Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Major Objectives
At the end of Unit 1, students shall be able to
- identify the major astronomic theory regarding the formation of the universe.
- identify the major geologic theory regarding the structure of the earth's surface.
- discuss the development of early man and human culture including agriculture.
2. Duration: 10 days
6. Optional Activities:
a. Other activities from Teacher's Aids.
b. Discuss current news events involving world history or geography. (When considering news events, it might be helpful to review
related background material from Unit 7, Part 2 of the Students Friend, the Current Issues unit.)
c. Plays, skits, or reader's theater; such as: "24 Exciting Plays for Ancient History Classes." available from Social Studies School
Service, See Internet and Video Resources..
d. Museum field trip.
e. Guest speaker.
f. Supplemental activities from Online lessons, websites, or Videos identified in Internet and Video Resources.
7. Assessments:
a. Pre-test which is not graded at this time but retained for comparison to post-test results at the end of the course.
b. Assessment of Student's Friend key points writing assignment. Check for complete sentences and for adequate coverage of key
points: "What is it?" "Why is it important?"
c. Assessment of five completed research note cards. Corrections are made, and note cards are returned to students before additional
note cards are prepared.
d. Personal communication and observation, primarily during writing assignments, research time and during class discussions.
e. Unit exam over Student's Friend topics plus map identification locations and perhaps video/Internet material