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New Nation Primary Election Shay’s Rebellion Shay’s Rebellion Articles of
Vocabulary Day DBL DBL Confederation
New Nation
Vocabulary Check

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New Nation Unit New Nation Unit Confederation to Branches of Checks and
Review (Part 1) Assessment Constitution Government Balances
(Part 1) (substitute teacher)

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Articles of Political Parties Political Parties First Five First Five
Confederation vs. Emerge Emerge Presidents Presidents
Constitution

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New Nation Unit New Nation Unit New Nation Unit Westward Territorial
Review (Part 2) Review (Part 2) Assessment Expansion Expansion
(Part 2) Vocabulary

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Teacher Workday Territorial Westward Westward Effects on Native
Expansion Migration Migration Americans
 Unit Objectives and Goals
New Nation Unit Westward Expansion Unit
SOL Standards: USI.7a-c Language Objectives: SOL Standards: USI.8a-d Language Objectives:
Content Vocabulary: Identify and interpret primary and secondary Content Vocabulary: Analyze the new territories that were added to
source documents to increase understanding of the United States between 1801 and 1861.
• amendment • abolition
events and life in United States history. Analyze multiple perspectives of the geographic
• checks and • advocate
Interpret ideas and events from different and economic reasons people moved west.
balances historical perspectives. • annex
Formulate connections between expansion and
• commerce Analyze maps to explain historical events. • cession reform to show how they affect the present or
• compromise Make connections between past and present. • cultivate predict how they will affect the future.
• constitution Interpret excerpts from notable documents. • deprive Evaluate America’s decision to expand
• convention Sequence events in United States history. • entrepreneur westward by identifying the costs and benefits
Explain, orally or in writing, how the newly • inventor of specific choices made, including the
• federal system
created United States of America responded to • migration consequences, both intended and unintended,
• interfere of the decisions and how people and nations
social, political, and economic challenges. • republic
• political party responded to positive and negative incentives.
• productivity
• ratify
• suffrage
• separation of Learning Targets: Learning Targets:
powers Identify the weaknesses of the government Describe territorial expansion and how it
• veto established by the Articles of Confederation. affected the political map of the United States.
Describe the historical development of the Identify the geographic and economic factors
Constitution of the United States. that influenced the westward movement of
Describe the major accomplishments of the first settlers.
five presidents of the United States. Describe the impact of inventions, including the
cotton gin, the reaper, the steamboat, and the
steam locomotive, on life in America.
Identify the main ideas of the abolitionist and
women’s suffrage movements.