Strand 1: American History A study of American History is integral for students to analyze our national experience through time, to recognize the relationships of events and people, and to interpret significant patterns, themes, ideas, beliefs, and turning points in Arizona and American history. Students will be able to apply the lessons of American History to their lives as citizens of the United States. Concept 2: Early Civilizations Pre 1500 The geographic political, economic and cultural characteristics of civilizations significantly influenced the development of later civilizations. Grade 4 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: (Note: Prehistoric tribes in Arizona were introduced in Grade 1) 1 Describe the legacy 1 No performance 1 Describe the No performance No performance and cultures of objectives at this characteristics of objectives at this grade. objectives at this grade. prehistoric people in grade. hunting and gathering the Americas: societies in the a. characteristics of Americas. hunter-gatherer societies b. development of agriculture 2 Describe the cultures 2 Describe how farming and contributions of methods and the Mogollon, domestication of Ancestral Puebloans animals led to the (Anasazi), and development of Hohokam (e.g., cultures and location, agriculture, civilizations from housing, arts, trade hunting and gathering networks; adaptation societies. and alteration of the environment). 3 3
Strand 1: American History A study of American History is integral for students to analyze our national experience through time, to recognize the relationships of events and people, and to interpret significant patterns, themes, ideas, beliefs, and turning points in Arizona and American history. Students will be able to apply the lessons of American History to their lives as citizens of the United States. Concept 2: Early Civilizations Pre 1500 The geographic political, economic and cultural characteristics of civilizations significantly influenced the development of later civilizations. Grade 4 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: Performance Objectives: (Note: Prehistoric tribes in Arizona were introduced in Grade 1) 1 Describe the legacy and cultures of prehistoric people in the Americas: a. characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies b. development of agriculture 1 No performance objectives at this grade. 1 Describe the characteristics of hunting and gathering societies in the Americas. No performance objectives at this grade. No performance objectives at this grade. 2 Describe the cultures and contributions of the Mogollon, Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi), and Hohokam (e.g., location, agriculture, housing, arts, trade networks; adaptation and alteration of the environment). 2 Describe how farming methods and domestication of animals led to the development of cultures and civilizations from hunting and gathering societies. 3 3
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