Social Studies Grade Cluster 9–12

Grade 9 – Civics and Geography

Recommended targets for assessment and instruction include:

• Civics Standards 1-4
• Geography Standards 1-4

• The Delaware Geography Health Initiativeis a set of teaching units aligned to Delaware Geography Standards in grades 9-12.  Each unit is structured as an inquiry-oriented research problem for students to solve and uses a GIS-based approach.  Please contact Maggie Legates at the Delaware Geographic Alliance to obtain a CD-ROM.

Grade 9 Model Units:

• Grade 9 Geography Course Syllabus: Regional Planning (Word) (PDF) May 26, 2011
• Dams:  Humans Modify the Environment (Word) (PDF) Updated October 13, 2009
• Project Citizen:  Public Policy (Word) (PDF)
• Responsibilities of Citizenship (Word) (PDF) Updated November 25, 2009 

Grade 10 – Enhanced Economics

Recommended targets for assessment and instruction include:

• Economics Standards 1-4
• Personal Finance Standards 1-4

Grade 10 Model Unit:

• Economic Stability (Word) (PDF)

Grade 11 – U.S. History

Recommended targets for assessment and instruction include:

• Civics 2a
• Civics 2b
• Economics 1a
• Economics 2a
• Geography 1a
• Geography 3a
• History 1a
• History 2a
• History 2b
• History 3a

Grade 11 Model Units:

• Grade 11 U.S. History Course Outline (Word) (PDF) Revised June 28, 2011
• Analyzing Historical Data (Word) (PDF) April 2011
• Changing Interpretations of Reconstruction (Word) (PDF) June 3, 2011
  • Changing Interpretations of Reconstruction PowerPoint
• Historical Research (Word) (PDF)
• Migration Patterns (Word) (PDF) March 30, 2011

Grade 12 – World History (Elective)

Recommended targets for assessment and instruction include:

• Civics 1
• Economics 3a
• Economics 4a
• Geography 3a
• History 1a
• History 2b
• History 3a

Grade 12 Model Unit:

• Pandemics (Word) (PDF) Updated October 14, 2009
• Historians in Conflict:  The Causes of the First World War, 9–12 (Word) (PDF) January 2011
  Trends Leading to Peace (PowerPoint)
  The Versailles Treaty (PowerPoint)