American+History

"The learner will . . ." || **Standard(s)** || **No. of Days** || **Vocabulary Terms** || **Resources** || **Student Learning Activities** || **Assessment** || 2. identify three basic issues debated in drafting the Articles of Confederation. 3. describe the political and economic problems faced by the Confederation. 4. describe how the Land Ordinance of 1785 promoted settlement of the Old Northwest. 5. explain how the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established patterns for all future expansion. 6. identify events that led national leaders to call for a convention to strengthen the government. (5.2) 7. summarize the key conflicts at the Constitutional Convention and explain how they were resolved. 8. describe the form of government established by the Constitution. 9. contrast Federalist and Anti-Federalist arguments over ratification of the Constitution. 10. explain how and why the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution. 11. analyze the principles of the United States Constitution, and summarize the purposes for and the processes of changing the Constitution. 12. explain how the United States confronted the difficult task of forming a new government. (6.1) 13. show how the political ideas of Hamilton and Jefferson differed. 14. describe how political differences evolved into a two-party system. 15. summarize the nation's developing foreign policy with Great Britain, France, and Spain. (6.2) 16. explain how the United States dealt with Native Americans and with British interests west of the Appalachians. 17. identify some of the deep divisions between Federalists and Republicans. 18. identify some of the significant changes brought about during the early years of Jefferson's presidency. (6.3) 19. provide examples of the declining power of the Federalists. 20. summarize the importance of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition. 21. explain the events that led to the War of 1812. 22. summarize the course of the war. || 12.1.1 12.1.2 12.2.1 12.2.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.2.10 12.2.11 12.2.12 12.3.1 12.3.2 12.3.4 12.3.5 12.3.6 12.4.1-US 12.4.2-US 12.4.3-US 12.4.4-US 12.4.5-US || 15 ||  || student text
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 * Textbook: ** (//The Americans//, McDougal-Littell, 2003)
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 * || Ch. 5-6 || 1. explain the differing ideas of republicanism. (5.1)

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discussion || quizzes unit exam || 2. explain how two different economic systems developed in the North and South. 3. summarize the American System, a plan devised to unite the country. 4. discuss how the federal govenment asseerted its jurisdiction over state govenments. (7.2) 5. explain how foreign affairs were guided by national self-interest. 6. summarize the issues that divided the cuntry as the United States expanded its borders. 7. describe the tension between Adams and Jackson; describe the expansion of suffrage. (7.3) 8. explain Jackson's spoils system and his appeal to the common citizen. 9. summarize the effects of the Indian Removal Acto of 1830. 10. explain how the protective tarrif laws raised the issue of states' rights. (7.4) 11. Summarize how Jackson destroyed the Bank of the United States. 12. identify some of Jackson's economic policies and their impact on his successor. 13. describe the new religious movements that swept the United States after 1790. (8.1) 14. explain the new philosophy that offered an alternative to tradtional religion. 15. characterize the nature of utopian communities. 16. describe the reforms demanded in schools, mental hospitals, and prisons. 17. identify some of the key abolitionists. (8.2) 18. describe the experience of slaves in rural and urban areas. 19. summarize the slavery debate in the South. 20. explain why women's opportunities were limited in the mid-1800s. (8.3) 21. identify the reform movements in which women participated. 22. describe the progress of the expanding women's rights movement. 23. demonstrate how new manufacturing technologies shifted the production of goods from home to factory. (8.4) 24. describe the conditions that females employees endured in factories. 25. summarize the attempts of factory workers to organize unions. || 12.1.1 12.1.2 12.2.1 12.2.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.2.10 12.2.11 12.2.12 12.3.1 12.3.2 12.3.4 12.3.5 12.3.6 12.4.1-US 12.4.2-US 12.4.3-US 12.4.4-US 12.4.5-US || 14 ||  || student text
 * || Ch. 7-8 || 1. describe the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the United States. (7.1)

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discussion || quizzes unit exam || 2. identify the invention that enhanced prople's lives and helped fuel the country's economic growth. 3. explain how improved transportation and communication systems helped to link America's regions and make them interdependent. 4. summarize the reasons American settlers headed west during the mid-1800s. (9.2) 5. describe the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans. 6. identify the westward trails and some of the prople who used them. 7. Explain John C. Fremont's map of the Oregon Trail. (9.3) 8. describe the hardships that settlers faced in traversing the trail. 9. explain why Mexico encouraged settlement in Texas. 10. describe how Texas gained its independence. 11. summarize the conflicting attitudes on waging war with Mexico. 12. describe key babbles that helped the United States win the war with Mexico. 13. identify US territories gained from Mexico. 14. explain the impact of the discovery of gold in California on the development of the West. || 12.1.1 12.1.2 12.2.1 12.2.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.2.10 12.2.11 12.2.12 12.3.1 12.3.2 12.3.4 12.3.5 12.3.6 12.4.1-US 12.4.2-US 12.4.3-US 12.4.4-US 12.4.5-US || 11 ||  || student text
 * || Ch. 9 || 1. describe how the industrialization and capitalism impacted the US economy. (9.1)

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mini-series //Into the West// || discussion || debriefing discussion after movie || 2. explain why the Wilmot Proviso failed to pass and why the issue of California statehood became so important. 3. analyze how the efforts of Clay, Webster, and Douglas produced the Compromise of 1850 and a temporary halt to talk of secession. 4. describe the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law and how abolitionists and the Underground Railroad succeeded in defying this law. (10.2) 5. explain how Douglas's desire for a northern transcontinental railroad route helped destroy the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. 6. describe the violence that occurred in Kansas in the fight over establishing slavery in the territory. 7. identify the political parties that emerged as the North and the South forged new political alliances. (10.3) 8. explain the reasons that led voters to align with a particular party and why Buchanan won the election of 1856. 9. explain the impact of the //Dred Scott// decision and the Lecompton Constitution on the political crisis over slavery. (10.4) 10. explain why Douglas believed that popular sovereignty was the key to eliminating slavery and why Lincoln believed Free-Soil legislation was required for voters to remove slavery. 11. describe the events at Harpers Ferry and their effect on the North and South. 12. describe the events that led to Lincoln's election and the establishment of the Confederate States of America. || 12.1.1 12.1.2 12.2.1 12.2.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.2.10 12.2.11 12.2.12 12.3.1 12.3.2 12.3.4 12.3.5 12.3.6 12.4.1-US 12.4.2-US 12.4.3-US 12.4.4-US 12.4.5-US || 10 ||  || student text
 * || Ch. 10 || 1. describe the growing differences between the North and South in their economies and ways of life. (10.1)

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debate on emancipation || quizzes emancipation debate || 12.2.1 12.2.2 12.2.3 12.2.4 12.2.5 12.2.6 12.2.10 12.2.11 12.2.12 12.3.1 12.3.2 12.3.4 12.3.5 12.3.6 12.4.1-US 12.4.2-US 12.4.3-US 12.4.4-US 12.4.5-US || 35 ||  || Civil War battle maps
 * || Civil War ||  || 12.1.1 12.1.2

Ken Burns //The Civil War//

//​Gettysburg// || discussion || 2 section quizzes

Final ||