Stage 1- Desired Results
Essential Questions
Enduring Understandings
Students understand that...
To what extent does the growth of a new nation transform people’s lives, beliefs and values?
Industrialization and technological improvements changed the way that people lived.
Expansion provided new opportunities and challenges that impacted people in different ways.
Leaders in governments have a profound influence on the political direction and traditions established in a nation.
Disagreements over social, political and economic matters led to the need for reform.
Common Core Standards and Performance Indicators:
Unifying Themes:
Individual Development and Cultural Identity (ID)
Development , Movement, and Interaction of Cultures (MOV)
Time, Continuity, and Change (TCC)
Geography, Humans, and the Environment (GEO)
Development and Transformation of Social Structures (SOC)
Power, Authority, and Governance (GOV)
Creation, Expansion, and Interaction of Economic Systems (ECO)
Science, Technology, and Innovation (TECH)
Global Connections and Exchange (EXCH)
New York State Social Studies Framework
Social Studies Standards
1: History of the United States and New York
3: Geography
4: Economics
5: Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Key Ideas:
7.6, 7.7, 7.8
Conceptual Understandings:
7.6a, 7.6b, 7.7a, 7.7b, 7.7c, 7.8a
Social Studies Practices:
Gathering, Using, and Interpreting Evidence
Chronological Reasoning and Causation
Comparison and Contextualization
Economics and Economic Systems
Geographic Reasoning
Civic Participation
Common Core Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
RH: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10
WHST: 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
SL: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Knowledge
Students know...
Skills
Students will be able to...
vocabulary connected to the Industrial Revolution and Westward Expansion Periods
the roles of key early United States government leaders and presidents such as (Jefferson, Monroe, Jackson, Polk, etc.).
how key events in the United States and the world influence the direction of the young nation.
that various groups experienced different motivations for westward expansion.
the precedents and traditions established in the nation by Presidents and the Supreme Court influence the United States today.
how technological advancements shape the development of early America.
that various reform movements began to gain influence in the nation.
Key Vocabulary
precedent
tariff
states' rights
impressment
sedition
judicial review
expedition
embargo
nationalism
interstate commerce
cede
annex
suffrage
nullify
urbanization
famine
nativist
slave codes
abolition
Key Terms/Events
Federalists
Democratic-Republicans
Alien and Sedition Acts
Marbury v. Madison
Louisiana Purchase/Lewis and Clark Expedition
War of 1812
McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden
Monroe Doctrine
Indian Removal Act
Cherokee Trail of Tears
Industrial Revolution
Erie Canal
Underground Railroad
Declaration of Sentiments (Seneca Falls Convention)
Manifest Destiny
Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
Texas Revolution
Mexican War
California Gold Rush
create a physical map
compare and contrast two documents
complete a graphic organizer
draw conclusions from images
pair/share information and conclusions
participate in a jigsaw experience
integrate information from several sources
present their project to their peers
extract information from various sources
Stage 2- Assessment Evidence
Performance Task
DBQ's
Growth of Political Parties DBQ (pg. 19 - 22)
War of 1812 DBQ (pg. 23 - 27)
Jacksonian Democracy DBQ (pg. 28 - 32)
Antebellum Reforms DBQ (pg. 33 - 36)
Traders in the West source reliability (Beyond the Bubble)
The War of 1812 connections across the curriculum (Beyond the Bubble)
Immigration which source was written first? (Beyond the Bubble)
Other Evidence
Industrial Revolution Lesson (BOCES)
Lewis and Clark Lesson (BOCES)
Westward Expansion Lesson (BOCES)
A Spirit of Reform Lesson (BOCES)
Stage 3- Related Lessons
These lessons are aligned with the unit goals. They are intended for center work, whole group and/or small group instruction. Lessons that meet the same objectives can be used in place of the ones below.
Technology and Resources
Manifest Destiny (SHEG)
Manifest Destiny (Gilder Lehrman)
Trail of Tears (Gilder Lehrman)
Monroe Doctrine (Gilder Lehrman)
A Plea to defend the Alamo - William Travis (Gilder Lehrman)
Monroe Doctrine (Gilder Lehrman)
Westward Expansion ("I Think")
Expansion and Reform (Resource Books)