1st Nine Weeks
Organizing Principal 1: Thinking like a Historian
Students will be introduced to research and inquiry skills to analyze American History using primary and secondary sources.
Primary & Secondary Sources Handout
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Organizing Principal 2: Exploring America & Colonial HeritageStudents will understand the ways that economic, political,cultural,and religious competition between the British,French,Spanish,and Dutch shaped colonial America.
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Organizing Principal 3:
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2nd Nine Weeks
Organizing Principle 3:The Road to Independence (continue)
Students will understand how policies from British rule negatively affected the lives of the colonists while uniting them at the same time.
Organizing Principle 4: The American Revolution
Students will understand the key influences that led to the Revolutionary War,the writing of the Declaration of Independence, and the founding principles of our nation.
Organizing Principle 5: The Birth of a New Nation
Students will understand the causes,course,and consequences of the founding principles of our nation.
3rd Nine Weeks
Organizing Principle 6: Leaders of a New Nation
Students will understand the significant impact that George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson had in founding the principles and laws of our nation.
Organizing Principle 7: Jacksonian Democracy
Students will understand the variety of ways Andrew Jackson influenced our nation during westward expansion.
Organizing Principle 8: Westward Expansion
Students will understand why western expansion occurred and the impact it had on the United States as a whole.
Organizing Principle 9: Industrialization and Reform
Students will understand the domestic and international causes,course,and consequence of westward expansion.
4th Nine Weeks
Organizing Principle 10:The Civil War
Students will understand the causes,course,and consequences of the American Civil War.
Organizing Principle 11:Reconstruction
Students will understand the policies,practices,and consequences of Reconstruction.