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2011-2012 Curriculum Map
Units
EQs &
Topics
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Course:
Teacher(s):
Week 1
4/16-4/20
Week 2
4/23-4/27
Week 3
4/30-5/4
Week 4
5/7-5/11
Week 5
5/14-5/18
Week 6
5/21-5/25
Week 7
5/29-6/1
Week 8
6/4-6/8
Week 9
6/11,6/12
5 Days
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Intro to religions + Monotheistic Religions
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
What’s God got to do with it?
Do religions matter?
Do Jews, Muslims, and Christians believe in
different things?
How have religions affected societies?
Eastern Religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese philosophies)
What’s Gods got to do with it?
Do religions matter?
How are Eastern religions similar or different from Western religions?
How have religions affected societies?
Religious Wars:
Crusades
Religious Wars:
Has religion been a force for good
Modern Middle East
in the world?
Conflict
What’s God got to do
with it?
What’s God got to do
Do religions matter?
with it?
Who should have had
Do religions matter?
Jerusalem?
Has religion been a force for good
Who should have
What is Jerusalem
in the world?
Jerusalem?
worth?
What is Jerusalem
How did the Crusades
worth?
affect Jews, Christians,
and Muslims?
Regents Exams
Grade:
Quarter 4
Monotheism and polytheism
Judaism: Torah, Hebrews, significance of
Abraham, Moses, David, and Solomon, Holy
land, 20 commandments
Christianity: Bible, Jesus Christ, key events in
development of Christianity, New Testament,
role of Rome in persecution of Christians, and
preservation of Christianity
Christianity: Pope, Roman Catholicism vs. other
forms of Christianity, Holy land
Islam: 5 pillars of faith, Qur’an, Sunah,
Muslims’ beliefs, practices, laws, and daily life,
prophet Mohammed, jihad, shari’ah, Holy land
Similarities and differences between all three
monotheistic religions
Hinduism: major Hindu beliefs, such as Brahmanism, and their
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connection to daily life and social structure such as the caste system,
Holy text, location of Hinduism
Buddhism: life and moral teachings of the Buddha, Eightfold path, Four
noble truths, Nirvana, impact on life in Asia
Chinese Philosophies: fundamental teachings of Confucianism, Daoism,
and Legalism, impact on political rule in China
Impact of religions on societies:
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Effects of Islam on the Middle East
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Effects of Hinduism on India
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Effects of Buddhism on Asia
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Effects of Chinese Philosophies on China
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Content
Knowledg
e
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Key people
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associated with
the Crusades:
Pope Urban II,
Richard I, Anna
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Comnena,
Saladin, Usamah
Ibn-Munqidh,
Eliezer ben
Nathan, Eleazar
ben Judah
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The routes of the
Crusades
Location of major 
Crusades-related
places: France,
England, Spain,
Holy Roman
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Empire, Byzantine
Empire, Rome,
Constantinople,
Jerusalem
Causes of the
Crusades
Major events
associated with
the Crusades:
Turks invasion of
Palestine, Urban’s
call to the
Crusades, Capture
of Jerusalem (1st
crusade), Muslim
re-conquest of
Jerusalem (2nd
crusade),
Agreement
between Muslims
and Christians (3rd
crusade)
Some
consequences of
the Crusades:
Children’s
Crusade Tragedy
– Hunger, slavery,
disease, Jews and
Muslims expelled
from Spain
(Reconquista),
Rise of the
Ottoman Empire,
Major cultural
diffusion
Asia/MiddleEast/Europe
Summary of all content learned
Key events
associated with this marking period
the creation of
Israel
Different
periods in the
conflict (6 days
war, Yum Kippur
war, first
intifada, etc…)
Location of
Israel in the
Middle-East
Significance of
Jerusalem for
Jews, Muslims,
and Christians
Major issues in
the Middle-East
conflict: status
of refugees,
status of
Jerusalem,
status of
settlements in
the West Bank,
terrorism, water
crisis
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Create a summary, synthesizing information verbally and visually 
Create a summary, synthesizing
information verbally and visually
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Analyze passages from holy books and match them with artwork
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Analyze passages from holy books and
match them with artwork
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Compare and contrast monotheistic religions in tables/charts
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Compare and contrast monotheistic
religions in tables/charts
Make connections between beliefs and their influence on life of
worshippers
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Make connections between beliefs and
their influence on life of worshippers
Answer regents style multiple choice
questions
Identify key beliefs in passages from holy

books
Identify similarities and differences
between religions
Back up an argument with evidence
Create a thesis statement
Outline an essay
Back up an argument with evidence
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Answer regents style multiple choice questions
Back up an argument with evidence
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Outline an essay
Write an informative article using evidence from secondary source 
documents
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Write an essay using revisions
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Skills
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Revise writing
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Writing
Assignments
Assessments
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Homeworks
Journal Entries
Reflections
Find a common belief between all three
religions and write about it using sacred
text as evidence
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Do Nows
Classwork notes
Exit slips
Religion similarities essay
Regents style test
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Homeworks
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Journal Entries
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Reflections
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National Geographic article on the impact of religions on daily lives 
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Do Nows
Classwork notes
Exit slips
National Geographic Article
Regents style test
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Use close-reading 
method to
understand
Regents-style
documents
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Summarize
information
Create an
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illustrated map 
Create a timeline
of events
Use information
from a movie to
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understand a
historical
background
Collaborate
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effectively using
pre-determined
roles
Prepare defense
of an argument
using evidence
Use historical role
play
Argue effectively
orally using a
discussion
protocol
Use test-taking
strategies in
multiple-choice
assessments
Give appropriate
feedback to peers
Answer regents 
style multiple
choice

questions
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Back up an
argument with 
evidence
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Outline an essay
Argue
effectively orally
using a
discussion
protocol
Write a
persuasive
speech
Perform a
persuasive
speech
Back up an argument with
evidence
Outline an essay
Argue effectively orally using
a discussion protocol
Write a persuasive speech
Perform a persuasive speech
Homeworks
Journal Entries
Reflections
Crusades
Symposium
speech
Speech on what the Has religion been a force for good
status of Jerusalem in the world? Opening statement
should be
Do Nows
Classwork notes
Exit slips
Crusades
Symposium
Regents style test
Do Nows
Classwork notes
Exit slips
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Speech on what Has religion been a force for good
in the world? Debate
the status of
Jerusalem
should
beRegents style
test
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Do Nows
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Classwork notes
Exit slips