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GOAL 3
US History & Geography
META SOCIAL STUDIES
Students will create a flip book, slideshow, game, puzzle or otherwise creative way to teach others the
essential Social Studies terms (vocabulary), research the life of a famous person from each era and
create a one act play depicting a turning point in ONE of those person’s lives, create a timeline of the
major movements during the different eras, and use the META labs to create a project or product that
highlights and teaches the key points of ONE of the eras OR several of the eras.
Era 6 The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Era 7 The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
Era 8 The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Era 9 Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
ERA 10 Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
KEY CONCEPTS:
• Students will analyze turning points in the world that shaped American
history..
• Students will investigate questions, and pose their own questions about
contemporary issues, focusing on themes like population, resources,
global interactions, and conflict, freedom and security.
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