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Teacher: Core Pennsylvania
Course: Pennsylvania
Year: 2010-11
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PA is a land rich in geographic diversity and natural resources. Each of the
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seven regions has physical features that affect how people live.
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e Pennsylvania ~ Vocabulary: continent, hemisphere, keystone, landform, gorge, tributary,
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resources:natural, renewable. and non-renewable, pollution, conserve,
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pesticide, climate, precipitation, elevation, vegetation, habitat
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r Essential
Content
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Standards
Questions
Getting to
know PA
Examine the six landforms
and major waterways in
Pennsylvania.
Evaluate some contributions
of famous Pennsylvanians
such as Benjamin Franklin,
John Bartram, Henry Heinz,
John Wanamaker, Andrew
Carnegie, John Fitch and
Matthias Baldwin.
Taking Care Assess Pennsylvania's natural
of PA
resources and their use
including coal, natural gas
and trees. Describe their uses
past and present. How
important was coal? Why is
it not as important now?
Explore the discovery of oil
in Pennsylvania in 1859.
Explore some noted
7.1.BDescribe and
locate places
and regions.
7.2.ADescribe the
physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
6.3.CDescribe the
natural,
human and
capital
resources
used to
produce a
specific
good or
service.
conservationists in
Pennsylvania history such as
Gifford Pinchot ( born in
Connecticut but became Gov.
of Pennsylvania) and
Governor William Sproul.
Climate,
Plants, and
Animals
Describe and
locate the five
climate
regions in
Pennsylvania:
northern,
western, Lake
Erie area, the
mountains, and
southeastern
area.
Identify some
of the variety
of plant and
animal life in
Pennsylvania
including the
state bird, the
ruffed grouse
or Partridge,
and the state
tree, the
hemlock.
8.4.AIdentify and
explain how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
7.1.A-Describe
geographic
tools and their
uses.
7.1.B-Describe
and locate
places and
regions.
7.2.A-Describe
the physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.2.B-Describe
the physical
processes that
shape patterns
on Earth's
surface.
Read and
interpret an
elevation map.
J Natural Regions ~ See description and vocabulary for September.
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n Essential
Content
Skills
Assessments Lessons
u Questions
a
Atlantic
Examine the
Coastal Plain
cities and
Standards
6.2.I-Identify
and describe
r
y
The Piedmont,
South
Mountain, and
Reading Prong
Regions
industries of
the Atlantic
Coastal Plain
Discuss the
importance of
shipbuilding to
Pennsylvlania's
economy.
public goods.
7.3.D-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their economic
activities.
Explain the
importance of
farming in
Pennsylvania
including
prime
locations,
numbers and
kinds of farms,
and major
products and
their uses.
Explore South
Mountain and
Reading Prong
regions as
forest areas.
7.2.A-Describe
the physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.3.A-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
population
characteristics.
7.3.C-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their settlement
characteristics.
The Ridge and Examine farmlands
Valley
and coal regions .
Region
Graph physical
characteristics of
the Ridge and
Valley region.
Explain the shape
and growth of the
region.
7.1.BDescribe and
locate places
and regions.
7.2.ADescribe the
physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.2.BDescribe the
physical
processes that
shape patterns
on Earth's
surface.
The Allegheny Explore the
Plateau
Allegheny
Region
Plateau Region
and describe
characteristics.
Evaluate
contributions
of famous
Pennsylvanian
architects.
Describe how
glaciers shaped
patterns on
Earth's surface.
The Erie
Lowland
Region
Graph the
physical
characteristics
of the Erie
Lowland
Region.
7.2.B-Describe
the physical
processes that
shape patterns
on Earth's
surface.
7.3.A-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
population
characteristics.
7.3.B-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.C-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their settlement
characteristics.
7.3.D-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their economic
activities.
7.3.E-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their political
activities.
7.1.B-Describe
and locate
places and
regions.
7.2.A-Describe
the physical
Describe how
region's
characteristics
have helped to
shape
Pennsylvania's
growth.
Explore the
features of
Pennsylvania's
regions.
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.3.B-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.C-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their settlement
characteristics.
New means of transportation connected all parts of
The Founding of a New Nation Pennsylvania
~
vocab: steamboat, toll road,
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Pennsylvania
on the Move
Discuss the role
of Pennsylvania
in the War of
1812
Explain the
effect of
transportation
networks on
Pennsylvania's
economic
patterns
Explore the
cultural
contributions of
inventor Robert
Fulton
Explain the
ways in
which historical
maps help us to
understand the
growth and
development of
Assessments
Lessons
Standards
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
a given area in
Pennsylvania or
elsewhere.
Assess the
development of
transportation
in the United
States and how
it affected
growth
Identify
significant
examples of
music from
various periods
in United States
history
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r
y
Pennsylvania
Long Ago ~
Essential
Questions
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
After the climate warmed, early peoples such as Native Americans began
settling the land. By the early 1600's, Europeans began exploring the new
land. Soon Swedish and Dutch settlements were established.
Vocab:fossil, archaelogist, fossil, paleontologist,artifact, nomad,
agriculture,longhouse, palisade,goods, prosper, cooperate, immunity
Content
Skills
Solving an
ancient
mystery
Assess how the
earliest
inhabitants of
what is now
Pennsylvania
including
animals and
people
arrived on foot
and by land
from across the
land and by
traveling
through a place
that is now
under water.
Assess why
Assessments
Lessons
Standards
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
Native
Americans in
Pennsylvania
material
artifacts
are important
in Penna.
history
Explain the
work of
archaeologists
including digs,
artifacts, and
what these
things can tell
us about our
history.
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
Predict why the
Native
American
Lenni Lenape
tribe settled in
Pennsylvania.
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
Evaluate the
cultural
contributions
of Native
Americans to
the colonists
including
agricultural and
hunting skills.
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
Land Ahoy!
Discuss the
early
explorations of
Pennsylvania
before William
Penn including
the various
religious
groups, the
Dutch and the
Swedes and
their
experiences in
the New
World.
Compare and
contrast
explorers'
discoveries
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
A New Home Describe the
interaction of
European settlers
and Native
Americans including
cooperation and
conflict in the early
days of the
Pennsylvania colony
when Willam
Penn was governor
and when his family
was in charge after
his demise.
Compare and
contrast the needs
and wants of
European settlers
and Native
Americans
Assess the political
and cultural
contributions of
Armegott Printz
daughter of Johan
Printz, governor of
8.2.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
the colony of New
Sweden.
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
M
As many diverse groups settled, colonial Pennsylvania grew. The groups
a Colonial
banded together first to fight the French and then the British.
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Vocab: charter,treaty,privilege,abolition,frontier,purchase,squatter,custom
h
Essential
Content
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Standards
Questions
Growing Pains Examine how
in the Colony and why the
growth of the
new colonies
led to
significant
social change
and the
relocation of
colonists and
Native
Americans.
Explain
the "Walking
Purchase".
Describe the
process and
explain why
the Native
Americans
knew they had
been
cheated. What
resulted from
this?
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
A New
Colony
Begins
Describe the formation
of the colony of
Pennsylvania including
William Penn and the
King of England and
the good ship
Welcome.
Evaluate the political,
social and cultural
contributions of
William Penn.
Explore the core
beliefs of the Quakers
and why they resulted
in the group's having
to leave England and
come to America to
start a new community
.
Graph the places and
regions where
Pennsylvania's early
colonists originated
and where they settled.
Explain the basic
principles and ideals
within the documents
governing the new
colony of
Pennsylvania.
Explore and provide an
example of the civic
virtue of fairness in
early Pennsylvania
under William Penn.
5.1.H-Describe
the roles played
by the framers of
the basic
documents of
governments of
Pennsylvania and
the United States.
5.1.M-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals found in
famous speeches
and writings (e.g.,
“Governments,
like clocks, go
from the motion
people give
them,”
William Penn;
“A date that
will live in
infamy,”
Franklin D.
Roosevelt).
5.2.D-Describe
the importance of
political
leadership and
public service.
7.2.A-Describe
the physical
characteristics of
places and
regions.
7.3.A-Describe
the human
characteristics of
places and
regions by their
population
characteristics.
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions of
individuals and
groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material artifacts
and historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
New
Describe the use of
Pennsylvanians slaves and indentured
servants, abolitionists
in Pennsylvania, the
Wilmot Proviso and
the Gradual
Emancipation Act of
1780.
Predict why
Pennsylvania was the
first colony to protest
slavery.
8.2.AIdentify and
explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.BIdentify and
explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.CIdentify and
explain how
continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.DIdentify and
explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
The Colony
Grows
Evaluate the
cultural
contributions of
the Pennsylvania
Dutch.
Describe the
characteristics of
the city of
Philadelphia as it
changed and grew.
Compare and
contrast the
economic patterns
of the people
living in
Philadelphia and
the people living
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change have
in
rural Pennsylvania.
Explain the
cooperation and
conflicts among
groups in
Pennsylvania.
Trouble on the Appraise the
Frontier
importance of
the Ohio River
Valley and
why the area
caused conflict
between the
French and the
British.
Evaluate the
effects of the
French and
Indian War on
Pennsylvania.
Assess the
conflict that
resulted in
Pontiac's War
and the Battle
of Bushy Run.
Assess the
political and
cultural
contributions
of Native
American
leader Pontiac.
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
7.4.A-Identify
the impacts of
physical
systems on
people.
8.1.B-Explanin
and analyze
historical
sources
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
Trouble with
Britain
Explain the
effects of the
Stamp Act in
Pennsylvania.
Evaluate the
accomplishments
of the First
Contintenal
Congress.
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
5.1.HDescribe the
roles played
by the framers
of the basic
documents of
governments
of
Pennsylvania
and the United
States.
5.2.DDescribe the
importance of
political
leadership and
public service.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
A
Mounting disagreements between Britian and its colonies led to the start of
p Founding of a
the Revolutionary War. The colonies gained independence and began a new
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nation.
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Vocab: independence, seize, legislature, surrender, point of view
l
Essential
Content
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Standards
Questions
Declaring
Discuss the
Independence effects of the
fighting at
Lexington and
Concord
Evaluate the
accomplishments
of the Second
Continental
Congress and its
delegates
Assess the
importance of
the Declaration
of Independence
in Pennsylvania
and U.S. History
Explain the basic
principles and
ideals within the
documents of
Pennsylvania
and U.S.
governments
Explore
contributions of
important
Pennsylvanians
such as
Benjamin
Franklin,
5.1.C-Describe
the principles
and ideals
shaping
government.
5.1.J-Describe
how the
government
protects
individual and
property rights
and promotes
the common
good.
8.2.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
The
Evaluate the
Revolutionary causes and
War
effects of the
Revolutionary
War
Explore the
effects of
Pennsylvania
groups and
individuals
involved in the
war effort
Identify
conflict and
cooperation
between Native
Americans,
colonists, and
the British
during the war.
Explore the
importance of
Valley Forge
Assess how the
Treaty of Paris
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
A Plan for
Government
affected the
United States
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals and
groups made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
Compare and
contrast
Pennsylvania's
Preamble with
the Preamble to
the U.S.
Constitutuion
Discuss the
political and
cultural
contributions
of Gouverneur
Morris
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how continuity
and change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
M
a Divided
y Country,
Changing Life
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Essential
Questions
In the mid-1800's political and cultural differences between the North and the
South grew. The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 to keep the United
States together. When the war was over, Pennsylvania began a period of
industrial development.
Vocabulary: safe house, fugitives, abolitionist, secede, emancipate, enlist,
raid, hub
Content
Skills
The Nation
Breaks Apart
Describe the
work of the
Underground
Railroad and
other attempts
to abolish
slavery in the
period before
the Civil War.
Explain the
Emacipation
Proclamation
and its effects.
Explain why it
freed slaves in
the South but
not in the
North.
Explore why
the Battle of
Gettysburg was
a turning point
in the Civil
War and the
Assessments
Lessons
Standards
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
most costly
battle of the
war.
Identify the
contributions
of individuals
like William
Lloyd Garrison
and Lucretia
Mott in the
growth of the
antislavery
movement in
pre-Civil War
America.
The Civil War Discuss the
Ends
speech made at
Gettysburg on
Remembrance
Day,
November 19,
1863 in
dedicating part
of the
Gettysburg
Battlefield.
How was this
speech
received? How
is it
remembered
even today?
Evaluate the
presidency of
James
Buchanan, the
only native
Pennsylvanian
to occupy that
office.
Describe the
three major
battles of the
war and their
effects
which led to
the end of the
Civil War.
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns, social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Validate the
contributions
of
Pennsylvania's
soldiers to the
Union's
victory at
Gettysburg.
Describe
photographs
and artifacts of
the Civil War
as seen in the
work of
Matthew Brady
and others.
A Nation
Rebuilds
Verify how life
improved for African
Americans after the
Civil War. Include the
Freemen's Bureau,
Schools for AfricanAmericans, voting
rights, and new living
arrangements,
participating in
government at state and
national levels and
other iimprovements in
living.
Chart how immigration
influenced
Pennsylvania history.
Discuss Pennsylvania
entrepreneurs, and
explain how they made
their fortunes including
Andrew Carnegie,
Andrew Mellon, Henry
Clay Frick, and George
Westinghouse. Describe
their contributions to
the economies and the
well being of people in
Pennsylvania and the
United States.
Explain how various
resources, including
8.2.AIdentify and
explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of
individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.BIdentify and
explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.CIdentify and
explain how
continuity
and change
have
workers, helped spur
industrial growth.
Describe the changes
resulting from labor
unions and government
reforms of big business.
Examine writer Nellie
Bly as an early
muckraker.
Values: Identify
honesty as an important
trait of a good citizen.
Explain how the nation
benefited from the
writings of Ida Tarbell.
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the
Beginnings
to 1824.
Assess the importance
of the founding in
Pennsylvania of the
American Federation of
Labor.
New
Challenges
Evaluate Pennsylvania's
contributions to the
Allied victories in
World War I and World
War II.
Explain how
improvements brought
about by the New Deal
and the Little New Deal
helped Pennsylvania.
Describe and explain
how the Great
Depression affected
Pennsylvania's
economy.
Assess how products,
businesses, and services
contribute to the
economy of
Pennsylvania.
8.2.AIdentify and
explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of
individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.BIdentify and
explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.C-
Identify and
explain how
continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the
Beginnings
to 1824.
J
u
n Into the
e 20th
Century ~
After WW II, Pennsylvanians worked to form a strong and healthy state.
Agriculture and tourism industries lead the state's economy. Many people work
hard to make PA's government work smoothly for all citizens. By practicing rights
and responsibilities every citizen can make a difference.
Vocabulary: pollute. agribusiness, tourism, commonwealth, republic, law, revenue,
vote, right, responsibility, guarantee
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
After World
War II
Examine the
many ways that
people live and
work in
Pennsylvana in
manufacturing,
service
industries,
public and
private
agencies,
farming, and so
on.
Identify key
events in PA's
struggle for
civil rights
including the
early abolition
of slavery the
Gradual
Emancipation
Act of 1780,
the Wilmot
Proviso, the
resistance to
Assessments
Lessons
Standards
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
Pennsylvania
at Work
the Fugitive
Slave Act; the
important work
of antislavery
women such as
Lucretia Mott
and Anna
Dickenson; and
also that of
black
abolitionists
such as James
Forten, Robert
Purvis, and
William Still.
Summarize the
influence
of Edith
Sampson as the
first AfricanAmerican
delegate to the
United Nations
and as a Judge
of the Circuit
Court on the
history of PA.
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
Describe the
current state of
industry and
manufacturing in
Pennsylvania
and how
Pennsylvania's
industries shape
its economy.
Evaluate the
major service
industries
operating
in Pennsylvania.
5.3.I-Describe
why and how
government
raises money
to pay for its
operations and
services.
6.2.B-Describe
the costs and
benefits of
competition to
consumers in
markets.
6.2.D-Define
economic
institutions
(e.g., banks,
labor unions).
Our
Examine the principles
Government and ideals shaping
5.1.AExplain the
government in
Pennsylvania and the
United States
Explain the purpose of
government for any
human society. Suggest
examples from the
governing process in
Pennsylvania.
Evaluate the purpose of
Pennsylvania's symbols
such as "the Keystone
State" and the state
motto which is "Virtue,
Liberty and
Independence."
Explore the life,
achievements and impact
of the following
Pennsylvanians: Richard
Allen, Daniel Boone,
George C. Marshall,
Jacob Amman, Louisa
May Alcott, Stephen
Vincent Benet, and
Marian Anderson.
Compare and contrast
two geographical
locations.
Looking to
the Future
Explain the basic
principles and ideals
found in historic
Pennsylvania
documents including
William Penn's Great
Law, Frame of
Government, and
Charter of
Privileges.
Discuss the
individual's rights
and responsibilities
of citizenship.
Propose the ways in
which young people
can make a
difference in their
purpose of
government.
5.1.BExplain the
importance
of the rule of
law for the
protection of
individual
rights and the
common
good in the
community,
state, nation
and world.
5.1.CDescribe the
principles
and ideals
shaping
government.
5.1.DExplain the
basic
principles
and ideals
within
documents of
Pennsylvania
government.
5.1.B-Explain
the importance
of the rule of
law for the
protection of
individual
rights and the
common good
in the
community,
state, nation
and world.
5.1.C-Describe
the principles
and ideals
shaping
government.
5.2.A-Compare
communities through
responsible, caring
actions.
Create a map scale to
estimate distances.
Assess the purpose
of inset maps.
Explore the
evolution and uses of
the American flag.
Explain why the
Pennsylvania flag is
an important
American symbol
including the state
motto, the standing
horses, and the eagle.
Examine how a song
can communicate
ideas and
information about
Pennsylvania.
Describe a current
event in
Pennsylvania and
make a prediction
about the likely
outcome.
rights and
responsibilities
of citizenship.
5.2.B-Explain
the relationship
between rights
and
responsibilities.
5.2.C-Explain
ways citizens
resolve
conflicts in
society and
government.
5.2.D-Describe
the importance
of political
leadership and
public service.
5.2.E-Identify
examples of
the rights and
responsibilities
of citizenship.