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Week 1 – Administrative Duties
- Class rules, expectations, etc.
- Team Building
Week 2 – Review (7.6.5; 7.11.1; 7.11.2; 7.11.3; 7.11.6; 8.2.1)
- Exploration, Native Americans, Basic American Geography
- Columbian Exchange, mercantilism, slavery
- Development of British democracy
o Magna Carta, parliament, habeas corpus, English Bill of Rights
Week 3 – Colonization of Early America (8.2.1)
- Jamestown and Plymouth
- Mayflower Compact
- Establishment of 13 English colonies
Week 4 – Colonization of Early America (7.11.3; 7.11.5; 8.1.1)
- 13 English Colonies
o Economies, governments, culture, and religion
 The Great Awakening, triangular trade, etc.
o Enlightenment ideas spread throughout the colonies
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Review and Testing of Colonization of Early America
Week 5 – The American Revolution (7.11.6; 8.1.1; 8.1.2; 8.1.3; 8.1.4)
- French and Indian War
- Steps to Revolution
o Proc. of 1763, Quartering Act, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, etc.
o No Taxation Without Representation
o Sons of Liberty
Week 6 – The American Revolution (8.1.2; 8.1.3)
- Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”
- Declaration of Independence
- Key Battles
- Results of the Revolution
Week 7 – Review and Testing of the American Revolution
Week 8 – Creation of a Country (8.2.2; 8.3.5)
- Articles of Confederation and the Critical Period
- Shay’s Rebellion
- The Constitutional Convention
- The Constitution’s Preamble and Purpose of Government
Week 9 – Creation of a Country (8.2.3; 8.2.4; 8.2.7; 8.3.6)
- The Constitution
o The Const. Convention – its issues and the Plans
o The Great Compromise and the 3/5 Compromise
o The Seven Principles of the Constitution
o Article I – The Legislative Branch
Week 10 – Creation of a Country (8.2.7; 8.3.6)
- The Constitution
o Article II – The Executive Branch
o Article III – The Judicial Branch
o Articles IV-VII
o The Federalist Papers
Week 11 – Creation of a Country, Part II (8.2.5; 8.2.6; 8.2.7; 8.3.7)
- The Bill of Rights
- Amendments 11-27
Week 12 – Creation of a Country, Part III (8.2.5; 8.2.6; 8.2.7; 8.3.4)
- Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
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Review and Testing of Creation of a Country
Week 13 – America’s Early Years (8.2.4; 8.3.4; 8.3.5; 8.4.2)
- The Challenges of President Washington
o Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists revisited
 A Vision for America: Hamilton vs. Jefferson
o The National Debt Crisis
o Whiskey Rebellion and its meanings
o Neutrality Proclamation and its effects
o Securing the Northwest
 Treaty of Greenville
o Washington’s Farewell Address
Week 14 – America’s Early Years (8.3.4)
- The Adam’s Years
o XYZ Affair
o Quasi-War with France
o Alien and Sedition Acts
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o Marbury vs. Madison
Review and Testing of America’s Early Years
Week 15 – America Begins to Grow (8.4.3; 8.8.2)
- Election of 1800
- Jefferson’s Politics
o Small, limited government
- Louisiana Purchase
o Lewis and Clark Expedition
o Zebulon Pike
Week 16 – America Begins to Grow (8.8.2)
- War of the Barbary Pirates
- Embargo Act
- Causes of the War of 1812
o Impressment, aiding Indians, etc.
Week 17 – America Begins to Grow (8.5.1; 8.5.2)
- Major Battles and Key Events in the War of 1812
o Burning of the White House, Star-Spangled Banner, Battle of
New Orleans, etc.
- Effects of the War of 1812
o Increased patriotism, more manufacturing, Indians are
weakened, Jackson a hero
- The Era of Good Feelings
o Acquisition of Florida
o Henry Clay’s American System
o Monroe Doctrine and its Effects
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Review and Testing of America Begins to Grow
Week 18 – The Age of Jackson (8.4.3; 8.8.1)
- Jackson vs. Quincy Adams: Elections of 1824 and 1828
o The Corrupt Bargain
o Dirty Politics
- Jacksonian Democracy
o Suffrage, Spoils System, Nominating Conventions, etc.
- Jackson vs. Biddle: War on the National Bank
Week 19 – The Age of Jackson (8.4.3; 8.8.1; 8.10.1)
- Jackson vs. Native Americans: Indian Removal
o Indian Removal Act, Seminole Wars, Trail of Tears (Van Buren)
- Jackson vs. Supreme Court: Executive and Judicial Powers Conflict
- Jackson vs. Calhoun: Nullification Crisis
- Calhoun vs. Webster: State and Federal Powers Conflict
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Review and Testing of the Age of Jackson
Week 20 – The North in the 1800s (8.6.2; 8.6.3; 8.12.4; 8.12.5; 8.12.6; 8.12.7)
- Industrial Revolution
o Causes of the Industrial Revolution
 British textile manufacture inventions, metallurgy, steam
power, Samuel Slater, War of 1812, etc.
o New England Factories and Mills
 Lowell Mills
o Transportation and Communication
 Steamboat, Morse Code, etc.
o Various Inventions and their Inventors
 Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Samuel Morse, etc.
o Urbanization and European Immigration
 Irish potato famine, German Revolution, etc.
 Nativism
o Child Labor
o Organization of Labor
Week 21 – The South in the 1800s (8.6.1; 8.7.1; 8.7.2)
- The Cotton Kingdom
o The cotton gin
- Slave Life
o Nat Turner, slave codes, etc.
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Review and Testing of The North and South in the 1800s
Week 22 -- Westward Expansion (8.8.2; 8.8.6)
- Manifest Destiny
- Texas Independence
- Mexican-American War
o Texas Annexation
o Major Battles
o Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Week 23 – Westward Expansion (8.8.3; 8.8.4)
- The Old West
o Mountain men, trails, law, water rights, etc.
- The Pioneer Experience
- The California Gold Rush
- The Acquisition of Oregon Country
- President James Polk’s Achievements
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Review and Testing of Westward Expansion
Week 24 – The Age of Reform (8.7.6; 8.7.7)
- Reform Movements
o 2nd Great Awakening, Transcendentalism, Temperance,
Education, Women’s Rights, Art, and Literature
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Review and Testing on The Age of Reform
Week 25 – Causes of the Civil War (8.9.1; 8.9.4; 8.9.5)
- Abolitionism
- Sectionalism
o Failed Compromises
 Missouri, 1850, Kansas-Nebraska, etc.
o Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858
Week 26 – Causes of the Civil War (8.9.5; 8.10.2)
- More Causes of the Civil War
o Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott case, John
Brown’s raid, Lincoln’s election, etc.
- The War Begins
o Southern secession, Fort Sumter, strategies, advantages and
disadvantages of both “sides”
Week 27 – The Civil War (8.10.3; 8.10.4; 8.10.5; 8.10.6)
- Strengths, Weaknesses, and Strategies of the North and South
- Leaders
- Battles, Part 1
- Lincoln’s Policies and Speeches
o House Divided, First Inaugural, Emancipation Proclamation,
Gettysburg Address, Second Inaugural
Week 28 – The Civil War (8.10.3; 8.10.4; 8.10.5; 8.10.6)
- Battles, Part 2
- Lincoln’s Assassination
- Costs and Consequences of the War
(Spring Break: March 25 thru April 5)
Week 29 – The Reconstruction Era (8.11.1; 8.11.2; 8.11.3; 8.11.4; 8.11.5)
- The Plans
o Wade-Davis Bill
o 10 Percent Plan (Lincoln’s Plan)
o Johnson’s Plan
o Radical Republican Plan
 Freedman’s Bureau
 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- Southern Response to Radical Republican Reconstruction
o Black codes, Jim Crow laws, KKK, sharecropping, etc.
- The Administration of US Grant
- The End and Effects of Reconstruction
o Election of 1876
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Review and Testing of Reconstruction
Week 30 – CST Review: 6th Practice Test and PowerPoint Reviews
- Ancient History Review
- 6th Grade World History Jeopardy!
Week 31 – CST Review: 7th Grade Practice Tests and PowerPoint Reviews
- Medieval, and Early Modern World History
- 7th Grade World History Jeopardy!
Week 32 – CST Review: 8th Grade Practice Tests and PowerPoint Reviews
- Colonization of America through Reconstruction Review (1607-1876)
- American History Jeopardy!
(Weeks 33 & 34 – CST Testing: Thursday, May 9 thru Friday, May 17)
Week 33 – The Gilded Age (8.12.1; 8.12.2; 8.12.3; 8.12.4; 8.12.5; 8.12.6; 8.12.7;
8.12.9)
- The Last Frontier
o The Wild West
o New States Join the Union
o Federal Indian Policy and the American Indian Wars
- The Second Industrial Revolution
o Industrial and Technological Advances
 Graham Bell, Edison, Goodyear, Wright Brothers, etc.
o The Rise of Big Business and the Titans of Industry
 Carnegie, Rockefeller, Stanford, etc.
 Laissez-faire policies toward big business
The Growth of the Labor Movement
 Samuel Gompers, child labor, collective bargaining,
strikes, etc.
Immigration and the Growth of Cities
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Week 34 – The Gilded Age (8.12.3; 8.12.4; 8.12.5; 8.12.8)
- The Agrarian Revolt
- Presidential Administrations during the Gilded Age
- The Depression of 1893
- The Populist Movement
(Week 35 – East Coast Trip: Saturday, May 18 thru Saturday, May 25)
Week 35 – Movie Week (various 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grade standards)
- Gone With the Wind, Glory, National Treasure I and II, etc.
Week 36 – The Progressive Era (11.2.8; 11.2.9)
- Government and Legislative Reform
- Teddy Roosevelt and the Revival of the Presidency
- Progressivism during the Administrations of William H. Taft and
Woodrow Wilson
Week 37 – U.S. Involvement in World Affairs (10.5.1; 10.5.2; 10.5.4; 10.6.2; 11.4.1;
11.4.2; 11.4.3; 11.4.4; 11.4.6)
- The Spanish-American War
o Causes and Consequences
- Relations with Latin-American Countries
o Panamanian Revolution and the Panama Canal
o Roosevelt’s Big Stick Policy
o Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy
o Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy
- World War I
o Causes
o The Nations and the Leaders
o Key Battles
o Consequences of the “War to End All Wars”