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Q1 American Weekly Agendas

Grade
11th

Quarter/Year/Length
Quarter 1 - 5-7 Weeks

Author
Dylan Wince

School
Tempe High School

Traditional Units
American Revolution
Creating a New Country
Expanding the Nation

Skills
Change and Continuity
Cause and Effect
​Multiple Perspectives

Compelling Question
How does compromise shape the development of the United States?

Q1 Project Feeling Our Connections

Driving Question (DQ)

How can you show your connections with the land, people and history around you?

Supporting Questions (SQs)

Lands - How do you experience joy through the land through where you live, play and relax?
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Peoples - How do you experience joy through your connections with your family, friends and community members?

History - How do you feel the connections to our history in your day to day life?

Project Description

This project is to have students engage with history, our present and seven generations in our future. Historical trauma, intergenerational trauma, is impacting our country. Students will have opportunities to engage with Essential Historical Lessons and then apply that learning to what they believe would be a way to begin healing and creating a better future. Students will be asked to create a plan and engage in creating an artistic visual for how they want to apply this learning. Our Units covered throughout this project are the American Revolution, Creating a New Country and Expanding the Territory of the United States. We will base our plan in the Indigenous Wisdom, Haudenosaunee, Seventh Generation Principle that asks for the thought process of whatever we are deciding to include how our decisions will impact those coming after us for seven generations.

Public Product

• Creating a piece of art (photography, writing, something created)

Project Essential Lessons

Defining the Southwest

AZ's 22 Federally Recognized Tribes

Podcast:
​Finding Joy Around Us

Project Checkpoints

Checkpoint #1
Rough Drafts for DQ and SQs - Friday, August 25th

Checkpoint #2
Rough Drafts for Project Creation - Tuesday, August 29th


Project Deadline
Friday - September 15

1st Quarter Units

Indigenous America

American Settler-Colonialism

1765-1791:
The American Revolution

1780s-1790s:
​Creating a New Country

1800s-1840s:
Expanding the Territory of the United States