Andrew Newhouse
Lanier Middle School
anewhou1@houstonisd.org
Tutoring: Wednesday Afternoons, 3:35 – 4:15
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United States History
1607 – 1877
1st Quarter:
Syllabus
Unit: Colonialism (1500s – 1750)
* Jamestown and Plymouth
* Colonial regional development
Unit Question: How does environment affect culture & settlement?
AOI Focus: Environment
* Explain how geography influenced economic activities in the colonies
* Demonstrate how geography encouraged settlement patterns
* Compare/contrast Jamestown and MA Bay settlements
Unit: Revolutionary Era (1753 - 1783)
* French and Indian War
* British Policy 1763-1775
* Declaration of Independence
* Events and results of the Revolution
* Results of the Revolution
Unit Question: Is revolution ever justified?
AOI Focus: Health & Social Education
* Evaluate social aspects of war – a peoples’ war or the commercial elite?
* Show empathy with the impact of war on people living through it
* Examine the lives of various patriots
2nd Quarter:
Unit: Government (Articles of Confederation, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Citizenship)
* Articles of Confederation
* Constitutional convention & ratification
* Foundation & principles of the constitution
* Bill of Rights, Rights & Responsibilities
Unit Question: What is the role/purpose of government?
AOI Focus: Human Ingenuity
* Investigate the philosophies and ideas that were incorporated into the Constitution and Bill of Rights
* Analyze the “living Constitution”
3rd Quarter:
Unit: A New Republic (1789 – 1850s)
* Early foreign policy
* Manifest Destiny
* Industrial Revolution
* Reform Movements
Unit Question: What inspires a nation’s growth?
AOI Focus: Community & Service
* analyze how various peoples were affected by westward expansion
* explain how the Industrial Revolution changed the American landscape
* evaluate the impact of various reform movements
4th Quarter:
Unit: Civil War Era (1750 - 1787)
* Sectionalism
* Major civil war battles
* Reconstruction
Unit Question: Is civil war necessary to change a country’s political, social or economic environments?
AOI Focus: Health & Social Education
* examine the effects of the civil war on the South, the North, and Freedmen
* propose a reconstruction plan that would’ve been acceptable to all involved