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Mrs. Cari Higgins

chiggins@rrps.net

892-6630 x 405

 

Week of March 8, 2010

Have a fabulous break and come back ready to learn!!! :)

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New Mexico History:

During this week, the students will be learning about the 2010 Census.  What it is and how it benefits our city, state, and nation.

Essential Questions:  How was New Mexico influenced by United States expansion?  How did New Mexico go from being Spanish, to Mexican, to a U.S. territory in just 30 years?

Standards & Benchmarks:

Social Studies Power Standard 2:  Describe how important individuals, groups, and events impacted the development of New Mexico from the 16th century to the present.

Social Studies Power Standard 3:  Compare and contrast the influence of Spain on the Western Hemisphere from colonization to the present.

Social Studies Power Standard 4:  Analyze and evaluate information by developing and applying criteria for selecting appropriate information and use it to answer critical questions.

Social Studies Power Standard 6:  Describe factors affecting location of human activities, including land use patterns in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

Social Studies Power Standard 7:  Describe geographically based pathways of interregional interaction.

Social Studies Power Standard 8:  Explain the concept of diversity and its significance within the political and social unity of New Mexico.

Social Studies Power Standard 10:  Explain how economic and intrinsic incentives influence how individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies allocate and use their space resources.

Social Studies Power Standard 11:  Understand the interdependencies between the ecomonies of New Mexico, the United States, and the world.