Microsoft word - social studies curriculum-ap united states history.doc
Florence Township School District
Content Area: Social Studies Course/Grade: AP United States History/11, 12
Big Ideas Exploration and colonization was created to feed the desire for Exploration, colonization and the settlement of the New World economic and religious expansion while creating a situation for the growth and development of an entirely new nation. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
• Impact of economic, Class discussion
Florence Township School District 1
Big Ideas Exploration and colonization was created to feed the desire for Exploration, colonization and the settlement of the New World economic and religious expansion while creating a situation for the growth and development of an entirely new nation. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
identify the major features What are the different styles
communities underwent in Southern)? response to English
economy and labor system in Virginia and the other
Florence Township School District 2
Big Ideas Exploration and colonization was created to feed the desire for Exploration, colonization and the settlement of the New World economic and religious expansion while creating a situation for the growth and development of an entirely new nation. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
and differences among the faced and treatment in the southern colonies of
their beliefs. Explain why they left England for the
Florence Township School District 3
Big Ideas Exploration and colonization was created to feed the desire for Exploration, colonization and the settlement of the New World economic and religious expansion while creating a situation for the growth and development of an entirely new nation. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
Explain why New York, Pennsylvania, and other middle colonies became so ethnically, religiously, and politically diverse. Describe the central features of the middle colonies and explain how they differed from New England. Describe the basic population structure and social life of the seventeenth-century colonies. Compare and contrast the different populations and ways of life of the southern colonies and New England. Explain how the problems of indentured servitude led to political trouble and
Florence Township School District 4
Big Ideas Exploration and colonization was created to feed the desire for Exploration, colonization and the settlement of the New World economic and religious expansion while creating a situation for the growth and development of an entirely new nation. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
the growth of African slavery. Describe the slave trade and the character of early African-American slavery. Explain how the New England way of life centered on family, town, and church. Describe the changes that affected this way of life. Describe the various conditions affecting women and family life in the seventeenth-century colonies. Describe the basic population and social structure of the eighteenth-century colonies and indicate how they had changed since the seventeenth century.
Florence Township School District 5
Big Ideas Exploration and colonization was created to feed the desire for Exploration, colonization and the settlement of the New World economic and religious expansion while creating a situation for the growth and development of an entirely new nation. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
Explain how the economic development of the colonies altered the patterns of social prestige and wealth. Explain the causes and effects of the Great Awakening. Describe the origins and development of education, culture, and the learned professions in the colonies. Describe the basic features of colonial politics, including the role of various official and informal political institutions.
Florence Township School District 6
Florence Township School District
Content Area: Social Studies Course/Grade: AP United States History /11, 12
Big Ideas The American Revolution was based on issues created over a long period of time and led to political, economic, and social changes American Revolution through the United States and the world. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities) Florence Township School District 7
Big Ideas The American Revolution was based on issues created over a long period of time and led to political, economic, and social changes American Revolution through the United States and the world. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
and taxation of Americans both sides? after 1763 and why
Florence Township School District 8
Big Ideas The American Revolution was based on issues created over a long period of time and led to political, economic, and social changes American Revolution through the United States and the world. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
the two sides prepared for war. Describe how Americans moved from engaging in military hostilities with Britain even while proclaiming loyalty to declaring its independence. Explain the principal ideas of “republicanism”
Florence Township School District 9
Big Ideas The American Revolution was based on issues created over a long period of time and led to political, economic, and social changes American Revolution through the United States and the world. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
developed by Thomas Paine and other American leaders. Explain the specific reasons and general principles used in the Declaration of Independence to justify America’s separation. Explain why some Americans remained loyal to Britain and what happened to them during and after the Revolution. Describe how the British attempt to crush the Revolution quickly was foiled, especially by the Battle of Saratoga. Describe the military and political obstacles Washington and his generals had to overcome
Florence Township School District 10
Big Ideas The American Revolution was based on issues created over a long period of time and led to political, economic, and social changes American Revolution through the United States and the world. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
before the final victory at Yorktown. Describe the terms of the Treaty of Paris and explain how America was able to achieve such a stunning diplomatic victory.
Florence Township School District 11
Florence Township School District
Content Area: Social Studies Course/Grade: AP United States History/11, 12
Big Ideas The creation of the new government and nation revolved around compromise, discussion and trial and error. Early Republic Eventually, the issues that formed our nation set the precedent for the country we live in today. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
6.1.12.A.2.e “equality” that flourished
Florence Township School District 12
Big Ideas The creation of the new government and nation revolved around compromise, discussion and trial and error. Early Republic Eventually, the issues that formed our nation set the precedent for the country we live in today. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
Washington was pivotal in inaugurating the new
effects of the French Revolution on American foreign policy and politics from 1790 to 1800. Explain why Washington negotiated the conciliatory Jay’s Treaty with the
Florence Township School District 13
Big Ideas The creation of the new government and nation revolved around compromise, discussion and trial and error. Early Republic Eventually, the issues that formed our nation set the precedent for the country we live in today. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
British and why it provoked Jeffersonian outrage. Describe the causes of the undeclared war with France and explain Adam’s decision to move toward peace rather than declare war. Describe the poisonous political atmosphere that produced the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions. Describe the contrasting membership and principle of the Hamiltonian Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans.
Florence Township School District 14
Florence Township School District
Content Area: Social Studies Course/Grade: AP United States History/11, 12
Big Ideas An understanding of the complexities of democratic government, and the alternatives to our system, enables learned to understand the World War I historical principals and values of American democracy, and the short-comings of unchecked, unbalanced governmental and economic systems. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
• European governing Terms and concepts
forces in the unleashing of modern society?
Florence Township School District 15
Big Ideas An understanding of the complexities of democratic government, and the alternatives to our system, enables learned to understand the World War I historical principals and values of American democracy, and the short-comings of unchecked, unbalanced governmental and economic systems. Standards Enduring Essential Questions Areas of Focus Assessments Program Components Understandings (Indicators) (Learning Activities)
-the impact on social and economic development in the U.S. -political ramifications elsewhere: the Russian Revolution
Florence Township School District 16
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