Animoto Lesson Ideas:

**Essential Standard Clarifying Objectives 3.G.1

Understand the earths patterns by using the 5 themes of geography: (location, place, human-environment
interaction, movement and regions).
3.G.1.1 Find absolute and relative locations of places within the local community and region.
3.G.1.5 Summarize the elements (cultural, demographic, economic and geographic) that define regions
(community, state, nation and world).
3.G.1.6 Compare various regions according to their characteristics.



**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9
Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare
treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).



**CCSS.Math.Content.1.G.A.1
Distinguish between defining attributes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes
(e.g., color, orientation, overall size); build and draw shapes to possess defining attributes.



**EEn.2.1
Explain how processes and forces affect the lithosphere.
EEn.2.1.1
Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere.
EEn.2.1.2 Predict the locations of volcanoes, earthquakes, and faults
based on information contained in a variety of maps.




**8.HF.3
Understand the importance of achieving and maintaining a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
PE.8.HF.3.1
Evaluate progress toward achieving health-related fitness standards, using the results to make improvements.
PE.8.HF.3.2
Summarize the potential short- and long-term physical, social, and emotional impacts of physical activity as a
positive lifestyle choice.










StoryKit Lesson Ideas:


**EEn.2.8 Evaluate human behaviors in terms of how likely they are to ensure the ability to live sustainably on
Earth.
EEn.2.8.1
Evaluate alternative energy technologies for use in North Carolina.



**EEn.2.1
Explain how processes and forces affect the lithosphere.
EEn.2.1.1
Explain how the rock cycle, plate tectonics, volcanoes, and earthquakes impact the lithosphere.
EEn.2.1.4
Explain the probability of and preparation for geohazards such as landslides, avalanches, earthquakes and
volcanoes in a particular area based on available data.



**EEn.2.5
Understand the structure of and processes within our atmosphere.
EEn.2.5.1
Summarize the structure and composition of our atmosphere.
EEn.2.5.2
Explain the formation of typical air masses and the weather systems that result from air mass interactions.
EEn.2.5.4
Predict the weather using available weather maps and data (including surface, upper atmospheric winds, and
satellite imagery).
EEn.2.6.1
Differentiate between weather and climate.



**CE.C&G.3.2
Compare lawmaking processes of federal, state and local governments (e.g., committee system, legislative
process, bills, laws, veto, filibuster, cloture, proposition, etc.).
CE.C&G.3.3
Analyze laws and policies in terms of their intended purposes, who has authority to create them and how they
are enforced (e.g., laws, policies, public policy, regulatory, symbolic, procedural, etc.).



**EEn.2.6
Analyze patterns of global climate change over time.
EEn.2.6.3
Analyze the impacts that human activities have on global climate change (such as burning hydrocarbons,
greenhouse effect, and deforestation).



**EEn.2.4
Evaluate how humans use water.
EEn.2.4.2
Evaluate human influences on water quality in North Carolinas river basins, wetlands and tidal environments.




**EEn.2.8 Evaluate human behaviors in terms of how likely they are to ensure the ability to live sustainably on
Earth.
EEn.2.8.4
Evaluate the concept of reduce, reuse, recycle in terms of impact on natural resources.




**Bio.2.1
Analyze the interdependence of living organisms within their environments.
Bio.2.1.2
Analyze the survival and reproductive success of organisms in terms of behavioral, structural, and reproductive
adaptations.
Bio.2.1.3
Explain various ways organisms interact with each other (including predation, competition, parasitism,
mutualism) and with their environments resulting in stability within ecosystems.



**AH2.H.7
Understand the impact of war on American politics, economics, society and culture.
AH2.H.7.2
Explain the impact of wars on the American economy since Reconstruction (e.g., mobilizing for war, war
industries, rationing, women in the workforce, lend-lease policy, WWII farming gains, GI Bill, etc.).
AH2.H.7.3
Explain the impact of wars on American society and culture since Reconstruction (e.g., relocation of Japanese
Americans, American propaganda, first and second Red Scare movement, McCarthyism, baby boom, Civil
Rights Movement, protest movements, ethnic, patriotism, etc.).



**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or
recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by
Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)
**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9
Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of
American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.






**CCSS.Math.Content.HSG.SRT.B.4
Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: a line parallel to one side of a triangle divides the other two
proportionally, and conversely; the Pythagorean Theorem proved using triangle similarity.



**I.CX.1
Understand the global, historical, societal, and cultural contexts of the visual arts.
I.CX.1.2
Understand the role of visual art in documenting history.
I.CX.1.3
Classify art by artist, movement, and style.






Trading Cards Lesson Ideas:

**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course
of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3
Analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama
(e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).



**2.C.1
Understand how various cultures influence communities.
2.C.2.2
Recognize the key historical figures and events that are associated with various cultural traditions.



**3.E.1
Recognize the major components and patterns observed in the earth/moon/sun system.
3.E.1.1
Recognize that the earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and
many moons and the earth is the third planet from the sun in our solar system.



**7.L.1
Understand the processes, structures and functions of living organisms that enable them to survive, reproduce
and carry out the basic functions of life.
7.L.1.4
Summarize the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestion, respiration, reproduction,
circulation, and excretion) and ways that these systems interact with each other to sustain life.


**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.10

By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10
text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.




SurveyMonkey Lesson Ideas:

**8.HF.3
Understand the importance of achieving and maintaining a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
PE.8.HF.3.1
Evaluate progress toward achieving health-related fitness standards, using the results to make improvements.
PE.8.HF.3.2
Summarize the potential short- and long-term physical, social, and emotional impacts of physical activity as a
positive lifestyle choice.



**EEn.2.8 Evaluate human behaviors in terms of how likely they are to ensure the ability to live sustainably on
Earth.
EEn.2.8.1
Evaluate alternative energy technologies for use in North Carolina.


**EEn.2.8 Evaluate human behaviors in terms of how likely they are to ensure the ability to live sustainably on
Earth.
EEn.2.8.4
Evaluate the concept of reduce, reuse, recycle in terms of impact on natural resources.


**EEn.2.6
Analyze patterns of global climate change over time.
EEn.2.6.3
Analyze the impacts that human activities have on global climate change (such as burning hydrocarbons,
greenhouse effect, and deforestation).



**WH.H.2
Analyze ancient civilizations and empires in terms of their development, growth and lasting impact.
WH.H.2.2
Analyze the governments of ancient civilizations in terms of their development, structure and function within
various societies (e.g., theocracy, democracy, oligarchy, tyranny, aristocracy, etc.).




**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g., recorded or live production of a play or
recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by
Shakespeare and one play by an American dramatist.)



**CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9
Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational works of
American literature, including how two or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.