Submitted by Anne Robertson

Language: English Unit Cultural Theme or Academic Content Area: Social Studies Target Audience: Traditional Middle School Year of Instruction: 4 Proficiency Level: Advanced Mid

Standards: Communication:    1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Cultures:    2.1 Connections:    3.1, 3.2 Comparisons:    4.2 Communities:

Unit Timeframe:

5- 90 minute lessons

Unit Overview:

This unit provides an introduction to the topic of American values, allows the students to compare and contrast those values with those of their native cultures, and then pursues a more in-depth study of the meaning of freedom at the time of the American Revolution and in the late 20th and early 21st Centuries.

Context:

This unit is part of a larger Civics curriculum on U.S. History and Culture which provides an overview of U.S History from the American Revolution to the present and engages the students in cross-cultural investigations on the issues of values and beliefs. 

General Unit References and Resources:

Blanchard, K. and Root, C.  American Roots: Readings on U.S. Cultural History.  2001Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 

Links or files for unit content:     A new window will open for each lesson.

Lesson 1: Discovering American Values
Lesson 2: Freedom and the American Revolution (I)
Lesson 3: Freedom and the American Revolution (II)
Lesson 4: Freedom and the Civil Rights Movement
Lesson 5: Freedom Post 9/11