SS+Social+Studies+CS

=Critical Content and Skills= //Product//: Podcast ||  || //Product//: Short Story, possibly using Comic Life ||  || //Product//: Inspiration Design connecting artifacts with conclusions ||  || //Product//: Class Wiki ||  || //Product//:Short story about building pyramids. ||  || //Product//: Quiz with scenario questions. ||  ||
 * Content:**
 * ===Students will know...=== || AC || ===Students will be able to...=== || AC ||
 * 1. How trading goods and materials leads to the sharing of ideas between nations. ||  || 1. Explain how economic processes, especially trade, enhance the development and power of a nation.
 * 2. The connection between natural resources and economic activity. ||  || 2. Tell a story of a natural resource and the journey it takes before it reaches the hands of merchants and traders.
 * 3. How to derive conclusions based on primary sources gathered in archaeological digs. ||  || 3. Design a model of ancient Egyptian society based on archaeological evidence.
 * 4. That the landscape and natural resources of a region effect the culture and economy of its inhabitants. ||  || 4. Compare the natural resources of a country and its economic power.
 * 5. The culture of ancient society by exploring the perspectives of peasants and slaves. ||  || 5. Consider the lives of slaves and peasants, and their importance to the economic development of a nation.
 * 6. The concept of supply and demand in making materials valuable. ||  || 6. Reflect on the concept of supply and demand and its importance to economic development of a nation.

AC = Assessment Code
Q - Quizzes PF - Portfolio WS - Work Sample SA - Self Assessment P - Prompts O - Observation D - Dialogues T - Tests =Critical Content and Skills=
 * Content:**
 * ===Students will know...=== || AC || ===Students will be able to...=== || AC ||
 * 1. How trading goods and materials leads to the sharing of ideas between nations. ||  || 1. Explain how economic processes, especially trade, enhance the development and power of a nation. ||   ||
 * 2. The connection between natural resources and economic activity. ||  || 2. Tell a story of a natural resource and the journey it takes before it reaches the hands of merchants and traders. ||   ||
 * 3. How to derive conclusions based on primary sources gathered in archaeological digs. ||  || 3. Design a model of ancient Egyptian society based on archaeological evidence. ||   ||
 * 4. That the landscape and natural resources of a region effect the culture and economy of its inhabitants. ||  || 4. Compare the natural resources of a country and its economic power. ||   ||
 * 5. The culture of ancient society by exploring the perspectives of peasants and slaves. ||  || 5. Consider the lives of slaves and peasants, and their importance to the economic development of a nation. ||   ||
 * 6. The concept of supply and demand in making materials valuable. ||  || 6. Reflect on the concept of supply and demand and its importance to economic development of a nation. ||   ||

AC = Assessment Code
Q - Quizzes PF - Portfolio WS - Work Sample SA - Self Assessment P - Prompts O - Observation D - Dialogues T - Tests