Outcome 1: SWBAT analyze the social and economic effects of European exploration on American Indians and Europeans in the US prior to 1630
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P1: explain the theories of early human migration to the American continent
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P2: compare the native American tribe lifestyles pre-European contact
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P3: analyze European motives for exploration
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P4: analyze the impact of Columbian Exchange on American Indians and Europeans
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P5: Compare the settlement/colonization attempts of early French, English, and Spanish Settlers in the New World
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HP1: explain from an Indian's’ point of view how to treat the Europeans and why
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HP2: analyze who came out on the better end of the Columbian exchange
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HP3: if a new continent was discovered today would you go and what would be your motives or benefits would you expect to gain
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HP4: writing prompt: Which colony Jamestown or Plymouth, would survive and thrive first?
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Outcome 2: SWBAT Analyze key political, economic and social developments in Colonial America
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P1:Research & Compare the economic situations, population makeup, and religious freedoms in each of the 3 English colonies settlements (New England, Middle, and South)
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P2: Analyze the impact of transatlantic trade on colonial America
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P3: describe how the growth of self government led to ideas of independence
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P4: Analyze the British laws and how they were implemented in the North American colonies
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P5: Explain the development of slavery and servitude in the Colonies
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HP1: Explain how can we see the colonial demographics (population, economics, religion, etc) in today’s society
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HP2: Analyze the lasting effects of the transatlantic trade on Americans
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HP3: Explain If you lived during the colonial period would you have supported British Imperial policies in America?
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HP4: Explain How the colonial period created the American identity
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Outcome 3: SWBAT analyze the increasing tensions between the British and American Colonists that led to the American Revolution
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P1: Explain how the French and Indian War created tensions that led to the Revolution
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P2: Identify the new taxes and regulations on the Colonies/ Colonists by the British
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P3: Examine the effects of the new taxes and regulations on the colonies
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P4: Analyze the early conflicts leading to the Revolution including the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party and various editorials
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P5: Categorize the personal and political liberties that were sought by the colonists.
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HP1: Conclude whether or not the colonists should have been taxed by Britain
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HP2: Explain how did the Enlightenment influenced the American rebellion
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HP3: Analyze primary source speeches and documents on the different viewpoints leading up to the Revolution
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HP4: Explain what side of the conflict you would have been on
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HP5: Were the colonists treated like English Citizens?
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HP6: Could the American Revolution have been avoided?
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Outcome 4: SWBAT analyze the effects of American Revolution.
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P1: Compare the different perspectives on the American Revolutions by the colonists
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P2: Examine major military and political turning points in the American Revolution
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P3: Analyze the contributions of Native Americans, African Americans, and women to the American Revolution
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P4: Compare the impact of the Revolution on men, women, whites, blacks, and Native Americans
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P5: Assess the new government, institutions, and ideas created by Americans as a result of the war.
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HP1: debate what side of the American Revolution I would have joined and why
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HP2: Analyze Hollywood’s representation of the American Revolution
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HP3: Debate whether the war had greater political, social, or economic impact on Americans
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HP4: Identify the characteristics of the national identity that emerged out of the American Revolution
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HP5: summarize alternate historical interpretations of history
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Outcome 5: SWBAT Analyze the division of power in the new American Government
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P1: Analyze the different compromises that were required to create the Constitution
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P2: Summarize the powers of the different branches of Government as stated in the constitution
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P3: Explain the division of power between the federal and state governments
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P4: Explain the differences between Federalists and the Anti-Federalists/Democratic Republicans
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P5: Identify the Bill of Rights and Explain its purpose
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P6: Rank the political freedoms given to the different groups of Americans
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HP1: Analyze if you agree with the Compromises the founding fathers created
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HP2: Explain the influence of the Constitution in today’s government
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HP3: Hypothesize who the Federalists and Democratic Republicans’ would vote for today
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HP4: Explain what other amendments would you add to the Bill of Rights?
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HP5: How has access to political freedoms changed in the last 200 years?
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Outcome 6: SWBAT analyze how the early US government was tested in the early years
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P1: Identify and Explain the differences between Federalists and the Democratic Republicans
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P2: Explain how President Washington used the Whiskey Rebellion to reinforce his power as President
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P3: Analyze the effect the XYZ affair had on American domestic politics and civil liberties
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P4: Analyze how the Election of 1800 was revolutionary due to the peaceful transfer of power between political parties
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P5: Explain how the court case of Marbury vs Madison influenced the power of the Supreme Court
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P6: Effects of War of 1812
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HP1: Hypothesize who the Federalists and Democratic Republicans’ would vote for today
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HP2: Hypothesize what politics would be like today without political parties
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HP3: Judge the effectiveness of President Washington’s actions and evaluate if they were constitutional or not
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HP4: Analyze the modern implications of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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HP5: Explain how the power of the federal government is tested today
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HP6: Explain whether you would have supported or opposed the War of 1812
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Outcome 7: SWBAT Examine the role of Art, Literature, Politics and Social Change in developing an American Identity
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P1: Compare the economies and lifestyles in the North and South
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P2: Analyze how Andrew Jackson’s policies divided the country
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P3: Compare the reform movements of the mid-1800s (mental health, prison, women’s rights, education, temperance and transcendentalism/ utopian societies)
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P4: Examine the America Patriotism in art and writing of the Mid-1800s
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P5: Identify inventions of the Industrial Revolution that helped to change American life
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HP1: Explain how the differences between the North and South are still seen today
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HP2: Would you have supported Andrew Jackson as a President?
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HP3: Grade the effectiveness of the reform movements
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HP4: Analyze the influences of early 1800s reform movements on modern society
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HP5: Critique a piece of art or writing from the mid-1800s looking for America Patriotism
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HP6: Describe the New and Unique American Identity that arises in the 1830s and 1840s
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Outcome 8: SWBAT explain how expansion caused conflict in America during the early to mid 1800s
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P1: Identify inventions of the industrial revolution encouraged expansion
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P2: Explain the difficulties settlers face moving west
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P3: Identify how America got each new territory
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P4: Illustrate how western expansion affected different groups of people including: Indians, Mexicans, Settlers, Mormons
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P5: Differentiate and explain the different viewpoints involved in America’s expansion west
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P6: Conclude how western expansion lead to conflict/sectionalism
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HP1: Predict what new technologies would be needed to continue expansion
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HP2: Compare life for settlers moving west to life for people moving today
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HP3: Compare how America is expanding today vs to how America expanded in the mid-1800s
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HP4: Hypothesize how the west would be different if Mexico won the Mexican-American War
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HP5: Evaluate the effects of western expansion on the country & Infer how western expansion lead to the Civil War
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Outcome 9: SWBAT explain the different causes of tension in the US & conclude how these led to the Civil War
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P1: Define and Identify instances of Nationalism and Sectionalism in America in the 1840s and 1850s
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P2: Summarize how the Abolition movement lead to sectionalism & caused tension in the US
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P3: Sort the effectiveness of different solutions to keep the nation whole/avoid Civil War
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P4: Conclude how different tensions led to the Civil War
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P5: Analyze the South’s arguments for the continuation of Slavery and for Withdrawing from the Nation
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HP1: Find & describe modern examples sectionalism and nationalism
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HP2: Explain if Nationalism or Sectionalism is more prevalent in the US today
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HP3: Revise/create my own solutions to the tensions experienced in the 1800s
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HP4: Summarize the different political, social, and economic tensions that led to the Civil War
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HP5: Could the Civil War have been prevented?
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Outcome 10: SWBAT explain the direct effects of the Civil War on America.
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P1: Compare and contrast the relative advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South as the Civil War began
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P2: Identify the key battles of the Civil War and their effects on the outcome of the War
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P3: Evaluate the Civil War’s impact on the home front (people and Government) in both the North and the South.
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P4: Illustrate the life of a Civil War soldier
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P5: Explain the effect of the Lincoln’s assassination on the nation
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HP1: Hypothesize which group should have won the war based solely off their battle strategy & advantages
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HP2: Assess the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation as an instrument of war
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HP3: Compare the effects of the Civil War on soldiers to the effects of the current War on Terrorism
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HP4: Did the Civil War solve any problems?
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Outcome 11: SWBAT explain the social, political and economic effects of Reconstruction
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P1: Identify and Explain the significance of the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments
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P2: Compare the Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction plans
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P3: Analyze whether African Americans were Free or Not during Reconstruction
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P4: Compare African American and White Southerners perspectives on Reconstruction
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P5: Evaluate the reasons why Reconstruction came to an end.
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HP1: Defend the reconstruction plan I agree with
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HP2: Analyze the political, economic, and social impact of Reconstruction
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HP3: Explain how the effects of Reconstruction are still seen today
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HP4: Analyze the problems and accomplishments of the Radical Reconstruction governments in the postwar South
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Outcome 12: SWBAT explain the opportunities and conflicts that different groups faced out West after the Civil War
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P1: Explain why different groups moved west
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P2: Analyze the opportunities different groups faced out west
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P3: Analyze the different conflicts different groups faced out west
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P4: Letter Home
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HP1: Explore the modern conditions of those who moved out west and compare how things have changed
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HP2: Rank the different groups who moved out west in terms of who had the most to least opportunities and explain your rankings
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