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Unit 2
AMERICAN HISTORY 1
INSTRUCTIONAL ALIGNMENT
Essential Standard:
AH1.H.1 Apply the four interconnected dimensions of historical thinking to United States History Essential Standards in order to understand the creation and
development of the United States over time
AH1.H.2 Analyze key political ,economic and social turning points in United States History using historical thinking
AH1.H.4 Analyze how conflict and compromise have shaped politics, economics and culture in the United States
AH1.H.3 Understand the factors that led to the exploration, settlement, movement and expansion and their impact on the United States development over time.
AH1.H.5 Understand how tensions between freedom, equality and power have shaped the political, economic and social development of the United States.
AH1.H.7 Understand the impact of war on American politics, economics, society and culture.
AH1.H.6 Understand how and why the role of the United States in the world has changed over time.
AH1.H.8 Analyze the relationship between progress, crisis and the “American Dream” within the United States
Clarifying Objective(s):
Essential Question(s):
AH1.H.1.1 (Use Chronological thinking)
1. Why did English policy after the French and Indian War lead to a colonial
AH1.H.1.2 (Use Historical Comprehension)
rebellion?
AH1.H.1.3 (Use Historical Analysis and Interpretation)
2. What role did the development of an American identity and the desire for selfAH1.H.1.4 (Historical Research)
government play in the growing tensions between the colonies and England?
AH1.H.2.1: Analyze key political, economic and social turning points from
3. How did the “power of the pen” influence the political atmosphere in the colonies
colonization through Reconstruction in terms of causes and effects
prior to the American Revolution?
AH1.H.2.2: Evaluate key turning points from colonization through
4. What role did cultural differences and location play in the divisions of people,
Reconstruction in terms of their lasting impact.
colonial and indigenous, during the American Revolution?
AH1.H.3.2 Explain how environmental, cultural and economic factors
influenced the patterns of migration and settlement within the U.S. before
the Civil War
AH1.H.4.1 Analyze the political issues and conflicts that impacted the
United States through reconstruction and the compromises that resulted.
AH1.H.4.2 Analyze the economic issues and conflicts that impacted the
United States through Reconstruction and the compromises that resulted
AH1.H.4.4 Analyze the cultural conflicts that impacted the United States
through Reconstruction and the compromises that resulted
AH1.H.5.1 Summarize how the philosophical, ideological and/or religious
views on freedom and equality contributed to the development of
American political and economic systems through Reconstruction
AH1.H.6.1 Explain how national, economic and political interests helped
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set the direction of United States foreign policy from independence
through Reconstruction
AH1.H.7.1 Explain the impact of wars on American politics through
Reconstruction
AH1.H.7.2 Explain the impact of wars on the American economy through
Reconstruction
AH1.H.7.3 Explain the impact of wars on American society and culture
through Reconstruction
AH1.H.8.2 Explain how opportunity and mobility impacted various groups
within American society through Reconstruction
Pacing Guide: 10 Day
Unit of Study
Establishing
an American
identity and
American
Revolution
Major Concepts
conflict, war,
international
affairs, freedom,
war, American
dream
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Instructional Task
Define current vocabulary
Essential Vocabulary
Pre:
Instructional Resources
Text Resources:
Discuss concepts for the
unit of study.
Revolution
Enlightenment and
Enlightenment
philosophies
Self-government
Prentice Hall, United States History,
2008
Examine and explain the
impact of economic,
political and social policies
on the American
Revolution and the
aftermath.
Analyze reasons for and
impact of American
Revolution
Compare and contrast
tactics and motives of
European nations vying for
empire.
Formulate ideas that
explain the impact of the
Current:
Albany Plan of Union
Bacon’s Rebellion
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Connecticut Plan/
Great Compromise
Declaratory Act
English Bill of
Rights
French and Indian War
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
“Declaration of Independence”
p. 21-25
“Liberty or Death” p. 1041
“Common Sense” p. 1042
“Free and Independent States” p.
1043
“Virginia Statute for Religious
Freedom” p. 1043
Articles of Confederation
“The Northwest Ordinance” p. 1044
Digital Resources:
Excerpts from Paine’s Common
Sense
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper2
/CDFinal/Paine/cover.html
Sample Assessment Prompts
Explain why colonists objected to
writs of assistance and viceadmiralty courts.
Explain what the British meant by
virtual representation and why
the American colonists rejected
the concept.
Between 1689 and 1763 Britain
and France and their respective
allies fought four wars for
supremacy in Europe and control
of India and North America.
Discuss the impact of those wars
on America and relations
between Britain and her thirteen
colonies.
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separation from the
mother country on the
American Dream.
Explain the transformation
of American economics,
society, and politics and
determine the limits of the
transformation.
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House of Burgesses
Indentured
servants
Intolerable
Acts/Coercive Acts
John Locke
Jonathan Edwards
Joint-stock Companies
Northwest Ordinance
of 1787
Proclamation of
1763
Quartering
Act
Social Contract
theory
Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act
Stamp Act Congress
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Townshend
Acts
Treaty of Paris, 1763
and Treaty of Paris,
1783
Articles of
Confederation
Whiskey Rebellion
The Declaration of Independence
http://www.archives.gov/national_a
rchives_experience/charters.html
John Dickinson’s Letters from a
Farmer 1767-68
http://www.earlyamerica.com/early
america/bookmarks/farmer/
Edmund Burke - Speech on
Conciliation with America, March
22,
1775.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/early
america/firsts/cartoon/snake.html
PBS Video – “Liberty! The American
Revolution”
The Revolutionary Era, Documents
of Destiny, Goldhil Home Videos
Chronicle of the Revolution & The
Road to Revolution
http://pbs.org/liberty/
Curriculum Pathways Resources
(available at: www.sasinschool.com)
Becoming “Enlightened”:
Introductory:
Generating a Group Quiz from
Primary Source
Documents, Web Lesson 594
Federalism
Civic participation
The Influence of John Locke, Web
Lesson 616
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The Stamp Act, InterActivity 30
These documents can be found at
the web site for the Avalon Project
at Yale Law School
• English Bill of Rights
• Thomas Paine, Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• DeToqueville’ Democracy in
America
• English Petition of Rights
• Patrick Henry’s speeches
• Jefferson’s writings on law
• John Lockes’ Treatises
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Law
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Rousseau’s Social Contract
• Maryland Toleration Act
• Virginia Declaration of Rights,
Literary Connections:
Primary Source Documents:
“Common Sense” Declaration of
Independence” “Federalist Papers”
etc.
“1776” David McCullough
"Benedict Arnold: Patriot and
Traitor” Willard Sterne Randall
“The Americanization of Benjamin
Franklin” Gordon S. Wood
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“Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists
in the Revolutionary World” Maya
Jasanoff