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Unit 1: Colonial
America
Unit 2: American
Revolution &
Constitutional
Foundations
Unit 3: Civil War
[Expansion,
Nationalism,
Sectionalism]
Unit 4:
Reconstruction
Unit 5: Progressive
Era
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Essential Questions
Essential Questions
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How do challenges
force a society to
evolve?
How do challenges
lead or force people
to change?
What motivations and
intentions shape
foreign affairs?
How do people affect
change in their society?
What forces and
challenges shaped
early settlements in
Colonial America?
Supporting Questions
Is there one American
experience?
Supporting
Questions
What were the causes
& effects of the
American revolution?
Is there one American
experience?
Does America live up
to it’s foundational
ideals?
To what extent does
the American economy
shape the American
experience?
Supporting Questions
To what extent did
European
colonization impact
the native peoples of
the North American
continent?
What factors caused
political, social and
economic
Supporting Questions
How does federalism
shape American
society?
What are the basic
components of and
systems of the US
Federal Government?
How did westward
expansion impact
America between 1800
and 1865?
Why did feelings of
sectionalism arise in
America between 1800
- 1865?
What were the causes
and effects of the Civil
War?
With greater legal and
civil rights, how did the
lives of African
Americans & women in
America change after
the civil war?
To what extent did
westward expansion
impact the American
economy?
What impact did
westward expansion
How do challenges lead
or force people to
change?
Supporting Questions
How did rapid growth in
industrialization and
urbanization lead to
changes in American
society?
To what extent did
progressive era social,
political, and economic
reforms shape
American society?
differences among
the colonies?
How did historical
examples shape the
development of
colonial political
structures?
Topics
● European
settlements in
North
America
● Native
Americans in
North
America
● Colonial
America
● French &
Indian War
Topics
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Impact of
French &
Indian War
Declaration of
Independence
Revolutionary
War
Constitutional
Convention &
US
Constitution
GW Presidency
Marshall Court
Topics
● Westward
expansion &
manifest destiny
& the industrial
revolution
● Nationalism
● Virginia
presidential
dynasty
● Indian removal
● Sectionalism
● Civil war
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have on immigrants,
indigenous peoples,
and all American
citizens?
Topics
● Reconstruction
● Southern
response to
reconstruction
● African
Americans after
the
Emancipation
Proclamation
● Westward
expansion &
manifest
destiny & the
industrial
revolution
● Women’s rights
movement
Topics
● Industrialization
& Urbanization
● Labor rights
movement
● Social,
economic, and
political reform
● Women’s
suffrage
movement
Unit 6: American
Imperialism &
World War 1
Unit 7: Prosperity
& Depression
[1920’s & 1930’s]
Unit 8: World War
II
Unit 9: Cold War
Unit 10: Domestic
Change [Social,
Political,
Economic]
Unit 11:
Contemporary
America
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Essential
Questions
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Questions
Essential Questions
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Questions
Essential
Questions
Is there one
American
experience?
How have foreign
affairs shaped or
influenced
modern
American
society?
What does it mean
to be a global
leader?
To what extent
does the American
economy shape the
American
experience?
What motivations
and intentions
shape foreign
affairs?
What does it mean
to be a global
leader?
Supporting
Questions
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Questions
To what extent did
World War 1 affect
American society
socially, politically,
and economically?
Why did the United
States take on a
more active role as
What motivations
and intentions
shape foreign
affairs?
How did the
American economy
and American
culture change in
the 1920’s and
1930’s?
What were the
causes and effects
of the Great
Depression?
How have foreign
affairs shaped or
influenced modern
American society?
Supporting
Questions
How did US
participation in
WW2 shape the
role of the United
States in the
modern world?
How did US
participation in
How have foreign
affairs shaped or
influenced modern
American society?
What motivations
and intentions shape
foreign affairs?
Supporting
Questions
What were the
causes and effects
of the Cold War?
How did the Cold
War impact
American foreign
and domestic policy?
Does America live
up to it’s founding
ideals?
Supporting
Questions
How did the role of
the Federal
Government in
American society
evolve from 1945
to the present?
To what extent did
the Civil Rights
movement shape
Supporting
Questions
How has the role
of the United
States of
America as a
global leader
evolved?
What are the
effects of
international
a world leader in
the early 1900’s?
WW2 affect the
American economy
& society?
Topics
Topics
● Spanish
American
War
● Roosevelt
Corollary
● America as
a global
leader
● American
Neutrality in
WWI
● World War I
& the United
States
● Homefront
during the
war
Topics
● 1920’s &
Economic
Prosperity
● Shifts in
American
cultural
values
● African
Americans
in the 1920’s
● Economic
depression
of the
1930’s
● FDR’s
response to
the Great
Depression
● World War 2
in Europe
● American
Neutrality in
WWII
● US
participatio
n in WWII
● Homefront
during the
war
● Japanese
internment
during WWII
● FDR’s
leadership
during WWII
Topics
● Cold War
events from
1945 - 1980
● Impact of the
Cold War on
the United
States
● Cuban Missile
Crisis
● Space Race
● Vietnam War
● Truman,
Eisenhower,
Kennedy, and
Nixon
presidencies
modern American
society?
Topics
● Civil Rights
Movement
● Warren
Court
● Social
movements
in the
modern era
● Federal
government
& the social
safety net
● Impact of
Johnson &
Regan on
the
economy
conflict,
economic
competition, and
globalization on
the USA &
American
society?
Topics
● Persian
Gulf War
● Modern
foreign
policy
● War on
Terror &
Impact on
America
● Globalizat
ion & the
economy
● Obama
Presidenc
y