Time Topic Resources Assessments Colonial Revolution September 1750-­‐1775 A study of how Colonial attitudes toward the British Government changed from 1750-­‐1775 October First Governments 1774-­‐1791 Students will examine the First and Second Continental Congress’ attempts to draft a national plan of government, starting with the failure of the Articles, and then the success of the Constitution. Declaration of Independence Common Sense Treaty of Paris (1763) American History The Early Years, Glencoe The Articles of Confederation Full Text: Early America.com http://www.earlyameri
ca.com/earlyamerica/m
ilestones/articles/text.h
tml The Constitution of the United States of America Full Text: National Archives http://www.archives.
gov/exhibits/charter
s/constitution_transc
ript.html Michigan Content Expectations Quiz: The Stamp Act, Coercive Acts, and Townshend Acts Presentations on the Declaration of Independence. Unit Test Colonial Revolution F1.1 Describe the ideas, experiences, and interactions that
influenced the colonists’ decisions to declare independence
Presentations on each article of the Articles of Confederation Presentations on each article of the Constitution LEJRABS U3.3 Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
Explain the challenges faced by the new nation and analyze the
development of the Constitution as a new plan for governing.
[Foundations for Civics HSCE Standard 2.2.]
F1.2 Using the Declaration of Independence, including the
grievances at the end of the document, describe the role this
document played in expressing
• colonists’ views of government
• their reasons for separating from Great Britain. (C2)
Politics and Foreign Affairs (version 1.0) November 1789-­‐1816 Students will study Washington – Q. Adams’s Presidencies and specifically their management of foreign affairs and the development of a two party system. December Emergence of Industrialization 1820-­‐1830 Westward Expansion January 1803-­‐1850 February Social Reform 1830-­‐1860 Political Cartoons from the Era. Jay Treaty earlyamerica.com Living History:
Living During the
Industrial
Revolution.
Ancient
Lights, 2003. Full
Video.
5 January
2011. <http://www
.discoveryeducatio
n.com/>.
Lewis and Clark: Tools of Survival. 100% Educational Videos, 2005. Full Video. 5 January 2011. <http://ww
w.discoveryeduca
tion.com/>. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, (Amazon) Declaration of Sentiments Quiz: Viewpoints of Federalists and Democratic Republicans 8 – U4.1.2 Establishing America’s Place in the World – Explain The changes in America’s relationships with other nations by analyzing treaties with American Indian nations, Jay’s Treaty (1795), French Revolution, Pinckney’s Treaty (1795), Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Transcontinental Treaty (1819), and the Monroe Doctrine. (C4) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 169) Essay on how the Missouri Compromise demonstrates sectional differences. 8 – U4.2.1 Comparing Northeast and the South – Compare and contrast the social and economic systems of the Northeast and the South (E1.3,1.4) (National Geography Standard 14, p. 171)
(National Geography Standard 3, p. 148)
(National Geography Standard 9, p. 160)
Unit Test: Corps of Discovery, Mexican-­‐American War, and Texas Independence 8 – U4.2.3 Westward Expansion – Explain the expansion, conquest, and settlement of the West through the Louisiana Purchase, the removal of American Indians (Trail of Tears) from their native lands, (E2.1) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154)
8 – U4.2.4 Consequences of Expansion – (C2) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 169) Frederick Douglas Reflection Essay 8 – U4.3.2 Describe the formation and development of the Abolitionist movement by considering the roles of key abolitionist leaders (C2) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154) 8 – U4.3.3 Analyze the antebellum women’s rights (and suffrage) movement (Seneca Falls Convention) Sectionalism March 1824-­‐1860 Civil War April 1861-­‐1865 Reconstruction May 1865-­‐1877 Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union Yale Law School (avalon.law.yale.e
du) © 2008 Lillian
Goldman Law
Library
127 Wall Street,
New Haven, CT
06511.
The American Civil
War: The War
Years.
Creative
Adventures, 1996.
Full Video.
2 February
2011. <http://www
.discoveryeducatio
n.com/>.
Puppet Show Skit: Create a script highlighting the drama of the election of 1824. 8 – U5.1.3 Describe the competing views of Calhoun, Webster, and Clay on the nature of the union among the states 8 – U5.2.1 Explain the reasons (political, economic, and social) why Southern states seceded (C3, E1.2) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154) Civil War Unit Test Quiz over Civil War Battles 8 – U5.2.2 Make an argument to explain the reasons why the North won the Civil War (E1.4) (National Geography Standard 15, p. 173)
Quiz: Politics and Reconstruction. Unit Test: Reconstruction Michigan Citizen Collaborative Curriculum http://scope.oakland.k1
2.mi.us/docs/SS/SS080
700%5CSS080700_unit.
pdf 8 – U5.2.5 Construct generalizations about how the war affected combatants, 8 – U5.3.1 Describe the different positions concerning the Reconstruction of Southern society and the nation, 8 – U5.3.3 Describe the new role of African Americans in local, state and federal government in the years after the Civil