Curriculum+2010-2011

**1.04** Define the themes of society, technology, economics, politics, and culture and relate them to the study of history. **1.05** Trace major themes in the development of the world from its origins to the rise of early civilizations. **1.06** Examine the indicators of civilization, including writing, labor specialization, cities, technology, trade, and political and cultural institutions.
 * Concept || Goals || Skills || Cumulative Project(s) || Activities ||
 * 1st 9 Weeks:
 * Beginnings || NCSCOS – World History
 * 1.03 ** Relate archaeology, geography, anthropology, political science, sociology, and economics to the study of history.
 * 2.01 ** Trace the development and assess the achievements of early river civilizations, including but not limited to those around the Huang-He, Nile, Indus, and Tigris-Euphrates rivers.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental
 * 6.01 ** Analyze the theories of the formation of the universe and solar system.


 * 3.01 ** Assess evidence to interpret the order and impact of events in the geologic past:
 * Relative and absolute dating techniques.
 * Statistical models of radioactive decay.
 * Fossil evidence of past life.
 * Uniformitarianism.
 * Stratigraphic principles.
 * Divisions of Geologic Time
 * Origin of the earth system.
 * Origin of life.
 * 3.02 ** Evaluate the geologic history of North Carolina.

NCSCOS – English I Short Stories ||
 * 1.01 ** Narrate personal experiences that offer an audience:
 * scenes and incidents located effectively in time and place.
 * vivid impressions of being in a setting and a sense of engagement in the events occurring.
 * appreciation for the significance of the account.
 * a sense of the narrator's personal voice.
 * 1.02 ** Respond reflectively (individually and in groups) to a variety of expressive texts (e.g., memoirs, vignettes, narratives, diaries, monologues, personal responses) in a way that offers an audience:
 * an understanding of the student's personal reaction to the text.
 * a sense of how the reaction results from a careful consideration of the text.
 * an awareness of how personal and cultural influences affect the response.
 * 1.03 ** Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print expressive texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:
 * selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
 * identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
 * providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
 * demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
 * summarizing key events and/or points from text.
 * making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
 * identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
 * making connections between works, self and related topics.
 * analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
 * analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
 * identifying and analyzing elements of expressive environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context.
 * 6.01 ** Demonstrate an understanding of conventional written and spoken expression that:
 * uses varying sentence types (e.g., simple, compound, complex, compound-complex) purposefully, correctly, and for specific effect.
 * selects verb tense to show an appropriate sense of time.
 * applies parts of speech to clarify and edit language.
 * addresses clarity and style through such strategies as parallelism; appropriate coordination and subordination; variety and details; appropriate and exact words; and conciseness.
 * analyzes the place and role of dialects and standard/nonstandard English.
 * uses vocabulary strategies such as roots and affixes, word maps, and context clues to discern the meanings of words.
 * 6.02 ** Discern and correct errors in spoken and written English by:
 * avoiding fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
 * selecting correct subject-verb agreement, consistent verb tense, and appropriate verbs.
 * using and placing modifiers correctly.
 * editing for spelling and mechanics (punctuation and capitalization). ||  ||   || Novel(s)
 * The Red Pyramid
 * 1st 9 Weeks:
 * Development || NCSCOS – World History
 * 1.01 ** Define history and the concepts of cause and effect, time, continuity, and perspective.
 * 1.02 ** Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources to compare views, trace themes, and detect bias.
 * 2.02 ** Identify the roots of Greek civilization and recognize its achievements from the Minoan era through the Hellenistic period.
 * 2.03 ** Describe the developments and achievements of Roman civilization and analyze the significance of the fall of Rome.
 * 2.05 ** Assess the distinctive achievements of Chinese and Japanese civilizations.
 * 2.08 ** Evaluate the achievements of the major civilizations of the Americas during the pre-Columbian epoch including, but not limited to, the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 2.01 Analyze the dependence of the physical properties of minerals on the arrangement and bonding of their atoms.

2.02 Analyze the historical development of the theory of plate tectonics.

2.03 Investigate and analyze the processes responsible for the rock cycle: 2.04 Analyze seismic waves including velocity and refraction to: 2.05 Create and interpret topographic, soil and geologic maps using scale and legends.
 * Analyze the origin, texture and mineral composition of rocks.
 * Trace the path of elements through the rock cycle.
 * Relate rock formation to plate tectonics.
 * Identify forms of energy that drive the rock cycle.
 * Analyze the relationship between the rock cycle and processes in the atmosphere and hydrosphere.
 * Infer Earth's internal structure.
 * Locate earthquake epicenters.
 * Measure earthquake magnitude.
 * Evaluate the level of seismic activity in North Carolina.

6.02 Analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain that motion:
 * Rotation.
 * Revolution.
 * Apparent diurnal motions of the stars, sun and moon.
 * Effects of the tilt of the earth's axis.

NCSCOS – English I Short Stories
 * 2.01 ** Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print informational texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:
 * selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
 * identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
 * providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
 * demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
 * summarizing key events and/or points from text.
 * making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
 * identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
 * making connections between works, self and related topics.
 * analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
 * analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
 * identifying and analyzing elements of informational environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context.
 * 2.02 ** Explain commonly used terms and concepts by:
 * clearly stating the subject to be defined.
 * classifying the terms and identifying distinguishing characteristics.
 * organizing ideas and details effectively.
 * using description, comparison, figurative language, and other appropriate strategies purposefully to elaborate ideas.
 * demonstrating a clear sense of audience and purpose.
 * 2.03 ** Instruct an audience in how to perform specific operations or procedures by:
 * considering the audience's degree of knowledge or understanding.
 * providing complete and accurate information.
 * using visuals and media to make presentations/products effective.
 * using layout and design elements to enhance presentation/product.
 * 2.04 ** Form and refine a question for investigation, using a topic of personal choice, and answer that question by:
 * deciding upon and using appropriate methods such as interviews with experts, observations, finding print and non-print sources, and using interactive technology or media.
 * prioritizing and organizing the information.
 * incorporating effective media and technology to inform or explain.
 * reporting (in written and/or presentational form) the research in an appropriate form for a specified audience.
 * 3.01 ** Study argument by:
 * examining relevant reasons and evidence.
 * noting the progression of ideas that substantiate the proposal.
 * analyzing style, tone, and use of language for a particular effect.
 * identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical, or cultural influences contexts, or biases.
 * identifying and analyzing rhetorical strategies that support proposals.
 * 3.02 ** Express an informed opinion that:
 * states clearly a personal view.
 * is logical and coherent.
 * engages the reader's interest or curiosity.
 * 3.03 ** Support that informed opinion by:
 * providing relevant and convincing reasons.
 * using various types of evidence, such as experience or facts.
 * using appropriate and effective language, reasons, and organizational structure for the audience and purpose.
 * demonstrating awareness of the possible questions, concerns, or counterarguments of the audience.
 * 3.04 ** Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print argumentative texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:
 * selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
 * identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
 * providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
 * demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
 * summarizing key events and/or points from text.
 * making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
 * identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
 * making connections between works, self and related topics.
 * analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
 * analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
 * identifying and analyzing elements of argumentative environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context.
 * 4.01 ** Evaluate the effectiveness of communication by:
 * examining the use of strategies in a presentation/product.
 * applying a set of predetermined standards.
 * creating an additional set of standards and applying them to the presentation/product.
 * comparing effective strategies used in different presentations/products.
 * 4.02 ** Read and critique various genres by:
 * using preparation, engagement, and reflection strategies appropriate for the text.
 * identifying and using standards to evaluate aspects of the work or the work as a whole.
 * judging the impact of different stylistic and literary devices on the work.
 * 4.03 ** Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print critical texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:
 * selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
 * identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
 * providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
 * demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
 * summarizing key events and/or points from text.
 * making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
 * identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
 * making connections between works, self and related topics.
 * analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
 * analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
 * identifying and analyzing elements of critical environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context.
 * 5.01 ** Read and analyze various literary works by:
 * using effective reading strategies for preparation, engagement, reflection.
 * recognizing and analyzing the characteristics of literary genres, including fiction (e.g., myths, legends, short stories, novels), nonfiction (e.g., essays, biographies, autobiographies, historical documents), poetry (e.g., epics, sonnets, lyric poetry, ballads) and drama (e.g., tragedy, comedy).
 * interpreting literary devices such as allusion, symbolism, figurative language, flashback, dramatic irony, dialogue, diction, and imagery.
 * understanding the importance of tone, mood, diction, and style.
 * explaining and interpreting archetypal characters, themes, settings.
 * explaining how point of view is developed and its effect on literary texts.
 * determining a character's traits from his/her actions, speech, appearance, or what others say about him or her.
 * explaining how the writer creates character, setting, motif, theme, and other elements.
 * making thematic connections among literary texts and media and contemporary issues.
 * understanding the importance of cultural and historical impact on literary texts.
 * producing creative responses that follow the conventions of a specific genre and using appropriate literary devices for that genre.
 * 5.02 ** Demonstrating increasing comprehension and ability to respond personally to texts by selecting and exploring a wide range of genres. 5.03 Demonstrate the ability to read, listen to and view a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print literacy texts appropriate to grade level and course literary focus, by:
 * selecting, monitoring, and modifying as necessary reading strategies appropriate to readers' purpose.
 * identifying and analyzing text components (such as organizational structures, story elements, organizational features) and evaluating their impact on the text.
 * providing textual evidence to support understanding of and reader's response to text.
 * demonstrating comprehension of main idea and supporting details.
 * summarizing key events and/or points from text.
 * making inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text.
 * identifying and analyzing personal, social, historical or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
 * making connections between works, self and related topics.
 * analyzing and evaluating the effects of author's craft and style.
 * analyzing and evaluating the connections or relationships between and among ideas, concepts, characters and/or experiences.
 * identifying and analyzing elements of literary environment found in text in light of purpose, audience, and context. ||  ||   || Novel(s)
 * The Warrior Heir
 * The Odyssey
 * The Lottery
 * The House on Mango Street ||
 * 2nd 9 Weeks:
 * Cultures in Contact || NCSCOS – World History
 * 2.04 ** Examine the importance of India as a hub of world trade and as a cultural and religious center during its Golden Age.
 * 2.06 ** Describe the rise and achievements of the Byzantine and Islamic civilizations.
 * 2.07 ** Describe the rise and achievements of African civilizations, including but not limited to Axum, Ghana, Kush, Mali, Nubia, and Songhai.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 6.02 Analyze planetary motion and the physical laws that explain that motion:
 * Rotation.
 * Revolution.
 * Apparent diurnal motions of the stars, sun and moon.
 * Effects of the tilt of the earth's axis.

6.03 Examine the sources of stellar energies. 6.04 Assess the spectra generated by stars and our sun as indicators of motion and composition (the Doppler effect).
 * Life cycle of stars.
 * Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram.

4.01 Evaluate erosion and depositional processes:
 * Formation of stream channels with respect to the work being done by the stream (i.e. down-cutting, lateral erosion, and transportation).
 * Nature and characteristics of sediments.
 * Effects on water quality
 * Effect of human choices on the rate of erosion.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || Novel(s) Short Stories
 * All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes ||
 * 2nd 9 Weeks:
 * Middle Ages || NCSCOS – World History
 * 3.01 ** Trace the political and social development of monarchies and empires including, but not limited to, the Ming and Manchu dynasties, the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Moghul Empire, and the British Empire.
 * 3.02 ** Describe events in Western Europe from the fall of Rome to the emergence of nation-states and analyze the impact of these events on economic, political, and social life in medieval Europe.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 4.04 Evaluate water resources: 2.06 Investigate and analyze the importance and impact of the economic development of earth's finite rock, mineral, soil, fossil fuel and other natural resources to society and our daily lives:
 * Storage and movement of groundwater.
 * Ecological services provided by the ocean
 * Environmental impacts of a growing human population.
 * Causes of natural and manmade contamination.
 * Availability.
 * Geographic distribution.
 * Conservation/Stewardship.
 * Recycling.
 * Environmental impact.
 * Challenge of rehabilitation of disturbed lands.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || Novel(s) Short Stories
 * Romeo & Juliet
 * Dante’s Inferno
 * Lady & the Tiger ||
 * 2nd 9 Weeks:
 * Exploration || NCSCOS – World History
 * 3.03 ** Trace social, political, economic, and cultural changes associated with the Renaissance, Reformation, the rise of nation-states, and absolutism.
 * 3.04 ** Examine European exploration and analyze the forces that caused and allowed the acquisition of colonial possessions and trading privileges in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
 * 3.05 ** Cite the effects of European expansion on Africans, pre-Columbian Americans, Asians, and Europeans.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 4.02 Analyze mechanisms for generating ocean currents and upwelling: 4.03 Analyze the mechanisms that produce the various types of shorelines and their resultant landforms: 5.01 Analyze air masses and the life cycle of weather systems: 5.02 Evaluate meteorological observing, analysis, and prediction:
 * Temperature.
 * Coriolis effect.
 * Climatic influence.
 * Nature of underlying geology.
 * Long and short term sea-level history.
 * Formation and breaking of waves on adjacent topography.
 * Human impact.
 * Planetary wind belts.
 * Air masses.
 * Frontal systems.
 * Cyclonic systems.
 * Worldwide observing systems.
 * Meteorological data depiction.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || Novel(s) Short Stories
 * The Pearl
 * The Happy Prince
 * The Necklace ||
 * 3rd 9 Weeks:
 * Revolutions || NCSCOS – World History
 * 6.01 ** Compare the conditions, racial composition, and status of social classes, castes, and slaves in world societies and analyze changes in those elements.
 * 6.02 ** Analyze causes and results of ideas regarding superiority and inferiority in society and how those ideas have changed over time.
 * 6.03 ** Trace the changing definitions of citizenship and the expansion of suffrage.
 * 6.04 ** Relate the dynamics of state economies to the well being of their members and to changes in the role of government.
 * 6.05 ** Analyze issues such as ecological/environmental concerns, political instability, and nationalism as challenges to which societies must respond.
 * 6.06 ** Trace the development of internal conflicts due to differences in religion, race, culture, and group loyalties in various areas of the world.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 1.01 Identify questions and problems in the earth and environmental sciences that can be answered through scientific investigations.

1.02 Design and conduct scientific investigations to answer questions related to earth and environmental science.
 * Create testable hypotheses
 * Identify variables.
 * Use a control or comparison group when appropriate.
 * Select and use appropriate measurement tools.
 * Collect and record data.
 * Organize data into charts and graphs.
 * Analyze and interpret data.
 * Communicate findings.

1.03 Evaluate the uses of satellite images and imaging techniques in the earth and environmental sciences.

1.04 Apply safety procedures in the laboratory and in field studies: 1.05 Analyze reports of scientific investigations and environmental issues from an informed scientifically literate viewpoint including considerations of:
 * Recognize and avoid potential hazards.
 * Safely manipulate materials and equipment needed for scientific investigations.
 * Appropriate sample.
 * Adequacy of experimental controls.
 * Replication of findings.
 * Alternative interpretations of the data.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || Novel(s) Short Stories
 * The City of Bones
 * The Charge of the Light Brigade
 * The US vs. Susan B. Anthony
 * The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ||
 * 3rd 9 Weeks:
 * Industrialization || NCSCOS – World History
 * 7.01 ** Assess the degree to which discoveries, innovations, and technologies have accelerated change.
 * 7.02 ** Examine the causes and effects of scientific revolutions and cite their major costs and benefits.
 * 7.03 ** Examine the causes and effects of industrialization and cite its major costs and benefits.
 * 7.04 ** Describe significant characteristics of global connections created by technological change, and assess the degree to which cultures participate in that change.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 2.07 Analyze the sources and impacts of society's use of energy. 6.05 Evaluate astronomers' use of various technologies to extend their senses:
 * Renewable and non-renewable sources.
 * The impact of human choices on Earth and its systems.
 * Optical telescopes.
 * Cameras.
 * Radio telescopes.
 * Spectroscope.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || Novel(s) Short Stories Nationalism || NCSCOS – World History
 * Fahrenheit 451
 * Gift of the Maji
 * Rip Van Winkle
 * The Cask of Amontillado
 * The Boscombe Valley Mystery ||
 * 3rd 9 Weeks:
 * 4.01 ** Analyze the causes and assess the influence of seventeenth to nineteenth century political revolutions in England, North America, and France on individuals, governing bodies, church-state relations, and diplomacy.
 * 4.02 ** Describe the changes in economies and political control in nineteenth century Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
 * 4.03 ** Evaluate the growth of nationalism as a contributor to nineteenth century European revolutions in areas such as the Balkans, France, Germany, and Italy.
 * 4.04 ** Examine the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution and its effect on Russia and the world.
 * 4.05 ** Evaluate the causes and effectiveness of nineteenth and twentieth century nationalistic movements that challenged European domination in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 1.01 Identify questions and problems in the earth and environmental sciences that can be answered through scientific investigations.

1.02 Design and conduct scientific investigations to answer questions related to earth and environmental science.
 * Create testable hypotheses
 * Identify variables.
 * Use a control or comparison group when appropriate.
 * Select and use appropriate measurement tools.
 * Collect and record data.
 * Organize data into charts and graphs.
 * Analyze and interpret data.
 * Communicate findings.

1.03 Evaluate the uses of satellite images and imaging techniques in the earth and environmental sciences.

1.04 Apply safety procedures in the laboratory and in field studies: 1.05 Analyze reports of scientific investigations and environmental issues from an informed scientifically literate viewpoint including considerations of:
 * Recognize and avoid potential hazards.
 * Safely manipulate materials and equipment needed for scientific investigations.
 * Appropriate sample.
 * Adequacy of experimental controls.
 * Replication of findings.
 * Alternative interpretations of the data.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || Novel(s) Short Stories
 * A Christmas Memory
 * The Wives of the Dead
 * The Monkey Paw
 * The Rocking Horse
 * The Vendetta ||
 * 4th 9 Weeks:
 * Global Conflicts || NCSCOS – World History
 * 5.01 ** Analyze the causes and course of World War I and assess its consequences.
 * 5.02 ** Assess the significance of the war experience on global foreign and domestic policies of the 1920s and 1930s.
 * 5.03 ** Analyze the causes and course of World War II and evaluate it as the end of one era and the beginning of another.
 * 5.04 ** Trace the course of the Cold War and assess its impact on the global community including but not limited to the Korean War, the satellite nations of Eastern Europe, and the Vietnam War.
 * 5.05 ** Examine governmental policies, such as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which were established and the role of organizations including the League of Nations, and the United Nations to maintain peace, and evaluate their continuing effectiveness.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 5.03 Analyze global atmospheric changes including changes in CO2, CH4, and stratospheric O3 and the consequences of these changes:
 * Climate change.
 * Changes in weather patterns.
 * Increasing ultraviolet radiation.
 * Sea level changes.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || **Novel(s)**
 * Secret Life of Bees
 * The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
 * Short Stories**
 * How to Tell a True War Story
 * From Black Boy
 * Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – excerpts
 * Night – excerpts
 * The Most Dangerous Game
 * A Good Man is had to Find ||
 * 4th 9 Weeks:
 * Contemporary World || NCSCOS – World History
 * 8.01 ** Trace developments in literary, artistic, and religious traditions over time as legacies of past societies or as cultural innovations.
 * 8.02 ** Compare major Eastern and Western beliefs and practices, including but not limited to Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Shintoism, and locate their regions of predominance.
 * 8.03 ** Classify within the broad patterns of history those events that may be viewed as turning points.
 * 8.04 ** Characterize over time and place the interactions of world cultures.
 * 8.05 ** Analyze how the changing and competing components of cultures have led to current global issues and conflicts, and hypothesize solutions to persistent problems.
 * 8.06 ** Analyze the meanings of "civilization" in different times and places and demonstrate how such meanings reflect the societies of which they are a part.

NCSCOS – Earth & Environmental 4.05 Investigate and analyze environmental issues and solutions for North Carolina's river basins, wetlands, and tidal environments: 1.06 Identify and evaluate a range of possible solutions to earth and environmental issues at the local, national, and global level including considerations of:
 * Water quality.
 * Shoreline changes.
 * Habitat preservation.
 * Interdependent human and natural systems.
 * Diverse perspectives.
 * Short and long range impacts.
 * Economic development, environmental quality and sustainability.
 * Opportunities for and consequences of personal decisions.
 * Risks and benefits of technological advances.

NCSCOS – English I All Goals and Objectives will be addressed ||  ||   || Novel(s) Short Stories
 * Tears in Heaven ||