Curriculum Map

Subject: Current Issues

Grade Level: 11-12

Month

Content/Topic

Skills

Assessment

Standards

September

October

November

December

January

·       Politics Domestic & Global

·       Elections & Candidate Coverage

·       Economics Domestic & Global

·       Science

·       Environment D & G

·       Genetics

·       Social Issues

·   Poverty

·   Domestic Abuse

·   Health Care

·   Social Security

·   Crime

·   Death Penalty

·       Any Other Current Issue Facing our Nation or World

·     Learning to Assess Current Issues in an Historical, National, Local, and Global Context

·         Note Taking

·         Critical Thinking

·         Reading for meaning

·         Group Discussion

·         Concept Formation

·         Support for a position or opinion

·         Reading for Meaning

·         Outline

·         Answering Questions

·         Assessing Readings

·         Supporting a Position or Opinion

·         Debate

·         Presentation

 

·     A12.3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13

·     B12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

·     C12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

·     D12.1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

·     E12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14