A Fusion of Three Cultures
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | Fine Arts Science Social Studies | |
| Author | Lowell Harris, Mary Starcher, Angela Ray | |
| Description | The unit focuses on how this land becam America from 1400 to 1776. How it was "peoples" and how the "peoples" shaped the nation's identity. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computers with Internet access.
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| Grade Level | 8 9 10 11 12 | |
| National Standards | Science Standards- Physical Sciences:
Knows the kinds of forces that exist between objects and within atoms History: Era 1 - Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620) Understands the characteristics of societies in the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa that increasingly interacted after 1450 Understands cultural and ecological interactions among previously unconnected people resulting from early European exploration and colonization Fine Arts: Art Connections Understands connections among the various art forms and other disciplines | |
| Career Clusters | Engineering and Technical Fine Arts and Humanities | |
| Keywords | Buoyancy, masks, Native Americans, Native Cultures, African art | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Lesson 1: Native American Cultures and Values
Lesson 2: Time Marches On Lesson 3: Translating African Masks Lesson 4: The Art of Sub-Saharan Africa Lesson 5: Ships to the New World | |
| Fine Arts IGO or CSO | Appreciation, Aesthetics 9-12: AH 1; AH 2; AH 3; AH 4; AH 5; AH 7; AH 8; AH 10; AH 11; AH 12; AH 14.
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| Science IGO or CSO | PTC.2, PTC.3, PTC.4, PTC.5, PTC.7, PTC.8, PTC.11, PTC.12 PTC.13, PTC.16, PTC.17, PTC.18, PTC.22, PTC.31, PTC.32 PTC.33, PTC.39, P.2, P.4, P.5, P.7, P.8, P.12, P.1, P.17 P.18, P.27, P.29, P.37 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 9, 10, 11,12, 9.15, 9.29, 9.35, 9.45, 9.48, 9.51, 9.53, 9.55, 10.25, 10.26, 10.36, 10.38, 10.45, 10.54, 10.55, 10.63, 10.64, 11.11, 11.33, 11.51,11.55, 11,56, G12 | |