Mobile County Public Schools

MOBILE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

DIVISION OF CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

HIGH SCHOOL PACING GUIDE AT A GLANCE

2007-08

First Semester (First Quarter = 45 Days; Second Quarter = 46 Days)

Subject 10th Grade U.S. History

AHSGE OBJ. # / # ITEMS ON TEST / QUIZ TRAX # / COS # / WEEK / Standards/Objectives / Dates:
Taught / Tested
1.1 / 1.1
1.2
1.3 / Week 1
Aug 9-10 (2 day) / 1. Contrast the effects of economic, geographic, political, and social conditions before
and after European explorations of the fifteenth trough seventeenth centuries on
Europeans, American colonists, and indigenous Americans.
1.1. Contrasting European motives for establishing colonies
1.2. Tracing the course of the Columbian Exchange
1.3. Explaining how the institution of slavery developed in the colonies
1.1 / 1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4 / Week 2 Aug 13 – 17 / 1. Contrast the effects of economic, geographic, political, and social conditions before
and after European explorations of the fifteenth trough seventeenth centuries on
Europeans, American colonists, and indigenous Americans.
1.1. Contrasting European motives for establishing colonies
1.2. Tracing the course of the Columbian Exchange
1.3. Explaining how the institution of slavery developed in the colonies
1.4 Explain how mercantilism was a motive for colonization
1.1, 2.1, 2.2 / 1, 2, 2.1, 2.3 / Week 3
Aug 20 – 24 / 1.1 Contrast European motives for establishing colonies
1.3 Explain how the institution of slavery developed in the colonies
1.4 Explain how mercantilism was a motive for colonization
2. Compare the various early English settlements and colonies on the basis of geography, economics, culture, government, and Native American relations.
2.1 Identify tensions that developed between the colonists and their local governments and between the colonists and Great Britain
2.3 Explain the role of the House of Burgesses and New England town meetings
on colonial society
2.1, 2.2 / 1.1, 2, 2.1, 2.3 / Week 4 Aug 27 – 31
4/12 days / 1.3 Explain how the institution of slavery developed in the colonies
1.4 Explain how mercantilism was a motive
2.2 Describe the influence of the Age of Enlightenment on the colonies for colonization
2.4 Describe the impact of the Great Awakening on colonial society
2.1, 2.2 / 1, 2.2, 2.4, 3 / Week 5 Sept 4 – 7
(4 days) / 1.3 Explain how the institution of slavery developed in the colonies
1.4 Explain how mercantilism was a motive for colonization
2.2 Describe the influence of the Age of Enlightenment on the colonies for colonization
2.4 Describe the impact of the Great Awakening on colonial society
3. Trace the chronology of events leading to the American Revolution, including the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts,
The Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Publication of Common Sense, and the
Declaration of Independence.
3.1 / 3.1, 3.2 / Week 6
Sept 10 – 14 / 1 Explain the role of key leaders and major events of the Revolutionary War
3.2 Summarize the major ideas, and their origins, included in the Declaration of
Independence
3.3 Compare roles in and perspectives of the American Revolution from different
regions and groups in society, including men, women, white settlers, free and enslaved African Americans, and Native Americans
3.4 Describe reasons for the American victory in the American Revolution
3.5 Contrast prewar colonial boundaries with those established by the Treaty of Paris
2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3 / 4, 4.1, 4.2 / Week 7
Sept 17 – 21 / AHSGE
4.1. Describe the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation
4.2. Describe personalities, issues, ideologies, and compromises related to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
4.3. Identify factors leading to the development and establishment of political Parties, including Alexander Hamilton’s economic policies and the election of 1800.
8.5. Explain the importance of the Northwest Ordinance for banning slavery in new states
north of the Ohio River
2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.3 / 4, 4.1, 4.2, 5 / Week 8
Sept 24 – 28 / 4.1 Describe the inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation
4.2 Describe personalities, issues, ideologies, and compromises related to the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights
4.3 Identify factors leading to the development and establishment of political
Parties, including Alexander Hamilton’s economic policies and the election of 1800.
5.1 Identify the concepts of loose and strict constructionism
4, 4.1, 4.2, 6 / Week 9 Oct 1 – 5 / 4.2 Describe personalities, issues, ideologies, and compromises related to the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights
4.3 Identify factors leading to the development and establishment of political
Parties, including Alexander Hamilton’s economic policies and the election of 1800.
6. Describe the relations of the United States with Britain and France from 1781 to 1823,
including the XYZ Affair, the War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine.
Week 10
Oct 8 -11
(4 days) / Review for CRT
Criterion Referenced Test will be given here
AHSGE OBJ. # / # ITEMS ON TEST / QUIZ TRAX # / COS # / WEEK / Standards/Objectives / Dates:
Taught / Tested
3.2, 3.3 / 6, 7, 9.1 / Week 11
Oct 15 -19 / 6. Describe the relations of the United States with Britain and France from 1781 to 1823,
including the XYZ Affair, the War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine.
7.2 Relate events in Alabama from 1781 to 1823 to those of the developing nation.
9.1 Describe Alabama's role in the developing sectionalism of the United States from 1819 to 1861
9.2 Analyze Westward Expansion from 1803 to 1861 to determine its effects on
sectionalism, including the Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, and the
Mexican Cession.
2.1, 2.2, 3.3 / 6, 7.2, 9.1, 9.3 / Week 12
Oct 22 – 26
4 ½ days / 6. Describe the relations of the United States with Britain and France from 1781 to 1823,
including the XYZ Affair, the War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine.
7.3 Trace the development of transportation systems in the United States between 1781 and 1861.
9.1 Describe Alabama's role in the developing sectionalism of the United States from 1819 to 1861
9.3 Describe the tariff debate and the nullification crisis
3.2, 3.3 / 8.1, 8.2 / Week 13
Oct 29 – Nov 2
4/12/ days / 7.3. Trace the development of transportation systems in the United States between 1781 and 1861
8.1. Describe the abolition of slavery in most northern states in the late 18th century
8.2. Describe the rise of religious movements in opposition to slavery, including the
objections of the Quakers
8.3. Describe the impact of the principle of "inalienable rights" as a motivating factor
for movements to oppose slavery
1.1, 2.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1 / 7.1, 7.2, 8.2 / Week 14
Nov 5 – 9 / .Describe the development of a distinct culture within the United States between the American Revolution and the Civil War, including the impact of the Second Great Awakening and the writings of James Fenimore Cooper, Henry David Thoreau, and Edgar Allen Poe.
7.1 Trace the development of temperance, women’s, and other reform movements in the United States between 1781 and 1861.
8.1 Describe the abolition of slavery in most northern states in the late 18th century
8.2 Describe the rise of religious movements in opposition to slavery, including the objections of the Quakers
8.4 Describe the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin and the role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Angelina and Sarah Grimké, Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner
8.6 Describe the rise of the underground railroad and its leaders, including Harriet Tubman and the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1 / 8.1, 9.2 / Week 15
Nov 13 – 16 (4 days) / 8.3 Describe the impact of the principle of "inalienable rights" as a motivating factor
for movements to oppose slavery
9.2 Analyze Westward Expansion from 1803 to 1861 to determine its effects on
sectionalism, including the Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, and the
Mexican Cession.
9.5 Identify causes leading to the Westward Expansion
3.3, 4.1, 5.1 / 9.2, 9.3 / Week 16
Nov 19 – 21
(3 days) / 9.2 Analyzing Westward Expansion from 1803 to 1861 to determine its effects on
sectionalism, including the Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, and the
Mexican Cession.
9.5 Identifying causes leading to the Westward Expansion
9.6 Locating on a map the areas affected by the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
3.3, 4.1 / 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 / Week 17
Nov 26 – 30 / 9.4 Describe the formation of the Republican Party and its effect on the election of 1860
9.6 Locate on a map the areas affected by the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
10.1 Identify key northern and southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and William T. Sherman.
10.2 Describe the impact of the division of the nation during the Civil War on resources, population, and transportation
10.3 Explain reasons for the border states remaining in the Union
10.4 Discuss nonmilitary events and life during the Civil War
10.5 Explain the causes of the military defeat of the Confederacy
10.6 Explain Alabama's involvement in the Civil War
3.3, 4.1 / 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1, 11.2 / Week 18
Dec 3 – 7 / AHSGE
10.1 Identify key northern and southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and William
T. Sherman.
10.2 Describe the impact of the division of the nation during the Civil War on
resources, population, and transportation
10.3 Explain reasons for the border states remaining in the Union
10.4 Discuss nonmilitary events and life during the Civil War
10.5 Explain the causes of the military defeat of the Confederacy
10.6 Explain Alabama's involvement in the Civil War
Week 19
Dec 10 -14 / 11.1 Trace economic changes in the post-Civil War period for whites and
African Americans in the North and South, including the effectiveness of the
Freedmen's Bureau.
11.2 Describe the social restructuring of the South
11.3 Describe the Compromise of 1877
11.4 Identify post-Civil War Constitutional amendments
11.5 Discuss causes for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Week 20
Dec 17 – 20 (4 days) / Review for CRT
Criterion Referenced Test will be given here