Unit Title /
- The First Americans
- European Contact and Colonization
- Revolutionary Era
- Nation Building
- Expanding and Changing Nation
- Territorial Acquisition and the American West
- The Civil War Era
- The Era of Reconstruction
- Colorado History
Concepts and skills students master / Standard 1-History
Formulate appropriate hypotheses about United States history based on a variety of historical sources and perspectives
Standard 1- History
The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas and themes from the origins of the American Revolution through Reconstruction andtheir relationships with one another
Standard 2- Geography
Use geographic tools to analyze patterns in human and physical systems
Standard 3- Economics
Economic freedom, including free trade, is important for economic growth / Standard 1- History
The historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas and themes from the origins of the American Revolution through Reconstruction and
their relationships with one another
Standard 3- Economics
Economic freedom, including free trade, is important for economic growth
Standard 3- Economics
Manage personal credit and debt (PFL)
Standard 4- Civics
Analyze elements of continuity and change in the United States government and the role of citizens over time
Standard 4- Civics
The place of law in a constitutional system / Standard 2- Geography
Use geographic tools to analyze patterns in human and physical systems
Standard 2- Geography
Conflict and cooperation occur over space and resources
Standard 1-History
Formulate appropriate hypotheses about United States history based on a variety of historical sources and perspectives / Standard 1-History
Formulate appropriate hypotheses about United States history based on a variety of historical sources and perspectives
Standard 2- Geography
Conflict and cooperation occur over space and resources
Standard 4- Civics
Analyze elements of continuity and change in the United States government and the role of citizens over time
Evidence Outcomes (GLE) / Interpret maps and other geographic
tools as a primary source to analyze a
historic issue (DOK 1-3)
Describe the nature and spatial
distribution of cultural patterns (DOK
1-2)
Recognize the patterns and networks
of economic interdependence (DOK 1-
2)
Explain the establishment of human
settlements in relationship to physical
attributes and important regional
connections (DOK 1-2)
Calculate and analyze population
trends (DOK 2-3)
Write for a variety of purposes and
audiences. / Determine and explain the historical context of key people and events from the origins ofthe American Revolution throughReconstruction including the examination ofdifferent perspectives (DOK 1-2)
Evaluate continuity and change over the
course of United States history by examining
various eras and determining major sources
of conflict and compromise (DOK 1-3)
Examine factors that motivated the military
and economic expansion from the American
Revolution through Reconstruction (DOK 1-
2)
Evaluate the impact of different factors - on
topics to include but not limited to gender,age, ethnicity and class- on groups andindividuals in this time period and the impactof these groups and individuals on theevents of the time period (DOK 1-3)
Analyze causes and effects of major conflictsfrom the origins of the American Revolutionthrough Reconstruction (DOK 1-3)
Analyze ideas that are critical to theunderstanding of American history and giveexamples of the ideals involved in majorevents and movements. Topics to includebut not limited to representative democracy,
federalism, capitalism, abolition,temperance, nativism, andexpansionism (DOK 1-3)
Identify and differentiate betweenpurposes and reasons for debt (DOK
1-2)
Analyze benefits and costs of creditand debt (DOK 1-2)
Compare sources of credit (DOK 1-2)
Describe the components of a credithistory (DOK 1)
Describe instances in which major political,social, economic, or cultural changes occurred
and the reasons for the changes (DOK 1-2)
Analyze the changing definition of citizenship
and give examples of the expansion of
rights (DOK 1-3)
Describe examples of citizens and groups who
have influenced change in United States
government and politics (DOK 1-2)
Evaluate the result of various strategies for
political change over time (DOK 1-3)
Analyze primary sources supporting
democratic freedoms and the founding of our
government. Documents to include but not
limited to the Declaration of Independence,
Constitution, Bill of Rights and explain how
they provide for both continuity and
change (DOK 2-3)
Examine ways citizens may effectively voice
opinions, monitor government, and bring
about change nationally (DOK 1-2)
Explains how the Colorado Constitution is a
reflection of the United States Constitution.
Discern various types of law (DOK 1-2)
Evaluate the strengths andweaknesses of rule of law (DOK 1-2)
Describe and engage in various means
of conflict management (DOK 1-3)
Explain the role and importance of the
Constitution (DOK 1-2)
Discuss the tensions between
individual rights, state law, and
national law (DOK 1-3)
Explain how state and federal court
power of judicial review is reflected inthe United States form ofconstitutional government (DOK 1-2)
Use a variety of resources to identifyand evaluate issues that involve civic
responsibility, individual rights, andthe common good / Analyze how economic, political,cultural, and social processes interact
to shape patterns of humanpopulation, interdependence,
cooperation and conflict (DOK 1-3)
Compare how differing geographicperspectives apply to a historic
issue (DOK 1-2)
Interpret from a geographicperspective the expansion of the
United States by addressing issues of
land, security, and sovereignty (DOK
1-2) / Discuss the tensions betweenindividual rights, state law, andnational law (DOK 1-3)
Analyze the changing definition of citizenship
and give examples of the expansion ofrights (DOK 1-3)
Examine factors that motivated the military
and economic expansion from the American
Revolution through Reconstruction (DOK 1-
2)
Describe examples of citizens and groups who
have influenced change in United States
government and politics (DOK 1-2)
Key Themes / Origin of North American peoples/cultures
Regional Development of distinct indigenous cultures
Causes of European exploration/colonization
European Exploration and Colonization of North America
Compare/Contrast European colonies in North America
Consequences of European exploration/ colonization
1)Columbian Exchange
2)Development of race based slavery/slave life in Colonial America
Main characteristics, history, and regional development of the English Colonies in North America. / French and Indian War
Causes of the American Revolution
Establishment of Government
First and Second Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
The Revolutionary War
Outcomes and effects of the American Revolution
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Creating the Constitution
The debate and ratification of the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
Origin of the two party system
Origins of Judicial Review / Louisiana Purchase and Early Exploration
The War of 1812
Rise of Nationalism/Monroe Doctrine
Market Expansion and Early Industrialization
Political Change/Jacksonian Democracy
Religion and Reform Movements
Manifest Destiny
Texas Revolution and The Mexican War
Oregon and other territorial acquisitions
Pioneers and Overland Migration
American Indian Policies and Resistance Movements
Economic, Political, and Social impacts of Westward Expansion
Early Colorado History and Statehood / Sectionalism
Economic, Political, and Social Factors Leading to Secession
The Civil War
Outcomes and Effects of the Civil War
Presidential and Congressional Plans
Consequences of Lincoln’s assassination
Reconstruction Amendments and Legacy
Postwar conditions in the South
Retreat from Reconstruction
Overall effects and legacy of Reconstruction
Inquiry Questions / 1. How has human settlement influenced changes in physical systems and culture?
2. How can geographic tools help explore patterns in human and physical systems?
3. How have people and the environment interacted to produce changes over time?
4. How is human activity limited by the environment?
5. How has the environment influenced human activity?
1. How do societies benefit from trade and exchange?
2. Why is it important for nations to control trade and exchange?
3. What are the benefits and challenges of trade at the international, national, state,local, and individual levels?
4. How does where and how you purchase products affect the social, economic, andenvironmental conditions? / 1. How have the basic values and principles of American democracy changedover time and in what ways have they been preserved?
2. To what extent are the ideas of the American Revolution and the United StatesConstitution still affecting the world today?
3. What would the United States be like if the British had won the American
Revolution?
1. How has the Declaration of Independence influenced other nations?
2. Which primary documents have had the greatest impact on the people of the United
States?
1. What is a patriot?
2. What are the various roles of government?
4. How have the meanings of American ideals remained the same and changedover time?
3. Should and can historians be completely impartial when writing about history?
1. What is the "common good?"
2. What are key court cases and historical events in the development of the United
States?
3. What are examples of successful and unsuccessful conflict resolution in United
States history and why?
4. How has the United States balanced individual rights and law?
5. Which is more effective, the rule of law or the rule of man? Why?
1. Why is understanding credit and debt important?
2. How do you manage debt?
3. Why is it important to know about different types of credit?
4. How do you view debt and credit?
5. When is debt useful? / 1. How will the location of resources lead to cooperation or conflict in the future?
2. How has conflict over space and resources influenced human migration?
3. How have differing perspectives regarding resource and land use lead to cooperativepolicies or conflict?
4. How would human settlement patterns be different if people did not trade resourceswith others? / 1. To what extent was the Civil War an extension of the American Revolution?
2. How have various people from different eras in our nation's historypromoted change in the face of opposition and what democratic principleswere advanced?
Students will be able to… / What is the value in studying primary sources?
Native peoples were highly skilled and advanced.
More than 100 million inhabitants of the “new world” prior to Columbus.
Discuss the Land bridge migration theory
Understand the impact of the Columbian Exchange/Seeds of Change (corn, sugar, horses, potato, disease)
Understand the roots of slavery in North America.
Discuss Christopher Columbus. What were his intentions?
What motivated Europeans to explore?
Recognize how the different geography and climate regions of the 13 Colonies dictated the economic viability of that region.
Analyze the different economic regions relating to the slave trade.
Explain why mercantilism as an economic system drove the colonial system. Balance of trade.
Discuss the reality of Jamestown and other colonial settlements that were ravaged by death and disease.
Dispel the myth of Pocahontas.
Discuss what life was like for individual families in early Colonial America.
Recognize the relationship and conflict between native people and European colonists.
Recognize the role of religion in the Colonies and how it impacted people.
Understand how and why the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials is not an isolated event in American history.
Explain the causes and results of the French and Indian War and why we care.
Explain why and how slavery became an institution that was woven directly into the fabric of the economic, political, and social systems of the 13 colonies. / Analyze the causes and effects of the Rev. War.
Discuss the chronology of the war and the major battles.
Dispel the myth of taxation, Redcoats, Paul Revere, etc.
Discuss the reason that the colonies wanted to be independent.
Recognize the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and English Philosophy (John Locke, etc.)
Recognize the critical role of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams during the Revolution and years following.
Write own Declaration of Independence based on the original (vocabulary, enlightenment thought).
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of both the British and the Rebels during the Rev. War.
Explain the Articles of Confederation as the beginnings of American Democracy and why they did not work.
Discuss the foundation of the Constitution and the early years of the Republic.
Analyze the problems associated with the Articles of Confederation.
Discuss the need for a Constitution and the enlightenment philosophy behind the document.
Understand the difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
Discuss the Bill of Rights.
Understand the role of women and slaves in the Constitution/Early Republic. Specifically the three-fifths compromise.
Explain the three branches of the United States government and the unique role of each branch.
Explain the Great Compromise.
Describe the concept of balance of power and Bicameral Legislature.
Explain how a bill becomes a law.
Define and explain the amendment process.
Discuss the election of 1800- Jefferson wins.
Explain the role of expansion in the early Republic- Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase.
Relate the Constitution and the structure of government to present day politics and policies.
Discuss/list the key political figures in the United States and Colorado. / Discuss the election of 1800- Jefferson wins.
Explain the difference between Jefferson and Washington/Adams.
Discuss the “Midnight Appointment” and how the president can impact the Judicial Branch of government.
Explain the role of expansion in the early Republic- Jefferson, Louisiana Purchase.
Give details of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Explain the role of Native Americans and how Native Americans were impacted through westward expansion.
Explain how events/ideas/scientific discoveries during the Lewis and Clark expedition have shaped present day policy, etc.
Discuss the lasting implications of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Explain who Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from, and the events surrounding the transaction. / Understand how territorial expansion relates to the spread of slavery (Kansas-Nebraska Act, Popular Sovereignty)
State vs. Federal rights
Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850.
Discuss the ramifications of the Dred Scot Case.
Discuss the economic differences of the North and South.
Understand the importance of Abraham Lincoln and the election of 1860.
What was the role of abolitionists during the Civil War Era?
Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Wade Davis Bill and how did it differ from Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction?
Why did Reconstruction fail?
Vocabulary / Migration
Beringia
Hunter Gatherers
Natural Resources
Culture
Cultural Region
Domestication
Paleo-Indians
Land bridge
Inca/Aztec/Maya
Sophisticated Native societies
Silk Road
Trade Routes/Triangle Trade
“Three Worlds Collide”
Monopoly
Christopher Columbus
Line of Demarcation
Columbian Exchange
Conquistadors
Missions
Colony
Charter
New France
Jamestown
New Spain / Northern, Middle, Southern Colonies- Geographic/Economic differences
Virginia Colony
Headright System
John Smith
Tobacco
Indentured Servant
Plantations
Puritans
Pilgrims
Quakers
Mayflower Compact
Salutary Neglect
French and Indian War/ 7 Years War
Proclamation of 1763
Mercantilism
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Sons of Liberty
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Hessians
Articles of Confederation
Common Sense-Thomas Paine
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Paris 1783
Articles of Confederation
Shay’s Rebellion
Land Ordinance 1785
Northwest Ordinance 1787Republic
Great Compromise
Three Fifths Compromise
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Bill of Rights / Election of 1800
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon Bonaparte
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
War Hawks
War of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
Andrew Jackson
Trail of Tears
Monroe Doctrine
Cash Crop
Canals
Cotton Gin/Eli Whitney
Second Great Awakening
Manifest Destiny
Mexican/American War / Missouri Compromise
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Abolitionist Movement
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular Sovereignty
Dred Scott decision
Bleeding Kansas
Election of 1860
Succession
Union
Confederacy
Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Women in the War- Clara Barton, Dorthea Dix
Appomattox Court House
Lincoln’s 10% Plan
Congressional Reconstruction
Wade Davis Bill
Exodusters
Freedman’s Bureau
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
Scalawags
Carpetbaggers
Compromise of 1877
Civil Rights
Key Skills- literacy/technology /
- Recognize that people from different cultures and different times in history make contributions to our culture.
- Thesis statement
- Main idea/summarization
- Primary Source Analysis
- Identify different information sources and assess sources.
- Primary Source Analysis
- Use technology responsibly for communication and transfer of ideas.
- Primary Source Analysis
Assessments /
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