Title of Unit: Colonial Foundations of the American Nation Content Area: US HISTORY I Grade Level: 10, 11 Big Idea: Political, economic, social and environmental factors contribute to the growth and distribution of population. Societies require rules, laws and government. The Americans McDougal Little Chapters 1-4 The Declaration of Independence Unit tests Thematic Essays Projects Research Papers Performance Tasks Hominid Puritans Separatist Mercantilism Triangular trade Middle Passage Enlightenment Great Awakening Patriots Loyalists Egalitarianism Nomadic Kinship Division of Labor Plantation Lineage Renaissance Hierarchy Reformation Nuclear family Colonization Proprietor Slave Intolerable Inflation Profiteering
Examine how settlement of the New World was influenced by and altered geography and culture. Identify political, economic, social and environmental factors that contributed to the growth and distribution of population. Analyze maps, charts and graphs to recognize the impact of geography on demographic patterns. Analyze and appreciate the impact of geography on economic and cultural development and the evolution of three distinct colonial regions. Identify and appreciate the importance and impact of slavery in colonial American society and economics, as well as it s far reaching effects. Analyze and appreciate the impact of European settlement on Native American cultures. Analyze and be able to explain the role of Enlightenment philosophies played in the development of the Declaration of Independence. Critically read and analyze The Declaration of Independence.
Understand and appreciate the importance of geography, strategy, resources, motivation and alliances on the outcome of the American Revolution. Understand and appreciate how the Revolution impacted the emergence of leaders in the early Republic. Duration of Unit: 2 nd Marking Period Unit 2 Standards Primary Texts Summative Assessments Title of Unit: Evolution of a new Nation (Articles to Federalists) Content Area: US HISTORY I Grade Level: 10, 11 Big Idea: The US has evolved into a unique capitalist society. RH.9-10. RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 9-10.2a-e 9-10.7.9-10.9 6.1.12.A.2.e 6.1.12.A.2.f 6.1.12.A.3.a 6.1.12.A.3.b 6.1.12.A.3.c 6.1.12.A.3.d 6.1.12.A.3.e 6.1.12.A.3. 6.1.12.A.3.g 6.1.12.A.3.h 6.1.12.A.3.i 6.1.12.B.3.a. 6.1.12.C.2.b 6.1.12.C.3.a 6.1.12.C.3.b 6.1.12.D.2.c 6.1.12.D.2.d 6.1.12.D.2. 6.1.12.D.3.a 6.1.12.D.3.b 6.1.12.D.3.c 6.1.12.D.3.d 6.1.12.D.3.e The Americans McDougal Little Chapter 5-8 The U.S. Constitution Unit tests Thematic Essays Projects Research Papers Performance Tasks Academic Vocabulary Republicanism Federalism Legislative branch Executive branch Judicial branch Electoral college Federalists Antifederalists Impressment Armistice Excise tax Neutrality Sectionalism Nullification Nationalism Abolition Antebellum Gag rule Republic Confederation Ordinance
Ratification Democratic Republicans Cabinet Neutrality Nullification Blockade Embargo Compromise Cotton gin Revival Utopian Transcendentalism Emancipation Apprentice Journeyman Strike Student Outcomes Evaluate the successes and failures of the Articles of Confederation. Analyze the creation of the Constitution and its content. Determine the role and impact of political parties on the growing nation. Appreciate and understand the impact of Jeffersonian Democracy on the new nation. Analyze the impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the geography, politics, society and economy of the nation. Analyze the importance and long term impact of the War of
1812 on the social, political and economic development of the nation. Analyze the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the culture, economy and politics of the nation. Duration of Unit: 3 rd Marking Period Unit 3 Standards Primary Texts Summative Assessments Title of Unit: Sectionalism and Manifest Destiny Content Area: US HISTORY I Grade Level: 10, 11 Big Idea: Political, Economic, Social and Environmental Factors contribute to the growth and distribution of population. RH.9-10. RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 9-10.2a-e 9-10.7.9-10.9 6.1.12.A.2.e 6.1.12.A.2.f 6.1.12.A.3.a 6.1.12.A.3.b 6.1.12.A.3.c 6.1.12.A.3.d 6.1.12.A.3.e 6.1.12.A.3. 6.1.12.A.3.g 6.1.12.A.3.h 6.1.12.A.3.i 6.1.12.B.3.a. 6.1.12.C.2.b 6.1.12.C.3.a 6.1.12.C.3.b 6.1.12.D.2.c 6.1.12.D.2.d 6.1.12.D.2. 6.1.12.D.3.a 6.1.12.D.3.b 6.1.12.D.3.c 6.1.12.D.3.d 6.1.12.D.3.e The Americans McDougal Little Chapter 9-12 Unit tests Thematic Essays Projects Research Papers Performance Tasks Academic Vocabulary Transcendentalism Civil disobedience Abolition Antebellum Journeyman Nativism Confederacy Antietam Emancipation Proclamation Revival Utopian community Emancipation Temperance Apprentice Strike Master Entrepreneur Telegraph Specialization Capitalism Annex
Secession Conscription Impeach Scalawag Carpetbagger Sharecropping Redemption Student Outcomes Evaluate how Manifest Destiny affected national politics and expansion became a national political issue. Conduct short research of the rise of sectionalist attitudes and how they connected to the expansion within the country during the Manifest Destiny period. Determine how the United States political power and influence increased as a result of the acquisition of more westward territory. Analyze how the slavery issue caused further sectional tensions as a result of further United States expansion. Asses primary source documents and articulate their significance as a record of the period. Evaluate and identify the most crucial and important reform movements of the mid 1800 s. Determine the significance and importance that the abolition
movement played in the mid- 1800 s. Unit 4 Standards Primary Texts Summative Assessments Duration of Unit: 4 th Marking Period RH.9-10. RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 9- Title of Unit: Civil War and Reconstruction (Closing of frontier/second Industrial Revolution) Content Area: US HISTORY I Grade Level: 10,11 Big Idea: Political, economic, social and environmental factors contribute to the growth and distribution of population. 10.2a-e 9-10.7.9-10.9 6.1.12.A.2.e 6.1.12.A.2.f 6.1.12.A.3.a 6.1.12.A.3.b 6.1.12.A.3.c 6.1.12.A.3.d 6.1.12.A.3.e 6.1.12.A.3. 6.1.12.A.3.g 6.1.12.A.3.h 6.1.12.A.3.i 6.1.12.B.3.a. 6.1.12.C.2.b 6.1.12.C.3.a 6.1.12.C.3.b 6.1.12.D.2.c 6.1.12.D.2.d 6.1.12.D.2. 6.1.12.D.3.a 6.1.12.D.3.b 6.1.12.D.3.c 6.1.12.D.3.d 6.1.12.D.3.e The Americans McDougal Little Chapter 13-16 Gettysburg Address Unit tests Thematic Essays Projects Research Papers Performance Tasks Academic Vocabulary Exoduster Populism Bimetallism Transcontinental Railroad Vertical and Horizontal Integration Social Darwinism Nativism Urbanization Americanization movement Political machine Poll tax Debt peonage Assimilation Great Plains Soddy Melting pot Tenement Patronage Graft Segregation
Analyze the long-term importance of the Civil War on American society. Draw evidence from the Emancipation Proclamation and discuss its impact on society. Analyze how the Civil War changed American culture for the long-term. Determine the short and longterm consequences of the Reconstruction period. Evaluate how the end of westward expansion changed the United States. Compare and contrast the significance of industrial development and technological innovation and the role they played in the transformation of American society and the economy.