Standards map
10th grade: standards by week
Every week of the 10th grade plan, with the skills taught and the standards they practice: Common Core for reading, writing and math, NGSS for science, and the C3 Framework for social studies. Use it to plan, to match another curriculum, or for a homeschool record.
121 standards codes across 36 weeks and 180 day plans. Open the 10th grade plan · Year at a glance · Other grades
September: Welcome / Foundations and Maps
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 Points, Labs and Maps | Word study: Latin roots spect, vis and vid (see, look) with the prefixes retro-, intro- and per-. Reading & writing: Set up the reading log and annotation code; read The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant for character, pride and irony; write a claim-evidence-explanation paragraph. Math: Undefined terms, segments and rays, the Segment Addition Postulate, midpoint and distance on a number line and the coordinate plane, and copying and bisecting a segment. Science: Lab safety rules and equipment; the scientific method with variables and a fair test of how temperature affects dissolving. Social studies: Map projections and their distortions; trade routes and major states of the world around 1450. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.9HSG-CO.A.1, HSG-CO.D.12, HSG-GPE.B.6, HSG-GPE.B.7HS-PS1-3, HS-ETS1-3C3 D2.Geo.1.9-12, D2.His.1.9-12 |
| Week 2 Angles and the Renaissance | Word study: Greek roots metr and meter (measure) and geo (earth), plus the SI prefixes milli-, centi- and kilo-. Reading & writing: Read How Much Land Does a Man Need? by Leo Tolstoy for conflict and theme; embed quotations three ways and write a theme paragraph. Math: Measure and classify angles, the Angle Addition Postulate, angle bisectors, complementary and supplementary angles, linear pairs, vertical angles and angle constructions. Science: Measure mass, volume and length in SI units, read a graduated cylinder, use significant figures and calculate density. Social studies: The Renaissance: humanism, Florence and the Medici, Gutenberg's press and Renaissance art and science. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.6RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.9HSG-CO.A.1, HSG-CO.C.9, HSG-CO.D.12HS-PS1-3C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.His.2.9-12 |
| Week 3 Logic, Atoms and Reform | Word study: Greek roots log and logos (word, reason, study), hypo (under) and thesis (placing); academic words for proof. Reading & writing: Read The Bet by Anton Chekhov for flashback, character change and irony; write analysis paragraphs and draft a comparative thesis. Math: Conditional statements, converse, inverse and contrapositive, counterexamples, biconditionals, and inductive versus deductive reasoning. Science: Atomic models from Dalton to Bohr; protons, neutrons and electrons; atomic number and mass number; energy levels. Social studies: Causes and spread of the Reformation: Luther, printing, Calvin, Henry VIII and the religious map of Europe. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.6RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.5, W.9-10.1HSG-CO.C.9HS-PS1-1C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Geo.6.9-12 |
| Week 4 First Proofs and the World in 1500 | Word study: Greek roots iso (equal) and tom (cut); multiple-meaning words across subjects; essay transitions. Reading & writing: Compare a theme across two stories, launch independent reading, and write, revise and submit a comparative literary analysis essay. Math: Algebraic proofs, two-column proofs with segments, the Vertical Angles Theorem, and angle pairs formed by parallel lines and a transversal. Science: Isotopes and average atomic mass; electron arrangement and valence electrons for elements 1 to 20. Social studies: Major states and trade centers around 1500 (Ming, Ottoman, Songhai, Aztec, Inca, Venice); timeline and map review. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.4aRL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.9, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.5HSG-CO.C.9HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-8C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.Geo.4.9-12 |
October: Fall / Age of Exploration and Empires
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 5 Voyages and Triangles | Word study: Latin roots port (carry) and mit and miss (send) with common prefixes; affect versus effect. Reading & writing: Read The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Part I, for characterization and tone; plan a character-and-theme essay. Math: Classify triangles, prove and use the Triangle Sum Theorem and the Exterior Angle Theorem, and use the Isosceles Triangle Theorem. Science: Mendeleev's table and prediction; groups, periods, metals and nonmetals; valence electrons and Lewis dot diagrams. Social studies: Causes of European exploration, ships and navigation tools, and the voyages of Dias, Columbus, da Gama, Magellan and Elcano. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.1RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.6, W.9-10.2HSG-CO.C.10HS-PS1-1C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Geo.7.9-12 |
| Week 6 Exchange and Congruence | Word study: Greek roots morph (shape) and meta (change, beyond); metaphor and extended metaphor; connotation. Reading & writing: Finish The Metamorphosis, Parts II and III, for symbolism and theme; draft, revise and submit the character-and-theme essay. Math: Congruence through rigid motions, corresponding parts and congruence statements, SSS and SAS, and first congruence proofs. Science: Periodic trends in atomic radius, ionization energy and electronegativity, explained by nuclear charge and energy levels. Social studies: The Columbian Exchange of plants, animals and disease; Indigenous population collapse, the encomienda system and the start of the transatlantic slave trade. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.5aRL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.5HSG-CO.B.6, HSG-CO.B.7, HSG-CO.B.8HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-2C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12, D2.Geo.7.9-12 |
| Week 7 Empires and Bonds | Word study: Latin domin (master) and Greek arch (rule); governance vocabulary; analogies. Reading & writing: Begin Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (chapters 1 to 7) for complex characters, foils and cultural perspective; write character and foil paragraphs. Math: ASA, AAS and HL; CPCTC; proofs that use vertical angles, bisected segments and shared sides. Science: Ions and ionic bonds, writing ionic formulas by balancing charges, and conductivity of ionic and molecular compounds. Social studies: The Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires: conquest with gunpowder, rulers, religion and ways of governing diverse peoples. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.5bRL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.6, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.9HSG-CO.B.8, HSG-SRT.B.5HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.His.2.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12 |
| Week 8 Dynasties and Molecules | Word study: Latin root val (strength, worth); science vocabulary review; precise analysis verbs; October roots review. Reading & writing: Things Fall Apart, chapters 8 to 13: justice, family and exile; write and submit a character essay on how Okonkwo's fear shapes his choices. Math: Isosceles triangle proofs, overlapping triangles, proofs that combine parallel lines with congruence, and the congruence unit check. Science: Covalent bonds and Lewis structures, single, double and triple bonds, molecular shape and polarity, and metallic bonding. Social studies: Ming China and Zheng He, the Qing conquest, Tokugawa Japan, and a comparison of the gunpowder empires. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.6RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.5HSG-CO.C.10, HSG-SRT.B.5HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Geo.11.9-12 |
November: Family and Gratitude / Reactions and Revolutions
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 9 Reason and Proportion | Word study: Latin roots cred (believe) and fid (trust); argument vocabulary; connotation of confidence words. Reading & writing: Finish Things Fall Apart (Parts Two and Three) and write a final response; begin argument study with ethos, pathos and logos. Math: Dilations with a center and scale factor, similar polygons, AA, SSS and SAS similarity, indirect measurement and the Side-Splitter Theorem. Science: Physical and chemical changes, evidence of reactions, household reaction labs and writing word and formula equations. Social studies: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment: Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire and Wollstonecraft. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.5bRL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.6, RI.9-10.6, W.9-10.1HSG-SRT.A.1, HSG-SRT.A.2, HSG-SRT.A.3, HSG-SRT.B.4, HSG-SRT.B.5HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-7C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.His.5.9-12 |
| Week 10 Rights and Right Triangles | Word study: Latin roots dict (say) and voc or vok (call, voice); vocabulary of revolution; parallel structure. Reading & writing: Delineate the arguments of founding documents of the Atlantic revolutions and of Wollstonecraft and de Gouges; plan an argument essay with sources and a rebuttal. Math: The Pythagorean theorem and its converse, 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles, and real-world right triangle problems. Science: Conservation of mass in open and closed systems and balancing chemical equations with atom inventories. Social studies: The American and French revolutions, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the Terror and Napoleon. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.1aRI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.9, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.8HSG-SRT.B.4, HSG-SRT.C.8HS-PS1-7C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.16.9-12, D2.Civ.3.9-12 |
| Week 11 Revolutions and Ratios | Word study: Greek roots tri, gon and metr; dem (people) and crat (rule); trig vocabulary; connotation of gratitude words; November review. Reading & writing: Evaluate revolutionary arguments by Toussaint Louverture and Simón Bolívar and a modern op-ed; draft, revise and submit the argument essay. Math: Sine, cosine and tangent from similar right triangles, finding sides and angles, angles of elevation and the similarity and right triangle unit check. Science: Synthesis, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement and combustion; predicting and balancing products. Social studies: The Haitian Revolution and Latin American independence movements, with a map of new nations by 1830. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.5bRI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.6, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.5HSG-SRT.C.6, HSG-SRT.C.7, HSG-SRT.C.8HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-7C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12, D2.Geo.4.9-12 |
December: Winter Holidays / Change Over Time
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 12 Circles and Counting Atoms | Word study: Latin roots circum (around) and centr (center); circle vocabulary; narrative craft words. Reading & writing: Read The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol for narrator, pacing and structure; launch a narrative and write a craft reflection. Math: Parts of a circle, similarity of all circles, central and inscribed angles, arcs, inscribed quadrilaterals and tangents. Science: The mole as a counting unit, Avogadro's number and molar mass; converting grams to moles. Social studies: Why the Industrial Revolution began in Britain, the key inventions in textiles and steam, and factory life in primary sources. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.6RL.9-10.5, RL.9-10.6, W.9-10.3HSG-C.A.1, HSG-C.A.2, HSG-C.A.3HS-PS1-7C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.10.9-12, D2.Eco.1.9-12 |
| Week 13 Steam, Sectors and Recipes | Word study: Latin roots fac and fact (make, do) and manu (hand); economics vocabulary; poetic devices. Reading & writing: Analyze Blake's London and The Chimney Sweeper and Dickens's Coketown for craft; draft and workshop the narrative with dialogue, showing and pacing. Math: Circumference and area, arc length, sector area and radian measure derived from similar circles. Science: Mole ratios, mass-to-mass stoichiometry and a baking soda lab comparing measured and predicted carbon dioxide. Social studies: Working conditions, child labor and the Factory Act of 1833, labor unions, and fair descriptions of Adam Smith's and Karl Marx's ideas. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.5aRL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.9, W.9-10.3, W.9-10.5HSG-C.B.5, HSG-GMD.A.1HS-PS1-7C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Eco.1.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12 |
| Week 14 Change Over Time | Word study: Latin temp and tempor and Greek chron (time); anachronisms; semester roots review and check. Reading & writing: Read The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen and compare it with Blake; reflect on the semester's reading; revise, edit and publish the narrative. Math: Volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres, Cavalieri's principle, modeling with packaging and the unit check. Science: Limiting reactant, percent yield and a stoichiometry review. Social studies: Winter festivals of light around the world, how industrialization changed traditions, and a semester timeline from 1450 to 1850. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.9, RL.9-10.10, W.9-10.3, W.9-10.5HSG-GMD.A.1, HSG-GMD.A.3, HSG-MG.A.1HS-PS1-7C3 D2.His.2.9-12, D2.Geo.6.9-12 |
January: New Year / Matter
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 15 Coordinates and Conservation | Word study: Latin roots nat (born) and patr (father, homeland). Reading & writing: Read nationalist speeches and writing (Mazzini, Bismarck's blood and iron speech) for central idea and rhetoric; begin a research project with focused questions. Math: Review distance and midpoint on the coordinate plane; slope as rise over run; classify triangles with coordinates. Science: Conservation of matter in physical and chemical changes; kinetic molecular theory and states of matter. Social studies: Nationalism in the 1800s and the unification of Italy (1861) and Germany (1871). | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.6, W.9-10.7HSG-GPE.B.4, HSG-GPE.B.7HS-PS1-7, HS-PS3-2C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Geo.6.9-12 |
| Week 16 Slopes and Pressure | Word study: Latin press (press) and Greek sphere (ball). Reading & writing: Analyze Kipling's The White Man's Burden (1899) as a historical source and a response by Mark Twain; evaluate sources and take research notes. Math: Slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines and equations of lines through a point; use slope to prove lines parallel or perpendicular. Science: Gas pressure from particle collisions; Boyle's law (pressure and volume) with a syringe model. Social studies: Causes of the New Imperialism, the Berlin Conference (1884 to 1885) and the partition of Africa, and African resistance. | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.8, W.9-10.8HSG-GPE.B.5HS-PS3-2, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12, D2.Geo.7.9-12 |
| Week 17 Coordinate Proofs and Temperature | Word study: Greek roots therm (heat) and kin or kine (move). Reading & writing: Read excerpts from Gandhi's Hind Swaraj (1909) for central idea; outline the informative essay with a thesis and subtopics. Math: Use coordinates to prove a quadrilateral is a parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus or square; find perimeter and area from coordinates. Science: Charles's law (volume and temperature), the Kelvin scale and why absolute zero matters. Social studies: Imperialism in Asia: the Opium Wars, British India and the Raj, and Meiji Japan's modernization. | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.5, W.9-10.2aHSG-GPE.B.4, HSG-GPE.B.7HS-PS3-2, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.2.9-12 |
| Week 18 Circles on the Grid and Citizens | Word study: Latin civ (citizen) and Greek polis (city). Reading & writing: Analyze Emmeline Pankhurst's Freedom or Death speech (1913) for argument; finish, cite and submit the informative research essay. Math: Derive the equation of a circle from the Pythagorean theorem; complete the square to find center and radius; partition a segment in a given ratio. Science: The combined gas law and the ideal gas law; gas law review lab report. Social studies: Forms of government, rights and responsibilities of citizens, and the expansion of voting rights around the world. | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.8, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.8HSG-GPE.A.1, HSG-GPE.B.6HS-PS3-2, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.Civ.1.9-12, D2.Civ.4.9-12, D2.His.3.9-12 |
February: Friendship / Human Impact
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 19 Moves on the Plane | Word study: Greek prefixes endo (within) and exo (outside) with therm. Reading & writing: Read World War I poetry (John McCrae's In Flanders Fields) and begin All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque for evidence and analysis. Math: Define translations and reflections precisely; perform them on the coordinate plane and describe them with rules. Science: Endothermic and exothermic reactions measured with a thermometer; energy as heat leaving or entering. Social studies: Long-term causes of World War I (militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism) and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.4, W.9-10.9HSG-CO.A.2, HSG-CO.A.4, HSG-CO.A.5HS-PS1-4, HS-PS3-1C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.1.9-12 |
| Week 20 Rotations and Calories | Word study: Latin calor (heat). Reading & writing: Continue All Quiet on the Western Front (chapters 4 to 6) and read Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est for imagery and tone; compare their views of war. Math: Rotations of 90°, 180° and 270° about the origin; rotational symmetry of regular polygons. Science: Calorimetry with water: q = mcΔT, specific heat of water 4.18 J/(g·°C), and heat exchange between hot and cold water. Social studies: Trench warfare, new weapons, total war and the home front, and the Armenian Genocide (1915), handled factually and respectfully. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.9, W.9-10.9HSG-CO.A.3, HSG-CO.A.4, HSG-CO.A.5HS-PS3-1, HS-PS3-4C3 D2.His.2.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12 |
| Week 21 Compositions and Energy Diagrams | Word study: Greek prefix cata (down) and the root lysis (loosen). Reading & writing: Finish All Quiet on the Western Front; read Wilson's Fourteen Points (1918) as an argument; write a comparative essay. Math: Compose rigid motions and use them to define and test congruence. Science: Energy diagrams, activation energy, catalysts, and factors that change reaction rate (temperature, surface area, concentration). Social studies: The end of World War I, the Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles (1919), the League of Nations and the Russian Revolution (1917). | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.2, RI.9-10.8, W.9-10.1, W.9-10.2HSG-CO.A.5, HSG-CO.B.6, HSG-CO.B.7HS-PS1-4, HS-PS1-5C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.16.9-12, D2.Civ.3.9-12 |
| Week 22 Dilations and the Interwar Years | Word study: Greek auto (self) and Latin tot (all). Reading & writing: Read biographies and primary sources about important figures of the interwar years; write an evidence-based analysis of one figure's significance. Math: Dilations with a center and scale factor on the coordinate plane; similarity transformations; the transformations unit check. Science: Reversible reactions and equilibrium; Le Chatelier's principle with a simulation; review of energy in reactions. Social studies: The Great Depression (from 1929), the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union and Japan's expansion; important historical figures. | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.3, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.9HSG-SRT.A.1, HSG-SRT.A.2, HSG-CO.A.5HS-PS1-5, HS-PS1-6C3 D2.His.3.9-12, D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Eco.1.9-12 |
March: Spring / Forces
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 23 Cross Sections and Solutions | Word study: Latin solv and solu (loosen): solve, solution, dissolve. Reading & writing: Begin Night by Elie Wiesel for point of view and complex analysis, with historical context from informational texts. Math: Identify cross sections of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones and spheres, and the solids formed by rotating two-dimensional shapes. Science: Solutions, solutes and solvents, solubility, like dissolves like, and concentration in grams per liter and molarity. Social studies: Causes of World War II: the Treaty of Versailles, the Depression, aggression by Germany, Italy and Japan, appeasement at Munich (1938) and the invasion of Poland (September 1, 1939). | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.6, RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.3HSG-GMD.B.4HS-PS1-3, HS-PS1-2C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.1.9-12 |
| Week 24 Density Models and Acids | Word study: Latin acr and ac (sharp, sour). Reading & writing: Continue Night for complex analysis; read Franklin Roosevelt's Day of Infamy address (December 8, 1941) for rhetoric. Math: Use density in modeling: population density, mass density and cost per unit area or volume. Science: Properties of acids and bases, the pH scale and a red cabbage indicator lab with household substances. Social studies: The war in Europe and the Pacific: the Blitz, Operation Barbarossa (1941), Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), Stalingrad, D-Day (June 6, 1944) and island hopping. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.3, RI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.9HSG-MG.A.2, HSG-MG.A.1HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-6C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.Geo.4.9-12 |
| Week 25 The Holocaust and Neutralization | Word study: Latin cide (kill) and testi (witness). Reading & writing: Finish Night and read survivor testimony and the definition of genocide; write an analysis essay on Night with cited evidence. Math: Surface area and volume of composite solids; design problems with constraints and cost. Science: Neutralization of acids and bases; a drop-count titration of vinegar with baking soda solution using cabbage indicator. Social studies: The Holocaust: Nazi antisemitism and laws, ghettos, the camps and the murder of six million Jews and millions of others; resistance, rescue, liberation and the Nuremberg trials. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.6, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.9HSG-MG.A.3, HSG-GMD.A.3HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-7C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12, D2.His.10.9-12 |
| Week 26 World Regions and Mixtures | Word study: Latin uni (one) and vers or vert (turn). Reading & writing: Analyze the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) as a foundational text; compare it with earlier rights documents; vocabulary in complex texts. Math: Volume and 3-D modeling review: cross sections, density, composite solids and design; unit check. Science: Solubility curves, saturated, unsaturated and supersaturated solutions, and the effect of temperature on solubility. Social studies: The end of World War II (atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, 1945), the United Nations (1945) and the world regions of the postwar map. | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.9, RI.9-10.4, W.9-10.9HSG-GMD.A.3, HSG-GMD.B.4, HSG-MG.A.1HS-PS1-3C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Geo.2.9-12, D2.Civ.3.9-12 |
April: Earth and Environment / Resources
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 27 Chance and the Cold War | Word study: Latin bell (war) and pac (peace). Reading & writing: Read the Truman Doctrine speech (1947) and George Marshall's Harvard address (1947) as arguments; launch a research project on a Cold War or environmental topic. Math: Geometric probability using length and area; sample spaces. Science: The carbon cycle and how carbon dioxide makes water more acidic; a breath-into-cabbage-indicator demonstration. Social studies: The start of the Cold War: the Iron Curtain, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift (1948 to 1949) and NATO (1949). | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.8, RI.9-10.9, W.9-10.7HSS-CP.A.1, HSG-MG.A.3HS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS3-6C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.Geo.6.9-12 |
| Week 28 Probability Models and Air | Word study: Latin terr (earth, land). Reading & writing: Read John F. Kennedy's address on the Cuban missile crisis (October 22, 1962) for argument and rhetoric; continue research notes. Math: Two-way tables, conditional probability and independence. Science: Air quality, sulfur and nitrogen oxides and acid rain; test rainwater or tap water with cabbage indicator. Social studies: Cold War conflicts and competition: the Korean War (1950 to 1953), the space race (Sputnik, 1957), the Cuban missile crisis (1962) and the Vietnam War. | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.6, RI.9-10.8, W.9-10.8HSS-CP.A.4, HSS-CP.A.5HS-ESS3-4, HS-PS1-2C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.16.9-12 |
| Week 29 Earth Day and Decolonization | Word study: Latin colon (farmer, settler). Reading & writing: Read about independence movements in India and Ghana from informational texts and speeches (titles named, quotations kept short); draft the research paper. Math: Expected value and using probability to make fair decisions. Science: Water quality, filtration and purification; build and test a sand, gravel and charcoal filter. Social studies: Decolonization: India and Pakistan (1947), Ghana (1957), Algeria (1962) and Kenya (1963); the first Earth Day (April 22, 1970). | L.9-10.4bRI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.3, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.8HSS-MD.B.6, HSS-MD.B.7HS-ESS3-4, HS-ETS1-3C3 D2.His.14.9-12, D2.His.4.9-12, D2.Geo.5.9-12 |
| Week 30 Resources and Research | Word study: Greek eco (house) and nom (law, management). Reading & writing: Finish, revise and present the research project; evaluate peers' presentations for reasoning and evidence. Math: Design problems: minimize material or cost for containers and spaces; geometric probability and data review; unit check. Science: Polymers and plastics, recycling codes and green chemistry; a float test to sort plastic types. Social studies: Scarcity and resources, oil and OPEC (1960), supply and demand, and the end of the Cold War (the Berlin Wall falls November 9, 1989; the Soviet Union dissolves December 1991). | L.9-10.4bW.9-10.5, W.9-10.7, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.3HSG-MG.A.3, HSS-CP.A.4HS-ESS3-4, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.Eco.1.9-12, D2.Eco.15.9-12, D2.His.14.9-12 |
May: Oceans / Inventors and Technology
| Week | Skills | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| Week 31 Ideas and Engineers | Word study: Latin spir (breathe): conspire, inspire, spirit. Reading & writing: Begin The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Act 1) for character, conflict and fluency in performance. Math: Review and apply proofs: angle relationships, parallel lines and triangle congruence. Science: The engineering design process: define the problem, criteria and constraints for a chemical cold pack using baking soda and citric acid. Social studies: Defining globalization; container shipping (1956) and trade agreements; how goods, people and ideas move today. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1HSG-CO.C.9, HSG-CO.C.10, HSG-SRT.B.5HS-ETS1-1, HS-ETS1-2, HS-PS1-4C3 D2.Geo.11.9-12, D2.Eco.14.9-12 |
| Week 32 Persuasion and Prototypes | Word study: Latin loqu (speak) and orat (speak, pray). Reading & writing: Julius Caesar, Acts 2 and 3: analyze the funeral speeches of Brutus and Antony for rhetoric; perform a speech. Math: Apply similarity, the Pythagorean theorem and trig ratios to ramps, roofs and heights. Science: Build, test and refine a cold pack prototype; collect temperature data. Social studies: Technology and change: from the printing press to the World Wide Web (1991) and smartphones (2007). | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.3, RI.9-10.6, SL.9-10.4HSG-SRT.B.5, HSG-SRT.C.8, HSG-MG.A.1HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3, HS-PS1-4C3 D2.His.2.9-12, D2.Geo.11.9-12 |
| Week 33 Tragedy and Batteries | Word study: Latin mort (death). Reading & writing: Finish Julius Caesar (Acts 4 and 5); analyze the tragic hero and theme; draft the drama analysis essay. Math: Apply circle, area and volume formulas to real objects: water tanks, wheels and containers. Science: How batteries turn chemical energy into electrical energy; build a lemon or potato battery with zinc and copper. Social studies: Global connections: migration, global health (the World Health Organization, 1948) and international cooperation. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, W.9-10.2HSG-C.B.5, HSG-GMD.A.3, HSG-MG.A.1HS-PS3-3, HS-PS1-2C3 D2.Geo.7.9-12, D2.Civ.3.9-12 |
| Week 34 Oceans and Global Connections | Word study: Latin mar (sea) and Greek naut (sailor). Reading & writing: Finish and submit the Julius Caesar essay; fluency performance of a scene; literary analysis review. Math: Review coordinate geometry and transformations with applications. Science: Ocean chemistry: salinity, density layers of salt water and fresh water, and microplastics. Social studies: Oceans and global trade from the Silk Road and Indian Ocean routes to container ships; costs and benefits of globalization described fairly. | L.9-10.4bRL.9-10.2, W.9-10.2, SL.9-10.4, SL.9-10.6HSG-GPE.B.4, HSG-GPE.B.7, HSG-CO.A.5HS-ESS3-4, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.Geo.11.9-12, D2.Eco.14.9-12, D2.His.2.9-12 |
June: Review and Celebration
| Week | Skills | Standards |
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| Week 35 Looking Back | Word study: Review the year's Greek and Latin roots and academic vocabulary. Reading & writing: Independent reading and reflection; reread a favorite text and write about how your reading changed. Math: Mixed review: proofs, congruence, similarity, right triangles and trig, circles and volume. Science: Lab skills review: safety, measurement, density, reactions, stoichiometry and solutions; a lab practical. Social studies: Year in review: a timeline from 1450 to today with the turning points studied this year. | L.9-10.4b, L.9-10.6RL.9-10.10, W.9-10.10HSG-CO.C.10, HSG-SRT.C.8, HSG-C.A.2, HSG-GMD.A.3HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-7, HS-PS1-3C3 D2.His.1.9-12, D2.His.2.9-12 |
| Week 36 Celebration | Word study: Celebrate vocabulary growth with a personal word list. Reading & writing: Share portfolio work, reflect on growth and set summer reading goals. Math: Apply the year's geometry in a park design project with area, volume, angles and scale. Science: Plan and present a safe, household-materials chemistry demonstration that explains one big idea. Social studies: My year in review: a presentation connecting one historical change to today. | L.9-10.6SL.9-10.4, W.9-10.10HSG-MG.A.1, HSG-MG.A.3HS-PS1-2, HS-ETS1-2C3 D2.His.2.9-12, D2.His.3.9-12 |
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