American History 1 &
American History 2
Workday
11/6/2012
TOPICS COVERED:
1) INTRODUCTION OF NEW ESSENTIAL STANDARDS
2) UNPACKING THE DOCUMENTS
3) INTRODUCING THE CROSSWALK
4) THE UNIT MAPS AND SAMPLE PLANS
5) COMMON CORE TASKS
6) SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS
TASK DUE AT END OF DAY:
1) SCHOOL/PLC SAMPLE OF OPEN ENDED EXAM
WITH TWO PRIMARY SOURCE READINGS
American History 1 & 2
 Introduction:
-American History I (AH.1) and American History 2 (AH.2)
are a new two part course with new Essential Standards from
the state which should be taught thematically.
-The themes should/can be taught chronologically throughout
the entire course.
-Students must pass American History 1 before they can move
to AH.2 .
-There will be a State test at the end of American History 1
that must be passed prior to taking American History 2.
-DPI is creating a written exam for AH.1, no state test for
AH.2
-CMS is opting to teach both AH.1 and AH.2 during the 11th
grade year.
American History 1 and AH.2
 …Cont. introduction:
-The new Essential Standards consist of 8 “themes”
to be taught throughout the entire course AH.1 and
AH.2 both have the same 8 “themes” to be taught
during the semester.
-There are two skill based “themes”
-There are six content based “themes”
American History Essential Standard Themes
 Two Skill themes:
 AH1.H.1 Apply the four interconnected dimensions of historical thinking to the
United States History Essential Standards in order to understand the creation
and development of the United States over time. (The four interconnected
dimensions of historical thinking are; Chronological thinking, Historical
Comprehension, Historical Analysis and Interpretation, and Historical
Research.)
 AH1.H.2 Analyze key political, economic and social turning points in United
States History using historical thinking
 Six Content based Themes:
 AH1.H.3 Exploration, settlement, movement, expansion:
 AH1.H.4 Conflict and compromise
AH1.H.5 Freedom, equality, and power
 AH1.H.6 International affairs and foreign policy:
 AH1.H.7 war:
 AH1.H.8 American Dream, progress, crisis:
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American History 1 & AH.2 units
 Sample units have been broken down and can be
found on CMS Social Studies WIKI.
 (link site)
 Each unit has been broken down into a time period
which is close to the 2006 standard course of study.
 Please notice that the two Skill based themes are the
same across all chronological units.
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-American History 1 has been broken down into 8
chronological time periods/units
American History 2 has been broken down into 8
chronological time periods/units
Recourses from DPI
 All info has been linked to CMS WiKi
 American History Essential Standards:
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These are the Essential Standards/topics to be taught during the
course
link
 Unpacking the Standards:
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The Essential Standards have been broken down with some specific
content
link
 Crosswalk:
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This is a breakdown of the old standard course of study with
highlights where the new Essential Standards overlap info
link
Recourses from CMS
 CMS working with DPI info and resources has begun
breaking the New Essential Standards for American
History 1 & 2 into CHRONOLOGICAL units.
 Each time Unit will focus on the 8 themes found in
the new Essential Standards. Units have been
broken down to mirror the (2006 Standard Course of
Study)
 CMS Wiki has each unit breakdown:
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Link
Sample Units from CMS-Unit Maps
 Each Unit has a map breaking down that
chronological unit into the 8 American History 1 (or
AH.2) themes.
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Please note that each chronological unit has the same 8 themes
Two skill based units are the same during the entire course
 Six “themes” have specific topics which fit into that chronological
time unit
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 Unit map found on CMS Wiki:
 link
Common Core sample activities
 Sample activities related to Common Core can be
found on the CMS WiKi
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link
American History Sample Assessments
 The exam at the end of American History 1 will be a
written exam (it will be computer based and DPI working
out details of test administration)
 The trend in testing is to require students to analyze
primary and secondary source material and synthesize
answers.
 The MSL, Common Core, and 21st Century skills, all focus
on written argumentation and complex text analysis.
American History in-class tests must reflect this change.
 Sample assessments are found on CMS WiKi
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link
School assignment:
 Due today:
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Spend some time as a US History Team/PLC exploring the CMS
WiKi.
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link
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Each school US History department/PLC needs to complete the
following activitie and email your final copy to Don Mitchell by the
end of the day 11/9/2012 (donald.mitchell@cms.k12.nc.us)
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1. Using your current Standard Course of Study, create a new exam
with 10-20 open ended questions and include a minimum of two
primary source related questions (speech, political cartoon, chart,
graphs etc…). This should be used for an upcoming goal. Create a
rubric with scoring guide.