Featured Unit: Rewrite History

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The seeds of history are buried stories.
Inquiry: Students ask who is on the sidebar of the textbook?
Who is left out?
Take action: They write their own textbook section based on research and add it into our textbook.
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Knowledge Map Planning

Inquiry Units

Renegades 1850s

Who wants a revolution?
Who needs a revolution?

Inquiry- Painting Analysis
Jolly Floatboatmen in Port by George Bingham
The County Election 

Anchor Text - A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln

Unit Overview - Renegades of the 1850s

Geography of slavery

How does where you live affect who you are?

Inquiry - The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes from Slate.com

100 Years of Jim Crow

Was the revolution for equality successful?

Inquiry - The American Dream Game by David Horsey

Westward Expansion

Did we transform the West or did the West transform us?

Inquiry: Contrast John Gast's Manifest Destiny with the Awakening political cartoon by Hy Mayer

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Civil War

Can a tolerant society tolerate intolerance?
How did the Civil War transform the nation?

Inquiring about Brave Women: 4th grade

Compelling Question: What can we learn from brave women?

Inquiry: How does empathy work in the real world?

I wondered how can I make the kids the teachers?
They have empathy but they face some HUGE challenges in the world.
Empathy Advisors: Help Wanted Assignment
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