U.S. History a Units with Targets

U.S. History A Units with Targets

The American Character and Belief System

Part A: Nation Building (Colonial Period through Imperialism, late 19th c)

LT1: I can compare the political foundations of America’s colonies.

LT2: I can analyze the origins and development of religious influences to colonial governments.

LT3: I can evaluate the influence of Enlightenment ideas on the development of American government.

LT4: I can compare/contrast the ideas and impact of various rebellions in early America.

LT5: I can interpret and analyze the ideas and principles of the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution.

LT6: I can identify and evaluate the major events and issues that promoted political and social conflict in the early 19th Century.

LT7: I can identify and evaluate significant religious, philosophical, and social movements of the 19th Century.

LT8: I can analyze the political and social impact of America’s territorial expansion in the 19th Century.

Business, Labor & Reform

Part A: Mercantilism to Progressivism

LT1: I can compare the economies of the American colonies

LT2: I can evaluate, take, and defend positions on the development of economic policies through the Era of Good Feelings.

LT3: I can describe and evaluate the impacts of the First Industrial Revolution during the 19th Century.

LT4: I can compare and contrast the economic differences that contribute to sectional conflict in Antebellum America.

LT5: I can identify and evaluate the economic influences on the development of the American West.

LT6: I can identify and evaluate the influences on business and industry in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

The Immigrant Experience

Part A: European Colonization through Ellis Island in the early 1900’s

LT1: I can differentiate terminology dealing with race, ethnicity, and nationality.

LT2: I can explain the historic influence of Britain on American culture.

LT3: I can compare and contrast the waves of European immigration in the 19th century and each ethnicity’s experience in America.

LT4: I can evaluate the experience of Asian immigrants to America in the 19th century.

The Minority Experience

Part A: Native American, African American, and Women’s Experiences through the Progressive Era

LT1: I can compare and contrast Native American cultures in pre-Colonial America.

LT2: I can analyze and evaluate federal and state policies toward American Indians in the first half of the 19th Century

LT3: I can analyze significant events for Native American tribes and their responses to those events in the late 19th Century.

LT4: I can analyze the development of African slavery in North America from colonial times through the Civil War (e.g., social, political, and economic).

LT5: I can analyze the immediate and long-term influences of Reconstruction on the lives of African Americans and U.S. society as a whole.

LT6: I can evaluate the impact of Jim Crow Era policies and compare and contrast the conflicting viewpoints of African-American leadership in the late 19th/early 20th Century

LT7: I can explain the contributions of women in Colonial and Revolutionary Era America

LT8: I can analyze the women’s rights and suffrage movements and the impact of women on other reform movements in 19th century America

LT9: I can analyze the efforts to achieve women’s suffrage in the early 20th century