Using Understanding by Design (UbD), our History curricula is built around the state frameworks, position statement, and our Vision of a Graduate.
Students are called to develop questions and plan for inquiry, apply disciplinary concepts, evaluate sources using evidence, communicate conclusions, and take informed action
World History I units include:
Unit 1: Absolutism, Enlightenment, Revolutions
Unit 2: Industrial Revolution
Unit 3: Imperialism, World War I
Unit 4: Interwar Years, origins of World War II, Holocaust
World History II units include:
Unit 1: Legacy of World War II, forming of United Nations
Unit 2: Start of the Cold War
Unit 3: Proxy Wars & China
Unit 4: Emerging National Identities in Asia
Unit 5: Emerging National Identities in Africa & Latin America
Unit 6: End of the Cold War
Unit 7: Interdependence & Globalization
Unit 8: Modern Global Issues & United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Provides an opportunity for more students to see themselves in the curriculum and for a more complete understanding of the history of all people
2. African American/Black & Puerto Rican/Latino Course and Curriculum
Rationale:
Key Points of the Briefing:
We are bringing forward the following course and curriculum for African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies
Per CT Public Act 19-12, all districts must offer this year long course as part of its Program of Studies
This course is a one credit, year-long elective in which students will consider the scope of African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino contributions to U.S. history, society, economy, and culture
Students will examine how historical movements, legislation, and wars affected the citizenship rights of these groups and how they, both separately and together, worked to build U.S. cultural and economic wealth and create more just societies in local, national, and international contexts.
The curriculum is built around the state frameworks and uses an inquiry based approach
Semester One- African American/Black studies focus on:
Unit 1: Where We Come From: Introduction to African Origins and Contributions of Ancient African Empires to World Civilizations and the African Diaspora (500 B.C.E. to 1600)
Unit 2: How African Americans Persisted: Slavery and Freedom Stories of Resistance and Agency (1619 to 1819)
Unit 3: Black Literacy, Organizations, and Liberation (1820-1865)
Unit 4: Long, Long History for Equality (1865-1915)
Unit 5: Black Movement for Equity (1915-1965)
Unit 6: Protest, Politics, and Power (1965-Present)
Semester Two- Puerto Rican/Latino studies focus on:
Semester 2 - Puerto Rican/Latino
Unit 1: Early Beginnings: Who are we?
Unit 2: Blood and Beauty
Unit 3: Sweat
Unit 4: Resistance and Defiance
Unit 5: Where are we now?
This course provides an opportunity for more students to see themselves in the curriculum and for a more complete understanding of the history of people
4. Public Comment (Please note: The Board welcomes Public Comment and asks that speakers please limit their comments to 2 minutes. Speakers may offer objective comments of school operations and programs that concern them. The Board will not permit any expression of personal complaints or defamatory comments about Board of Education personnel and students, nor against any person connected with the Bethel Public School System.)
