Themes/Strands Grid

 

 

Theme 1

Theme 2

Theme 3

Theme 4

Theme 5

Theme 6

Theme 7

Theme 8

Theme 9

Theme 10

 

 

 

 

Conflict and Cooperation

Civic Ideals, Practices and Engagement

People, Places and Environment

Material Wants and Needs

Cultural Development, Interaction and Change

Global Transformation

Science, Technology and Society

Individualism, Equality and Authority

Patterns of Social and Political Interaction

Human Expression and Communication

 

 

 

CIVICS

local attempts at conservation; legitimate authority

suffrage, civic participation; role of the citizen in community, nation & world

public land use

role of gov’t in economy & services

nationalism

types of authority; safe-guards against abuse of authority: voting rights, rules preventing bullying;  individual vs group;  core values and means of expansion or nation and ways values are expressed

internat’l organizations; human rights balanced with cultural traditions

intellectual property rights issues

types of authority; safe-guards against abuse of authority: voting rights, rules preventing bullying;  individual vs group;  core values and means of expansion or nation and ways values are expressed

human rights issues

freedom of expression

 

 

 

 

 

ECONOMICS

Local attempts at conservation; internati’l agreements such as WTO

“no taxation without representation”

Triangular Trade; balancing world resources with needs/wants

individual & collective economic choices; scarcity; major systems of production & commerce

capitalism

competition & interdependence

evolution of the exchange of goods

planned economies; “no taxation without representation”

changing role of women in the economy

artistic patronage

 

 

GEOGRAPHY

food/water; natural resources

land ownership/use

migration; balancing world resources w/needs & wants

alternative energy sources

urbanization; global transformation

exploration

domestication of animals

control of natural resources; land ownership/land use

immigration issues

sense of place

 

 

 

 

U.S. HISTORY

writing of U.S./NH constitution; causes of Civil War; legitimate authority

federalism; evolution of meaning of citizenship

impact of Industrial Rev-olution; impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans; Turner thesis

capitalism; feudalism; stock market; changes in economic systems

impact of ethnocentrism; conflict, global transformation

pandemics; exploration; tension between nat’l interests & global priorities

development of weapons of war; time efficiency

colonialism, federalism, “no taxation without representation”

slavery; racism; “Jim Crow”; Darwinsim; eugenics

reflection of history in the arts; literary & artistic expressions in particular eras

 

 

 

WORLD HISTORY

internat’l agreements such as WTO; legitimate authority;

wars

role of citizen in community, nation, & world

impact of Industrial Revolution;

land and sea trade routes

feudalism; conflict over resources; changes in econ. systems

system of beliefs, know-ledge, values & traditions;adapt-ation: assimilation; monotheism;  diffusion; acculturation;

pandemics; exploration; tension between nat’l interests & global priorities; impact of early empire building

development of weapons of war; farm implements

colonialism; role of citizen as member of world community

ethnic cleansing;

migrations cultural diffusion

reflection of history in the arts; literary & artistic expressions in particular eras; human rights