2016 History-Social Science Framework - Compelling Questions

Why did different groups of people decide to settle in the territory that would become the United States?

How did the different regions of the area that would become the United States affect the economy, politics, and social organization of the nation?

What did it mean to become an independent United States? And what did it mean to be an American?

Why did the nation expand?

Text Adoption - The United States: Making a New Nation