Content Standard(s):
Social Studies 1 ) Locate on a map physical features that impacted the exploration and settlement of the Americas, including ocean currents, prevailing winds, large forests, major rivers, and significant mountain ranges.
• Locating on a map states and capitals east of the Mississippi River
• Identifying natural harbors in North America
Examples: Mobile, Boston, New York, New Orleans, Savannah (Alabama)
Unpacked Content
Strand: Geography, History
Course Title: United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Discuss the influence that geographic features had on the exploration and settlement of Americas. Teacher Vocabulary:
impact
exploration
settlement
prevailing
legend (key)
physical features
cultural features Knowledge:
Students know:
How geographic features such as ocean currents, prevailing winds, large forests, major rivers, and significant mountain ranges influenced exploration and settlement of the Americas. Skills:
Students are able to:
Correctly use maps to identify various physical and cultural features, including natural harbors, states and capitals. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Geographical features influenced the exploration and settlement of the Americas. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 10 ) Describe political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States, including the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, and the Gold Rush of 1849.
• Analyzing the role of the Louisiana Purchase and explorations of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark for their impact on Westward Expansion
• Explaining the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine
• Identifying Alabama's role in the expansion movement in the United States, including the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the Trail of Tears (Alabama)
• Identifying the impact of technological developments on United States' expansion
Examples: steamboat, steam locomotive, telegraph, barbed wire
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Analyze and describe the political, social, and economic events led to the expansion of the United States and contributed to the development of new technologies and the creation of new states.
Explain how these changes also set the stage for future conflict within the nation. Teacher Vocabulary:
political
expansion
Indian Removal Act
Texas-Mexican War
Mexican-American War
Gold Rush
technological developments
locomotive
telegraph
barbed wire Knowledge:
Students know:
Political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States (the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush of 1849, among others).
The role of the Louisiana Purchase and explorations of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark for their impact on Westward Expansion.
The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine.
Alabama's role in the expansion movement in the United States, (the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the Trail of Tears, among others).
The impact of technological developments on United States' expansion (steamboat, steam locomotive, telegraph, barbed wire, among others). Skills:
Students are able to:
Locate journeys, territories, and political boundaries on a physical and political maps.
Sequence historical events.
Explain the role of individuals in historical time periods.
Compare and contrast technological.
Determine causes and effects of events and technological developments between 1803-1860.
Analyze primary sources. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Political, social, and economic events led to the expansion of the United States and contributed to the development of new technologies and the creation of new states while also setting the stage for future conflict within the nation. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 11 ) Identify causes of the Civil War, including states' rights and the issue of slavery.
• Describing the importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860
• Recognizing key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler (Alabama)
• Describing social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War
• Identifying Alabama's role in the Civil War (Alabama)
Examples: Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession (Alabama)
• Locating on a map sites important to the Civil War
Examples: Mason-Dixon Line, Fort Sumter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, Confederate states, Union states (Alabama)
• Explaining events that led to the conclusion of the Civil War
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Identify and explain the causes of the Civil War, including issues of states' rights, conflicts regarding slavery, important events, regional differences, and social, economic, and political conditions.
Describe Alabama's role in the Civil War. Teacher Vocabulary:
Civil War
Missouri Compromise
insurrection
opposition
rebellion
personalities
political conditions
confederacy
secession Knowledge:
Students know:
Causes of the Civil War, including issues of states' rights and slavery.
The importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860.
Key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler.
Social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War.
Alabama's role in the Civil War (Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession). Skills:
Students are able to:
Locate key places and events on a physical and political map.
Identify and analyze the causes of political conflict
Identify key people and explain their role throughout the Civil War.
Describe and draw conclusions about the war affected the citizens of the United States.
Interpret and define the role of Alabama in the Civil War. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were many factors that led to the Civil War.
Key people and ordinary citizens contributed to and were impacted by the Civil War.
Alabama responded to, participated in, and was impacted by the Civil War. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
