American History Pacing Guide
Gonzo Education
Course Pacing Guide
Unit 1
A New Nation
Unit 2
Jackson/Manifest Destiny/Expansion
Unit 3
Antebellum America/Reform
Unit 4
The Civil War/Reconstruction/The New South
Unit 5
The West/Populism
Unit 6
Industrial Revolution
Unit 7
Progressives
Unit 8
Imperialism/World War 1
Unit 9
Boom to Bust
Unit 10
World War II
Unit 11
The Cold War
Unit 12
Vietnam
Unit 13
1960s
Unit 14
The Civil Rights Movement
Unit 15
1970s - 1980s
Unit 16
1990s – present
Unit 1: A New Nation
Vocabulary/Topics
Civics Review
- Strict & loose
interpretations of the
Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Abigail Adams
Activities
Activity 1: Define all the Vocabulary and Topics
Activity 2: Read These Letters from Abigail and John Adams and
answer the following questions:
Discussion Questions:
1. What was Abigail Adams asking John Adams for?
2. What did John Adams mean when he referred to women as
“another tribe”?
Washington’s Presidency
- Hamilton’s Economic Plan
- Whiskey Rebellion
- President Washington’s
Proclamation of Neutrality
- Washington’s Farewell
Address
Emerging Politics
- Democratic-Republican
Party
- Federalist Party
- Alien & Sedition Acts
- Virginia & Kentucky
Resolutions
- “Midnight Judges”
Election of 1800
3. According to John Adams, why should women, children, and
the poor be denied the right to vote? What was John Adams’
fear if women had the right to vote?
Activity 3: Click here and read about Washington’s Farewell
address. Then pick 2 points George Washington makes during
his Farewell Address and write one paragraph (per point) on
whether or not you agree with him and did the United States
today listen to him.
Mastery Assignment: Lewis and Clark historical fiction
assignment – In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson bought the
Louisiana territory from France, in which the U.S. acquired
approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the
Mississippi River for $15 million. President Jefferson assigned
American History Pacing Guide
Gonzo Education
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Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
Sequoyah
Early Foreign Policy
- Jay’s Treaty
- Pinckney’s Treaty
- XYZ Affair
- Convention of 1800
- Embargo Act (1807)
- Adams-Onís Treaty
War of 1812
- Tecumseh
- War Hawks
Battle of New Orleans
- Treaty of Ghent
- Hartford Convention
(1814-15)
Resources:
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to survey the land and
locate a main water rout which lead west. You are to write a
short story on Lewis and Clark's expedition to survey the
Louisianan territory. Needs to be at least one page (double
spaced) long and have some historical facts.
Here some resources to help you write:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/lgifs/Louisianapurchase.GIF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imd37Sfl-JE
List of Lewis's packing list
https://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/lewiss-packing-list
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lewis-clark/ Other
resources on Lewis and Clark
http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?_xmlsrc=lc.toc.xml
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/living/idx_8.html
http://franceshunter.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/meriwetherlewis-shot-in-the-butt/