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Themes
Essential
Questions
NYS
Standards
and Key
Ideas
Covered
Performance
Indicators /
skills
Texts Used
and Addn’
Resources /
Chapters
used
1 week The physical
Characteristics
of the United
States.
What are the
factors that
shaped the
identity of the
United States?
SWBAT:
Identify the
topography of
the United
States
The
Americans
textbook/
pgs. A22,
A23
1 week PreColumbian
Societies.
How were the
NativeAmericans
affected by
European
colonization?
SWBAT:
Chapter 1
Contrast the
culture of the
NativeAmericans with
the Europeans
Assessments
A map test
on the
topography
of the
United
States
Critical
Vocabulary
Geography
Climate
Topography
Natural
Resource
Standardized Nomadic
test practice Division of
on pg. 33
Labor
Colonization
Plantation
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Reading
Focus /
Seminars
Writing Focus
Other
( Lab Themes
/ Trips/
Enrichment)
Read a
selection
on the
abundant
natural
resources
found in
the U.S.
How did the
abundance of
natural
resources help
the United
States?
Read pgs.
2-31 in the
textbook
Would you have
resisted or
helped the
Europeans if
you had been a
NativeAmerican
during
colonization?
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Ideas
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skills
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and Addn’
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used
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Focus /
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Other
( Lab Themes
/ Trips/
Enrichment)
1 week The American
Colonies
Emerge
How did the
New England
colonies, the
middle
colonies and
the southern
colonies
differ?
SWBAT:
Discuss the
differences
between the 3
distinct regions
of the 13
original
colonies
Chapter 2
Standardized Conquistador
test practice Mestizo
on pg. 63
Indentured
Servant
Read
pgs.34-61
in
textbook
What most
impressed you
positively or
negatively about
the founding of
the colonies?
1 week The Colonies
Come of Age
Why did the
13 colonies
begin to grow
apart from
Great Britain?
SWBAT:
Describe how
the French and
Indian war
changed the
relationship
between
England and
their colonies
Chapter 3
Standardized Mercantilism
test practice Triangular
on pg. 93
Trade
Middle
Passage
Proclamation
of 1763
Read pgs.
64-91 in
textbook
How did the
French and
Indian war help
inspire a sense
of unity and
shared identity
among the
colonists?
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Ideas
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skills
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and Addn’
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Chapters
used
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Focus /
Seminars
1 week The War for
Independence
What were the
causes of the
American
revolution?
SWBAT:
Discuss how
British policies
caused the
colonies to
rebel
Chapter 4
Standardized Stamp Act
test practice Boston
on pg. 127
Massacre
Olive Branch
Petition
Common
Sense
1 week Shaping a
New Nation
What were the
differences
between the
Articles of
Confederation
and the
Constitution?
SWBAT:
Identify the
principles
found in the
U.S.
Constitution
Chapter 5
Standardized Articles of
Read pgs.
test practice Confederation 130-149
on pg. 151
Checks and
Balances
Electoral
College
Federalists
Antifederalist
Bill of Rights
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Read pgs.
94-123
Writing Focus
Other
( Lab Themes
/ Trips/
Enrichment)
View the
American
Stories video,
“Patriot Father,
Loyalist Son”,
and answer
questions
Would you have
voted for
ratification of
the
Constitution?
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Ideas
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skills
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and Addn’
Resources /
Chapters
used
1 week Launching the
New Nation
What were the
major
domestic and
foreign policy
problems
faced by the
New
Republic?
SWBAT:
Identify the
actions take by
Washington,
Adams, and
Jefferson
during their
administrations
Chapter 6
1 week Balancing
Nationalism
and
Sectionalism
What were the
major
domestic and
foreign policy
problems
faced by
President
Jackson and
Monroe?
SWBAT:
Chapter 7
Discuss how
nationalism
played a role in
government
action during
Jackson and
Monroe
administrations.
Assessments
Critical
Vocabulary
Reading
Focus /
Seminars
Standardized Cabinet
test practice Neutrality
on pg. 209
Alien and
Sedition Acts
Louisiana
Purchase
Embargo
Writing Focus
Other
( Lab Themes
/ Trips/
Enrichment)
Read pgs.
180-207
Compare
Marshall’s
decision in
Marbury v.
Madison with
another
Marshall
decision. Look
at pg.206-207 in
textbook.
Standardized Nationalism
Read pgs.
test practice Missouri
210-235
on pg. 237
Compromise
Spoils System
Trail of Tears
States’ Rights
Nullification
Monroe
Doctrine
Would you
support the
federal or state
government in
the nullification
crisis?
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skills
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and Addn’
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used
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Focus /
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1 week Reforming
Society
How did the
Second Great
Awakening
affect the
social and
labor reform
movements of
the first half of
the 19th
century?
SWBAT:
Chapter 8
Identify how
the Second
Great
Awakening, the
Abolition,
Temperance,
and Women’s
Suffrage
Movements
Standardized Second Great
test practice Awakening
on pg.269
Revival
Abolition
Temperance
Strike
Cult of
Domesticity
Seneca Falls
Convention
1 week Expanding
Markets and
Moving West
How did the
policy of
Manifest
Destiny affect
U.S. domestic
and foreign
policy?
SWBAT:
Chapter 9
Identify how
the U.S. gained
the territories in
the west
Standardized Manifest
Read pgs.
test practice Destiny
272-299
on pg. 301
Market
Revolution
Specialization
Capitalism
Entrepreneur
Annex
Gold Rush
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Read pgs.
238-267
Writing Focus
Other
( Lab Themes
/ Trips/
Enrichment)
Do you think the
positive effects
of mechanizing
the
manufacturing
process
outweighed the
negative effects?
Were the terms
of the Treaty of
Guadalupe
Hidalgo fair to
Mexico?
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1 week The Union in
Peril
Essential
Questions
NYS
Standards
and Key
Ideas
Covered
How did the
economic
differences
between the
North and
South divide
the nation?
1 week Reconstruction How did
and Its Effects Reconstruction
change
America?
Performance
Indicators /
skills
Texts Used
and Addn’
Resources /
Chapters
used
Assessments
Critical
Vocabulary
Reading
Focus /
Seminars
SWBAT:
Identify the
causes of the
Civil War
Chapter
10
Standardized Secession
test practice Compromise
on pg. 335
of 1850
Popular
Sovereignty
Fugitive
Slave Act
Kansas
Nebraska Act
SWBAT:
Identify the
major issues
during the
Reconstruction
Era
Chapter
12
Standardized Freedmen’s
Read pgs.
test practice Bureau
375-401
on pg. 403
13, 14, 15th
Amendments
Sharecropper
Tenant
Farmer
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Impeach
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Read pgs.
302-333
Writing Focus
Other
( Lab Themes
/ Trips/
Enrichment)
Would you
consider John
Brown a Hero?
View the
American
Stories Video,
“Teacher of a
Freed People:
Robert
Fitzgerald and
Reconstruction”,
and answer
questions
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