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World History I Grade 9

WATERFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM

UNITED STATES HISTORY

GRADE 11

Unit Title: The Constitution and the Birth of a New Nation (1789-1820)

Standard:

State Standards

Content Standard 1: Historical Thinking

Content Standard 2: Local, United States, and World History

Content Standard 3: Historical Themes

Content Standard 4: Applying History

Content Standard 5: United States Constitution and Government

Content Standard 7: Political Systems

Content Standard 13: Limited Resources

School Standards

Communicate in Standard English for a variety of purposes.

Read a variety of materials for the understanding, evaluation, and synthesis of information.

Acquire and evaluate information in order to interpret events, issues and/or ideas, and to make informed judgements and responses.

Utilize technologies to obtain, organize, and communicate information and solve problems.

Estimated Number of Days to Complete Unit: 10 Blocks

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS / DESIRED RESULTS

The student will understand that:

1.	The United States developed a two party political system based upon differing political values.
2.	Politics is a process of dealing with conflict through compromise and a balancing of “interests.”
3.	The growth of nationalism in the United States had many political, economic and social effects.
4.	Geographic expansion changed the political, social and economic character of the United States.

ASSESSMENTS / ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE

1.	Quizzes and Tests
2.	Document Based Assessment Essay -DBQ: Growth of Political Parties- What led to the rise of political parties in the 1790s? -DBQ: The War of 1812- What forces led Americans to declare war on Britain in 1812?
3.	Authentic Assessment Problem Solving Groupwork- Illustrating Hamiltonian and Jefferson Ideals- create a poster to accentuate the ideals of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson Culminating Project- Creating a Parade Float to Commemorate the Constitution- design a parade float that shows how the creation of the Constitution solved many important problems
4.	Performance Assessment -Response Group- Giving Voice to Jefferson and Hamilton- identify quotes by Jefferson and Hamilton and listen to recordings to discover the correct choices -Interactive Slide Lecture- Building “A More Perfect Union”- analyze ten slides depicting key problems facing the nation’s early presidents and leaders

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1.	Is it truly necessary in a democracy to have political parties?
2.	Who controls the political process?
3.	Has the growth of nationalism in the United States done more good than harm?
4.	How much land does a country need to have real power?
5.	The development of America’s government was a response to the needs of the few or the many?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The student will be able to:

1.	Explain and analyze the actual establishment of the federal government through the early presidents.
2.	Explain the significance of the Washington administration in both foreign and domestic affairs.
3.	Analyze the specific provisions of the Bill of Rights and describe their significance.
4.	Compare the opposing views and personnel of the two parties and assess their effects on both domestic and foreign affairs in the 1790s.
5.	Analyze the relevance of the Constitution to contemporary society.
6.	Evaluate Jefferson’s presidency in both domestic and foreign matters.
7.	Explain Chief Justice John Marshall’s decisions and their significance in the nation’s development.
8.	Analyze the divisions in the country concerning the War of 1812 and their effects on the war itself.
9.	Analyze the post War of 1812 upsurge of nationalism in both domestic and foreign affairs.
10.	Investigate the impact of the War of 1812 and its results on the nation.
11.	Identify the origins and provisions of the Monroe Doctrine and evaluate its significance.
12.	Evaluate the factory systems from the perspectives of both owners and workers.
13.	Investigate the development of rapid urbanization, the surge of immigration, and the rise of industrialization and their effects on the social fabric of the early 19^th century.
14.	Explain how the cotton gin and the opening of new lands in the South and West led to an increased demand for slaves.
15	Evaluate how women fared politically, socially, legally, and economically.
16.	Discuss the events and issues that led to the Missouri Compromise and its effects.
17.	Explain the plantation system and its effects on various aspects of American life.
18.	Explore the lure of the West and the reality of life on the “frontier.”

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

1.	Advanced Textbook- The Americans, McDougal Littell, 1998
2.	Standard Textbook- History of a Free Nation, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1998
3.	History Alive! from the Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, The Constitution in a New Nation
4.	Selected Videos and Video Series on Unit Topics
5.	Document Based Assessment Activities for U.S. History Classes, J. Weston Walch Publisher, 1999

Unit Title: Manifest Destiny and a Growing Nation (1820-1850)

Standard:

State Standards

Content Standard 1: Historical Thinking

Content Standard 2: Local, United States, and World History

Content Standard 3: Historical Themes

Content Standard 4: Applying History

Content Standard 7: Political Systems

Content Standard 8: International Relations

Content Standard 9: Places and Regions

Content Standard 12: Human and Environmental Interaction

School Standards

Communicate in Standard English for a variety of purposes.

Read a variety of materials for the understanding, evaluation, and synthesis of information.

Acquire and evaluate information in order to interpret events, issues and/or ideas, and to make informed judgments and responses.

Utilize technologies to obtain, organize, and communicate information and solve problems.

Estimated Number of Days to Complete Unit: 10 Blocks

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS / DESIRED RESULTS

The student will understand that:

1.	Countries expand in order to gain power, territory and control.
2.	Manifest Destiny as a nationalist idea that influenced political policy, westward expansion and religion.
3.	Women greatly influenced reform movements within the United States.

ASSESSMENTS / ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE

1.	Quizzes and Tests
2.	Document Based Assessment Essay DBQ: Jacksonian Democracy- What were the major arguments used, pro and con, in the debate over expanding suffrage during the Age of Jackson? Which arguments were most valid? DBQ: Antebellum Reforms- What forces or ideas motivated and inspired this effort to remake and reform American society during the antebellum years?
3.	Authentic Assessment Interactive Slide Lecture- America Discovers Its Manifest Destiny- critically assess the meaning of Manifest Destiny after viewing and discussing slides with group Writing for Understanding- Journal Writing on Heading West with Lewis and Clark- assume the role of William Clark to create an account of life on the new frontier using primary sources Experiential Exercise- Manifest Destiny from a Native American Perspective- forfeit “land” to a group of students “destined” to occupy the prime classroom space Culminating Project- Creating an Annotated Scrapbook About Manifest Destiny-Compile an annotated scrapbook of how United States expansion affected people’s lives during the 1800s
4.	Performance Assessment Response Group- Political Developments in an Expanding Nation- discover how the common citizen became a greater part of the political process Problem-Solving Groupwork- Mini-Dramas from Life in the West- bring to life original scenes depicting the lives of westerners such as Chinese Americans and pioneer men and women Response Group- How Far Have We Come Since Seneca Falls?- conduct a debate as they assess whether women’s issues from 1848 are redressed today

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1.	Why do counties expand?
2.	Is it moral for countries to conquer other peoples for the purposes of territorial expansion?
3.	Why did the idea of Manifest Destiny thrive in America?
4.	Did the shift from an agrarian lifestyle to an industrial lifestyle benefit more than just a few lucky industrialists?
5.	Why have women historically been so disenfranchised?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The student will be able to:

1.	Explain the growth of democracy during the Jacksonian Era for the white male.
2.	Evaluate the significance of the election and presidency of John Quincy Adams.
3.	Evaluate the policies and actions towards Native Americans pursued by the federal and state governments and their impact.
4.	Explain the growing opposition to the federal government as manifested in states’ rights to sectional arguments.
5.	Explain the concept of Manifest Destiny.
6.	Describe the technological developments that revolutionized land and water transport.
7.	Evaluate the transformation of the economy and environment during this period.
8.	Analyze the effects of the National Bank’s destruction.
9.	Explain the growing divergence of the nation’s sections, economically and politically.
10.	Trace the causes and course of the Texas fight for independence and explain its effects.
11.	Describe the problems in the U.S.-British relations in the 1830s and 1840s and their solutions.
12.	Explain the causes and course of the Mexican War and the reasons why some citizens dissented.
13.	Assess the effects of the Mexican-American War, both short and long term.
14.	Analyze changing ideas about race and assess the pro-slavery and antislavery ideologies.
15.	Explain the beliefs of abolitionism and compare the position of the immediatists and gradualists in the movement.
16.	Explain the importance of the Second Great Awakening and the ideas of its principal leaders.
17.	Assess how the Second Great Awakening affected public education, temperance, women’s suffrage, and abolition.
18.	Explain how literary and artistic movements fostered a distinct American identity.
19.	Compare and contrast the antebellum women’s movement for equality with today’s feminism.
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