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Third Quarter

Expansion, Industrial Revolution, Events Leading to Civil War & Civil War

TEKS Topics Activities
Week 1

22(A)  identify different points of view of political parties and interest groups on important historical and contemporary issues;

22(B)  describe the importance of free speech and press in a democratic society; and

22(C)  summarize a historical event in which compromise resulted in a peaceful resolution

5(A) describe major domestic problems faced by the leaders of the new Republic such as maintaining national security, creating a stable economic system, setting up the court system, and defining the authority of the central government

5(B) summarize arguments regarding protective tariffs, taxation, and the banking system

5(C) explain the origin and development of American political parties 

5(E) trace the foreign policies of Presidents Washington through Monroe and explain the impact of Washington's Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine

18(A)  analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason; and.

30(B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

30(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

 

Problems of the Early Republic

Washington's Presidency

Hamilton's financial plan

Liberty workbook pg. 15            Shay's / Whiskey rebellion

Alien & Sedition acts

Liberty workbook pg. 22(top)  Foreign Policies of the Presidents

 

People; George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun

 

POW - Alexander Hamilton

 

 

Week 2

1(A) identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877 and describe their defining characteristics; (1803)

1(C)  explain the significance of the following dates: 1607, 1776, 1787, 1803, and 1861-1865.

5C explain the origin and development of American political parties 

6(E) identify areas that were acquired to form the United States.

11(A) locate places and regions of importance in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries;

19(A) summarize the issues, decisions, and significance of landmark Supreme Court cases including Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden

(B) evaluate the impact of selected landmark Supreme Court decisions including Dred Scott v. Sandford on life in the U.S.

17(C)identify the origin of judicial review and analyze examples of congressional and presidential responses

30(B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

30(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

 

Jefferson's Presidency

Louisiana Purchase     

Liberty Workbook pg. 25      Louisiana Purchase

Judicial Review

 

Liberty workbook pg. 22        Supreme Court Cases

 

People: James Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Sacagawea,

* Charts in Note Book

*Color Map

Lewis & Clark - Can You Survive?

TAKS Prep Review Home Work 1

POW - John Marshall (due Feb. 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 3

5(B) summarize arguments regarding protective tariffs, taxation, and the banking system

5(C) explain the origin and development of American political parties 

5(D) explain the causes of and issues surrounding important events of the War of 1812 ;

14(A) analyze the War of 1812 as a cause of economic changes in the nation; and

5(E) trace the foreign policies of Presidents Washington through Monroe and explain the impact of Washington's Farewell Address and the Monroe Doctrine

30(B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

30(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

Tariffs 

Liberty workbook pg. 28           Tariffs 

War of 1812

Liberty workbook pg. 24(bottom)   War of 1812

Review Foreign Policies

 

Begin Industrial Revolution

People; James Madison, Francis Scott Key, Dolly Madison, Andrew Jackson, 

 

TAKS Prep Review Home Work 2

 

 

 

TAKS Spiral pg 31-32 War of 1812

 

Test

 

Week 4 12(B)describe the consequences of human modification of the physical environment of the U. S.

14(B) identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization. and urbanization.

28(A) explain the effects of technological and scientific innovations such as the steamboat, the cotton gin, and the Bessemer steel process;

28(B) analyze the impact of transportation systems on the growth, development, and urbanization of the United States;

28(C) analyze how technological innovations changed the way goods were manufactured and marketed, nationally and internationally; and

28(D) explain how technological innovations led to rapid industrialization.

29(A) compare the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations that have influenced daily life in different periods in U.S. history;

29(B) describe how scientific ideas influenced technological developments during different periods in U.S. history; and

29(C) identify examples of how industrialization changed life in the United States.

30(B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

30(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

 

Industrial Revolution

- Causes Power Point

- Results Power Point

*Inventions

Capitalism

Liberty workbook pg.28     Capitalism

Urbanization

Erie Canal

Nationalism/Sectionalism

Monroe Doctrine

People; Francis Cabot Lowell, Samuel Slater, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Samuel Morse, John Deere, Cyrus McCormick, James Monroe

 

 

*Cause/Effect Chart and essay

TAKS Prep Review Home Work 3

Enrichment - Industrial Revolution Project

 

TAKS Spiral pg. 75-76 Industrialization and Urbanization

TAKS Spiral pg 87-88 Technological Innovations

 

TAKS Spiral pg 33-34 Early National Foreign Policy

 

 

POW - James Monroe

 

Test

Week 5 5(F) explain the impact of the election of Andrew Jackson, including the beginning of the modern Democratic Party; and

5(G) analyze federal and state Indian policies and the removal and resettlement of Cherokee Indians during the Jacksonian era.

6(B) explain the political, economic, and social roots of Manifest Destiny;

6(C) analyze the relationship between the concept of Manifest Destiny and the westward growth of the nation;

6(D) explain the major issues and events of the Mexican War and their impact on the United States; and

6(E) identify areas that were acquired to form the United States.

12(A)analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution, settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries;

12(B)  describe the consequences of human modification of the physical environment of the United States; and

12(C)  describe how different immigrant groups interacted with the environment in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries.

27(A)  describe developments in art, music, literature, drama, and other cultural activities in the history of the United States;

27(B)  analyze the relationship between fine arts and continuity and change in the American way of life; and

27(C)  identify examples of American art, music, and literature that transcend American culture and convey universal themes.

21(C) identify reasons for and the impact of selected examples of civil disobedience in U.S. history such as Henry David Thoreau's refusal to pay a tax.

30(B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

30(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

 

Jacksonian Democracy

Liberty workbook pg. 25         Andrew Jackson

Trail of Tears

Manifest Destiny

Liberty Workbook pg.24        Manifest Destiny

Liberty Workbook pg. 29  Nullification Crisis

The Mexican War

Liberty workbook pg. 26        Mexican War

Gold Rush

Art/Literature Movement

Civil  Disobedience

Liberty workbook pg 26(bottom)  Civil Disobedience

People;  James Monroe, Henry Clay, Henry David Thoreau, James K. Polk, Winfield Scott, Daniel Webster, John Sutter, Stephen A. Douglas

 

Expansion Map

Graphic Organizer - Roots of Manifest Destiny

Outline of War Events

Homework 3

 

TAKS Spiral pg. 35-36 Politics in Jacksonian America

TAKS Spiral pg 37-38 Indian Policy in Jacksonian America

 

TAKS Spiral pg. 41-42 Manifest Destiny

 

TAKS Spiral pg. 43-44 The Mexican War

POW - Andrew Jackson

Week 6

7(A) analyze the impact of tariff policies on sections of the United States before the Civil War;

7(B) compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks;

7(C) analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States; 

18(B) describe historical conflicts arising over the issue of states' rights, including the Nullification Crisis and the Civil War

7(D) compare the provisions and effects of congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War, including the roles of John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster.

13(A) identify economic differences among different regions of the United States;

13(B) explain reasons for the development of the plantation system, the growth of the slave trade, and the spread of slavery; and

13(C) analyze the causes and effects of economic differences among different regions of the United States at selected times in U.S. history.

19(B) evaluate the impact of selected landmark Supreme Court decisions including Dred Scott v. Sanford on life in the United States.

24(A)  identify selected racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and their reasons for immigration;

24(B)  explain the relationship between urbanization and conflicts resulting from differences in religion, social class, and political beliefs;

24(C)  identify ways conflicts between people from various racial, ethnic, and religious groups were resolved;

24(D)  analyze the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to our national identity; and

24(E) identify the political, social, and economic contributions of women to American society

25(A)  describe the historical development of the abolitionist movement; and

25(B)  evaluate the impact of reform movements including public education, temperance, women's rights, prison reform, and care of the disabled

30(B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

30(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

Slavery and Sectionalism

Underground Railroad

Reform Movements

Liberty workbook pg. 30  Abolitionist & Reformers

Sectionalism

*Pre-Civil War Compromises 

-Missouri Comp

-KS/NE Act.

-Compromise of 1850

Liberty workbook pg. 29           Events Contributing to Sectionalism

Liberty Workbook pg. 33        Political Parties

People; Fredrick Douglas, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horace Mann, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Brown, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Dorothea Dix, Dred Scott

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essay - Congressional Compromises Essay Outline Roles of Calhoun, Clay, and Webster

TAKS Spiral pg. 85-86 Reform Movements

TAKS Spiral pg. 81-82 Women in American History

TAKS Spiral pg. 83-84 Abolitionism

TAKS Spiral pg. 49-50 Congressional Conflicts and Compromises

Soldiers Heart rotation

 

POW-Frederick Douglas

 

Week 7 8(A) explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln;

8(B) explain the issues surrounding significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter, the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, the assassination of Lincoln, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House; 

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

People of the Civil War

Civil War Events

Strategy of the War

People; Abraham Lincoln, , George Meade, George McClellan, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, John Wilkes Booth

Soldiers Heart rotation

 

POW - Abraham Lincoln

Week 8

8(A) explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln;

8(B) explain the issues surrounding significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter, the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, the assassination of Lincoln, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House; 

8(C)  analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address.

30(B)  analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;

30(C) organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps

31(A) use social studies terminology correctly;

31(B) use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation;

31(C) transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate; and

31(D) create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information

*The Civil War

Liberty Workbook pg. 33           Events of the Civil War

 

Cost of the Civil War

 

 

POW - Jefferson Davis
Week 9 Checkpoint Exam March 23-25