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What are the key characteristics of the colonies and what enticed Europeans to move there? How did the varying political and economic differences among the colonies impact the development of the nation? What were the key contributions of explorers of North America and the United States? Class Procedures |
What was radical and new in the In the first colonies established? Could the United States have survived if the Native Americans had been treated fairly? What were the reasons for skepticism about the new government? What were the causes & consequences of the Age of Exploration? Is slavery a property right, or is it a violation of liberty? |
How did the varying political and economic differences among the colonies impact the U.S.? Was the American Revolution inevitable? Was the Revolution truly a radical overturning of government and society? Was Expansion moving west an “inevitable” development? How was Manifest Destiny used for expansion?
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What was radical and new in the Declaration of Independence? Could the United States have survived if the Articles had stayed in effect? What were the reasons for skepticism about the new government? What the rules of fighting during the Revolution? What sides did the Colonist take in the Conflict? |
What were the consequences of the Louisiana Purchase? How did views about slavery change? What was the United States like in 1800? How did the addition of states and territories lead up to the Civil War? How were all people in the United States treated? Ex. Blacks, Women, Native Americans, Former Slaves? |
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Content (topics, unit titles)
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The student understands the structure, functions, and purposes of government and how the principles and values of American democracy are reflected in American constitutional government. Topics include: United State Explorers, Iowa and United State Governments, Native Americans, Settlement Patterns |
Describe and evaluate the reasons for colonization? Identify the interactions between Native Americans and European’s? Evaluate maps to explain the expansion of the U. S., including who the land was bought, won or taken from? Describe the origins, obstacles, and impact of the Age of Exploration? Topics include: Colony Charters, Indian Removal, Slave Trade, Women’s Role, Colonies |
Identify the events that led to the American Revolution between 1763 and 1775?
Topics include: Colony Charters, Indian Removal, Slave Trade, Women’s Rights, Early Colonies, Expansion, Loyalist, Common Sense, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Kunta Kinte, Triangle Trade, National Geographic Jamestown Excavation, |
Demonstrate the ability to examine history from the perspectives of the participants. Analyze the role of of local, state, and federal government and how interaction between the three impacted the U.S. Constitution. Topics include: Rules of Fighting, Acts by Parliament, Women’s Rights, , Expansion, Loyalist, Common Sense, Thomas Jefferson, Betsy Ross, Molly Pitcher, Lives, Fortune, Sacred Honor
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Analyze the interactions of people and the physical environment. Explain the structure, functions, and purposes of government and how the principles and values of American democracy are reflected in American constitutional government. Topics include: Expansion, Slavery Justification, 1800 Laws, Recreation, and Daily-Life, Migration West, American Indian Policy, Sectionalism.
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Students will study United States Explorers and demonstrate how certain key factors helped shape the development of our nation and government structure. Students will be able to describe the events that led to the 1830 Native American Policy. Describe the history, colonization, landscape patterns of the U.S |
Label and locate the countries, landforms, capitals, and bodies of water as the United States expanded. Describe the history, colonization, landscape patterns of the U.S. Identify how manifest destiny influenced U.S. policy and history. Compare and contrast how United States citizens justified owning slaves. |
Identify the various factors that contribute to creating the American Revolution. Describe the aspirations that served as a foundation for the creation of a new government. Analyze how the governments of Iowa and the United States changed. Apply historical research to understand the use of primary and secondary sources. Importance of historical documents. |
Student will be able to understand the ideas that led to the creation of limited government in the United States (e.g., ideas of natural rights philosophy and the concept of popular sovereignty). Analyze how warfare has changed. Speculate on how much the U.S. won the revolution or England lost. Identify who were the Revolutionaries.
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Students will study the economic importance of slavery in the South as well as analyze the complexities of the conflict between basic human rights and the concept of property. Analyze for certain groups of people how the Constitution did not protect their rights. Study the migration into the heart of the U.S. ex. Lewis and Clark |
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Standards/Benchmarks aligned to content/skills |
SS-1H-1A SS-1H-6C SS-1H-5B SS-1H-2C SS-1H-2F |
SS-1H-1B SS-1H-2E SS-1H-3A SS-1H-5D SS-1H-6D |
SS-1H-1C SS-1H-2A SS-1H-2B SS-1H-2D SS-1H-4C SS-1H-6C |
SS-1H-2E SS-1H-6C SS-1H-2C SS-1H-6B |
SS-1H-1C SS-1H-6C SS-1H-4D SS-1H-5E SS-1H-5D |
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Activities
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Computer Mapping, Class Graded In-Class Projects, Room Tour, Pencil Mapping, Readings, Writings. |
Computer Mapping, Women’s Rights Readings, Lies my History Teacher told me readings, Roots Mini-Series, Underground Railroad Reading |
Mapping Projects, Computer Mapping, Graded In-Class Projects, Historical Research, Minnesota Historical Society Reading, Slave Poems, |
Mapping Projects, Computer Mapping, Graded In-Class Projects, Historical Research, History Channel Revolution, Textbook, Podcast, Simulations. |
Computer Mapping, Class Graded In-Class Projects, Room Tour, Pencil Mapping, Readings, Writings. |
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Assessments
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6 Traits of Writings Essay’s, Test, Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Slide-Show, Columbus Essays on the merits of Columbus Day.
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6 Traits of Writings Essay’s, Test, Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Slide-Show, Roots Essays, Women Rights Letter-Writing, Colony Brochures
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6 Traits of Writings Essay’s, Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Change over –time interactive, Roots Test, Women Rights Letter-Writing, Colony Brochures
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6 Traits of Writings Essay’s, Test, Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Change over –time interactive show, Mottos Research Worksheet, Readings.
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6 Traits of Writings Essay’s, Test, Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Slide-Show, Podcast, Video’s, Readings, Diaries
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Resources
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Textbook, Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Computer Projected Maps and Themes, Historical Books! |
Textbook, Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Computer Projected Maps and Themes, Historical Books, Videos, |
Textbook, Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Computer Projected Maps and Themes, Videos, Podcast, N. Geo. |
Internet, Wall Maps, Charts, Computer Maps Themes, Videos, Podcast, Readings, Diaries, Journals! |
Internet, Wall Maps, Charts, Computer Maps and Themes, Videos, Podcast, Data, Class Readings and Projections |
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Incorporation in BOLD
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Essential Questions
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How was settlement of the West affected by disasters? Ex. The Donner Party What was it like to homestead in Nebraska? How did Stephen Long’s Map and Journal affect the settlement of the Midwest? What was the American Indian Policy of 1830? What biases did History authors inject into their writings about history? Impact of Industrial Revolution? |
Explain how sectionalism led to the Civil War? How did the extension of slavery into the territories factor into the Civil War? How did the U.S. acquire New Mexico, Texas, and California? What were the results of Spanish-American war? How did laws change regarding women? Role of Political Parties? |
What political and economic factors led to the outbreak of the Civil War? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Union and the Confederacy? What major battles occurred throughout the Civil War and what was their impact on the course of war? Impact of the 1860 election? How did the Civil War impact the nation and peoples' rights? |
What was Iowa’s role in the Civil War? How did life for former slaves change after the Civil War? How did migration patterns change after the Civil War? What was the manhunt like for John Wilkes Booth? How did John Wesley Powell contribute to the mapping of the American West? |
Analyze the 1862 Minnesota Indian War? What was Little Crow’s role in the War? What is life like for the Lakota Nation today? How did Iowa grow and change? Create a U. S. History project to educate the public about U.S. History!
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Content (topics, unit titles)
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Uses Trail maps, journals, diaries to understand what the Trails South and West were like. Identify the problems of homesteading in the West. Analyze the factors that affected migration to what region and what trail people took. Topics include: Oregon, California Trails, Indian Removal, Andrew Jackson, Industry, Stephen-Townsend-Murphy Party
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Uses maps, journals, diaries to understand what the Spanish-American War was like. Identify the factors in acquiring states in the West. Analyze the factors that affected migration to what region and what trail people took. Topics include: Women’s Rights Movement, Gadsen Purchase, Lone Star Republic, Dred Scott Decision, Hasting’s Cutoff |
Identify the sacrifices made to win and lose the Civil War. What was life like for the average soldier. Analyze the major battles of the Civil War including Gettysburg Compare medical conditions in the Civil War with conditions today Topics include: Medical Conditions, the 54th regiment, Gettysburg, Shiloh, Andersonville, Daily Life of a Civil War Soldier, Guns |
Evaluate the Graybeard Regiment stamped Iowa’s efforts in the Civil War. Analyze how the rights of former slaves were still violated after the Civil War. Identify how buying Alaska in 1867 contribute to the United States. Topics include: Iowa in the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Seward, Moving North, Spoils System, Veterans Benefits, |
Analyze the role of the United States government in Indian Wars. Identify how the settlement of Iowa was impacted by the Spirit Lake Conflict. Topics include: The Un Civil War, Lakota Nation, Clash of Cultures, Hanging at Mankato, Native Americans in Iowa, Settlement of Coon Rapids, Bayard, and Carrollton |
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Compare and map the westward migration of people. Analyze the success and failure of groups migrating west. Compare how settlement patterns meshed with climate and physical challenges of the U.S. Identify why some territories became states quickly and why some did not. Locate the Trail of Tears and explain what happened on it. |
Explain the course and consequences that led up to the Civil War. Explain the significance of historical documents ex. The Monroe Doctrine, Analyze the events of the Spanish-American War, Compare and contrast the compromises made to preserve the Union. |
Students will understand the military strategy, political struggle, outcome, and legacy of the Civil War. Evaluate how both sides did with the resources they had to fight with. Speculate what life was like in the Prison Camps. Analyze the death totals and the reason for the death totals. Examine the role of women, and black soldiers in the Civil War. |
Identify the effects of war, shifts in political power, successes, and failures of the nation and its people following the Civil War. Demonstrate the ability to identify the turning points of the Civil War. Students will be able to compare and contrast the democratic freedoms and social advances made during this period and evaluate the impact of this era on American society. |
Analyze the years of Reclamation from 1862-1987, Evaluate the biases and stereotypes about Native American Indians, create a project with your to educate the public about American History. Gauge the impact of technology on the settlement patterns in change in Iowa. Ex. The Iron Horse, Horses |
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Standards/Benchmarks aligned to content/skills |
SS-1H-1E SS-1H-5A SS-1H-2C SS-1H-2F |
SS-1H-6A SS-1H-6B SS-1H-5B SS-1H-2D SS-1H-4A |
SS-1H-1D SS-1H-5A SS-1H-4C SS-1H-2E SS-1H-5E |
SS-1H-5C SS-1H-6B SS-1H-2E SS-1H-3B |
SS-1H-6E SS-1H-2C SS-1H-2D SS-1H-3B |
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Activities
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Trail Mapping Projects, Computer Mapping, Videos, Podcast, Diaries, Journals, Primary Source Letters, Simulations if Agriculture, Computer Simulations, |
Historical Mapping Projects, , Videos, Podcast, Diaries, Journals, Primary Source Letters, Alamo Simulation, Civil War Secession |
Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Civil War Test, Civil War Essay, Prison Camp Simulation, Civil War Life Virtual Sites |
Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Civil War Test, Alex Haley, Migration Mapping, Veterans adjusting back to society, Expansion and Exploration of the United States |
Minnesota Public Radio, End of the Year Project Rubrics, Indian War Project and Essay, |
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Assessments
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Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Change over –time interactive, Test, Women Rights Letter-Writing, Computer Simulation Success
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Alamo-project, Success, Spoof on History Skits, Presentations on the following: the life of an individual during slavery times, Compromise of 1850, party platforms on one of the following political parties: Free Soil, Know-Nothing, Whig, Republican, and Democratic. |
Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Civil War Test, Civil War Essay, Prison Camp Simulation, Civil War Life Virtual Sites Persuasive Essay |
Class Debate, Test, Quizzes, Project Rubrics, Civil War Effects, Fredrick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe Biographies, Civil War portfolio
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Assessment on this unit - one of the following: Portfolio, Essay, Web Page, Student Created Talk Show, Student Created Art Work on Indian Wars and Rubrics on Student Made Project |
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Resources
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Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Computer Projected Maps and Themes, Videos, Podcast, Readings, Diaries, Journals! |
Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Projected Maps and Themes, Videos, Podcast, Readings, Diaries, Journals! |
Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Projected Maps and Themes, Videos, Podcast, Readings, Diaries, Journals! |
Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Projected Maps and Themes, Videos, Podcast, Readings, Diaries, Journals! |
Internet, Wall Maps and Charts, Projected Maps and Themes, Videos, Podcast, Readings, Diaries, Journals! |
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