Social Studies Curriculum

United States History

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Review of American History through 1824 - Four weeks

Enduring Understandings

Students will understand:

1. Migration to and within North America had major consequences to the various cultures involved.
2. The American democratic society grew out of revolutionary ideas and continues to evolve through the ongoing struggle to include diverse groups and opinions.

Essential Questions

1. What is the significance of the interactions of colonists and indigenous peoples? 
2. How do colonization and settlement establish and develop different economic, political, religious and social institutions over time? 
3. How do colonial governments and the ideas of the enlightenment plant the seeds of American democracy?
4. What is the nature of the American Revolution and its results?

Objectives

• Review the origins of the slave trade. 
• Describe the long-term consequences of the collision of Indigenous, African, American, and European cultures. 
• Review political and physical geography of the North American continent circa 1763.
• Describe the evolution of American democracy from colonization through revolution to confederation and Constitution.
• Review the key elements and significance of the American Revolution. 
• Compare and contrast regional differences (political, social, and economic) of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies/states.
• Understand the contributions of indigenous peoples. 
• Review key principles of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 
• Reflect on Hamiltonian ideals including the national bank and economic policies. 
• Reflect on Jeffersonian ideals.
• Discuss foreign policy as defined by the Monroe Doctrine.
• Define essential terms including (not limited to): mercantilism, colonialism, indentured servant, indigenous, Iroquois League, Mayflower Compact, exploitation, charter, middle passage, democracy, House of Burgesses, tariff, Patriot, Tory, Loyalists, First and Second Continental Congresses, Treaty of Paris 1783, founding fathers, compromise, ratify, sectionalism, amendment, confederation, commerce, Federalist, Anti-Federalist, precedent, Alien and Sedition Acts, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 12th Amendment, judicial review, Louisiana Purchase, Industrial Revolution, War of 1812, Tariff of Abominations, Missouri Compromise.
• Reflect on the contributions of the following Americans:  George Washington, John Adams, Abigail Adams, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, John Marshall, Tecumseh, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, Daniel Webster.

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