BELOW IS THE PRIORITIZED 9TH AND 10TH GRADE
GLOBAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM A PEER AND I RECENTLY COMPLETED. UNLIKE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS IN NEW YORK, WE CHOSE TO DEVELOP A THEMATIC APPROACH TO STUDYING GLOBAL HISTORY. WE HAVE USED THIS APPROACH SINCE 1999 - WITH RECENT REVISIONS THIS SUMMER (2005). THOUGH WE HAVE MAINTAINED A SEMBLANCE OF CHRONOLOGY WITHIN THE THEMES, OUR GOAL IS TO CHUNK MATERIAL IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE TO THE STUDENTS AND IS IN BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S ASSESSMENT THAN THE TYPICAL AND STRICTLY-FOLLOWED CHRONOLOGICAL APPROACH.
