All Curriculum	World History Units	Modern World Problems	Spicing Up Curriculum
US-English Units	Curriculum Overview	Teachers Sharing	Curriculum Supplements

Maps Why Do People Create Maps?
What is a Map?	Understanding Change
Describing Places	Understanding Forensic Science
Planning	Understanding Earth's Systems
Tracing Movement	Illustrating Characteristics
Culminating Activity: Creating and Using Maps for Our Own Needs

 

The Rise of Democracy  Stand-alone Lessons (no "rounds" needed)
Lesson	Notes and Extras
Why government?	For this concept teachers can use a lesson such as TCI's "Forming a Government"
What is democracy? (Lesson #1) Political Cartoon Homework - can be used after above lesson and/or any time of the year.  Copy and paste relevant political cartoon (Example: can search Google Images for "democracy political cartoon")	Democracy Lesson in PowerPoint used at the CWHP-NC Summer Institute 2007
Tolerance (Lesson #2)
Voting (Lesson #3)
Hobbes Lesson	Hobbes Lesson in PowerPoint used at the CWHP-NC Summer Institute 2007
The Enlightenment in Historical Context
Enlightenment Philosophers	Distribution/reproduction note: print all activities twice; some groups will study the same philosopher.
The French Revolution - Causes - Pairs Version The French Revolution - Causes - Group Activity Version	At the CWHP-NC meeting in 8/07 we used the same resource cards as on the left, and the same discussion questions in the Pairs Version, but paired materials with Spicing Up activities (i.e. creating a storybook). The group version on the left has fewer EC's to more gradually ramp up skills needed to examine more complex EC's in future units.
The French Revolution – Revolution & Effects	-May be completed in Fall 2007
The American Revolution – Causes	-To be completed in 2008
The American Revolution – Revolution & Effects	-To be completed in 2008
The Glorious Revolution – Causes	-To be completed in 2008
The Glorious Revolution – Revolution & Effects	-To be completed in 2008
Revolution in South America – Causes
Revolution in South America – Revolution & Effects	-To be completed in 2008
Legacy of Revolution	-To be completed in 2008

 

Democracy Unit  2001-02 Version The Rise of Democratic Ideas: What is Democracy After All?	Democracy Unit, 2003 Version The Rise of Democratic Ideas: What is Democracy After All?	Democracy Unit, 2006 Version The Rise of Democratic Ideas: What is Democracy After All?
Skillbuilder: What Forms of Government Are There, Anyway?	Skillbuilder: What Forms of Government Are There, Anyway?	Cover page and Table of Contents Teacher's Notes and Correlations to CA State Standards
Introductory Activity One: What Democracy Means in My Life!	Introductory Activity One: What Democracy Means in My Life!	Democracy Unit Glossary Unit Vocabulary Sheet
Introductory Activity Two: Why Is Democracy Valuable?	Introductory Activity Two: Why Is Democracy Valuable?	Content Literacy: Pre-reading Guides and Graphic Organizers for Core Activities 1-6
Introductory Activity Three: Freedom and Its Limits	Introductory Activity Three: Freedom and Its Limits	Sample Note Grid (for individual student use during presentations)
Introductory Activity Four: Who Has the Power to Decide and Why?	Introductory Activity Four: Who Has the Power to Decide and Why?	Introductory Activity: Who Has the Power to Decide and Why?
Ancient Athenian Democracy	The American Revolution	Activities divider page Act. 1: American Revolution
The Evolution of British Parliament	The Evolution of British Democracy	Act. 2: French Revolution
The Enlightenment	The Enlightenment	Act. 3: Evolution of British Democracy
The Bill of Rights	The French Revolution	Act. 4: Revolution in South America
The French Revolution	Napoleon	Act. 5: Spread of Nationalism
Simon Bolivar	Simon Bolivar	Act. 6: Napoleon
South Africa		Important Note: when making copies of this unit for distribution to teachers, Activities 1-6 should be copied twice.
What is the difference between the  2001-02 and the 2003 versions of this Democracy unit?

 

Industrialization Lessons and   Industrialization Unit Industrialization: Problem, Progress or Promise? Completely aligned with CA state standards old and new units are included

 

World War I World War I: The Cost of War, The Price of Peace Completely aligned with CA state standards old and new units are included

 

Nationalism Nationalism: The Doubled-Edged Sword
Source of Our "I"dentity
Defining Groups
Definitions (Nationalism, Nation, State, Nation-State
Nationality--A Confusion of Meanings
Core activities:
Follow the Leader	A Nation Divided
The Ties That Bind	Scattered to the Winds
Nations in Conflict	Beyond National Boundaries
The Quest for Purity	The Question of Sovereignty
Culminating Activity: Symbols of Nationalism

World War II World War II: Man's Inhumanity to Man - Revised Feb. 2004 -
Introductory Activity: Prejudice, Power, Division and Conflict
Internment	Attacks on Civilians
The Holocaust	Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Atomic Bomb	Kosovo
Totalitarianism
Culminating Activity - Memorial
Important Note: when making copies of this unit for distribution to teachers, Activities 1-7 should be copied twice.