Essential Questions:
Where do we live on a map?
Why do we use different types of maps?
What information can we interpret from different types of maps?
Essential Questions:
What were the motives of European colonization in North America?
What makes a successful colony?
Is colonization just/fair? Are foreign powers justified in colonizing lands?
Who prospered as a result of the European settlement of America and who did not? Why did this occur? (How were the native nations affected by the European settlers?)
Essential Questions:
How did the role and purpose of government change during this period of time?
Why do people revolt?
Why did the colonists want to change their government and were they justified in starting a revolution?
Who had a stake in the American Revolution and how did the outcome affect them?
Essential Questions
What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen?
What is a Constitution?
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
How does the Constitution attempt to balance power and competing interests?
What is the process for changing the Constitution?
Essential Questions
How did the events of the early Republic test the newly-founded United States?
What caused Americans to move west in the 1800s?
How did westward expansion affect different groups of people?
How were historically marginalized groups of people affected by the colonization of North America?
Essential Questions
What role does the individual and government play in the protection and expansion of civil rights?
What ideas and events of the 19th century led to the expansion of civil rights in the 20th and 21st centuries?
What are the enduring effects of discrimination, prejudice and marginalization on different groups of people including African Americans and Native Americans?