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Social Studies Curriculum
Grade 2: Unit 2
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Course Description
The New Jersey Student Learning Standards serve as the basis for the second grade course, We Live Together. As students’ progress through
the five units of the school year, they will focus and examine: living in a community, the role of geography in understanding the Earth and
its functions, a historic overview of the United States and its beginnings, the role of government and economics in our community, country
and the world.
The progression of this course allows students to have an opportunity to focus on characteristics that contribute to the development of a
specific community. In doing so, students will be able to make clear connections and links to their present day community and how the
structure of the community is supported by its workers. The role of seasonal changes will be analyzed to assist students in furthering their
understanding of all the factors impacting the Earth as a whole. Historical understanding of the Native Americans, Spanish conquest, the
establishment of the colonies and the American Revolution will be closely examined. The final unit allows students to understand the function
of government as dominate factor in resolving conflicts at all levels of government. The infusion of economic understanding in its most
basic fashion will be interpreted through the concepts: reasons why people work, needs verses wants, and trading with other countries
throughout the world.
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Pacing Chart
Unit Topic Suggested Timing
Unit 1 Our Community 6 Weeks
Unit 2 All About Work 6 Weeks
Unit 3 Our Past 7 Weeks
Unit 4 All About Earth 7 Weeks
Unit 5 Our Government 7 Weeks
Unit 6 Paterson History 3 Weeks
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Effective Pedagogical Routines/Instructional Strategies
Collaborative problem solving
Writing to learn
Making thinking visible
Note-taking
Rereading & rewriting
Establishing text-based norms for discussions & writing
Establishing metacognitive reflection & articulation as a regular
pattern in learning
Quick writes
Pair/trio Sharing
Turn and Talk
Charting
Gallery Walks
Whole class discussions
Modeling
Word Study Drills
Flash Cards
Interviews
Role Playing
Diagrams, charts and graphs
Storytelling
Coaching
Reading partners
Visuals
Reading Aloud
Model (I Do), Prompt (We Do), Check (You Do)
Mind Mapping
Trackers
Multiple Response Strategies
Choral reading
Reader’s/Writer’s Notebooks
Conferencing
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Computer Science and Design Thinking
8.1.2.A.1, 8.1.2.A.2, 8.1.2.A.3, 8.1.2.A.5, 8.1.2.B.1, 8.1.2.C.1, 8.1.2.D.1
➢ Technology Operations and Concepts
□ Identify the basic features of a digital device and explain its purpose.
□ Create a document using a word processing application.
□ Compare the common uses of at least two different digital applications and identify the advantages and disadvantages of using
each.
□ Enter information into a spreadsheet and sort the information.
Example of Use: Have students brainstorm a list of foods. Have each student select a different food and write it at the top of
their own paper. Provide supermarket websites for students to identify how much he or she would pay for the item at three
different markets.
Encourage students to discuss the best place to shop for a particular item.
➢ Creativity and Innovation
□ Illustrate and communicate original ideas and stories using multiple digital tools and resources.
Example of Use: Provide scenarios that describe life long ago and have the students explain how technology have changed the
way we meet those needs now. (For ex. Long ago people rode horse to get from one place to another. Today we…)
➢ Communication and Collaboration
□ Engage in a variety of developmentally appropriate learning activities with students in other classes, schools, or
countries using Various media formats such as online collaborative tools and social media.
Example of Use: Have the children work in groups to determine the most important technological advancements.
➢ Digital Citizenship
□ Develop an understanding of ownership of print and non-print information.
Example of Use: Discuss where various products are made. If possible display a product with a “Made in …” label. Ask
children to graph the origin of food products, clothing, household items, and electronics.
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Career Readiness, Life Literacies and Key Skills
CRP1. Act as a responsible and contributing citizen and employee
Career-ready individuals understand the obligations and responsibilities of being a member of a community, and they demonstrate this
understanding every day through their interactions with others. They are conscientious of the impacts of their decisions on others and
the environment around them. They think about the near-term and long-term consequences of their actions and seek to act in ways that
contribute to the betterment of their teams, families, community and workplace. They are reliable and consistent in going beyond the
minimum expectation and in participating in activities that serve the greater good.
Example of Use: Have students draw themselves as working adults, including uniforms and appropriate dress. Have students
identify if their selected line of work would fall under the category of producer, service worker or volunteer. Have them write
what they want to be and why on their drawing.
CRP3. Attend to personal health and financial well-being.
Career-ready individuals understand the relationship between personal health, workplace performance and personal well-being; they act
on that understanding to regularly practice healthy diet, exercise and mental health activities. Career-ready individuals also take regular
action to contribute to their personal financial wellbeing, understanding that personal financial security provides the peace of mind
required to contribute more fully to their own career success.
Example of Use: Give each student a two-column graphic organizer to list their wants and needs.
CRP4. Communicate clearly and effectively and with reason.
Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas, and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal, and/or visual methods.
They communicate in the workplace with clarity and purpose to make maximum use of their own and others’ time. They are excellent
writers; they master conventions, word choice, and organization, and use effective tone and presentation skills to articulate ideas. They
are skilled at interacting with others; they are active listeners and speak clearly and with purpose. Career-ready individuals think about the
audience for their communication and prepare accordingly to ensure the desired outcome.
Example of Use: Play “I am going on a trip…” (while sitting in a circle) each person should name what they would take and
explain if it is a want or a need.
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Career Readiness, Life Literacies and Key Skills
CRP8. Utilize critical thinking to make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Career-ready individuals readily recognize problems in the workplace, understand the nature of the problem, and devise effective plans
to solve the problem. They are aware of problems when they occur and take action quickly to address the problem; they thoughtfully
investigate the root cause of the problem prior to introducing solutions. They carefully consider the options to solve the problem. Once a
solution is agreed upon, they follow through to ensure the problem is solved, whether through their own actions or the actions of others.
Example of Use: Have children identify a career they want to know about, prepare a list of questions to ask about the career and
brainstorm ways to get/find the information. Ask each child to write a short report about this interesting job including information
about training needed and the best parts of the job.
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Examples
Relationships:
• Learn about your students’ individual
cultures.
• Adapt your teaching to the way your
students learn
• Develop a connection with challenging
students
• Communicate and work with
parents/guardians on a regular basis (email
distribution, newsletter, phone calls, notes,
meetings, etc.)
Curriculum:
• Incorporate student- centered stories,
vocabulary and examples.
• Incorporate relatable aspects of students’
lives.
• Create lessons that connect the content to
your students’ culture and daily lives.
• Incorporate instructional materials that
relate to a variety of cultural experiences.
• Incorporate lessons that challenge
dominant viewpoints.
• Provide student with opportunity to engage
with text that highlights authors, speakers,
characters or content that reflect students
lived experiences (mirror) or provide a
window into the lived experience of people
whose identities differ from students.
• Bring in guest speakers.
• Use learning stations that utilize a range of
materials.
• Use Media that positively depicts a range
of cultures.
Instructional Delivery:
• Establish an interactive dialogue to engage
all students.
• Continuously interact with students and
provide frequent feedback.
• Use frequent questioning as a means to
keep students involved.
• Intentionally address visual, tactile, and
auditory learners.
• Present relatable real world problems from
various viewpoint.
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SEL Competency
Examples Content Specific Activity & Approach to
SEL
✔ Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social-Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision-Making
Example practices that address Self-
Awareness:
• Clearly state classroom rules
• Provide students with specific feedback
regarding academics and behavior
• Offer different ways to demonstrate
understanding
• Create opportunities for students to self-
advocate
• Check for student understanding / feelings
about performance
• Check for emotional wellbeing
• Facilitate understanding of student
strengths and challenges
Teachers provide and review syllabi which
outline and review classroom rules, routines,
and procedures. Consequences for
inappropriate behavior are discussed with
the students. Students are considered
stakeholders in the creation of classroom
rules, routines, and procedures. The teacher
and students design a framework to
maximize student learning time. For
example, teachers provide and review
rubrics for Accountable Talk and dialectical
journals. The students work collaboratively
to develop a classroom environment which
supports self-regulation and a responsibility
for staying on task.
• Provide students with age appropriate
vocabulary words.
• Lead students in class activity that ask
students to identify their feelings.
• Have students make appropriate faces to
depict feelings/emotions
• Provide age appropriate scenarios and
ask students how each situation or
experience might make them feel
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SEL Competency
Examples Content Specific Activity & Approach to
SEL
Self-Awareness
✔ Self-Management
Social-Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision-Making
Example practices that address Self-
Management:
• Encourage students to take
pride/ownership in work and behavior
• Encourage students to reflect and adapt to
classroom situations
• Assist students with being ready in the
classroom
• Assist students with managing their own
emotional states
• Provide your students opportunities to
practice self-awareness and coping
mechanisms. In this way, self-regulation
skills come naturally.
• Give your students a break, especially
after an emotionally taxing activity or
before transitioning to another
activity. “Brain breaks” give students
something fun and relaxing to do. A
physical activity of some sort that will
take their mind off of things and helps
them to settle into the next task ahead is
ideal.
• Lead students in an age appropriate
discussion about what adults they can
ask for help or support when they are sad
or angry
• Lead discussion about positive, age
appropriate ways to express feelings.
Encourage students to draw pictures or
write about their feelings.
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SEL Competency
Examples Content Specific Activity & Approach to
SEL
• Teacher age appropriate self-
management techniques such as belly
breathing, counting to ten, etc.
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
✔ Social-Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision-Making
Example practices that address Social-
Awareness:
• Encourage students to reflect on the
perspective of others
• Assign appropriate groups
• Help students to think about social
strengths
• Provide specific feedback on social skills
• Model positive social awareness through
metacognition activities
• Teach an age appropriate lesson on why
it is important to identify how others feel
and what to look for (facial cues, body
language).
• Show a picture and/or have students
make facial expressions to identify how
others feel.
• Identify feelings of characters in
readings.
• Include several words that describe
emotions to your class vocabulary lists,
include picture clues
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social-Awareness
✔ Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision-Making
Example practices that address
Relationship Skills:
• Engage families and community members
• Model effective questioning and
responding to students
• Plan for project-based learning
• Assist students with discovering individual
strengths
• Model and promote respecting differences
• Teach age appropriate lessons on social
boundaries
• Teach lessons on how to develop social
skills e.g. how to meet someone new)
• Teach age appropriate lesson on how to
resolve conflict peacefully
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SEL Competency
Examples Content Specific Activity & Approach to
SEL
• Model and promote active listening
• Help students develop communication
skills
• Demonstrate value for a diversity of
opinions
• Teach lessons on the importance of
forgiveness
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social-Awareness
Relationship Skills
✔ Responsible Decision-Making
Example practices that address
Responsible Decision-Making:
• Support collaborative decision making for
academics and behavior
• Foster student-centered discipline
• Assist students in step-by-step conflict
resolution process
• Foster student independence
• Model fair and appropriate decision
making
• Teach good citizenship
Educators play a vital role in guiding the
practice and implementation of student
responsible decision-making practices.
Responsible decision making is a process
that students learn. It is important for
teachers to consistently reinforce the
practices, give feedback and allow for
growth.
• Develop and enforce class rules and
shared norms, discussing them routinely.
• Give students authentic feedback for
good decisions
• Define age appropriate related terms,
(safe, honesty, etc.).
• Examine problems presented in readings
and offer other alternatives
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Differentiated Instruction
Accommodate Based on Students Individual Needs: Strategies
Time/General
• Extra time for assigned tasks
• Adjust length of assignment
• Timeline with due dates for
reports and projects
• Communication system
between home and school
• Provide lecture notes/outline
Processing
• Extra Response time
• Have students verbalize steps
• Repeat, clarify or reword
directions
• Mini-breaks between tasks
• Provide a warning for
transitions
• Reading partners
Comprehension
• Precise step-by-step
directions
• Short manageable tasks
• Brief and concrete directions
• Provide immediate feedback
• Small group instruction
• Emphasize multi-sensory
learning
Recall
• Teacher-made checklist
• Use visual graphic
organizers
• Reference resources to
promote independence
• Visual and verbal reminders
• Graphic organizers
Assistive Technology
• Computer/whiteboard
• Tape recorder
• Spell-checker
• Audio-taped books
Tests/Quizzes/Grading
• Extended time
• Study guides
• Focused/chunked tests
• Read directions aloud
Behavior/Attention
• Consistent daily structured
routine
• Simple and clear classroom
rules
• Frequent feedback
Organization
• Individual daily planner
• Display a written agenda
• Note-taking assistance
• Color code materials
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Differentiated Instruction
Accommodate Based on Students’ Individual Needs:
• Leveled Text
• Chunking text
• Choice Board/Menu
• Tiered Instruction
• Small group instruction
• Sentence starters/frames
• Writing scaffolds
• Tangible items/pictures (i.e., to facilitate vocabulary acquisition)
• Use of oral assessment
• Tiered learning centers
• Tiered questioning
• Data-driven student partnerships
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Enrichment
Accommodate Based on Students Individual Needs: Strategies
• Adaption of Material and Requirements
• Evaluate Vocabulary
• Elevated Text Complexity
• Additional Projects
• Independent Student Options
• Projects completed individual or with Partners
• Self Selection of Research
• Tiered/Multilevel Activities
• Learning Centers
• Individual Response Board
• Independent Book Studies
• Open-ended activities
• Community/Subject expert mentorships
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Assessments
Suggested Formative/Summative Classroom Assessments
• Timelines, Maps, Charts, Graphic Organizers
• Unit Assessments, Chapter Assessments, Quizzes
• DBQ, Essays, Short Answer
• Accountable Talk, Debate, Oral Report, Role Playing, Think Pair, and Share
• Projects, Portfolio, Presentations, Prezi, Gallery Walks
• Homework
• Concept Mapping
• Primary and Secondary Source analysis
• Photo, Video, Political Cartoon, Radio, Song Analysis
• Create an Original Song, Film, or Poem
• Glogster to make Electronic Posters
• Tumblr to create a Blog
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Unit 2 All About Work
Social Studies Grades K-4 New Jersey Student Learning Standards
6.1 U.S. History: America in the World All students will acquire the knowledge and skills to think analytically about how past and present
interactions of people, cultures, and the environment shape the American heritage. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make
informed decisions that reflect fundamental rights and core democratic values as productive citizens in local, national, and global
communities.
C.Economics, Innovation, and Technology
6.1.4.C.1 Apply opportunity cost to evaluate individuals’ decisions, including ones made in their communities.
6.1.4.C.2 Distinguish between needs and wants and explain how scarcity and choice influence decisions made by individuals,
communities, and nations.
6.1.4.C.3 Explain why incentives vary between and among producers and consumers.
6.1.4.C.4 Describe how supply and demand influence price and output of products.
6.1.4.C.5 Explain the role of specialization in the production and exchange of goods and services.
6.1.4.C.6 Describe the role and relationship among households, businesses, laborers, and governments within the economic
system.
6.1.4.C.8 Illustrate how production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services are interrelated and are affected by the
global market and events in the world community.
6.1.4.C.9 Compare and contrast how access to and use of resources affects people across the world differently.
6.1.4.C.10 Explain the role of money, savings, debt, and investment in individuals’ lives.
6.1.4.C.15 Describe how the development of different transportation systems impacted the economies of New Jersey and the
United States.
6.1.4.C.16 Explain how creativity and innovation resulted in scientific achievement and inventions in many cultures during
different historical periods.
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Grade: 2 Unit: II
Topic: All About Work
By working, people get things they need and want. Some
people are producers, but all are consumers. More products
and services are available through trade. Technology has
changed the way people meet their wants and needs.
NJSLS: 6.1.4.C.1, 6.1.4.C.2, 6.1.4.C.3, 6.1.4.C.4, 6.1.4.C.5, 6.1.4.C.6, 6.1.4.C.8, 6.1.4.C.9, 6.1.4.C.10, 6.1.4.C.15, 6.1.4.C.16
ELA NJSLS: RI.2.10 RL. 2.10,W.2.3, 2,7 SL.2.1, SL.2.4
NJSLS Essential Question Sample Activities Resources Interdisciplinary
Connections
Demonstrate an
understanding that
people work to earn
money and help
others.
Standards:
6.1.4.C.2,6
Why do people work? What I Want to Be
Have students draw
themselves as
working
adults, including
uniforms and
appropriate dress.
Have students identify
if their selected line of
work would fall under
the category of
producer, service
worker or volunteer.
Have them write what
they want to be and
why on their drawing.
Career Information for
Kids http://kids.usa.gov/jobs/
Career Descriptions
https://www.careerkids.co
m/pages/?p=49349131-
be39-4867-8c67-
bd996428760e
Art: Illustrate their adult
working selves. (see
Sample Activities)
Standard: 1.3.P.D.2
ELA: Write a short
research report (see
Sample Activities)
Standard: NJSLSA.W2.
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NJSLS Essential Question Sample Activities Resources Interdisciplinary
Connections
An Interesting Job Have
children identify a career
they want to know about,
prepare a list of questions
to ask about the career
and brainstorm ways to
get/find the information.
Ask each child to write a
short report about this
interesting job including
information about
training needed and the
best parts of the job.
Explain the choices
people make about
spending and saving.
Standards: 6.1.4.C.1,10
What are the reasons for
saving money?
Comparing Prices
Have students
brainstorm a list of
foods. Have each
student select a
different food and
write it at the top of
their own paper.
Provide newspaper,
supermarket circulars,
etc. for students to
identify how much he
or she would pay for
the item at three
different markets.
Encourage students to
How to save and why
it’s important:
http://kids.usa.gov/money
/
How to save and why it’s
important:
http://www.econedlink.or
g/lessons/index.php?lid=4
14&type=afterschool
Math: Comparing prices
of items (see Sample
Activities)
Standard: K.CC.C.6
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NJSLS Essential Question Sample Activities Resources Interdisciplinary
Connections
discuss the best place to
shop for a particular item.
Identify needs and wants.
Standards:
6.1.4.C.2,8
What is the difference
between a want and a
need?
Give each student a
two column graphic
organizer to list their
wants and needs.
Allow students to
discuss with a partner
their lists and
compare and contrast
their entries.
Play “I am going on a
trip…” (while sitting
in a circle) each
person should name
what they would take
and explain if it is a
want or a need.
Give children a list of
wants and needs:
vegetables, candy,
holidays, homes, etc.
Ask them to rearrange
the list in order of
importance and take
turns explaining to the
others why they put
Website with passage
and game Wants vs.
Needs:
http://www.socialstudiesf
orkids.com/articles/econo
mics/wantsandneeds1.htm
Needs vs. Wants lesson:
http://www.pbslearningm
edia.org/resource/lpsc10.s
ci.life.lp_needwant/needs
-vs-wants/
ELA: Use a graphic organizer
to compare and contrast,
sequencing.
Standard: NJSLSA.W2.
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NJSLS Essential Question Sample Activities Resources Interdisciplinary
Connections
them in that particular
order.
Distinguish between
producing and
consuming.
Standards:
6.1.4.C.3-5,8-9
What is a producer?
What is a consumer?
What is the difference
between a good and a
service?
Discuss where
various products are
made. If possible
display a product
with a “Made in …”
label. Ask children to
graph the origin of
food products,
clothing, household
items, and electronics
(4 of each). Use a
world map to identify
the countries the
items came from.
(Activity page
provided.)
Draw a piece of paper
from a bag. Distinguish
whether the description is
about a producer or a
consumer.
We Are Consumers and
Producers
http://www.econedlink.or
g/lessons/index.php?lid=4
57&type=educator
Producers or Consumers
Worksheet
http://www.superteacher
worksheets.com/food-
chains/producer-
consumer-
decomposer_WQRQT.pd f
Math: Graphing (see
Sample Activities)
Standard: K.CC.C.6
Writing/Art: Create a
collage or route (see Unit
Projects)
Standard: NJSLSA.W1.
Identify ways in
which science and
technology have
affected
communication,
How has technology
changed the way
people meet their
needs and wants?
Provide scenarios that
describe life long ago
and have the students
explain how
technology have
Games then and Now
https://www.kshs.org/teac
hers/read_kansas/pdfs/p1
4lesson.pdf
Writing: Short narrative
(see Sample Activities)
Standard: NJSLSA.W3.
Art: class mural (see
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NJSLS Essential Question Sample Activities Resources Interdisciplinary
Connections
transportation, and
recreation.
Standards:
6.1.4.C.15-16
changed the way we
meet those needs now.
(For ex. Long ago
people rode horse to
get from one place to
another. Today we…)
Have children write a
story about someone
from the past that is
dropped in the present
by a time machine.
How would the world
be different? What
would she or he think
about it?
Sample Activities)
Standard: 1.3.P.D.2
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Amistad Curriculum
The NJ Amistad Curriculum was designed to promote a wider implementation of educational awareness programs regarding the African
slave trade, slavery in America, and the many contributions Africans have made to American society. It is our job as educators in Paterson
Public Schools to enact this vision in our classrooms through enriching texts, discussions, and lessons designed to communicate the
challenges and contributions made. Lessons designed are not limited to the following suggested activities, we encourage the infusion of
additional instructional activities and resources that will engage the learners within your classroom.
Topics/People to Study Suggested Activity Resource
Condoleeza Rice Analyze and map the career of
Condoleeza Rice
http://www.njamistadcurriculum.net/history/unit/america-
faces-century/content/4033/6997
Land of Opportunity? (Debate Over
Illegal Immigrants)
Analyze the opportunities and
challenges faced by Illegal
Immigrants
http://www.njamistadcurriculum.net/history/unit/america-
faces-century/content/3636/7100
The National Black Feminist
Organization
Analyze impact of the National Black
Feminist Organization in the growth
of careers for African American
women.
http://www.njamistadcurriculum.net/history/unit/america-
faces-century/content/4033/7399
Sonia Sotomayor Analyze and map the career of Sonia
Sotomayor
http://www.njamistadcurriculum.net/history/unit/america-
faces-century/content/4033/7037
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Amistad Additional Resources
The state of New Jersey has an Amistad Commission Interactive Curriculum for grades K-12. http://www.njamistadcurriculum.net/
All New Jersey educators with a school email address have access to the curriculum free of charge. Registration can be found on the homepage of
the NJ Amistad Curriculum. All Paterson Public School Social Studies teachers should create a login and password.
The topics covered in the Amistad curriculum are embedded within our curricula units. The Amistad Commission Interactive Curriculum units
contain the following topics:
1. Social Studies Skills 8. The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
2. Indigenous Civilization (1000-1600) 9. Post Reconstruction and the origins of the Progressive Era
3. Ancient Africa (3000-1492) 10. America Confronts the 20th Century and the emergent of Modern
America (1901-1920)
4. The emerging Atlantic World (1200-1700) 11. America in the 1920s and 1930s, Cultural, Political, and
Intellectual, Development, and The New Deal, Industrialization
and Global Conflict (1921-1945)
5. Establishment of a New Nation and Independence to Republic
(1600-1800)
12. America in the Aftermath of Global Conflict, Domestic and
Foreign Challenges, Implications and Consequences in an ERA of
reform. (1946-1970)
6. The Constitution and Continental Congress (1775-1800) 13. National and Global Debates, Conflicts, and Developments & America
Faces in the 21st Century (1970-Present)
7. The Evolution of a New Nation State (1801-1860)
The Amistad Commission Interactive Curriculum contains the following resources for a teacher’s use that aligns with the topics covered:
1. Intro
2. Activities
3. Assessments
4. Essentials
5. Gallery
6. Griot
7. Library
8. Links
9. Rubrics
10. Tools
All Resources on the NJ Amistad Curriculum website site are encouraged and approved by the district for use.
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Holocaust Curriculum
In 1994 the legislature voted unanimously in favor of an act requiring education on the Holocaust and genocide in elementary and secondary education
and it subsequently signed into law by Governor Whitman. The law indicates that issues of bias, prejudice and bigotry, including bullying through the
teaching of the Holocaust and genocide, shall be included for all children from K-12th grade. Because this is a law and in Statute any changes in
standards would not impact the requirement of education on this topic in all New Jersey public schools.
Topics/People to Study Suggested Activity Resource
Native American Symbols Students will investigate Native
American cultural symbols. Students will
create a bulletin board of their favorite
Native American symbols and present it
to the class.
https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plans/not-
indians-many-tribes-native-american-diversity
Unity in Diversity Students will list all the differences in
their classroom. Students will learn the
word diversity and how it makes our
world more interesting. Students will list
what they find fun to learn about other
students.
https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-
resources/tolerance-lessons/its-okay-to-feel-
different-0
Holiday Celebration Students will explore the holidays of
different cultures and faiths. Students
will create a brochure depicting one
holiday of another culture.
https://uri.org/kids/world-religions
Flags and Cultures of the World Students will learn about the different
national origins of students in the
classroom. Students will research and
create flags for the students’ national
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/multicultural.htm
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origins. Students will combine the flags
into a unique presentation.
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DBQs Document Based Questions (DBQs) require students to utilize multiple primary and secondary sources that afford them the ability to create
an argumentative response to a prompt. DBQs align with the English Language Arts instruction and require students to utilize material rich
in content, ground their reading and writing using textual evidence and provides students with the opportunity to engage in regular practice
with complex text and engage in high level critical thinking.
A DBQ has been developed for each curricular unit within the grade level and the resources are located on the Paterson Public School
District website. To access the resources, please visit the DBQ/Research tab on the Social Studies page.
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Unit Vocabulary:
• Earn
• Tax
• Volunteer
• Needs
• Wants needs
• Shelter
• Goods
• Service
• Table of contents
• Index
• Keyword
• Producer
• consumer
• Factory
• Trade
• Prediction
• Technology
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Unit Project (Choose 1)
Project 1 (Suggested) Project 2 (Suggested)
Goods and Services collage: Look through magazines for product
advertisements. Cut out images and make a collage of goods and
services. Choose the most important good and explain what makes
it important. Do the same with a service.
Pick a country other than the U.S. from the sample activity above
(see 1st
Sample Activity). Research what goods the country produces and design a trade route between the country and the
U.S. Use color pencils or markers to mark the route on a map.
Decide what methods of transportation your route requires. Write
to answer:
• why you picked this product?
• who would buy the product?
• what need or want it would fulfill?
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Speaking Rubric of the WIDA Consortium
Task Level Linguistic Complexity Vocabulary Usage Language Control
1 - Entering Single words, set phrases or
chunks of memorized oral
language
Highest frequency vocabulary from school
setting and content areas
When using memorized language, is generally
comprehensible; communication may be significantly
impeded when going beyond the highly familiar
2 - Emerging
Phrases, short oral sentences General language related to the content area;
groping for vocabulary when going beyond
the highly familiar is evident
When using simple discourse, is generally
comprehensible and fluent; communication may be
impeded by groping for language structures or by
phonological, syntactic or semantic errors when going
beyond phrases and short, simple sentences
3 - Developing
Simple and expanded oral
sentences; responses show
emerging complexity used to
add detail
General and some specific language related to
the content area; may grope for needed
vocabulary at times
When communicating in sentences, is generally
comprehensible and fluent; communication may from
time to time be impeded by groping for language
structures or by phonological, syntactic or semantic
errors, especially when attempting more complex oral
discourse
4 - Expanding
A variety of oral sentence
lengths of varying linguistic
complexity; responses show
emerging cohesion used to
provide detail and clarity
Specific and some technical language related
to the content area; groping for needed
vocabulary may be occasionally evident
At all times generally comprehensible and fluent,
though phonological, syntactic or semantic errors that
don’t impede the overall meaning of the
communication may appear at times; such errors may
reflect first language interference
5 - Bridging
A variety of sentence lengths of
varying linguistic complexity
in extended oral discourse;
responses show cohesion and
organization used to support
main ideas
Technical language related to the content
area; facility with needed vocabulary is
evident
Approaching comparability to that of English
proficient peers in terms of comprehensibility and
fluency; errors don’t impede communication and may
be typical of those an English proficient peer might
make
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*English proficiency level 6 is not included in the Speaking Rubric as it is reserved for students whose oral English is comparable to that of their
English-proficient peers.
Writing Rubric of the WIDA Consortium (Grades 1-12)
Task Level Linguistic Complexity Vocabulary Usage Language Control
1 - Entering
Single words, set phrases or chunks of simple
language; varying amounts of text may be
copied or adapted; adapted text contains
original language.
Usage of highest frequency vocabulary
from school setting and content areas.
Generally comprehensible when text is copied or
adapted from model or source text;
comprehensibility may be significantly impeded
in original text.
2 - Emerging
Phrases and short sentences; varying amount
of text may be copied or adapted; some
attempt at organization may be evidenced.
Usage of general language related to the
content area; lack of vocabulary may be
evident.
Generally comprehensible when text is adapted
from model or source text, or when original text
is limited to simple text; comprehensibility may
be often impeded by errors.
3 - Developing
Simple and expanded sentences that show
emerging complexity used to provide detail.
Usage of general and some specific
language related to the content area; lack
of needed vocabulary may be evident.
Generally comprehensible when writing in
sentences; comprehensibility may from time to
time be impeded by errors when attempting to
produce more complex text.
4 - Expanding
A variety of sentence lengths of varying
linguistic complexity; emerging cohesion
used to provide detail and clarity.
Usage of specific and some technical
language related to the content area; lack
of needed vocabulary may be occasionally
evident.
Generally comprehensible at all times, errors
don’t impede the overall meaning; such errors
may reflect first language interference.
5 - Bridging
A variety of sentence lengths of varying
linguistic complexity in a single organized
paragraph or in extended text; cohesion and
organization
Usage of technical language related to the
content area; evident facility with needed
vocabulary.
Approaching comparability to that of English
proficient peers; errors don’t impede
comprehensibility.
6 - Reaching*
A variety of sentence lengths of varying
linguistic complexity in a single tightly
organized paragraph or in well-organized
extended text; tight cohesion and organization
Consistent use of just the right word in
just the right place; precise Vocabulary
Usage in general, specific or technical
language.
Has reached comparability to that of English
proficient peers functioning at the “proficient”
level in state-wide assessments.
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GRADE 6-12 – RUBRIC (Revised July 29, 2014)* Narrative Task (NT)
Construct Measured Score Point 4 Score Point 3 Score Point 2 Score Point 1 Score Point 0
Writing Written Expression The student response:
is effectively developed
with narrative elements
and is consistently
appropriate to the task;
demonstrates purposeful
coherence, clarity, and
cohesion, making it easy
to follow the writer’s
progression of ideas;
establishes and maintains
an effective style,
attending to the norms
and conventions of the
discipline.
The student response:
is mostly effectively
developed with narrative
elements and is mostly
appropriate to the task,
demonstrates coherence,
clarity and cohesion,
making it fairly easy to
follow the writer’s
progression ideas,
establishes and maintains
a mostly effective style,
while attending to the
norms and conventions
of the discipline.
The student response:
is developed with some
narrative elements and is
somewhat appropriate
to the task; demonstrates
some coherence, clarity,
and/or cohesion, making
the writer’s progression
of ideas usually
discernible but not
obvious; has a style that
is somewhat effective,
generally attending to
the norms and
conventions of the
discipline.
The student response:
is minimally developed
with few narrative
elements and is limited
in its appropriateness to
the task; demonstrates
limited coherence,
clarity, and/or cohesion,
making the writer’s
progression of ideas
somewhat unclear; has a
style that has limited
effectiveness, with
limited awareness of the
norms of the discipline.
The student response:
is undeveloped and/or
inappropriate to the
task; lacks coherence,
clarity, and cohesion, has
an inappropriate style,
with little to no
awareness of the norms
of the discipline.
Writing Knowledge of
Language and Conventions The student response to
the prompt demonstrates
full command of the
conventions of standard
English at an appropriate
level of complexity.
There may be a few
minor errors in
mechanics, grammar and
usage, but meaning is
clear.
The student response to
the prompt demonstrates
some command of the
conventions of standard
English at an appropriate
level of complexity.
There may be errors in
mechanics, grammar and
usage, that occasionally
impede understanding,
but the meaning is
generally clear.
The student response to
the prompt demonstrates
limited command of the
conventions of standard
English at an appropriate
level of complexity.
There may be errors in
mechanics; grammar and
usage that often impede
understanding.
The student response to
the prompt demonstrates
no command of the
conventions of standard
English at an appropriate
level of complexity.
Frequent and varied
errors in mechanics,
grammar, and usage
impede understanding.
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ELL Resources
▪ Learning style quiz for students- http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml
▪ “Word clouds” from text that you provide-http://www.wordle.net/
▪ Bilingual website for students, parents and educators: http://www.colorincolorado.org/
▪ Learn a language for FREE-www.Duolingo.com
▪ Time on task for students-http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
▪ Differentiation activities for students based on their lexile- www.Mobymax.com
▪ WIDA- http://www.wida.us/
▪ Everything ESL - http://www.everythingESL.net
Judy Haynes' s ESL website with a discussion forum, lesson plans, teaching tips, & resources for teachers
▪ ELL Tool Box Suggestion Site http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/elltoolbox
best practices for various aspects of an English language classroom
▪ Hope4Education - http://www.hope4education.com
Books, online workshops, on-site training and presentations, help meeting the NCLB and state curriculum standards, discussion
forums, and tele-chats hosted by Hope Blecher-Sass
▪ Learning the Language http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/
Mary Ann Zehr's blog for Education Week - news, controversies, initiatives, research, legislative updates about teaching English
language learners
▪ FLENJ (Foreign Language Educators of NJ) 'E-Verse' wiki: http://www.flenj.org/Publications/?page=135
▪ OELA - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA
The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient
Students
▪ New Jersey Department of Education- Bilingual Education information http://www.state.nj.us/education/bilingual/
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ELL Resources
▪ Learning Resource Centers (LRC Network) http://www.state.nj.us/education/lrc
supported through the NJDOE, Office of Special Education Programs.
Click on "Services" and scroll down to the library in your region.
▪ 1-Language.com - http://www.1-language.com
Activities, exercises, worksheets, forums, chats, articles, and more
▪ Repeat After Us - http://repeatafterus.com/
The best collection of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings
▪ Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun - http://www.vocabulary.co.il
Games and quizzes for practicing vocabulary
Students K-12
▪ Teaching Reading and Language Arts - http://teachingreadingandla.pbworks.com
Sites and resources for classroom instruction compiled by Keith Schoch
▪ Mrs. Hurley's ESL Pagehttp://www.mrshurleysesl.com
Tips, activities, information & links for students and teachers
▪ Children's Literature Web Guide - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Many Internet resources related to books for children and young adults including lists, reviews, and lesson plans & more
▪ 21st Century Centers http://www.21stcenturycenters.com/21cc/Home.html
Implement "Centers" in a high school classroom using the i-pod touch
▪ Windows to the Universe - English: http://www.windows.ucar.edu Spanish: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spanish
A comprehensive science education and reference site spanning a broad range of Earth and Space Science topics and related topics in
the humanities
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ELL Resources
▪ ESL Summer Programs at Colleges in New York State for Kids & Teens 8-18
http://www.summeroncampus.com/main/ActivityProgramsList.asp?CategoryID=25
Search by college or location. Updated annually