Every Child is Spatial

32 unit curriculum set that explores USA history through a spatial perspective. Topics covered include basic USA geography overview and physical history, prehistoric inhabitants, Native Americans, American Exploration and Settlement, the American Revolution and Independence, Westward Expansion, Civil War Period, Reconstruction and Industrialization, Progressive Period, the World Wars, the Cold War, Civil Rights Era, Post Cold War USA to 2000 . This set teaches USA history in the context of spatial, physical, historical, and anthropological influences as well as learning essential map skills! It teaches the student the why, where, when, and how about USA history in addition to the what. Complete Package includes lesson plans, technology lab book, hands-on lab book, reading materials, relevant maps, assessments, tracking and standards tool, and additional resources.

The following are included in the Complete USA History Set:

• Every Child is Spatial (ECIS)Hands-On Lab Book for USA History
• ECIS Technology Lab Book for USA History + CD-ROM
• ECIS Lesson Plans/Teacher Guide
• ECIS Assessment Book
• ECIS Tracking/Standards Tool
• The following 7 texts/materials:
• A Young People’s History of the United States, Zinn, Howard, 2009, Seven Stories Press
• Painless American History, Laderm Kurt, 2009, Barron’s Educational Series
• The US History Cookbook: Delicious Recipes and Exciting Events from the Past, D’Amico, Joan and Drummond, Karen, 2003, Jossey-Bass
• Smithsonian’s Children’s Encyclopedia of American History, King, David C., 2003, DK Children
• Presidents, Barber James G., 2008, DK Publishing
• The First Americans: Preshistory-1600 A History of US Book 1, Hakim, Joy, 2007, Oxford Press
• US Rolled Map (M Series World Wall Maps), 2008, Rand McNally

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