El Capitan Curriculum Map Course Title: American History Semester : 1 Academic Year: 2017 - 2018 Teacher: Linda Earl Unit/Time Frame Standards Content Learning Objectives Assessment Resources Introduction to American History 8/14-17 Concept 1: Research Skills for History PO 4. Construct graphs, tables, timelines, charts, and narratives to interpret historical data. PO 5. Evaluate primary and secondary sources for: a. authors’ main points b. purpose and perspective c. facts vs. opinions d. different points of view on the same historical event (e.g., Geography Concept 6 – geographical perspective can be different from economic perspective) e. credibility and validity
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El Capitan Curriculum Map
Course Title: American History Semester : 1 Academic Year: 2017 - 2018
Concept 1: Research Skills for History PO 4. Construct graphs, tables, timelines, charts, and narratives to interpret historical data. PO 5. Evaluate primary and secondary sources for: a. authors’ main points b. purpose and perspective c. facts vs. opinions d. different points of view on
the same historical event (e.g., Geography Concept 6 – geographical perspective can be different
from economic perspective) e. credibility and validity
Concept 3: Exploration and Colonization PO 2. Describe the reasons for colonization of America (e.g., religious freedom, desire for land, economic opportunity, and a new life). PO 3. Compare the characteristics of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies: a. Colonial governments
geographic influences, resources, economic systems, religious beliefs and social patterns
PO 4. Describe the impact of key colonial figures (e.g., John Smith, William Penn, Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson, John Winthrop).
1. Why do you think Europeans came to America?
2. How might the location of a
colony affect its development? 3. How did Spain lead the way to
early European exploration and colonization of the Americas?
4. Why did the Pilgrims and the Puritans establish colonies in North America?
Students will be able to: a. Examine what led
Europeans to begin exploring in the 1400’s.
b. Organize the characteristics of the Spanish colonies in the Americas.
c. Summarize how the Protestant Reformation affected England’s colonization efforts.
d. Analyze how geography influenced the founding of each of the colonies.
e. Analyze how life differed in all three colonial areas ( North, Middle, and South.)
Concept 4: Revolution and New Nation PO 1. Assess the economic, political, and social reasons for the American Revolution: a. British attempts to tax
and regulate colonial trade as a result of the French and Indian War
b. Colonists’ reaction to British policy ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence
PO 2. Analyze the effects of European involvement in the American Revolution on the outcome of the war. PO 3. Describe the significance of major events in the Revolutionary War: 1. Lexington and Concord 2. Bunker Hill 3. Saratoga 4. writing and ratification of
the Declaration of Independence
5. Yorktown
1. How did the colonist use economic protests to fight the power of the British Parliament?
2. How did the rivalry between France and England turn into war for control of North America?
3. How did the British decision to stop colonist from settling new lands and imposing new taxes lead to widespread protests?
4. What part did the Continental Congress play in the American Revolution?
Students will be able to: a. Analyze how the
colonists fought the Stamp Act and the end result.
b. Categorize the acts passed by British Parliament and the reactions of the colonists to each.
c. Explain the significance of the battles of Lexington and Concord.
d. Summarize the first two actions of the First Continental Congress.
Concept 4: Revolution and New Nation PO 6. Examine the experiences and perspectives of the following groups in the new nation: a. property owners b. African Americans c. women d. Native Americans indentured servants
1. How did the economic differences between North and South cause tension?
2. How did tariffs become a debated issue in the early republic?
3. What caused the separation between different classes of people?
Students will be able to: a. Analyze the difference
between the economic conditions in the North and South.
b. Describe why tariffs were so important.
c. Describe how different classes of people were treated during the growth and division of the newly formed country.
Concept 5: Westward Expansion PO 2. Analyze how the following events affected the political transformation of the developing nation: a. Jefferson’s Presidency b. War of 1812 c. Jackson’s Presidency
1. How did President Jefferson’s administration change the footprint of the United States?
2. What was the impact of the War of 1812?
3. How did the political system change during Jackson’s presidency?
Students will be able to: a. Describe the main
contributions of President Jefferson.
b. Describe the significance of the War of 1812.
c. Analyze the significance of Jackson’s presidency.
Concept 5: Westward Expansion PO 3. Identify how economic incentives and geography influenced early American explorations: a. explorers (e.g., Lewis and
Clark, Pike, Fremont) b. fur traders c. miners d. missionaries (e.g., Father
Kino, Circuit Riders)
1. Why did Americans want to move west in the 1800’s?
2. How did the movement west affect America’s relationship with other countries and native peoples?
3. How did the movement west impact explorers, fur traders, miners, and missionaries?
Students will be able to: a. Categorize the
reasons Americans emigrated to the west.
b. Analyze the relationships between America and Native Americans.
c. Describe the impact explorers, fur traders, miners, and missionaries had on the westward movement.
Concept 7: Emergence of the Modern United States PO 1. Analyze how the following aspects of industrialization transformed the American economy beginning in the late 19th century: a. mass production b. monopolies and trusts
(e.g., Robber Barons, Taft- Hartley Act)
c. economic philosophies (e.g., laissez faire, Social Darwinism, free silver)
d. labor movement (e.g., Bisbee Deportation)
e. trade
1. How did the inventions of the 1800’s spur economic development?
2. What impact did the growth of big business have on the economy of the late 1800’s?
3. How did economic philosophies change the business environment?
4. What was the labor movement?
Students will be able to: a. Describe how
technology changed the face of the US.
b. Analyze the influence of big business on the economy during the late 1800’s.
c. Compare and contrast laissez faire, Social Darwinism, free silver.
Concept 7: Emergence of the Modern United States PO 2. Assess how the following social developments influenced American society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: a. Civil Rights issues (e.g.,
Women’s Suffrage Movement, Dawes Act, Indian schools, lynching, Plessy v. Ferguson)
b. changing patterns in Immigration (e.g., Ellis Island, Angel Island, Chinese Exclusion Act, Immigration Act of 1924)
c. urbanization and social reform (e.g., health care, housing, food & nutrition, child labor laws)
d. mass media (e.g., political cartoons, muckrakers, yellow journalism, radio)
e. consumerism (e.g., advertising, standard of living, consumer credit)
f. Roaring Twenties (e.g., Harlem Renaissance, leisure time, jazz, changed social mores)
1. How was life in the big cities different from life on farms and in small towns?
2. How did the immigrants of the late 1800’s change American society?
3. What were the reasons people migrated to the United States?
4. What problems arose from the changes in society?
Students will be able to: a. Describe the
difference between lifestyles in big cities and small towns and farms.
b. Analyze the changes that immigrants made on society.
c. Describe the reasons people from other countries migrated to the United States.
Concept 7: Emergence of the Modern United States PO 3. Analyze events which caused a transformation of the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: a. Indian Wars (e.g., Little
Bighorn, Wounded Knee) b. Imperialism (e.g., Spanish
American War, annexation of Hawaii, Philippine-American War)
c. Progressive Movement (e.g., Sixteenth through Nineteenth Amendments, child labor)
d. Teddy Roosevelt (e.g., conservationism, Panama Canal, national parks, trust busting)
e. corruption (e.g., Tammany Hall, spoils system)
1. Why did American want to expand their military and economic power overseas?
2. How did the United States acquire new overseas territories and become an imperial power?
3. How did President Roosevelt increase United States power on the world stage?
4. How did the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Amendments affect the United States?
Students will be able to: a. Describe why
President Roosevelt wanted to increase U.S. influence overseas.
b. List the new territories that the U.S. acquired overseas that made them and imperial power.
c. Analyze the effect President Roosevelt administration had in establishing them as a world power.
d. Analyze the importance of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Amendments.