 Adirondack
Curriculum
Project - www.adkcurriculum.org
NYS Content Area Standard
SS
Standard 1: History of the
United States
and New York
Students will use a variety of
intellectual skills
to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning
points in the
history of the United States and New York.
2. Important ideas, social and
cultural
values, beliefs, and traditions from New York State and United States
history illustrate the connections
and interactions
of people and events across time and from a variety of
perspectives.
3. Distinguish between near
and distant past and
interpret simple timelines.
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Title: Adirondack Timeline
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Author: Jack Drury
Leading Edge
Email: jack@realworldlearning.info |
Adirondack Curriculum Content Area
___ Natural History
_X_ Human History
___ Culture & the Arts
___ Government & Civics
___ Economy
_X_ Health, Recreation &
Life Skills |
Investigative Question or Issue: Are the Adriondacks
important to the history of the
United States?
Challenge:
Scenario: 2001
was the 100th anniversary
of Theodore Roosevelt becoming President of the United States.
President Roosevelt was a former Governor of New York and was hiking
in the Adirondacks when President
McKinley died and Roosevelt had to be sworn in. The story of
Roosevelt's travel from the Adirondacks to Washington, D.C. is just one
example of how the Adirondack region has played an important part in
American history at various times.
You are a team of 2 or 3 reporters for the
Adirondack
Daily
Enterprise and
have been asked to research the
history of the Adirondacks as part of a special feature the newspaper
is going to print celebrating Theodore
Roosevelt becoming President. Specifically the newspaper editor is
interested in an article showing the important connection between the
history of the Adirondacks and events going on in the United States at
various times.
Challenge:
Using
the materials and resources provided or ones you can access yourselves
(for instance the Adirondack Curriculum Project website at www.adkcurriculum.org),
construct an annotated graphic featuring parallel timelines (i.e. two
timelines covering a similar period of time in history; one a timeline
of Adirondack facts & historical events, the other a timeline of
American history of the same period) that the editor could use in the
paper to illustrate important connections between events going on in
the Adirondacks and the United States.
As you set about this task, please consider the
following:
- Your time lines may cover any period in
US/Adirondack
history when you think there were important connections between the
two. The length of time period covered by the timelines is your choice.
- Your timelines must include a total of at
least 10 facts/events of
importance that are properly dated and described. At least
6 facts/events must be about the Adirondacks. The Adirondack
dates/events must somehow be connected to larger events going on in the
US at the time.
- Your timelines should be annotated with brief
descriptions about how
the dates/events you've cited in Adirondack history are connected to
the dates/events of US history.
Be
prepared
to explain why you selected those facts/events as significant.
As you plan this graphic, take some time to consider how you might make
your timelines creative and interesing to look at.
Be prepared to explain your timeline to others.
We will discuss the time parameters for completing this project in
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Quality Standards:
You
will know if this
product is of quality
if:
- The timelines are parallel in accurately
depicting a
period of time when Adirondack and US history were connected in
important ways
- The timelines are annotated with descriptions
briefly
explaining the connections between/among the facts/event cited
- The timelines include a total of no less than
10
important dates/events, six (6) of which are specific to the
Adirondacks. These events are depicted accurately
- The timelines are creative and interesting to
look at
- All group members can respond effectively to
questions about the timeline
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Adapted for the Adirondack
Curriculum Project from
the work of Education By Design TM and Leading EDGE, LLC
©ACP 2002
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