1. Department of Social Sciences Miami-Dade County Public Schools

2. * 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

3. From the Social Sciences website, teachers can access the U.S. History Toolbox

7. * Political History * Military History * Economic History * Social History

8. * Political Evolution & Constitutional Government * Congressional Power vs. Presidential Power * Supreme Court Cases

9. * Major Wars * Military Interventions * The Armed Forces at Home * How the United States Interacted with Other Nations

10. * Raising of Taxes & Tariffs * Economic Trade & Development * Economic Systems & Performance

11. * Sectional Tensions * Social Trends & Developments * Civil Rights & Gender Relations * American Religion

12. * Know where you want to go, then map out the path

14. 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