This is the social studies curriculum assessments for use with the latest McGraw Hill text 2000 which was just purchased by our building for use this year.  After reviewing the text, I've decided to begin construction of the social studies curriculum  around the text.  Currently the assessments are directly related to the readings.  As I become more familiar with the text, I will be creating supplemental lesssons and will alter the assessments as needed. I chose this subject because I felt the need to revise the current social studies curriculum.  Preparing the assessments is the first step.  I look forward to building upon this curriculum by integrating related websites, constructing multimedia performance assessments, and elaborating on the electronic portfolios to house student work. Also not included yet, is the group projects assessed by Group Chart and Peer Assessment of Performance.

(Map Skills, Chapter Tests, and Student Practice Papers are included with the text).
 

Chapter goals and objectives are included and linked to state of Illinois goals for social studies.

Instructional Goals and Objectives:
 

Chapter 1 Our Country's Environment-

State Goal 17A-
 A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.
17.A.2a Compare the physical characteristics of places including soils, land forms, vegetation, wildlife, climate, natural hazards.
17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments.
17.C.1c Explain the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
 

Goals and Objectives of Chapter:

Students will identify and describe major landforms of the US.
Students will read and interpret an elevation map
Students will compare climate and weather and explain three factors that affect climate
Students will define natural resources and identify renewable and nonrenewable resources
Students will  compare Canada to the US.
 

Chapter 2 Our Country's People-

State Goal 17C-
 17.C.2b Describe the relationships among location of resources,population distribution and economic activities (e.g.,
transportation, trade, communications).
 

State Goal 18A-
A. Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions
18.A.1 Identify folklore from different cultures which became part of the heritage of the United States.
18.A.2 Explain ways in which language, stories, folk tales, music, media and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture.

Goals and Objectives of Chapter:

Students will define custom and culture
Students will explore heritages in the US
Students will compare the three branches of government
Students will describe rights and responsibilities of US. citizens under the constitution
Students will identify key parts of the US. economy
Students will discover regions of the US
 

Chapter 3 The Southeastern Environment-

State Goal 17A-
A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth

State Goal 17C-
C. Understand relationships between geographic factors and society.
17.C.1a Identify ways people depend on and interact with the physical environment (e.g.,farming, fishing, hydroelectric power).
 

State Goal 18A-
A. Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions
18.A.2 Explain ways in which language,stories, folk tales, music, media and artistic creations serve as expressions of culture.
 

Goals and Objectives of the Chapter:

Students will explore the role of rivers in the development of the US.
Students will describe the variety of music found in the Southeast
Students will explain factors that affect successful agriculture
Students will evaluate various energy methods
Students will discuss river uses
 

Chapter 4 People and Heritage of the Southeast-

State Goal 16A-
A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources.

State Goal 16D-
D. Understand Illinois, United States and world social history.
16.D.2c (US) Describe the influence of key individuals and groups, including Susan B. Anthony/suffrage and Martin Luther King, Jr./civil rights, in the historical eras of Illinois and the United States.

State Goal 18C-
18.C.3a Describe ways in which a diverse U.S. population has developed and maintained common beliefs (e.g., life, liberty and the
  pursuit of happiness; the Constitution and the Bill of Rights).
 

Goals and Objectives of the Chapter:

Students will investigate the Cherokee Culture
Students will describe early Williamsburg
Students will examine  Thomas Jefferson's contributions to democracy
Students will explore slavery in the US and the affects it had on our nation
Students will explain the major events of the civil war
Students will discover Martin Luther King Jr.'s contributions to civil rights
 

Chapter 5 The Northeastern Environment-
 

State Goal 17C-
C. Understand relationships between geographic factors and society.
17.C.2a Describe how natural events in the physical environment affect human activities.
 

State Goal 18A-
A. Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language, literature, the arts, traditions and institutions
18.A.5 Compare ways in which social systems are affected by political, environmental, economic and technological changes.
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students will explore how the geography of the Northeast influenced the region's economy
Students wil identify types of trees in the region
Students will discover how the climate of the region contributes to tourism
Students will use latitude and longitude to locate places
Students will discuss the growth of aquaculture
Students will compare fishing methods currently used with those in the past
 
 

Chapter 6 People and the Heritage of the Northeast-
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State Goal 16D-
D. Understand Illinois, United States and world social history.
16.D.2a (US) Describe the various individual motives for settling in colonial America.

State Goal 16E-
16E. Understand Illinois, United States and world environmental history.
16.E.2a (US) Identify environmental factors that drew settlers to the state and region.
16.E.2a (W) Describe how people in hunting and gathering and early pastoral societies adapted to their respective environments.

State Goal 17C-
 17.C.2b Describe the relationships among location of resources, population distribution and economic activities (e.g.,transportation, trade,communications).

State Goal 17D-
17.D.2b Identify different settlement patterns in Illinois and the United States and relate them to physical features and resources.
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students will identify Northeastern Indian groups
Students will look at how the Iroquios used resources
Students will identify causes and effects of the American Revolution
Students will examine colonial life in Massachusetts
Students will compare the life of an immigrant today to an immigrant from the past
Students will study the shift from rural areas to urban areas
Students will examine problems of large cities
 

Chapter 7  The Middle Western Environment-

State Goal 17A-
STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.
A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.
17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people, places and environments.
17.A.2a Compare the physical characteristics of places including soils, land forms, vegetation, wildlife, climate, natural hazards.

State Goal 17D-
D. Understand the historical significance of geography
17.D.2b Identify different settlement patterns in Illinois and the United States and relate them to physical features and resources.
17.D.1 Identify changes in geographic characteristics of a local region (e.g., town, community)
17.D.2a Describe how physical characteristics of places influence people's perceptions and their roles in the world over time.
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students will compare different types of transportation systems
Students will identify the major crops of the Interior Plains
Students will use map scales to determine distance between cities
Students will examine factors that affect the climate of the region
Students will analyze the effects of the climate on the area's farms and people
Students will describe how steel is created and used
 
 

Chapter 8 People and Heritage of the Middle West-

State Goal 16D-
D. Understand Illinois, United States and world social history.
 16.D.2b (US) Describe the ways  in which participation in the westward movement affected families and communities.

State Goal 16E-
E. Understand Illinois, United States and world environmental history.
16.E.2c (US) Describe environmental factors that influenced the development of transportation and trade in Illinois.
16.E.2a (W) Describe how people in hunting and gathering and early pastoral societies adapted to their respective environments.

State Goal 17B-
B. Analyze and explain characteristics and interactions on the Earth's physical systems.
 17.B.2a Describe how physical and human processes shape spatial patterns including erosion, agriculture and settlement.
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students will explain why pioneers headed west
Studens will discuss routes and modes of transportation used by pioneers
Students will explore the Lakota way of life
Students will analyze the conflict between the Lakota people and the new settlers
Students will explore manufacturing cities on the Great Lakes
Students will examine the impact cars had on our way of life
Students will look at technological changes in farming methods
 

Chapter 9 The Southwestern Environment-

STATE GOAL 17:
Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.
A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.
17.A.2a Compare the physical  characteristics of places including soils, land forms, vegetation, wildlife, climate, natural hazards.
B. Analyze and explain characteristics and interactions on the Earth's physical systems
17.B.2a Describe how physical and human processes shape spatial patterns including erosion, agriculture and settlement.
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students wil describe the natural features of the southwest
Students will explain the effects erosion had on the geography of the region
Students will observe the climate of the region
Students will investigate how the dry climate obtains water
Students will list the natural resources of the region
Students will describe attempts to conserve oil
 

Chapter 10 People and the Hertiage of the Southwest

State Goal-16A
A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
16.A.2b Compare different stories about a historical figure or event and analyze differences in the portrayals
and perspectives they present.
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students will identify past and present native american groups
Students will explore the history of the Navajo
Students will explain why the Spanish came to the Southwest
Students will describe the Spanish influence on the region
Students will analyze the impact cattle had on the region
Students will describe the life of a cowboy
Students will compare modern ranching with past methods
Students will identify changes associated with the growth of the region
 
 

Chapter 11 The Western Environment

State Goal -17C
17C. Understand relationships between geographic factors and society.

17.C.1a Identify ways people depend on and interact with the physical environment (e.g.,
farming, fishing, hydroelectric power)

17.C.2a Describe how natural events in the physical environment affect human activities
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students will summarize the agricultural practices of the Central Valley
Students will describe the climate of the west
Students will compare the environment at different elevations
Students will examine the resources of the west
Students will explore logging methods
 
 

Chapter 12 Western People and Heritage

State Goal-16A
A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
16.A.2b Compare different stories about a historical figure or event and analyze differences in the portrayals
and perspectives they present.

State Goal-16B
16B. Understand the development of significant political events.
16.B.2d (US) Identify major political events and leaders within the United States historical eras since the adoption of the Constitution, including the westward expansion, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, and 20th century wars as well as the roles of Thomas Jefferson, Abraham
 Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 

Goals and Objectives of the chapter:

Students will describe the resources of Hawaii
Students will interpret the history of human settlement
Students will explain how Hawaii became a state
Students will explore how gold was discovered in the region
Students will analyze the impact gold mining had on the population
Students will identify how the building of the transcontinental railroad affected the west
Students will describe the conditions women faced during the gold rush
Students will evaluate the importance of the Nineteenth Amendment\
Students will describe the moving making process
Students will explore contemporary Los Angeles