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Monticello Middle School
SOCIAL STUDIES 7(Master)
Content
A. English Colonization of America
-Roanoke Island
-Jamestown
-Plymouth
A. French and Indian War
A1. Fort Necessity
A2. Albany Plan of Union
A3. Braddock and European warfare
A4. British victory at Quebec
A5. Treaty of Paris
B. Road to Revolution
B1. Sugar Act
B2. Stamp Act
B3. Townshend Act
B4. Boston Massacre
C. Rebellion
C1. Boston Tea Party
C2. Intolerable Acts
C3. Sons of Liberty
C4. Lexington and Concord
D. Beginning of Revolutionary War
D1. Patriots and Loyalists
D2. Olive Branch Petition
D3. Ethan Allen/Green Mt. Boys
D4. Battle of Bunker Hill
A. Declaring Independence
-Thomas Paine and Common Sense
Skills
A. Explain how English colonized North
America
A1. Understanding concept of
immigration
A2. Using maps/charts of 17th century
A3. Comparing European culture to Native
American culture
A4. Interpreting primary sources
A5. Relating events of the past to present
day events
A. French and Indian War
-Understanding reasons for English and
French conflict in North America
Assessment
A. English Colonization
A1. Objective test
A2. Essay quiz
A3. Accurately place colonies on map
A. Class discussion
B. Quizzes
C. Test
B. Road to Revolution
-Recognizing characteristics of British
colonial laws
C. Rebellion
-understanding propaganda
-understanding how Britian punished the
colonies
-poetry reading of Paul Revere's Ride
-Understanding difference between a
patriot and a loyalist
D. Beginning of the Revolutionary War
-Understanding divided loyalties of patriots
and loyalists
-Understanding attempts of colonies to
remain a part of England
A. Declaring Independence
-Understanding reasons to separate from
A. Class discussion
B. Notetaking quizzes
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Skills
-Writing the Declaration of Independence
-Signers of the Declaration
-Impact of the Declaration
England
-Interpreting primary sources
-Understanding concepts of the
Declaration of Independence
B. Years of War
-strengths and weaknesses of both sides
-American heroes
-Key battles
-European help
-Financing the War
B. Years of War
-Understanding significance of American
martyrs such as Nathan Hale
-Map reading
-Interpreting primary sources
C. Winning Independence
-American traitor
-Trapping the British at Yorktown
-Treaty of Paris
-Impact of the Revolution
A. Louisiana Purchase
-Lewis and Clark
B. War of 1812
-Causes
-National Symbols
C. Manifest Destiny
-Oregon Trail/Oregon Country
-Santa Fe Trail
-Texas Revolution/Alamo
-Mexican War
-Mormons
-California Gold Rush
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Assessment
C. Research report
D. Test
C. Winning Independence
-Recognizing factors that led to American
victory
A. Louisiana Purchase
-mapping
-understanding economics of land
purchase
-analyze the benefits/consequences of land
purchase on economy, race relations,
politics
A. Class discussion
B. Notetaking quizzes
C. Report
D. Test
E. Geography quizzes
B. War of 1812
-explain the problems caused by
impressment of sailors
-analyze the United States as a fledgling
world power
C. Manifest Destiny
-identify cause and effect relationship of all
events
-use critical thinking to predict outcomes of
events
-correctly identify geographical points of
content
-understand the concept of manifest destiny
as it relates to the United States and its
expansion from "sea to shining sea"
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SOCIAL STUDIES 7(Master)
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A. Industrial Revolution
-new inventions
-factories
-child labor
B. Life in the North
-growth of cities
-immigration
-railroads
C. Life in the South
-cotton kingdom
-invention of the cotton gin
-slavery
A. Tensions over Slavery
-Missouri Compromise
-Compromise of 1850
-Kansas-Nebraska Act
B. Causes of the Civil War
-Uncle Tom's Cabin
-Dred Scott Decision
-"Bleeding Kansas"
-Bloodshed in the Senate
-popular sovereignty
-states rights
-John Brown's raid
C. Abraham Lincoln
-Lincoln/Douglas Debates
-Republican Party
-Election of 1860
D. Civil War Begins
-Secession of seven southern states
-Fort Sumter
Skills
A. Industrial Revolution
-mapping
-understanding the effect of industry on
economy
-analyzing family units affected by factory
labor
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Assessment
A. Class discussion
B. Notetaking quizzes
C. Test
D. Geography quizzes
E. Group work
B. Life in the North
-explain the effect of immigration on the
Northern economy
-analyze the effect of railroads on
Northern industry
C. Life in the South
-identify cause and effect of Northern
industry and slavery in the South
-correctly identify social classes of the
South
A. Tensions over Slavery
-understand how compromises delayed the
start of the Civil War but did not solve the
problems
-mapping
-understanding the social classes of the
North and the South that led to the split
-class discussion
-tests
-mapping
-notes quizzes
-group project
-paragraph writing on the causes of the
Civil War
B. Causes of the Civil War
-identify the causes that led to the outbreak
of war
-analyze the effect of slavery on each
cause
C. Abraham Lincoln
-understand the background that led to
Lincoln's decisions about slavery
-identify the reasons why the South
considered Lincoln to be an abolitionist
D. Civil War begins
-understand why the seven states seceded
-identify the reasons that led the South to
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E. Other key People of the Times
-Henry Clay
-John Calhoun
-Daniel Webster
-Stephen Douglas
-Jefferson Davis
A. Beginning of the Civil War
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Union and the
Confederacy
-Strategies of the Union and Confederacy
-Battle of Bull Run
-Life of a soldier
-Prisoner of War Camps
B. Early Years of the War
-new technology/inventions
-Union Commanding Generals
-Battle of Shiloh
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Skills
Assessment
fire on Fort Sumter
E. Other key People of the Times
-analyze each person's effect on the
dissolution of the Union
A. Beginning of the Civil War
-mapping
-understanding the differences between the
north and south that led to war
-analyzing battle strategies
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Class discussion
Notetaking quizzes
Civil War Report
Chapter test
Geography quizzes
Role playing
B. Early Years
-understanding how new technology
changed the way war was waged
-understanding how leadership affects
results
C. Emanicipation Proclamation
-Battle of Antietam
-Effect of the proclamation on the North, the South, and
Europe
-African American military units (Fifth Massachusetts)
C. Emancipation Proclamation
-identify the cause and effect of
proclamation
-analyze how the lives of slaves changed
after the proclamation
-understand the concept of emancipation
D. The Homefront
-Drafting soldiers in the north and south
-Constitutional issues
-Civilian life
-Economies
-Role of women
D. The Homefront
-use critical thinking to discuss
constitutional issues of habeas corpus,
martial law, and the draft
-explain how civilians were affected by
war
E. Turning points
-Battle of Gettysburg
-Gettysburg Address
-Battle of Vicksburg
-Ulysses S. Grant
E. Turning Points
-analyze why Gettysburg was the turning
point of the war
-correctly identify geographical areas of the
war
F. End of the War
-Sherman's March to the Sea
-Appomattox Court House
F. End of the War
-understand the concept of total war
-analyze the problems/hurdles faced of
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SOCIAL STUDIES 7(Master)
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Content
A. Rebuilding the nation
-Lincoln's Ten Percent Plan
-Wade Davis Bill
-Freedman's Bureau
B. Lincoln Assassination
-Ford's Theater
-John Wilkes Booth
-Effect on reconstruction
C. New Amendments
-13th
-14th
-15th
D. Radical Reconstruction
-punishing the South
-impeachment of Andrew Johnson
-carpetbaggers and scalawags
-formation of the Ku Klux Klan
E. End of Reconstruction
-African Americans lose rights
-Poll tax, Grandfather clause, Literacy tests limit voting
rights of African Americans
-Cycle of Poverty in the South
F. Mining and Railroads in the West
-The Comstock Lode
-Transcontinental Railroad
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Skills
bringing the south back into the Union
A. Rebuilding the nation
-mapping
-analyzing reconstruction plans
-explain the problems faced by freedmen
after the war
Assessment
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Chapter test
Notetaking quizzes
Class discussion
Mapping
Geography Quizzes
Group work
B. Lincoln Assassination
-explain the effect of Lincoln's death on
reconstruction
-analyze Booth's reasons for killing
Lincoln
-explain the conspiracy theory of Lincoln's
assassination
C. New Amendments
-analyze the 13th Amendment's effect on
freeing slaves
-analyze the 14th Amendment's effect on
the citizenship of freedmen
-analyze the 15th Amendment's effect on
the voting rights of freedmen
D. Radical Reconstruction
-explain why Johnson was impeached
-analyze the reasons that Northern
congressmen wanted to punish the South
-indentify the different ways that the Ku
Klux Klan infringed on the rights of
freedmen
E. End of Reconstruction
-understand why the North grew tired of
Reconstruction
-analyze the different ways that freedmen
lost their rights as citizens
-explain the term cycle of poverty and
how it applies to the South
F. Mining and Railroads in the West
-analyze the effect of mining on the lives of
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SOCIAL STUDIES 7(Master)
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A. Native Americans on the Plains
-Uses of the buffalo
-Religious beliefs
B. Mistreatment by U.S. government
-Fort Laramie Treaty
-Sand Creek Massacre
-Killing of the buffalo
-Reservations
C. Indian Wars
-Custer's Last Stand
-Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces
-Ghost Dance
-Wounded Knee
D. Reforms
-Dawes Act
-A Century of Dishonor
E. Cattle Kingdom
-Cattle Drives
-Famous characters of the West
F. Farming on the Plains
-Homestead Act
-Railroads
-Sodbusters
-Oklahoma Land Rush
-Granges and cooperatives
G. The new Industrial Revolution
-Steel and Oil
-Railroads
-Inventors
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Skills
Native Americans
-mapping
-explain how the railroads affected
westward expansion
-analyze the effect of immigrant labor on
the transcontinental railroad
A. Native Americans on the Plains
-Understanding cultural differences
-Explain how buffalo was used for survival
B. Mistreatment
-Understanding of why treaties were
broken
-Mapping
-Analyze government motives for forcing
Native Americans onto reservations
Assessment
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Testing
Notetaking quizzes
Map work
Class discussion
Group Work
Projects
C. Indian Wars
-Analyze why Native Americans were
fighting a losing battle against whites
-Understand the religious significance of
Native American resistance
D. Reforms
-Understanding of why Native Americans
had trouble adapting to a different way of
life
-Identify the reasons that the Dawes Act
failed
E. Cattle Kingdom
-Analyze the effect of railroads on the
cattle industry
-Explain the significance of "western
heroes" to Americans in the East
F. Farming
-indentify the difficulties of farming on the
Plains
-Understand how organizations helped
unify farmers
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SOCIAL STUDIES 7(Master)
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Monticello Middle School
Skills
Assessment
G. Industrial Revolution
-Understanding of why a new Industrial
Revolution began after the Civil War
-Understanding of how new inventions
changed the American way of life
A. Big Business
-Rockefeller and Standard Oil Trust
-Carnegie and steel
-Free Enterprise
-Corporations
-Monopolies
B. Changes in the Workplace
-sweatshops
-child labor
-unions
-strikes
C. Urbanization
-growth of cities
-problems of urban life
-settlement houses
-sports and entertainment
D. Immigration
-Assimilation
-Ellis Island and Angel Island
-Nativism
E. Overseas expansion
-Japan
-Alaska
-Isolationism
-Hawaii
-China
F. Spanish-American War
-yellow journalism
A. Big Business
-Understand the effect of trusts and
monopolies on U.S. economy
-Analyze the effect of moguls on U.S.
economy
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Tests
Notes quizzes
Class discussion
Map work
Writing
Projects
B. Workplace
-Understand the significance of labor
unions on working conditions
C. Urbanization
-identify reasons for growth of cities
-understand dynamics of city life such as
pollution, crime, fire, etc.
D. Immigration
-Understand the difficulty of adapting to
new way of life
-Identify the reasons that the United States
government forced immigrants to stop at
Ellis Island and Angel Island
-Understand the reasons that nativists
disliked new immigrants
E. Overseas Expansion
-understand why Alaska was beneficial
even though many thought it was a "folly"
-analyze the reasons for isolationism
F. Spanish-American War
-understand how journalism helped lead to
war
-identify the ways that the war changed
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SOCIAL STUDIES 7(Master)
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-Cuba
-Philippines
G. Latin America
-Panama Canal
-"Big Stick" policy
-dollar diplomacy
Skills
Monticello Middle School
Assessment
foreign policy
G. Latin America
-explain the importance of the Panama
Canal to the United States
-analyze how the United States became the
world's "policeman"
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