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Content Team Meeting Notes: 2015 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SvRTd5vWS0ujJi3dMC8d5ZSmwHDgF4bpBvKSGHnFLjM/edit



Content Response Notes - Colonial America, Creating a New Government, Reform in America, The Civil War
 * District Determined Measures - US History I **

Document Based Questions - The Revolutionary Era, From Nationalism to Sectionalism, The Nation Splits Apart

Rough draft created by Ann, revised by Damian || ** CEPA: ** Students write a ** descriptive letter ** taking a point of view of a person from colonial America and explain how historical events impacted their life || Draft created by Dana Marie/Ann, revised by Damian || **CEPA:** Students select important events from the time period and create a **comic strip** to tell the story of the Revolution. || Revised by Ann || **CEPA**: Students become lobbyists and write a ** persuasive proposal ** to either support or oppose ratification of the Constitution. || DESE Model Unit by Dana Marie and Ann, Revised by team
 * **Topic** || **Understanding by Design (UbD) Unit Plan** || **CEPA and Feedback Link** ||
 * **@Colonial America** || [[file:UbD Colonial America 2014.docx]]
 * **@The Revolutionary Era** || [[file:UbD The Revolutionary Era 2014.docx]]
 * **@Creating a New Government** || [[file:UbD Creating a New Government 2014.docx]]
 * **@The Constitution** || [[file:UbD Constitutional Rights 1-10.docx]]

Revised by: Michelle || **CEPA:** Students ** role play ** a Supreme Court case arguing the constitutionality of the Patriot Act || Damian
 * **@The New Republic** || [[file:UbD The New Republic 12-26.docx]]

Revised by: Ellsworth || **CEPA:** Students will create a ** pamphlet ** on the War of 1812 that will attract new visitors to the National History Museum Rubric || Jon and Kerry
 * **@Nationalism and Sectionalism** || [[file:UbD From Nationalism to Sectionalism 5-15-14.docx]]

Revised by: Caitlin || **CEPA:** Students investigate the attempted assignation of President Andrew Jackson, then ** write a criminal report ** with a list of suspects and their motives. Students will then select their prime suspect and explain why. || Jon
 * **@Reform in America** || [[file:UbD Reform in America 8-4-14.docx]]

Revised by: Michelle ||  || DESE Model Unit by Dana Marie and Ann, revised by Ann
 * **Westward Expansion** || [[file:Westward Expansion Unit updated August 2014.docx]]

Revised by: Damian || **CEPA:** Students will design a ** pitch presentation ** for a proposed multimedia exhibit on American Western Expansion. || Kerry
 * **@The Nation Splits Apart** || [[file:UbD Nation Splits Apart.docx]]

Revised by: Jon || **CEPA:** Students will write ** political speeches ** representing party platforms in the 1850s || Damian
 * **@The Civil War** || [[file:UbD - Civil War.docx]]

Revised by: Ellsworth || **CEPA:** Students will ** negotiate an effective peace agreement ** to end the Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies. || Damian
 * **@Reconstruction** || [[file:UbD Reconstruction.docx]]

Revised by: Jon || **CEPA:** The Fourth Reconstruction Amendment ||

__**Old Curriculum Maps**__

**The Road to Revolution** **Declaring Independence** **The War for Independence**


 * Civil War Begins/Continues**
 * Reconstruction**