3-4 weeks

3-5 weeks

5-6 weeks

3-4 weeks

8.1 Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.

8.2 Students analyze the political principles underlying the U.S. Constitution and compare the enumerated and implied powers of the federal government.

8.3 Students understand the foundation of the American political system and the ways in which citizens participate in it.

8.4 Students analyze the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation.

8.5 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy in the early Republic.

How did the American Revolution affect the rest of the world

What are "natural rights" and "natural law"?

How did America transform from rule by a few into universal manhood suffrage?

What did Jefferson mean when he wrote that "all men are created equal" and "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"? What were the "Laws of Nature" and "Nature's God" to which Jefferson appealed?

Why is the War of 1812 called the Real war for American Independence?'

Human Ingenuity

Community and Service

Community and Service

Homo faber (Human Ingenuity)

Homo faber (Human Ingenuity)
Environment

Tests, quizzes - Criterion A      

oral presentations - Criterion D
write your own Student Declaration of Independence  - Criterion B

Tests, quizzes, - Criterion A

oral presentations, - Criterion D

Tests, quizzes, Criterion A

oral presentations, - Criterion D

Greco/Roman Democracy study - Criterion C
Tests, quizzes, Criterion A
oral presentations, - Criterion D
Hamilton versus Jefferson debate Criterion B
Amend the constitution project. Criterion C

Tests, quizzes, Criterion A
oral presentations, - Criterion B
War of 1812 investigation. Criterion C

4-5 weeks

3-4 weeks

5-6 weeks

1-3 weeks

2-3 weeks

8.6 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800's and the challenges they faced, with emphasis on the major geographic sections (Northeast, South, and West.)

8.9 Students analyze the early and steady attempts to abolish slavery and realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

8.10 Students analyze the multiple causes, key events and complex consequences of the Civil War.

8.11 Students analyze the character and lasting consequences of Reconstruction.

8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution. 

How are the various regions of the US connected and interdependent? How are these regions different? Why are there still differences between the regions?

Was slavery profitable to the Southern planters? Was slavery profitable to Northern industries? Were free Blacks in the South, or North really free?

Was the Civil War a war for union, or was it a war to end slavery?

What aspects of American life during Reconstruction are still evident today? Which region still looks' like it did during Reconstruction?

How does the 19th century American economy differ from our modern economy? How is it the same?

Homo faber (Human Ingenuity)

Community and Service

Homo faber (Human Ingenuity)

Community and Service
Environment

Environment
Health and social education

Tests, quizzes - Criterion A
oral presentations - Criterion D
Manifest Destiny and its impact -
 Criterion C

Tests, quizzes, Criterion A
oral presentations, Criterion D
Uncle Tom's Cabin updated. Criterion C

Tests, quizzes, Criterion A
oral presentations, - Criterion D
Civil War debate, - Criterion C
battle map project - Criterion C

Tests, quizzes, Criterion A
oral presentations, Criterion D
The New South' and its connection to the present. Criterion C
The Civil Rights movement of the 20th century and its roots in Reconstruction. Criterion C

Tests, quizzes, Criterion A
oral presentations, Criterion D
America as a world power project. Criterion C
Job search project. Criterion C