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Teacher: Core Social Studies 5
Course: Social Studies 5
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Year: 2010-11
Month: All Months
culture, ideals, ethnic group, census, immigrants democracy, republic,
constitution, citizen private property, economy, free enterprise, profit,
supply, demand, export, import, consumer, entrepreneur region,
geography, agriculture, irrigation, climate, precipitation, interdependent,
elevation map, elevation, sea level
natural resource, mineral, fossil fuel, renewable resource, nonrenewable
resource, conservation, environment, pollution
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
The American Explain why E
People
Pluribus
Unum is a
good motto for
the United
States.
Discuss the
diverse
population of
the United
States.
Analyze the
importance of
the Pledge of
Allegiance
Analyze how
immigration
has helped
make the
United States
more diverse
Assessments
Lessons
Standards
5.1.B-Explain
the importance
of the rule of
law for the
protection of
individual
rights and the
common good
in the
community,
state, nation
and world.
5.1.GDescribe the
proper use,
display and
respect for the
United States
Flag and
explain the
significance of
patriotic
activities.
5.1.KDescribe the
purpose of
symbols and
holidays.
5.2.ACompare
rights and
responsibilities
of citizenship.
5.2.E-Identify
examples of
the rights and
responsibilities
of citizenship.
Government
by the
People
Describe the
difference
between a
direct
democracy
and a republic.
Evaluate the
rights and
responsibilities
of Americans.
Explain the
importance of
the words "We
the people of
the United
States" in the
Constitution.
5.1.B-Explain
the importance
of the rule of
law for the
protection of
individual
rights and the
common good
in the
community,
state, nation
and world.
5.1.C-Describe
the principles
and ideals
shaping
government.
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
5.1.F-Explain
the meaning of
the Preamble to
the
Constitution of
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
and compare it
to the Preamble
of the
Constitution of
the United
States.
5.1.J-Describe
how the
government
protects
individual and
property rights
and promotes
the common
good.
Free
Enterptise
Evaluate the
free enterprise
system.
Explain the
benefits of
free enterprise
Describe the
contributions
of famous
inventors and
scientists, such
as Thomas
Edison.
6.1.D-Explain
the importance
of expansion
and
contraction on
individual
businesses
(e.g., gourmet
food shops,
auto repair
shops, ski
resorts).
6.2.ADescribe
market
transactions in
terms of
goods,
services,
consumers and
producers.
6.4.A-Explain
the advantages
and
disadvantages
of
specialization
and division
of labor.
Land and
Regions
Assess why
the United
States is
divided into
regions
7.1.A-Describe
geographic
tools and their
uses.
7.1.B-Describe
Explain that
landforms
influence how
people can use
the land.
Compare and
contrast
climate in
different parts
of the United
States
Resources and Evaluate the
the
importance of
Environment natural
resources.
Compare and
contrast
renewable and
nonrenewable
resources.
Examine how
national parks
help to protect
the
environment.
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and locate
places and
regions.
7.2.A-Describe
the physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.3.C-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their settlement
characteristics.
6.3.B-Explain
how limited
resources and
unlimited
wants cause
scarcity.
6.3.CDescribe the
natural,
human and
capital
resources used
to produce a
specific good
or service.
Early Life
Ice Age, glacier, migrate, theory, artifact, archaeologist, climograph,
East and West ceremony, mesa, drought, civilization, surplus, specialize, pyramid, empire,
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tribute, slavery
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Migration to Explain why
the Americas and how early
people
migrated from
Asia to the
Americas
Standards
8.1.AUnderstand
chronological
thinking and
distinguish
between past,
present and
Describe how
the first
Americans
lived during
the Ice Age.
Explore how
the way of life
of the first
Americans
changed as the
climate
became
warmer.
Interpret
information
about the
climate of a
place.
Early
American
Cultures
Explain why early
people living east
of the Mississippi
River built mounds
Examine how the
Anasazi were able
to farm in the
desert.
Identify ways the
Inuit adapted to life
in the cold climate
of the Arctic.
Examine significant
examples of art
from various
future time.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.3.AIdentify and
explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.CExplain how
continuity
and change
has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
The Rise of
Empires
periods in U.S.
history. Choose one
specific time in
history and show
pictures of art from
that era. Describe
how the art may
reflect what was
happening during
that time period.
1824.
8.4.AIdentify and
explain how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.BIdentify and
explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
Identify the
reasons for the
development
of the Mayan
civilization
Describe how
the Aztec
Empire grew
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
Explain how
roads helped
to unite the
Incan Empire.
Compare and
contrast
artifacts of
early
American
civilizations.
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
The Eastern
Woodlands
Explain how
decisions were
made in the
Iroquois
League.
Describe how
people of the
Eastern
Woodlands
used forest
resources
Analyze the
Iroquois
relationship
with nature.
Discuss the
Iroquois
customs that
are kept alive
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
The Great
Plains
today and
explain why.
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Describe the
way of life of
people in the
Great Plains
cultural
region.
7.3.B-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
Analyze the
effect of the
horse on the
lives of the
Cheyenne.
Identify where
in the United
States the
Cheyenne live
today.
The Southwest Analyze the
Desert
environment
of the
Southwest
Desert cultural
region
Explain how
and where the
Hopi built
their homes.
Describe a
ceremony that
7.2.ADescribe the
physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.3.BDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.EDescribe the
human
honored
kachinas.
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their political
activities.
Identify where
in the United
States the
Hopi live
today.
Summarize the
contributions
of the Navajo
Code Talkers
to the United
States in
World War II.
The Northwest Analyze the
Coast
purpose of
potlatches
Explain the
role of
shamans in
Kwakiutl
culture.
Compare the
Kwakiutl
population of
three hundred
years ago to
today.
Traveling
Asia’s Silk
Road
Examine the
causes and
effects of
Marco Polo’s
journey.
7.3.A-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
population
characteristics.
7.3.B-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.BDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
Identify the
location and
importance of
the Silk Road.
Explore the
explorations of
Zheng He and
explain how it
relates to
China’s desire
to trade.
Summarize
how trade led
to greater ties
among people
of different
continents.
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.DDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their economic
activities.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
Identify
significant
individuals
who
contributed to
the movement
of people,
goods, and
ideas
throughout the
Eastern
Hemisphere,
such as Zheng
He.
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Content
Skills
Africa's
Trading
Empires
Chart the
caravan trade
routes leading
across the
Sahara Desert
into West
Africa.
Identify
Ghana, Mali,
and Songhai
as major
trading
kingdoms of
West Africa.
Examine West
Africa's wealth
and how it
relates to its
natural
resources and
to trade.
Describe
Mansa Musa’s
rule and his
pilgrimage to
Mecca.
European
Explorers
Describe the
importance of
the
Renaissance
and relate to to
Assessments
Lessons
Standards
7.2.ADescribe the
physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.3.BDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.CDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
settlement
characteristics.
7.3.DDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their economic
activities.
7.1.ADescribe
geographic
tools and their
uses.
7.1.B-
advances in
navigation
Identify the
effects of
Prince Henry
the Navigator's
efforts to
explore
Africa.
Analyze
parallel time
lines to see
how major
events in
different
places occured
during the
same period of
time.
Describe and
locate places
and regions.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
The Voyages Explain the
of Columbus purpose,
impact, reason
for
Columbus's
voyage to
America
Analyze the
Columbian
Exchange and
explain its
causes and
effects.
Research the
origin of the
word America.
Explain the
purpose and
use latitude
and longitude.
Different
Worlds
Collide
Describe the
factors that
enabled
Cortés to
7.1.ADescribe
geographic
tools and their
uses.
7.1.BDescribe and
locate places
and regions.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
7.3.EDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
defeat the
Aztecs.
Explain the
changes the
Spanish
brought to
New Spain.
Sequence the
Spanish
conquests in
the Americas
after Cortés’s
defeat of the
Aztecs
Life in New
Spain
Describe the
structure of
society in New
Spain.
Determine the
effects of the
Spanish
regions by
their political
activities.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
conquests on
native peoples.
Explain the
points of view
of Spanish
landowners
regarding
slavery.
Assess the
contributions
of Bartolomé
de Las Casas
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Hard Times in Explain why
Virginia
the English
founded a
colony on
Roanoke
Island during
the years of
1585-1587.
Interpret the
reasons for the
conflict
between Spain
and England.
Analyze the
problems the
first
Jamestown
colonists
encountered
and how they
solved them.
Describe the
type of
government
set up in the
Virginia
colony.
8.2.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
New
European
Colonies
Analyze
information by
identifying
cause-andeffect
relationships
with European
explorations
and
settlements.
Evaluate the
impact of the
search for the
Northwest
Passage on the
establishment
of French and
Dutch
settlements in
North
America.
Explain the
factors
responsible for
the founding
and growth of
New France
and New
Amsterdam.
7.3.CDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
settlement
characteristics.
7.4.A-Identify
the impacts of
physical
systems on
people.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
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Continents and Life in N article, feature article, headline, dateline, self-sufficient, town
America ~
common, Great Awakening, almanac, Stono Rebellion
Essential
Questions
Content
The First
Colonies
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Explore the
motivations of
the Pilgrims in
coming to
North America
Summarize the
difficulties
encountered
by the
Pilgrims on
their journey
and in
establishing
Plymouth
colony.
Describe how
the Native
Americans
helped the
Pilgrims and
the
significance of
their
Thanksgiving
Explain how
the Puritans
applied the
experiences of
earlier English
colonists to
the growth of
Standards
7.3.CDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
settlement
characteristics.
7.3.EDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their political
activities.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Massachusetts
Bay colony.
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
The 13
English
Colonies
Compare and
contrast the
geography of the
New England,
Middle, and
Southern
Colonies.
Summarize the
impact of
religion on the
founding of the
New England
Colonies.
Explain how
events in
England affected
the founding of
the Middle and
Southern
Colonies.
7.2.ADescribe the
physical
characteristics
of places and
regions.
7.3.BDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.CDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
settlement
characteristics.
8.2.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
Outline the
similarities and
differences of
the settlers in
each region.
Describe the
accomplishments
of significant
colonial leaders,
such as William
Penn.
Assess the
accomplishments
of significant
colonial leaders,
such as Roger
Williams and
Anne
Hutchinson
Working and Analyze the
Trading
advantages
and
disadvantages
of working as
an apprentice.
Discuss work
experiences
that students
may have
had.
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
6.4.E-Explain
how
specialization
and trade lead to
interdependence.
6.4.G-Describe
geographic
patterns of
economic
activities in
Pennsylvania.
6.5.A-Recognize
that the
availability of
goods and
Identify the
main products
of each
colonial
region.
Compare the
different types
of jobs
available to
colonists.
services is the
result of work
by members of
the society.
6.5.B-Explain
the concept of
labor
productivity.
7.3.D-Describe
the human
characteristics of
places and
regions by their
economic
activities.
Create a
common
triangular
trade route.
Distinguish
news articles
from feature
articles.
Research
important
information in
newspaper
articles and on
the internet.
Cities, Towns, Describe some
and Farms
of Benjamin
Franklin's
important
contributions
to the
colonies.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
6.4.D-Explain
how the
location of
resources,
transportation
and
communication
networks and
technology
have affected
Pennsylvania
economic
individuals
during the
colonial
period,
including
Elizabeth
Lucas
Pinckney
Analyze the
design of New
England
towns.
Identify the
types of crops
raised on
plantations.
Compare and
contrast life in
cities, towns,
and farms.
patterns.
6.4.G-Describe
geographic
patterns of
economic
activities in
Pennsylvania.
7.3.D-Describe
the human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their economic
activities.
8.2.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how continuity
and change
have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the Beginnings
to 1824.
Everyday Life Explain what
in the
it was like to
Colonies
attend school
in the
colonies.
Examine some
examples of
colonial
literature and
newspapers.
Analyze the
causes of
religious
diversity in the
colonies.
Chart foods
that were
popular in the
colonies.
Assess what
people from
other times
and other
places have
said about the
right to free
speech.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
individuals
during the
8.1.BExplanin and
analyze
historical
sources
8.2.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
colonial
period, such as
Benjamin
Franklin, John
Peter Zenger
Slavery in the Compare
Colonies
slavery in
different
regions of the
colonies.
Examine skills
that enslaved
people brought
to the
colonies.
Explain how
enslaved
Africans were
able to keep
their traditions
alive
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Analyze ways
in which
people resisted
slavery.
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Essential
Questions
Content
The Spanish
Move North
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Explain Spain’s
reasons for
wanting a colony
in Florida.
Describe the
early Spanish
colonies in New
Mexico.
Analyze the
causes and
effects of the
Pueblo Revolt.
Chart the
accomplishments
of significant
leaders in the
early Americas,
such as Junípero
Serra
French
Explore the
Mississippi
Identify ways
in which
French settlers
Standards
8.2.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce
and industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
learned from
Native
Americans.
Analyze
reasons the
French
explored the
Mississippi
River.
Explain how
La Salle’s
explorations
led to the
expansion of
New France
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
Compare the
location of
New Orleans
to its success
as a port city.
The French
and Indian
War
Identify the
cause of
conflicts over
land among
the British,
French, and
Native
Americans.
Describe the
beginning of
the French and
Indian War.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
Explain how
the British
were able to
win the French
and Indian
War.
Analyze the
major effects
of the French
and Indian
War.
Conclusion:The Describe
Fight for a
everyday life
Continent
in the 13
Colonies.
Compare and
contrast life in
the colonies to
life today.
Identify a
colonial
occupation
and explain its
benefit to the
community
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
7.3.BDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their cultural
characteristics.
7.3.CDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their
settlement
characteristics.
7.3.DDescribe the
human
characteristics
of places and
regions by
their economic
activities.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
Trouble over Identify the
Taxes
causes of the
Stamp Act and
the Townsend
Acts.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
individuals
during the
revolutionary
period,
including the
Sons of
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
5.1.J-Describe
how the
government
protects
individual and
property rights
and promotes
the common
good.
5.1.L-Explain
Liberty and
the Daughters
of Liberty.
Explain how
British taxes
led to greater
cooperation
among the
colonies.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
individuals
during the
revolutionary
period, such as
Patrick Henry.
Identify a
significant
individual,
Patrick Henry,
who modeled
active
participation
in the
democratic
process.
Interpret
patriotic
slogans and
excerpts from
notable
speeches and
documents.
the role of
courts in
resolving
conflicts
involving the
principles and
ideals of
government.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
The Colonists Analyze the
Rebel
causes and
effects of events
prior to the
American
Revolution,
such as the
Boston Tea
Party.
Identify the goal
of the
Committees of
Correspondence.
Explain the
Intolerable Acts
Differentiate
between the
political ideas of
Patriots and
Loyalists.
Identify the
contributions of
significant
individuals
during the
revolutionary
period, such as
George
Washington
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
The
Revolution
Begins
Identify the
effects of the
first battles of
the American
Revolution.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
individuals
during the
revolutionary
period,
including Paul
Revere.
Identify and
describe key
events in the
American
Revolution,
including the
battles of
Lexington,
Concord, and
Bunker Hill.
Make a
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
timeline as a
visual aid.
Analyze and
interpret maps
to explain
historical
events.
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Battle of Saratoga, Treaty of Paris, generalization, Articles of
Revolution (cont) Confederation, ratify, legislative/executive/judicial branch, inflation,
& Life in a New Shay's Rebellion, Northwest ordinance, delegate, Constitutioanl
Nat ~
Convention, Virginia/New Jersey Plan, compromise, Preamble, reserved
powers, seperation of powers, checks and balances, Federalists,
Antifederalisits
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Declaring
Describe the
Independence decisions
made by the
Second
Continental
Congress.
Evaluate the
impact of
Thomas
Paine's
Common
Sense.
Analyze the
main argument
Standards
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
5.1.HDescribe the
roles played
by the framers
of the basic
documents of
governments
of
Pennsylvania
and the United
States.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
in the
Declaration of
Independence.
Explain why
signing the
Declaration of
Independence
was a
dangerous act.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
individuals
during the
revolutionary
period, such as
Thomas
Jefferson
Patriots at
War
Explain how
Washington
was able to
force the
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
British from
Boston.
Summarize the
contributions
of African
American
patriots.
Describe ways
in which
women helped
support the
American
Revolution.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
individuals
during the
revolutionary
period, such as
Phillis
Wheatley.
Explore the
contributions
of significant
individuals
during the
revolutionary
period,
including
Prince Hall.
Explain ways
that people
have sought
freedom at
other times
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
and places in
history.
Research
primary and
secondary
sources such
as visual
information to
acquire
information.
Include
speeches,
articles, and
pictures.
The World
Explain how
Turned Upside other nations
Down
helped the
Continental
Army.
Compare the
contributions
of patriot
heroes such as
Francis
Marion,
George Rogers
Clark, and
John Paul
Jones.
Describe how
Washington
was able to
trap the British
at Yorktown.
Analyze the
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
A Weak
Government
significance of
the American
victory at
Yorktown
Verify that a
generalization
is a broad
statement or
idea about a
subject.
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Assess the
main goals of
the Articles of
Confederation,
and identify
their
weaknesses.
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
5.1.HDescribe the
roles played
by the framers
of the basic
documents of
governments
of
Pennsylvania
and the United
States.
5.1.L-Explain
the role of
courts in
Analyze the
causes of
Shays’
Rebellion.
Explain the
purpose of the
Northwest
Ordinance.
resolving
conflicts
involving the
principles and
ideals of
government.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
Debate in
Philadelphia
Explore the
purpose of the
Constitutional
Convention
Compare the
competing
plans for the
Constitution.
Analyze the
Great
Compromise
Discuss the
goals of the
Constitution
Identify the
contributions
of individuals
who helped
create the U.S.
Constitution,
including
James
Madison.
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
5.1.F-Explain
the meaning of
the Preamble to
the
Constitution of
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
and compare it
to the Preamble
of the
Constitution of
the United
States.
5.1.H-Describe
the roles played
by the framers
of the basic
documents of
governments of
Pennsylvania
and the United
States.
5.1.I-Describe
and compare
the making of
rules by direct
democracy and
by a republican
form of
government.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions of
individuals and
groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how continuity
and change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
Ratifying the Compare the
Constitution views of
Federalists
5.1.C-Describe
the principles
and ideals
shaping
government.
with those of
Antifederalists.
Evaluate the
Bill of Rights.
Describe the
government
created by the
Constitution.
Research the
process to
gather and
report factual
information.
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
5.1.F-Explain
the meaning of
the Preamble to
the
Constitution of
the
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania
and compare it
to the Preamble
of the
Constitution of
the United
States.
5.1.H-Describe
the roles played
by the framers
of the basic
documents of
governments of
Pennsylvania
and the United
States.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions of
individuals and
groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how continuity
and change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
Washington
as President
Examine how
President
Washington
organized the
Executive
Branch around
the Cabinet.
Explain how
political parties
emerged in the
American
government
system.
5.1.A-Explain
the purpose of
government.
5.1.B-Explain
the
importance of
the rule of law
for the
protection of
individual
rights and the
common good
in the
community,
state, nation
and world.
5.1.CDescribe the
Describe how
the location and
design of the
nation's capital
was decided
upon.
Analyze the
accomplishments
of significant
leaders of the
United States,
such as
Benjamin
Banneker
Evaluate the
effects of the rise
of political
parties on
government in
the United
States.
principles and
ideals shaping
government.
5.1.D-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
Pennsylvania
government.
5.1.E-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals within
documents of
United States
government.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
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Essential
Questions
amendments, Bill of Rights, electoral college, inauguration, Cabinet,
political party, pioneer, frontier, Louisiana Purchase, distribution map,
population density map, neutral, Battle of Tippecanoe, War Hawks, War of
1812, national anthem, Battle of New Oregon, nationalism, Era of Good
Feelings, Monroe Doctrine, suffrage, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears,
Industrial Revolution, manufacture, technology, cotton gin, mechanical
reaper, canal, cross-section diagram, reform, revival, temperance
Content
Jefferson
Looks West
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Explain why and
how the United
States expanded
westward.
Describe the
Louisiana
Purchase
and write about
the effect it had
on the nation.
Assess reasons
for and findings
of the Lewis and
Standards
5.4.BDescribe how
nation-states
coexist in the
world
community.
5.4.E-Explain
how nations
work together
on common
environmental
problems,
natural
disasters and
trade.
7.2.ADescribe the
physical
characteristics
Clark
Expedition.
Research primary
and secondary
sources, such as
visual
information, to
acquire
information.
Interpret
information in
visuals, including
maps.
Another War Identify
with Britain reasons why
the United
States went to
war a second
time with
Britain.
of places and
regions.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change have
influenced
Pennsylvania
history from
the
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
Describe the
main battles
and the
outcome of the
War of 1812.
Explain why
and how “The
Star- Spangled
Banner” was
written.
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
Explore the
challenges and
contributions
of people,
including
Tecumseh,
from selected
Native
American
groups.
The United
States Turns
Fifty
Describe the
goal of the
Monroe
Doctrine.
Explain how
the United
States changed
politically in
the 1820s
Describe the
causes and
effects of the
Indian
5.4.DDescribe the
processes that
resulted in a
treaty or
agreement
between the
United States
and another
nation-state.
8.2.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
Pennsylvania
Removal Act
of 1830.
Describe the
historical
movements
that influenced
the
development
of the United
States.
Examine major
historical
figures, such
as Andrew
Jackson, and
describe their
involvement in
the
development
of the United
States.
A New Kind Explain how
of Revolution the Industrial
Revolution
changed the
way goods
were made
Describe how
new
inventions led
to increased
production of
both
manufactured
and farm
goods.
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.2.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
Pennsylvania
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
6.2.I-Identify
and describe
public goods.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
Identify ways
in which
transportation
changed in the
United States
in the early
and middle
1800s.
Interpret and
explain
information
from a crosssection
diagram.
The Struggle
for Reforms
Chart the
historical
movements
that influenced
the
development
of the United
States.
Analyze
groups in the
United States
that have
influenced
patterns of
national
behavior.
Describe
characteristics
of groups that
influenced the
early
development
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
of the United
States.
Explain how
groups, such as
unions and
political
parties, have
influenced the
development
of the United
States
Analyze the
historical
movements
that influenced
the
development
of the United
States.
Research
major
historical
figures such as
Sojourner
Truth,
Frederick
Douglass, and
describe their
involvement in
the
development
of the United
States.
Analyze the
diverse
cultures that
have
contributed to
the heritage of
the United
States.
Identify the
ideals
expressed in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
the Declaration
of
Independence.
Explore groups
of people
excluded from
the promise of
the ideals of
the Declaration
of
Independence
and the
nineteenthcentury reform
movements
that worked to
correct those
omissions.
A
p
r Growing: People
i Move South and
l West & War
Divides ~
Essential
Questions
aboltionist, Seneca Falls Convention, Texas Revolution, annex, manifest
destiny, Mexican War, Bear Flag Revolt, Treaty of Guadalupe, hidalgo,
mountain destiny, wagon train, gold rush, forty-niners, discrimination,
advertisement, evaluate, sectionalsim, point of view, slave codes,
Underground Railroad, free/slave state, states' rights, Missouri
Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law, Compromise of 1850, KansasNebraska Law, secede, Confederacy, Union, border state, civil war
Content
The Story of
Texas
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Explore what
brought
settlers into
the new
southern
frontier.
Explain how
the United
States gained
land from
Mexico.
Standards
5.4.CDescribe the
governments
of the
countries
bordering the
United States
and their
relationships
with the
United States.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
Evaluate the
reasons why
United States
settlers in
Texas wanted
independence
from Mexico.
Analyze the
viewpoints of
people in the
United States
who opposed
annexation of
Texas and who
supported it.
Graph the
events that led
to a United
States victory
in the Mexican
War.
Identify the
contributions
of significant
individuals,
such as James
K. Polk.
Trails to the
West
Analyze the
different
reasons people
moved west.
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
Describe life
on the Oregon
Trail
Identify the
main trails
leading west.
Explain the
events that led
to Mormons
moving west.
The Golden
State
Analyze the
effects of the
California gold
rush on the
population and
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
development of
California.
Identify routes
used by people
to travel to
California.
Examine the
successes,
failures, and
hardships of
California’s
gold miners
Describe how
the gold rush
increased the
size and
diversity of the
California
population.
Evaluate the
statements in
written
advertisements.
Identify facts,
opinions, and
exaggerations
in written
advertisements.
North and
South Grow
Apart
Describe the
differences
between the
economies and
populations of
the North and
South.
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
Identify the
role that
slavery played
in the South in
the mid-1800s.
Explain how
and why views
about slavery
differed in the
North and
South.
Compare the
experiences of
writers and
how those
experiences
may have
shaped the
writers' ideas.
Resisting
Slavery
Identify ways
African
Americans
resisted
slavery.
Describe
rebellions of
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
African
Americans
against slavery
Explain how
the
Underground
Railroad was
used to free
enslaved
people.
Analyze the
lives of free
African
Americans in
the North and
South
Analyze the
personal
qualities that
motivated
Harriet
Tubman to
take risks in
helping
African
Americans
escape to
freedom.
The Struggle Describe the
Over
causes and
Slavery
effects of the
Missouri
Compromise
and the
Compromise
of 1850.
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
5.1.M-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals found in
famous speeches
and writings (e.g.,
“Governments,
like clocks, go
from the motion
people give
Explain the
causes of
violence in
Kansas in
1854.
Draw
conclusions
about how
Dred Scott
and John
Brown
affected the
split between
the North and
South
Compare the
views on
slavery of
Abraham
Lincoln and
Stephen
Douglas.
Identify early
influences in
Abraham
Lincoln’s life
that shaped
his character
and his deep
feelings of
patriotism.
them,―
William Penn;
“A date that
will live in
infamy,―
Franklin D.
Roosevelt).
8.3.A-Identify
and explain the
political and
cultural
contributions of
individuals and
groups to United
States history
from Beginnings
to 1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material artifacts
and historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how continuity
and change has
influenced United
States history
from Beginnings
to 1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
The First
Shots Are
Fired
Describe the
reasons why
Southern
states seceded
from the
Union
Identify the
immediate
cause of the
start of the
Civil War.
Evaluate the
goals the
North and
South hoped
to achieve by
fighting the
Civil War.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
M
Battle of: Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Little Big Horn,
a
Emancipation, Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, total war, assassination,
y War Divides the Reconstruction, black codes, Freedom's Bureau,
Nation Thirteenth/Fourteenth/Fifteenth Amendment, impeachment, Jim Crow
Expansion and laws, segregation, sharecropping, Pony Express, telegraph,
Change ~
transcontinental railroad, Standard time, Homestead Act, homesteaders,
sod busters,reservation, settlement house, labor union, Spanish-American
War, Rough Riders, Buffalo Soldiers
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Assessments Lessons
The Early
Identify the
Stages of the resources of the
War
North and South.
Compare the
strategies of the
North and South
in the Civil War.
Describe early
battles in the
Civil War
Explain how
new military
technology
affected the way
the war was
fought
Explore the
accomplishments
of notable
individuals, such
as Robert E.
Lee.
Standards
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
Life During
the War
Compare and
contrast life for
Northern and
Southern
soldiers
Analyze the
effect of the
Emancipation
Proclamation on
African
Americans
Describe the
contributions of
African
American
soldiers to the
Union war
effort.
Identify the
different ways
women
contributed to
the war effort in
the North and
South.
Explore the
accomplishments
of notable
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
How the
North Won
individuals, such
as Clara Barton.
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
Describe the
events of the
Battle of
Gettysburg.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
Analyze
President
Lincoln's Civil
War goals as
expressed in the
Gettysburg
Address.
Identify the
location and
results of the
major battles of
the Civil War.
Explain the
reasons for the
use of total war,
and its
consequences.
Apply
geographic
skills to
The End of
Slavery
interpret
legends and
symbols on
maps.
Identify and
explain
different forms
of
communications
during the Civil
War
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
Explain why
Congress
disagreed with
Johnson’s plan
for
Reconstruction.
5.1.B-Explain
the
importance of
the rule of law
for the
protection of
individual
rights and the
common good
in the
community,
state, nation
and world.
8.3.A-Identify
and explain
the political
and cultural
contributions
of individuals
and groups to
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.B-Identify
and explain
primary
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
important in
United States
history from
Analyze the
effect of the
Reconstruction
Acts.
Evaluate the
impact of the
Thirteenth,
Fourteenth, and
Fifteenth
Amendments.
Describe life
for African
Americans
after
Reconstruction.
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.C-Explain
how
continuity and
change has
influenced
United States
history from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.3.D-Identify
and explain
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
in United
States history
from
Beginnings to
1824.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Rails Across
the Nation
Analyze the
developments
that helped link
the East and the
West.
Explain why
the telegraph
replaced the
Pony Express.
Describe the
difficulties
faced in
building the
transcontinental
railroad
Predict how the
transcontinental
railroad might
change the
United States.
Chart key
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
Farmers and
Cowboys
events involved
in and reasons
for Americans’
movement
westward.
Identify the
physical
constraints and
technological
advances that
challenged and
aided
Americans’
movement
westward,
including
natural terrain
and advances in
modes of
transportation.
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Explain how
the Homestead
Act worked.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
Describe the
hardships of
farming on the
Great Plains.
Analyze the
reasons why
different
groups came
to the Great
Plains.
Evaluate the
causes of the
rise and fall of
cattle drives.
Identify the
contributions
of people from
selected
immigrant
groups.
War in the
West
Describe the
ways that
transcontinental
railroads,
farmers, and
ranchers
changed the
Great Plains.
Evaluate the
reaction of
Plains Indians
to changes on
the Great
Plains.
Compare the
struggles of the
Lakota and the
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
Nez Percé in
the 1870s
Explain ways
in which Native
Americans are
keeping their
traditions alive
today.
Inventions
and Big
Business
Identify
important
inventions of
Alexander
Graham Bell and
Thomas Edison.
Explain the
significance of
the Bessemer
steel-making
process
Evaluate the
accomplishments
of Andrew
Carnegie.
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
Describe the rise
of the oil
industry in the
United States.
Explore how
industry changed
the American
way of life.
New
Americans
Describe several
reasons why
immigrants came
to the United
States.
Identify the
hardships
immigrants
faced in
American cities.
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce
and industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected
world
history.
6.5.B-Explain
the concept of
labor
productivity.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
Explain the
reasons labor
unions were
formed.
Analyze the
accomplishments
of labor unions
in the United
States
Analyze the
experiences of
immigrants, such
as Mary Antin
Explore how the
Industrial
Revolution
caused changes
in society that
led to clashes
between certain
groups of
Americans.
Examine how
industry changed
many
Americans' way
of life.
Explain how an
individual is able
to take part in
civic affairs at
the national
level.
Expansion
Overseas
Evaluate the
American
decision to
purchase
Alaska.
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce
and industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected
world
history.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
Explain how
the United
States
acquired
Hawaii.
Evaluate a
variety of
questions
about the
future of the
United States.
Analyze the
effects of the
SpanishAmerican
War.
Identify the
achievements
of people who
have made
contributions
to society such
as Theodore
Roosevelt.
J
u The United
n States and
e the World ~
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Progressives, muckraker, isthmus, World War I & II, alliance, League of
Nations, Treaty of Versailles, isolationism, Nineteenth Amendment, Great
Migration, assembly line, Harlem Renaissance, Great Depression, New Deal,
Dust Bowl, dictator, concentration camp, Holocaust, atomic bomb, United
Nations, Cold War, Iron Curtain, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, civil
rights, Vietnam War, Watergate Scandal, Persian Gulf War
Essential
Questions
Content
A Time of
Reforms
Skills
Assessments Lessons
Explore the
muckrakers
and explain
what they
wanted to do.
Identify major
reforms that
Theodore
Roosevelt
spearheaded
as President
Explain how
and why the
United States
built the
Panama
Canal.
Standards
5.1.M-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals found in
famous speeches
and writings (e.g.,
“Governments,
like clocks, go
from the motion
people give
them,―
William Penn;
“A date that
will live in
infamy,―
Franklin D.
Roosevelt).
8.4.A-Identify
and explain how
individuals and
groups made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions to
world history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material artifacts
and historic sites
in world history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns, social
organizations,
transportation and
women's roles in
world history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
World War I Describe why
and how World
War I was
fought.
Analyze the role
of the United
States in World
War I.
Explain how and
when women got
the right to vote.
Explore the
causes and
effects of the
Great Migration.
Research primary
sources, such as
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
visual
information, to
acquire
information
about airplanes
of World War I.
Times of
Examine the
Plenty, Times effects of new
of Hardship industrial
developments
on the nation’s
economy.
Describe major
developments
in American
culture during
the 1920s.
Explain how
the New Deal
was created to
respond to the
Great
Depression.
commerce
and industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
5.1.M-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals found in
famous speeches
and writings (e.g.,
“Governments,
like clocks, go
from the motion
people give
them,―
William Penn;
“A date that
will live in
infamy,―
Franklin D.
Roosevelt).
8.4.A-Identify
and explain how
individuals and
groups made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions to
Compare and
contrast what
life was like in
the United
States during
the Great
Depression to
life today.
Discuss leaders
in the national
government,
including
President
Franklin
Delano
Roosevelt.
World War
II
Prioritize the
causes of World
War II.
Explain how the
United States
was drawn into
World War II
and how it
prepared to fight
the war.
world history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material artifacts
and historic sites
in world history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns, social
organizations,
transportation and
women's roles in
world history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
Describe how
the Allies won
victory in both
Europe and
Asia.
Analyze the
costs of World
War II.
Describe the
accident that
almost ended
Dwight David
Eisenhower’s
military career
Examine Dwight
David
Eisenhower’s
major
achievements.
A Dangerous Describe the
World
beginning of
the Cold War.
Analyze the
American
decision to
fight in the
Korean War
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
8.4.A-Identify
and explain
how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
Explain how
Cold War
conflicts led to
the Cuban
Missile Crisis.
Evaluate the
causes of the
arms race.
Struggle for Evaluate the
Equal Rights importance of
Brown v.
Board of
Education.
history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain
how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns, social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict
and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
5.1.M-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals found in
famous speeches
and writings (e.g.,
“Governments,
like clocks, go
from the motion
Explain the
major events
of the
Montgomery
bus boycott.
Describe the
efforts of
Martin Luther
King, Jr., in
the civil rights
movement.
Examine the
goals of the
women’s
rights
movement
Identify the
civil rights
goals of
Martin Luther
King, Jr
Describe the
strategy King
used to
achieve his
goals.
Describe the
group of
people
Dolores
Huerta
helped.
Identify the
organization
Dolores
Huerta helped
form
people give
them,―
William Penn;
“A date that
will live in
infamy,―
Franklin D.
Roosevelt).
8.4.A-Identify
and explain how
individuals and
groups made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions to
world history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material artifacts
and historic sites
in world history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns, social
organizations,
transportation and
women's roles in
world history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
The Cold War Chart the
Continues
major events
of the space
race
Analyze
major causes
and effects of
the Vietnam
War
Evaluate
President
Richard
Nixon’s trips
to China and
the Soviet
Union.
Describe the
level of Cold
War tensions
at the
beginning of
the 1980s.
5.1.M-Explain
the basic
principles and
ideals found in
famous speeches
and writings (e.g.,
“Governments,
like clocks, go
from the motion
people give
them,―
William Penn;
“A date that
will live in
infamy,―
Franklin D.
Roosevelt).
8.4.A-Identify
and explain how
individuals and
groups made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions to
world history.
8.4.B-Identify
and explain
important
documents,
material artifacts
and historic sites
in world history.
8.4.C-Identify
and explain how
continuity and
change has
affected belief
systems,
commerce and
industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns, social
organizations,
transportation and
women's roles in
world history.
8.4.D-Explain
how conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected world
history.
Looking
Describe how relations
Toward the between the United States
Future
and the Soviet Union
changed during the 1980s.
Explain how the Cold War
ended.
Identify key post-Cold
War events, including the
Persian Gulf War, the
Clinton impeachment, the
rise of the Internet, and
the struggle against
terrorism.
Evaluate a variety of
questions about the future
of the United States.
Examine accomplishments
of individuals who made
significant contributions
in the area of public
safety.
8.4.AIdentify and
explain how
individuals
and groups
made
significant
political and
cultural
contributions
to world
history.
8.4.BIdentify and
explain
important
documents,
material
artifacts and
historic sites
in world
history.
8.4.CIdentify and
explain how
continuity
and change
has affected
belief
systems,
commerce
and industry,
innovations,
settlement
patterns,
social
organizations,
transportation
and women's
roles in world
history.
8.4.DExplain how
conflict and
cooperation
among social
groups and
organizations
affected
world
history.