Social Studies 12 ) Explain the significance of representations of American values and beliefs, including the Statue of Liberty, the statue of Lady Justice, the United States flag, and the national anthem.
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Strand: History, Civics and Government
Course Title: Living and Working Together in State and Nation
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Identify national historic figures, including the founding fathers and other historic male and female American's, and relate them to the democratic values each exemplifies.
Describe national celebrations, including their significance and democratic values associated with each.
Identify American symbols and monuments and describe the history and significance of each. Teacher Vocabulary:
historic figures (male and female)
celebrations
exemplify
democratic values
recognize
founding fathers
significance
national holidays
American symbols
monuments Knowledge:
Students know:
Fundamental democratic values including equality, justice, and responsibility for the common good.
The names and significance of national historic figures, both male and female.
The significance of national holidays and the relationship of each to democratic values.
The history and significance of American symbols and monuments.
Vocabulary: democratic values, equality, justice, responsibility, common good, founding father, national holiday, American symbol, monument Skills:
Students are able to:
Identify national historic figures and celebrations.
Identify the ways historic figures and celebrations exemplify fundamental democratic values.
Recognize our country's founding fathers and other historic male figures.
Recognize historic female figures.
Describe national holidays, including the significance of each and the democratic values associated with each.
Identify American symbols and monuments and describe the history and significance of each. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There is an importance and impact of national historic figures and celebrations.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Digital Literacy and Computer Science R5) Locate and curate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
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Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
locate information from digital sources to answer research questions.
curate information to present or share with others.Teacher Vocabulary:
curate
keyword
search engine
database Knowledge:
Students know:
that information to research questions can be obtained from digital sources.
how to use resources to organize information.
how to use resources to present or share with others. Skills:
Students are able to:
create a list of keywords or phrases to enter into a search engine and/or database such as the Alabama Virtual Library.
use additional words or punctuation to narrow search such as AND (+), OR, NOT ( ), and quotation marks.
organize information.
share information by creating a digital resource. Understanding:
Students understand that:
information can be located from a digital source to answer research questions.
information can be organzied and shared by creating a digital resource.
