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Concepts

September

Unit I:  Geography

Unit II:  Colonial roots & American Revolution

Unit III: Constitution

a) Principles

b)  Convention

c)  Ratification

Chapter 1

Chapter 2,3,4

-map skills

-understanding -  comparison/contrast

-interpret primary sources

-understand tolerance

- recognize cause and effect

- essay writing and thesis development

- Physical features – major climate zones, geographic regions, natural resources

- Barriers to development – mountain ranges, arid lands

- 18^th c. Enlightenment thinkers – Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau

- Immigration and Ethnicity

- The Colonial Experience – Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Zenger Case

October

Unit III: Constitution

d)  Three Branches

e)  National Power

f) Constitutional Rights

Chapter 5

-comparison/contrast

-Supreme Court case analysis

-predicting outcomes

-cartoon analysis

Constitutional Convention – conflict and compromise

Basic structure of the Constitution –

3 branches, checks and balances, federalism, civil liberties

Criminal procedures, concept of equality, constitutional change

November

Unit IV: New Nation – Implementing the Constitution

Unit V: Manifest Destiny

a) Constitutional Stress

b) Territorial Expansion

Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

- map interpretation

- make generalizations about Constitutional principles

- Cause & Effect of govt. policies on expansion

Economic systems – Hamilton’s Plan

Unwritten constitution – cabinet, political parties

The Supreme Court’s power of judicial review – Marbury v. Madison

Growth of nation – Louisiana Purchase, westward expansion, industrialization – canals, railroads, the factory system

Reform – abolition, women’s suffrage

Native Americans - denied rights, land

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December

Unit VI:  Sectionalism &

The Civil War

a)  Industrial North v. Agrarian South

b)  Civil War Events

Unit VII: Reconstruction

Chapter 8,9,10,11

Chapter 12,13

- apply constitutional principles

- evaluate conflicting viewpoints

- describe cause and effect

Southern system – plantations, slavery

Pre-Civil War events – Kansas-Nebraska, Dred Scott, John Brown

Wartime actions – major battles (Antietam, Gettysburg)

Impact of war – casualties, disease

Govt. policies – restrict habeas corpus, Homestead act, national currency, Emancipation Proclamation

Post Civil War Amendments –

13^th, 14^th, 15^tH

January

Unit VIII:  Industrialization

a)  Economic changes

b)  Urbanization

c)   Immigration

Unit IX: The Last Frontier

Chapter 14,15

Chapter 16

- distinguish between old and new immigrants

- describe  economic changes

- evaluate Supreme Court cases

Immigration – New vs. Old

Changes in business– corporate, capital

Industrial growth – railroads, steel, oil, electricity, autos, telegraph/

telephone

February

Unit X:  Reform & Progressive Era

a) Populist Movement

b) Urban Problems

c) Progressive Reforms

Chapter 17

- List social problems

- Evaluate the effects of reform movements

- Describe the changing role of Presidents

American Reform Tradition

Agrarian reform – Grange, Populism

Urban social problems

Progressives

Social Class divisions

Regulation of business

Role of the president in reform – Roosevelt, Wilson

March

Unit XI: Imperialism & World Power

Unit XII: 1920s & Jazz Age

Chapter 18, 19

Chapter 20, 21

- Analyze the connections between Manifest Destiny and Imperialism

- evaluate the ideas behind imperialism

- describe the factors leading to U.S. involvement in WW I

- discuss economic and social changes post WW I

Expansion of U.S. influence –

 Japan, China, Open Door Policy, Spanish-American War

U.S. foreign policy – Monroe Doctrine, Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal

Wartime issues – draft, Espionage
Act, Schenck v. U.S., Red Scare

Treaty of Versailles – League of Nations

Social Changes post WWI – black migration north, farm problems, stock speculation, mass consumption

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April

Unit XIII:  The Great Depression

Unit XIV: World War II & The Cold War

Chapter 22, 23

Chapter 24, 25, 26

- Analyze policies of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt

- Describe effects of Great Depression

- Evaluate U.S. foreign policy options during and after WW II

Economic Problems – overproduction, overexpansion of credit, stock speculation

Reform – The New Deal – FERA, CCC, WPA, NRA

May

Unit XV: 1960s & The Civil Rights Movement

Unit XVI: Vietnam & Watergate

Chapters 28, 29

Chapter 30, 31

- Describe the domestic programs of Kennedy and Johnson

- Compare and contrast previous domestic reforms with 1960s

- Evaluate court cases dealing with individual rights

- Evaluate govt. policies on Vietnam

Foreign Policy – isolationism vs. interdependence, aggression, appeasement, neutrality

Change in U.S. society during and after WW II – role of women, African – Americans

Rights – internment of Japanese Americans Leadership – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin

Technology – the atomic bomb

Economic system – postwar prosperity

Civil Rights – Brown v. Board, Dr. M.L. King

Reform – programs of Kennedy and Johnson

Foreign policy – containment, crises (Berlin, Cuba)

June

Unit XVII: Contemporary Presidents – Ford to Bush

Review for Regents

Chapter  32, 33, 34

- understand global economic issues

- evaluate U.S. role as a superpower

- compare and contrast impeachments

- test taking strategies

Foreign policy – Vietnam, domino theory, escalation, protests

Assasinations – Dr. King, R. Kennedy

Watergate scandal

Oil crisis

Neo-conservatism – Reagan

Desert Storm

Economic system – boom of the 1990s