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DOCUMENT RESUME

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Social Studies: Grade 7-Our cultural Heritage; and Grade 8-United States History. New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Secondary curriculum Development. 72

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DESCRIPTORS

American History; Colonial History (United States);

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*Concept Teaching; Constitutional History; *Cultural

Background; Grade 7; Grade 8; History; *History

Instruction; Interdisciplinary Approach;

Reconstruction Era; Revolutionary War (United

States); Secondary Grades; Sequential Learning;

*Social Studies; *United States History; Western

Civilization

ABSTRACT

This bulletin, the first of a series of three, presents a tentative structure for courses in early secondary school

social studies. Objectives are for pupils to learn to find, analyze, and weigh available evidence in their own search for truth; to learn a different approach each time a topic is restudied at successive grade levels; to develop and reinforce understandings; to arrive at

generalizations that will broaden basic concepts in the various social studies disciplines; to interpret various topics and issues

related to man and his environment; and to employ history and social sciences in the study of man and his culture. The syllabus format in this bulletin is designed to provide points of view and major ideas and guides for developing teaching plans. A general overview gives a rationale for each course. This is followed by the main body of the syllabus: understandings and related content. Emphasis is upon teachers devising and using those methods by which pupils are motivated to work with study materials in such ways that the pupils themselves discover the desired understandings. In the seventh grade

syllabus Pre-Columbian discovery, exploration, and colonization periods are studied; however, primary emphasis is upon studying aspects of culture in New York state. Grade 8 shifts to the national scene, with the study of United States history from the period of independence to the present. (Author/SJM)

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GRADE 7: OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE' GRADE 8: UNITED STATES HISTORY

University of the State of New York/The State Education Department Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development/Albany, 1965

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPROOUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEO FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT, POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY.

SOCIAL STUDIES

GRADE 7 - OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE GRADE 8 - UNITED STATES HISTORY

1972 Reprint

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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Regents of the University (with years when terms expire)

1984 Joseph W. McGovern, A.B., LL.B., L.H.D., LL.D., D.C.L., Chancellor

New York

1985 Everett J. Penny, B.C.S., D.C.S., Vice Chancellor

White Plains

1978 Alexander J. Allan, Jr., LL.D., Litt.D.

Troy

1973 Charles W. Millard, Jr., A.B., LL.D., L.H.D.

Buffalo

1972 Carl H. Pforzheimer, Jr., A.B., M.B.A., D.C.S., H.H.D. -- Purchase

1975 Edward M. M. Warburg, B.S., L.H.D.

New York

1977 Joseph T. King, LL.B.

Queens

1974 Joseph C. Indelicato, M.D.

Brooklyn

1976 Mrs. Helen B. Power, A.B., Litt.D., L.H.D., LL.D.

Rochester

1979 Francis W. McGinley, B.S., LL.B., LL.D.

Glens Falls

1980 Max J. Rubin, LL.B., L.H.D.

New York

1986 Kenneth B. Clark, A.B., M.S., Ph.D., Litt.D.

Hastings on Hudson

1982 Stephen K. Bailey, A.B., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., LL.D.

Syracuse

1983 Harold E. Newcomb, B.A.

Owego

1981 Theodore M. Black, A.B., Litt.D.

Sands Point

President of the University and Commissioner of Education Ewald B. Nyquist

Executive Deputy Commissioner of Education Gordon M. Ambach

Deputy Commissioner for Elementary, Secondary, and Continuing Education Thomas D. Sheldon

Associate Commissioner for Instructional Services Philip B. Langworthy

Assistant Commissioner for Instructional Services (General Education) Bernard F. Haake

Director, Division of School Supervision Gordon E. Van Hooft

Chief, Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development

Director, Division of General Education Ted T. Grenda

Chief, Bureau of Social Studies Education Donald H. Bragaw

CONTENTS

TOPIC

Special Acknowledgment

Foreword

Introduction

Tentative Flow Chart of the Social Studies Program

Grade Seven: Our Cultural Heritage 1 The Pre-Columbian Period 2 New World Exploration and Settlement 3 The Colonial Period in the Americas 4 New York in the Emerging Nation 5 New York in the Age of Homespun 6 New York in the Gilded Age 7 New York in a Megalopolis Society 8 Local and State Government and Civic Responsibility

Grade Eight: United States History 1 The New Nation (to 1800) 2 The National-Republican Period (1800-1825) 3 The Age of Jackson (1825-1840's) 4 Division and Reunion (1850's to 1880) 5 Economic Expansion (1865-1900) 6 United States a World Power (1900-1940) 7 United States a World Leader (1940-Present) 8 The Federal Government and Civic Responsibility

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