Department of Social Sciences Miami-Dade County Public Schools
* Introduction to Dept. of Social Sciences web resources * Thematic presentation of history * Lesson Planning Using Backwards Design * Item Specifications, Benchmarks, Teaching Strategies, & Changes to U.S. History Instruction * Best Practices * Outside Presenters: * Common Core * Primary Sources
From the Social Sciences website, teachers can access the U.S. History Toolbox
* Political History * Military History * Economic History * Social History
* Political Evolution & Constitutional Government * Congressional Power vs. Presidential Power * Supreme Court Cases
* Major Wars * Military Interventions * The Armed Forces at Home * How the United States Interacted with Other Nations
* Raising of Taxes & Tariffs * Economic Trade & Development * Economic Systems & Performance
* Sectional Tensions * Social Trends & Developments * Civil Rights & Gender Relations * American Religion
* Know where you want to go, then map out the path
Strategies to teach students to analyze primary source documents O.P.V.L. P.O.S.E.R.S. S.O.A.P.S.Tone