The highlighted evidence outcomes are the priority for all students, serving as the essential concepts and skills. It is recommended that the remaining evidence outcomes listed be addressed as time allows, representing the full breadth of the curriculum.

Students Can (Evidence Outcomes):

• Use and interpret documents and other relevant primary and secondary sources pertaining to United States history from multiple diverse perspectives. (1.1.a)

• Analyze evidence from multiple sources including those with conflicting accounts about specific events in both Colorado and United States history. For example: Indigenous Peoples’, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and African American perspectives on Western colonization and enslavement; Asian American and Latinos’ perspectives on immigration; and the Indian Removal Act, the Buffalo Soldiers, and the Sand Creek Massacre. (1.1.b)

• Examine the causes and effects of the territorial, political, and economic expansion of the United States. (1.2.c)

• Give examples of regional, national, and international differences in resources, productivity, and costs that provide a basis for trade. (3.1.a)

• Describe the factors that lead to a region or nation having a comparative and absolute advantage in trade. For example: The American System proposed by Henry Clay. (3.1.b)

• Explain the effects of domestic policies on international trade. (3.1.c)

• Explain why nations sometimes restrict trade by using quotas, tariffs, and nontariff barriers. (3.1.d)

• Describe major political and/or social changes that affected the definition of citizenship, expanded or restricted the rights of citizens, and how those changes impacted women, Indigenous Peoples, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, LGBTQ, religious minorities, and people living in annexed territories. (4.1.a)

• Analyze the relationship between the debate about citizenship and national identity in early U.S History, and how those ideas shaped political institutions and society. (4.1.b)

• Compare how the leadership of various individuals has influenced the United States government and politics. For example: Women, American Indians, African Americans, and people in the unsettled territories. (4.1.c)

• Evaluate the results of various strategies used to enact political change over time. (4.1.d)

• Discuss the tensions between individual rights, state, tribal, and national law. (4.2.e)

• Calculate how the value of money has changed over time impacting earning, spending, borrowing, and investing. For example: inflation and recession. (5.1.a)

• Explain factors that have impacted borrowing and investing over time. For example: currency stability, stocks, and banking practices. (5.1.d)