Are you ready for:
American
History 1
Goals for Today:
 Are you ready for change?
 What is different about AM1 from US?
 How is AM1 laid out?
 How do we teach the new standards?
 How do we teach conceptually?
Change Happens
How do you feel about change?
On the “How you feelin’?” side of the paper, choose one
of the pictures that best represents how you feel about
changing to American History 1. Then, write a brief
MEME caption for the picture.
So, What Is Different About AM1?
American History 1
U.S. History
 8 Standards
 12 Goals
 Exploration to the End of
Reconstruction
 New Nation to
Modern Day
 6 Units
 12 Units
 Concepts Drive Course
Supported by Facts
 Facts Drive Course
 Skills Are A Major
Component
 4 Interconnected
Dimensions are the 1st
Standard
So, What Is Different About AM1?
To this:
Test
questions go from this:
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great
equalizer of the conditions of men—the balance-wheel of the social
machinery. . . . But I mean that it gives each man the independence
and the means by which he can resist the selfishness of other men.
- Twelfth
Annual
Report of
as Secretary with
of Massachusetts
Statereform?
Board of Education, 1848
17.
Which
person
isHorace
mostMann
associated
education
According
to Horace Mann, why was education an important institution
A Horace Mann
for
Americans?
B Lucretia
Mott
C Theodore Weld
A
created Stanton
a spirit of nationalism.
D It
Elizabeth
B It inspired citizens to actively participate in government.
C It encouraged equality of opportunity within society.
D It supported equity in the workplace.
What Are the 4
interconnected Dimensions?
 Chronological Thinking
 Historical Comprehension
 Historical Analysis and
Interpretation
 Historical Research
What Do I Do to Teach Standard One?
What are some ideas
you have to ensure
you teach with the 4
interconnected
dimensions in mind?
Share your ideas with
a partner?
So, what were some of
your ideas?
So, How Are The American history 1
Standards Organized?
 8 Standards
 Standard 1 – 4 Interconnected Dimensions
 Standard 2 – Turning Points in History
 Standard 3 – Exploration, Immigration, Migration
 Standard 4 – Conflict and Compromise
 Standard 5 – Freedom, Equality, Power
 Standard 6 – International Affairs and Foreign Policy
 Standard 7 – War
 Standard 8 – Progress, Crisis, “American Dream”
Our Standards ARE NOT
So, How Are The American
history 1 Standards Organized?
Standard 1 – 4 Interconnected Dimensions
Standard 2 – Turning Points in History (8-12% of NC Final)
o These are expected to be incorporated to each unit.
o They are not specifically listed in the Unit Documents.
o Turning Points refers to political, economic, and social
turning points. This is not military battles as turning
points in a war.
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5th Grade
•
•
5.H.1.3 Analyze the impact of major conflicts, battles and wars on the
development of our nation through Reconstruction.
AM1
•
AH1.H.2.1 Analyze key political, economic, and social turning points from
colonization through Reconstruction in terms of causes and effects.
•
AH1.H.2.2 Evaluate key turning points from colonization through
Reconstruction in terms of their lasting impact.
So, How Are The American
history 1 Standards Organized?
 Standard 3 – Exploration, Immigration, Migration
 # of Objectives – Four
- Only 3.1 deals with exploration, nothing else
 Units of Focus – 1 and 5
 13-17% of NC Final
 Standard 4 – Conflict and Compromise
 # of Objectives - Four
 Topics – Politics, Economy Society, Culture
 Units of Focus – 2, 4, 5, 6
 31-35% of NC Final
 Standard 5 – Freedom, Equality, Power
 # of Objectives - Two
 Topic – a) Views of Freedom and Equality Contribute to Politics and Economics
b) Three Branches Affect Distribution of Power
 Units of Focus – 1, 2, 3, 6
 11-15% of NC Final
So, How Are The American
history 1 Standards Organized?
 Standard 6 – International Affairs and Foreign Policy
 # of Objectives - Two
 Topics – a) Economic and Political Interests Help Set Foreign Policy
b) Reasons for War (International/Foreign)
 Units – 2 and 3
 8-12% of NC Final
 Standard 7 – War
 # of Objectives - Three
 Topics – Political, Economic, and Cultural Impact
 Units – 2, 3, 5, 6
 13-17% of NC Final
 Standard 8 – Progress, Crisis, “American Dream”
 # of Objectives - Three
 Topics – Innovation, Opportunity/Mobility,
Opportunity and Perception of “American Dream”
 Units – 1, 4, 5
 3-7% of NC Final
So, What is in the standards?
So, How Are The American
history 1 Standards Organized?
Things to Keep In Mind
The unpacked document is a good guide.
- This was the focus for creating the
units and is used to develop NC Final
Test questions.
The standards tend to overlap.
Just because a standard is a focus for a unit, does
not mean ALL of the objectives are in the unit.
The standards for AM2 are the exact same,
except for 3.1!
There is some overlap between AM1 and AM2.
So, How Are the American
history 1 units Organized?
6 Units
Unit 1: Exploration and
the Settlement of the
13 English Colonies
Unit 4: Political
Conflict,
Industrialization, and
Reform
Unit 2: The American
Revolution
Unit 5: Manifest
Destiny
Unit 3: The Young
Republic
Unit 6: A House
Divided
All Units and Documents can be found on the SS Webpage and in Edmodo!
So, How Are the American
history 1 units Organized?
The Curriculum is not
completely chronological.
WHY?
A) History happens
simultaneously.
B) Conceptual teaching
does not rely on
chronological teaching.
So, How Are the American
history 1 units Organized?
Unit 1
(1550-1763)
Unit 2
(1750-1788)
Unit 3
(1789-1824)
Unit 4
(1790-1877)
Jackson
Industrialization
Reform
Unit 5
(1785-1877)
Manifest Destiny
Mexican War
Westward Expansion
Immigration
Sectionalism Within
Unit 6
(1787-1877)
Slavery
Sectionalism
Civil War
Reconstruction
So, How Are the American
history 1 units Organized?
So, How Are the American history 1
units Assessed?
 6 Week Benchmark
 What: Units 1-3
 When: Around October 9th and 10th
 Set Up: 30 M/C and 2 CR
 12 Week Benchmark
 What: Units 4 and 5
 When: Around November 21st and 22nd
 Set Up: 30 M/C and 1 CR
 NC Final Exam
 When: the week of January 12th
 Set Up: 41 M/C and 1 CR
So, How Are the American
history 1 units Organized?
So, How do we Teach the new
Standards?
Trees
So, How do we Teach
Conceptually?
Concept --- Forest.
What makes a forest?
Why are they important?
How do the individual
pieces work together?
What problems are there?
So, How do we Teach
Conceptually?
But, they need the facts!!! They
don’t know this information!
So, How do we Teach
Conceptually?
What do you want them to know,
understand, and be able to do in 10 years?
What do you want to stick?
So, How do we Teach the new
Standards Conceptually?
What do you know?
1. Write down all that you know about the
topic. Be thorough!
2. What is the main point that you really want
to get across?
3. What is essential to getting this point
across?
So, How do we Teach the new
Standards Conceptually?
Let’s Investigate the Units.
So, How do we Teach the new
Standards Conceptually?
So, how you feelin’ now?
One last thing …
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