US History GeoInquiries

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Students will use geographic data to analyze climate characteristics of the 13 American colonies. • Students will analyze population growth of the 13 American colonies.

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Students will be able to identify and explain the circumstances surrounding the battles of Lexington and Concord. • Students will be able to explain America’s military successes and defeats prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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Students will determine why the War of 1812 became known as the Second American Revolution.

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• Students will be able to explain the reasons for the westward emigration of the American population during the 1800s. • Students will be able to compare the major trails.

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• Students will identify locations that were enslaved and free in the United States in 1850. • Students will explain the role of distance, location, and networks with the Underground Railroad.

For more analysis check out level 2: The Underground Railroad Enslaved

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• Students will compare and contrast the chronology of Civil War battle locations and Union-controlled land between 1861 and 1865. • Students will identify Confederate states, Union states, border states, Richmond, and Washington, D.C.

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• Students will measure Native American land areas to evaluate land area change over time. • Students will compute the percentage of Native American lands that shifted from their original position to their current location.

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• Students will be able to understand which resources caused the growth of major American cities in the late 19th century. • Students will be able to understand the importance of resources and distribution networks for the growth of American business.

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Steel City: Coal Power

Learning Outcomes:

• Students will identify the Allied Powers, Central Powers, Western Front, and Eastern Front. • Students will identify and explain how U.S. involvement changed the course of World War I.

For more analysis check out:

World War I: On Foot

Learning Outcomes:

• Students will analyze the effect of climate on population. • Students will analyze the change in California’s population relative to the change in the Dust Bowl states’ population during the 1920s and 1930s.

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The Dust Bowl: Population Shift

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• Students will be able to explain how the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act led to conflict and not to peace.

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• Students will be able to describe Japan’s strategy to disable the U.S. forces on Oahu. • Students will be able to determine whether Japan achieved its military objective.

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Day of Infamy: Strike Zone

Learning Outcomes:

•Students will identify key locations and explain the Allied troop movements of the D-Day invasion. • Students will evaluate the impact of the D-Day invasion.

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• Students will be able to explain the reasons for the development of the Cold War.

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• Students will identify origins of Old World and New World plants, and identify where they are today. • Students will evaluate the diffusion of plants, animals, and diseases from east to west and west to east through the Great Exchange.