
Revised 2013
Little Rock School District
ARKANSAS HISTORY (ONE SEMESTER)
7th Grade
Writing
Global Goal:
Analyze the social, global, political, and economic characteristics of emerging societies.
LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees
Arkansas History/Common Core Curriculum
Revised 2013
7th Grade
ARKANSAS HISTORY (ONE SEMESTER)
Little Rock School District
Activities/Resources
Essential Question (s)/Guiding Questions/Content/Vocabulary
Unit 1:
Social Studies Content/Common Core Focus
Writing:
Vocabulary :
ASSESSMENT:
Textbook Resources
Additional Resources
STANDARDS: Unit 1
Arkansas History SLE’s
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Common Core Standards
Reading
LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees
Arkansas History/Common Core Curriculum
Revised 2013
Little Rock School District
ARKANSAS HISTORY (ONE SEMESTER)
7th Grade
Writing
LRSD Social Studies Department & Curriculum Committees
Arkansas History/Common Core Curriculum
Revised 2013