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US History Lesson Plans and PowerPoints

The following are US History Lesson Plans and PowerPoint mini-lessons that differentiate instruction and are available at my store on teacherspayteachers.com. You will see links that will take you to the US History PowerPoints and the US History lesson plans available in the unit as well as a blog article about them if you want to get ideas to help you create your own. (Please be patient as we update our site. Thanks!)

 

Introduction to Social Studies
Learning how to Read a Map This is an MI based lesson plan with a vocabulary PowerPoint. It includes:3 levels of a vocabulary sheet that goes along with the mini-lesson PowerPoint with the same name. It includes ideas to connect to background knowledge and repetition of content using the MI Theory. The following vocabulary words are included: Grid, Latitude, Equator, Parallels, Degrees, Longitude, Prime Meridian, Meridians, Hemisphere, Compass Rose, Absolute Location, LegendOther sections of the lesson plan include:
1. Balloon Activity to learn the parts of a globe.
2. Kinesthetic and interpersonal partner activity that has students walking from degree points on a classroom floor grid to their partner to find a point.
3. 3 Practice worksheets on finding an absolute location as well as using a legend
4. Paragraph homework assignment
5. Answer sheets for the 3 mapping worksheetsI used this with special education inclusion and ELL inclusion and this worked great. Only a hand full of students had trouble with latitude and longitude points after this lesson plan which isn’t bad when you teach over 100.

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History and the Social Sciences: The Study of People
Content:
A. History and the other social sciences provide a framework and methodology for a systematic study of human cultures
1. The role of history and the historian
2. The other social sciences including anthropology, economic, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology
B. The social scientific method as a technique for problem solving and decision making

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 Native Americans: US History Lesson Plans
 Bering Land Bridge and Migration
Content:
A. Theories attempt to explain human settlement in the Americas
1. Anthropologists theorize that Asians migrated across a land bridge between Asia and the Americas
2. Native American Indians believe in indigenous development with migration patterns in both directions
B. Geographic factors affected the settlement patterns and living conditions of the earliest Americans
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 Advanced Civilization of the Inca
Content:
Major Native American Civilizations in South America
Location, Religion, Government, Agriculture, Technology, Achievements and Culture, Who conquered the Inca?
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 Advanced Civilization of the Maya 
Content:
Major Native American Civilizations in South America
Location, Religion, Government, Agriculture, Technology, Achievements and Culture, Who conquered the Maya?
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 Advanced Civilization of the Aztec
Content:
Major Native American Civilizations in South America
Location, Religion, Government, Agriculture, Technology, Achievements and Culture, Who conquered the Aztec?
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 Geographic Regions of New York
Content:
1. Geographic Regions of New York
2. Diversity of flora and fauna
3. Seasons and weather patterns
4. Kinds of settlements and settlement patterns
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 Iroquois and Algonquian Cultures
Content:
The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) developed cultural patterns that reflected their needs and values
1. Creation and religious beliefs
2. Importance of laws of nature and the wise use of natural resources
3. Patterns of time and space
4. Family and kinship
5. Education
6. Settlements
7. Gender Roles
8. Language
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 Iroquois Confederacy
Content:
Government: Iroquois Confederacy and political organizations at the village level (tribal organization)
1. What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
2. Where was the Iroquois Confederacy?
3. Where are the Iroquois located now?
4. How was the Iroquois Confederacy created?
5. When and why did the Iroquois Confederacy begin?
6. Iroquois Clans
7. Role of Women
8. Role of Men
9. The Grand Council
10. How is the Council Chosen?
11. How many representatives does each Nation have?
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 European Exploration and Settlement: US History Lesson Plans
Motivating Factors of European Exploration
Content:
A. Motivating Factors
1. Technological improvements in navigation
2. Consolidation of political power within certain countries in Europe
3. Desire to break into the Eastern trade markets
4. Missionary zeal
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Geographic Factors Influenced European Exploration and Settlement
Content:
B. Geographic factors influenced European exploration and settlement in North and South America
1. Effects of weather and natural hazards on the Atlantic crossings
2. Characteristics of different physical environments in the Americas and where different Europeans settled
3. The development of “New England”, “New France,” “New Netherland,” and “New Spain”
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Effects of Exploration in America and Europe
Content:
Effects of exploration and settlement in America and Europe-human induced changes in the physical environment in the Americas caused changes in other places
1. Introduction of new diseases to the the Americas was devastating
2. The continued growth of population in the colonies resulted in the unjust acquisition of Native American lands
3. New types of foods improved both European and Native American health and life spans
4. Economic and political changes in the balance of power in Europe and the Americas
5. Introduction of African slaves into the Americas
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Exploration and Settlement of the NYS Area by the Dutch and the English
Content:
1. Relationships between the colonists and the Native American Indians
2. Similarities between the Europeans and Native American Indians
a. The role of tradition
b. The importance of families and kinship ties
c. The hierarchical nature of the community and family
d. The need to be self sufficient
3. Differences
a. Ideas about land ownership
b. Roles of men and women
4. Rivalry between the Dutch and English eventually resulted in English supremacy
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Colonies: US History Lesson Plans
English Colonies: New England, Middle Atlantic, Southern
Content:
1. Reviewed as a geographic region-criteria to define regions, types of regions
2. Settlement patterns: who? when? why?
3. Economic patterns emerge to meet diverse needs: agricultural and urban settlements
4. Political systems: the Mayflower Compact
5. Social order

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Colonial Communities, Center of Social, Economic, and Political Life
Content:
A. Colonial communities were the center of social, economic, and political life and tended to develop along European patterns
1. Variations were found
a. Religious-based
b. Slave and free black communities
c. Place of national origin
2. The social structure promoted interdependence
3. Role of religions
a. Puritans
b. Quakers
c. Catholics
d. others
4. Survival demanded cooperation and a strong work ethic
5. Importance of waterways
6. A hierarchical social order created social inequity

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Structure and Roles of Colonial Families
Content:
1. Nuclear families made up the basic social and economic unit
2. Authority and obligation followed kinship lines
3. Roles of family members

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13 Colonies: Impact of Physical Environment on Society
Content:
1. Travel
2. Communication
3. Settlements
4. Resource use

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Effects of Social Conditions in the Colonies 
Content:
Social conditions led to
a. Different forms of government
b. Varying roles of religion
c. Inequalities of economic conditions
d. Unequal treatment of blacks

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Impact of Geographic and Social Conditions on Landholding Systems in the Colonies 
Content:
The impact of geographic and social conditions could be seen in the divergent landholding systems that developed in
a. New England
b. New Netherland: patroonship system
c. Southern colonies plantation system

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Similarities and Differences of Life between French, Spanish and other Colonies
Content:
Life in French and Spanish colonies was both similar to and different from life in other colonies

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American Revolution: US History Lesson Plans
 Background Causes of the American Revolution
Content:
A. Economic factors
1. Growth of mercantilism: triangular trade
2. Rise of an influential business community in the colonies
3. Cost of colonial wars against the French
B. Political factors
1. The role of hte British Civil War
2. Periods of political freedom in the colonies
3. Impact of the French and Indian War: Albany Plan of Union
4. Political thought of the Enlightenment influenced prominent colonial leaders

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 Shift from Protest to Separation
Content:
A. New British attitude toward colonies following victory over France
1. Colonies could not protect themselves
2. Colonies were not paying a fair amount toward their support
B. New British politices antagonized many Americans
1. Various acts of Parliament such as the quebec Act
2. New tax politices and taxes: Stamp Act and others
C. Public opinion was shaped in different forums
1. Political bodies
2. Public display and demonstration
3. Print media
D. Wide variety of viewpoints evolved
1. Complete separation
2. More autonomy for the colonies
3. No change in status quo: the Loyalist position

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Early Attempts to Govern the Newly Independent States
Content:
A. The Revolution begins
1. Early confontrations
2. Important leaders
3. First Continental Congress
B. The Second Continental Congress representated the first attempt to govern the colonies
1. “Republican” government
C. A movement for independence evolved from the political debate of hte day
D. Declaration of Indepdendence
1. Origins
2. Content
3. Impact
4. Ideals embodied

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Military and Political Aspects of the Revolution 
Content:
A. Strategies of the principal military engagements
1. Washington’s leadership
2. Evolution of the war from the North to th eSouth: Lexington and Concord to Saratoga to Yorktown
B. Role of the loyalists
1. Colonists of Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island did not join the Revolution
a. Refuge for Loyalists
b. Staging ground for attacks on New York’s patriots
C. The outcome of the war was influenced by many factors
1. Personalities and leadership
2. Geography: importance of various physical features
3. Allocation of resources
4. Foreign aid: funds and volunteers
5. Role of women, blacks and Native American Indians
6. Haphazard occurrences of events: the human factor
7. Clash between colonial authority and Second Continental Congress

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Economic, Political, and Social Changes Brought About by the American Revolution
Content:
A. On the national level
1. Britain gave up claims to govern
2. Slavery began to emerge as a divisive sectional issue because slaves did not receive their independence
3. American economy was plagued by inflation and hurt by isolation from world markets
B. In the Western Hemisphere
1. Britain did not accept the notion of American dominance of the hemisphere
2. The remaining British colonies in Canada strenghened their ties to Great Britain
many leaders in South America drew inspiration from American ideas and actions in their struggle against Spanish rule

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 Experiments in Government: US History Lesson Plans
The Critical Period Leading to the Articles of Confederation
Content:
A. Need for a formal plan of union
1. Historical precedent: the Albany Plan of Union
2. Development of state constitutions
3. Inadequacy of Continental Congress as a national government
B. Development of a formal plan of government
1. Draft and debate in Congress, 1776-1777
2. Ratification by the states, 1778-1781; period of operation, 1781-1789
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The Articles of Confederation: The Structure
Content:
C. The structure of government under the Articles of Confederation
1. Congress was the only branch of government
2. Each state had equal representation
3. Congress’s power under the Articles included:
a. Making war and peace
b. Conducting foreign and Native American Indian affairs
c. The settlement of disputes between and among states
d. Issuance of currency and borrowing
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The Articles of Confederation: Accomplishments and Weaknesses
Content:
D. The articles suffered from many weaknesses
1. Indirect represenation
2. No coercive power: decision more advisory than binding: e.g. Shay’s rebellion
3. Lack of national executive and judicial functions
4. Lack of taxing power
5. Difficulty in passing legislation
E. The Articles did have several achievements and contributions
1. The Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance, 1787
2. Developed the privileges and immunities of citizenship
3. Developed the concept of limited government
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Annapolis Convention
Content:
A. Annapolis Convention, 1786
1. Impracticality of correcting weaknesses in Articles of Confederation
2. Need for an improved form of government without losing key elements of a new philosophy of government
3. Decision to write a constitution
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Major Issues of the Constitutional Convention
Content:
B. Constitutional Convention: setting and composition
C. Major Issues
1. Limits of power: national versus state
2. Represenation: slaves and apportionment
3. Electoral procedures: direct versus indirect election
4. Rights of individuals
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Constitution: The Need for Compromise
Content:
1. The issue of  ”federal” or a “national” government
2. The Great Compromise on representation
3. The three-fifths compromise on slavery
4. The commerce compromise
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Constitution Underlying Legal and Political Principles 
Content:
1. Federalism
2. Separation of powers
3. Provisions for change
4. Protection of individual rights
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Constitution Functioning of the Federal Government
Content:
1. The Preamble states the purpose of the document
2. The structure and function of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches (Articles I, II, III)
3. The relation of states to the federal union (Article IV)
4. Assuming the responsibility for a federal system (Article VI)
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Constitution as a Living Document
Content:
1. The elastic clause and delegated power facilitate action
2. Amendment procedure as a mechanism for change (Article V)
3. The Bill of Rights
4. Supreme Court decision (e.g., Tinker v. DesMoines School District, 1969)
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Evolution of the Unwritten Constitution
Content:
1. Political parties
2. The President’s cabinet
3. President’s relation to Congress
4. Committee system in Congress
5. Traditional limitations on Presidential term
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Ratification of the Constitution
Content:
1. The debates in the states, especially New York State
2. The Federalist Papers
3. Poughkeepsie Convention
a. Federalists – Hamilton
b. Anti-Federalist – Clinton
4. Formal ratification of the Constitution and launching of the new government
5. The personal leadership of people like Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, and Madison
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 A New Government in Operation: US History Lesson Plans
 New Government in Operation Establishing Stability
Content:
A. Washington as President: precedents
B. Establishing stability
1. Hamilton’s economic plan
2. The Whiskey Rebellion
3. Preserving neutrality: the French Revolution, Citizen Genet, Jay, and Pinckney treaties
4. Political parties
5. Election of 1800
6. Judicial review: Marbury v. Madison (1803)
C. Challenges to stability
1. French and English trade barriers and the Embargo Act
2. War of 1812: second war for Independence
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 Expanding the Nation’s Boundaries
Content:
1. Pinckney Treaty with Spain
2. Louisiana Purchase
3. Monroe Doctrine: sphere of influence
4. Purchase of Florida
5. Native American Indian concessions and treaties
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 Manifest Destiny
Content:
1. Acquisition of Louisiana
2. Lewis and Clark
3. Acquisition of Land in the North
4. Acquisition of Florida
5. Acquisition of Texas
6. Acquisition of the Northwest
7. Acquisition of the Southwest
8. The Mexican War
9. Gadsden Purchase
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 War of 1812
Content:
A. Causes of the War of 1812
B. Events and Battles of the War of 1812
1. Fort Mackinac
2. Battle of Detroit
3. Constitution “Old Ironsides” vs Guerriere
4. Battle of Frenchtown
5. Battle of York (Toronto)
6. Battle of lake Erie
7. Battle of Thames
8. Battle of Horseshoe Bend
9. Burning of Washington D.C.
10. Battle of Plattsburgh
11. Battle of Baltimore
12. Hartford Convention
13. Treaty of Ghent
14. Battle of New Orleans
C. Effects of the War of 1812
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 Era of Good Feelings
Content:
1. Clay’s American system
2. Internal expansion: new roads, canals, and railroads
3. Protective tariffs
4. National assertions: Marshall’s decision, I.e., Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
5. Extension of slavery by the Missouri Compromise
6. Threats to Latin America: the Monroe Doctrine
7. Disputed election of 1824
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 The Age of Jackson: US History Lesson Plans
 The Age of the Common Man
Content:
1. Expansion of suffrage
2. Citizenship
3. Election of 1828
4. Jackson: man, politician, President
5. The “spoils system”
6. Jackson and the Bank
7. Election of 1832
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 Jackson’s Native American Policy
A. Jackson’s Native American policy reflected frontier attitudes
1. Some Native Americans resisted government attempts to negotiate their removal by treaty
a. Sac and Fox
b. Creek
c. Choctaw
d. Cherokee
e. Seminoles
f. Worcester vs. Georgia
2. Treaty of Echota and Chief John Ross
3. Government policy of forced removals (1820-1840) resulted in widespread suffering and death
a. Indian Removal Act
4. Native American Indian territory
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 Jackson and Sectional Differences
Content:
A. Intensifying sectional differences
1. Protective tariff, 1828
2. Nullification controversy, 1828, 1832
3. Clay’s compromise tariff, 1833
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 PreIndustrial Age 1790-1860′s: US History Lesson Plans
Portrait of the United States, 1800
Content:
A.  Portrait of the United States, 1800
1. Agriculturally based economy
2. Urban centers on the coast
3. Poor communication and transportation systems
4. Self-sufficiency
5. Regional differences
B. Patterns of community organization, work, and family life in agrarian life
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Pre-Industrial Age and Technology
Content:
A. Technological changes altered the way people dealt with one another
1. Improved transportation made travel and communication easier
2. Greater ties between communities were possible
3. The Erie Canal and its impact
a. Reasons for building the Erie Canal
b. Technology involved in its construction
c. Types and sources of labor; ethnic and racial labor force
d. Results of building the Erie Canal
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 The Impact of Early Industrialization and Technological Changes
Content:
A. The impact of early industrialization and technological changes on work and workers, the family and the community
1. An increase in the production of goods for sales rather than personal use
2. Increased purchasing of what was formerly produced at home
3. Emergence of a new work ethic
 Family Roles Changed, Affecting Society in General
Content:
1. Changing role of women
2. Childhood became a more distinct stage of life
3. Roles of private agencies
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Abolition Movement
Content:
1. Review the institution of slavery
2. The meaning and morality of slavery
3. Abolition movement
a. Leadership (Harriet Tubman, Garrison, Douglas, Stowe)
b. Activities (e.g., underground railroad)
4. Abolition in New York State
5. Canada’s role
6. Effects of abolition
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Social Change in America Early 1800′s
Content:
A. Social Changes
1. Religious revival
a. Second Great Awakening
2. Women’s Rights
3. Mental hospital and prison reform
4. Education
5. Temperance
B. An American Culture begins to emerge
1. Literature
2. Art
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 Portrait of the United States, 1860
Content:
1. Growth brought about many changes and regions-the spatial patterns of settlement in different regions in the United States
a. The size and shape of communities
b. Environmental impacts due to development a of natural resources and industry- human modification of he physical environment
c. The diversity of people within the larger communities and regions
d. The ability of the political system within communities to deal with deviance
e. The Preindustrial Age took place at different times in different places
2. The North
a. Industrial base
b. Increasing population
c. Urban centered- “causes and consequences of urbanization”
3. The South
a. Agricultural base (cotton)
b. Impact of Industrial revolution on agriculture
c. Increasing slave popoulation
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 Civil War: US History Lesson Plans
Underlying Causes of the Civil War: Failure of Political Compromise
Content:
A. Failure of Political Compromise
1. Compromise of 1850
2. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
3. Founding of the Republican Party, 1854
4. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
5. Lincoln-Douglas debate, 1858
6. Election of 1860
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The Emotional Impact of Slavery
Content:
1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
2. John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry
3. Fugitive slave laws
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The Presidency of Lincoln
Content:
1. Personal Leadership
2. Gettysburg Address
3. Opposition
4. Emancipation Proclamation
5. Assassination
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Civil War Advantages and Disadvantages
Content:
1. Advantages
a. South: military leadership, commitment of people to preserve their way of life
b. North: effective navy, larger army, manufacturing, agricultural production, transportation system
2. Disadvantages
a. South: lacked manufacturing, lacked a navy, not prepared for war
b. North: lacked quality military leadership, not prepared for war
3. Foreign policy maneuvering was crucial to the final outcome
a. Seward’s concern with Mexico
b. Emancipation Proclamation as an element of foreign policy
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Battles of the Civil War 
Content:
1. Main Strategies of the North and South
2. Fort Sumter
3. First Bull Run (Manassas)
4. Fort Henry & Fort Donelson
5. Battle of the Ironclads
6. Battle of Shiloh and Fallen Timbers
7. Occupation of New Orleans
8. Second Battle of Bull Run
9. Battle of Antietam
10. Battle of Fredericksburg
11. Battle Chancellorsville
12. Battle of Gettysburg
13. Battle of Vicksburg
14. Battle of Fort Wagner
15. Battle of Atlanta
16. Sherman’s March to the Sea
17. Battle of Petersburg
18. Surrender
19. Technology of the War
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Results of the Civil War
Content:
1. Death toll: The enormous human suffering and loss of life caused by the war
2. Preservation of the Union
3. Abolition of Slavery
a. Emancipation Proclamation
b. Civil Rights and the 13th Amendment
4. Reconstruction
5. Political Power and Decision-Making
a. Secession
b. States’ rights
6. Economics
7. Medicine
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 Reconstruction: US History Lesson Plans
US Reconstruction Plans and Politics
Content:
1. Lincoln’s Plan
2. Lincoln Assassinated
3. Johnson’s Plan
4. Congressional Plan
5. Freedman’s Bureau
6. Civil Rights Act of 1866
7. 14th Amendment
8. Military Reconstruction Act
9. Impeachment
10. 15th Amendment
11. End of Reconstruction
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Economics during Reconstruction
Content:
1. Transformation of the South
2. Freedman
3. Sharecropping
4. Farms and overproduction
5. Industrialization of the South
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 Industrial Society in the 2nd Half of the 19th Century: US History Lesson Plans
Gilded Age Political Problems and Progress
A. Problems and progress in American politics: Framework for a changing United States
1. Scandals, depressions, and limitations of traditional politics resulted in reluctant change, e.g., civil service
2. National politics were dominated by the Democratic and Republican parties, but third parties occasionally arose to meet special interests
3. New York State and New York city in an era of machine politics, e.g., the Tweed Ring and Tammany Hall
4. Prevailing attitude of noninterference (laissez-faire) as the appropriate role for government, with some regulations to meet excesses
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Response of the Farmer to Industrialization
Content:
1. Expanding agricultural production and railroads
2. Cheap money and high railroad rates
3. The Grange and state reforms
4. The Populist movement
5. The closing of the frontier-limitations of physical environment
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Government Response to Industrialization and Abuses
Content:
1. Capitalism
2. Opposition to Capitalism
3. Laissez-faire vs. Regulation
4. Interstate Commerce
5. Sherman Antitrust Act: Bigness as a Threat
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Factors of Production
Content:
1. Societies decide what to produce
a. scarcity
2. Who is involved?
a. producer
b. consumer
3. Factors of Production
a. natural resources
b. human resources
c. capital resources
d. entrepreneur
4. Free market economy
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Growth of the Corporation as a Business Organization
Content:
A. Growth of the corporation as a form of business organization: Case studies- oil, railroads, steel
1. One of several forms of business organization
2. Many firms maintained traditional ways of doing business
3. Advantages and disadvantages of a corporation
4. Railroads
5. Oil
6. Steel
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Management versus Labor
Content:
1. Tools used by managers and labor
2. Weapons used by labor
3. Weapons used by management
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The Response of Labor to Industrialization
Content:
1. Industrialization created a larger workforce and more complex work
2. Working conditions underwent extensive change, which often placed hardships on the workers; roles of women, children, minorities, disabled changed
3. Early attempts to unionize the workforce met with resistance and failure, e.g., the Knights of Labor and the Haymarket Riot, American Railway Union, the Industrial Workers of the World
4. Roots of modern labor unionism, e.g., the American Federation of Labor
5. Labor as a reform movement in other aspects of society
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Immigration: US History Lesson Plans
Immigration Experience
Content:
1. Waves of immigration
2. Differences of immigration waves
3. Similarities of Immigrants
a. push factors
b. pull factors
c. settlements
4. Acculturation
5. Occupational and political experiences varied
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Population Characteristics of Immigrants
Content:
1. A comparison of Irish immigrants and the Black slave experience
2. Immigrants as rural settlers in the Midwest
3. Chinese immigrants
4. Mexican immigrants
5. Irish immigration: mass starvation in Ireland, 1845-1850
6. NYC ethnic neighborhoods
7. French-Canadians settlement in Northern New York state
8. Opposition to immigration
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Legal Basis for Citizenship in the United States
Content:
1. Citizenship by the “law of the soil”
2. Citizenship by birth to an American parent
3. Citizenship through naturalization
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Responsibilities of Citizenship
Content:
1. Civic: A citizen should be:
a. knowledgeable about the process of government
b. informed about major issues
c. a participant in the political process
2. Legal: A citizen should:
a. be knowledgeable about the law
b. obey the laws
c. respect the laws
d. understand the importance of law in a democratic society
3. The changing role of the citizen
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America Becomes an Increasingly Mobile Society
Content:
1. Motivated by new economic opportunities
2. Changing patterns of movement, e.g., Blacks begin to move North
3. Westward settlement
4. Westward settlement affects on Native Americans
5. Disappearance of the frontier-physical limits of geography
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 Progressive Era: US History Lesson Plans
Progressive Era Ills of Society
Content:
1. Racial Problems
a. NAACP
b. discrimination
2. Temperance and Prohibition
3. Housing
a. settlement houses e.g., Hull House and Jane Addams
4. Mentally ill; Dorthea Dix
5. Environmental Destruction and Conservation
6. Labor reform
7. Eugene Debs and LaFollette; socialists
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Progressive Era Muckrakers
Content:
1. What are muckrakers?
2. Who were muckrakers?
a. Upton Sinclair
b. Ida Tarbell
c. Jacob Riis
d. Thomas Nast
e. Lincoln Steffens
3. Exposed social ills
4. Roosevelt’s “Square Deal”
5. “The Jungle”
6. “The History of Standard Oil”
7. “How the Other Half Lives”
8. Political cartoons and newspaper articles
9. Boss Tweed
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Progressive Era Trust Busting
1. What helped trusts develop?
a. entrepreneur
b. free enterprise
c. laissez-faire
2. How did trusts develop?
a. vertical integration
b. horizontal integration
3. What are trusts?
4. What were well known trusts?
5. What were abuses of the trusts?
6. Early Reform: Interstate Commerce Act
7. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
8. President Teddy Roosevelt
9. President Taft
10. President Wilson
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Progressive Era Amendments
Content:
1. Amendment Process
2. Economic Reform
a. income tax
b. federal income tax
c. graduated income tax – 16th Amendment
3. Political Reform – 17th Amendment
a. primary
b. initiative
c. referendum
d. recall
4. Direct election of Senators- the 17th Amendment
5. Temperance- 18th Amendment
6. Women’s Suffrage- 19th Amendment
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 WWI: US History Lesson Plans
Causes of WWI
Content:
1. Militarism
2. Alliances
3. Imperialism
4. Nationalism
5. Assassination
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Why did the US enter WWI?
Content:
1. The American people were divided in ways that made involvement difficult
2. Propaganda
3. Effects on the US economy
4. Unrestricted submarine warfare
5. Lusitania
6. Zimmerman Telegram
7. Russian Czar steps down
8. US declares war
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WWI US at Home
Content:
1. Women
2. Liberty Gardens
3. Liberty Bonds
4. Anti-German Tension
5. Ethnic Tensions
6. Need for Mexican workers
7. Opposition to the war
8. Red Scare
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The End of WWI
Content:
1. Cease-fire
2. Wilson’s 14 Points
3. Treaty of Versailles
4. US against the treaty
5. Positive effects of WWI
6. Kellogg-Briand Pact
7. Negative effects of WWI
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 America Between the Wars: US History Lesson Plans
Prohibition and the 18th Amendment
Content:
1. Temperance Movement
2. Prohibition
3. The rise of organized crime
4. Economic, social, and political effects of Prohibition
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Relative Isolation of the United States in World Political Affairs
Content:
1. General policy of noninvolvement in European affairs; the League of nations controversy
2. Limited participation in international activities
a. World Court
b. Naval disarmament 1824
c. Efforts for peace; Kellogg-Briand Pact, 1828
d. Postwar reparation talks
e. Relief efforts in Europe
3. Expansion of international trade and tariffs
4. Restrictions on immigration, e.g., Quota Act, 1924
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A Rising Standard of Living
Content:
A. A rising standards of living resulted in the growth of a consumer economy and the rise of the middle class
1. Increase in single-family homes; move to nuclear families
2. Emergence of suburbs
3. Spread of middle-class values
4. Increased use of credit
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 Immigration and Black Migration
Content:
A. Foreign immigration and black migration resulted in a very diverse population and an increase in social tensions-the effects of human migrations on the nature and character of places and regions
1. Restrictions on immigration
2. Black migration to Northern cities
3. Growth of organizations to fight discrimination; e.g., NAACP
4. Growth of black art, music, and cultural identity; e.g., Harlem Renaissance
5. Generational conflicts
6. Widespread emergence of retired workers
7. Right-wing hate groups
Stock Market Crash
Content:
A. The stock market crash marked the beginning of the worst economic time the country has ever known
1. National prosperity had been structured on the investments of the wealthy
2. There were problems with the economic structure
3. People lost faith in the system
4. The government was unwilling to unable to correct the downturn
5. The economic depression that followed was the worst in our history
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