1. Course Organizer U.S. History –Beginning to 1877 Course Standards: The
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U.S. History –Beginning to 1877
Writing Pieces, Assessments, Projects : 60% Pre-Ap- 70%
W/Us, Notes, Maps/Graphs, Assignments : 40% PreAp-30%
How the U.S. was created and evolved as a nation.
Unit Tests Class Discussions
Peer Work Sentence Writing
Warm-Ups Paragraph Writing
Analyzing Graphics SIM Strategies
1. How has geography influenced the development of the United
States?
2. Why has the United States developed a multicultural identity and
how has this identity changed over time?
3. How has technology influenced U.S. development?
4. How did the struggles of the nation influence the development of
the U.S. government?
5. How do different sources help us understand the U.S. experience?
How has the United States interacted with other nations and what
have been the outcomes?
6. How did the philosophies of key historical figures influence the
development of the nation?
7. How have economic relationships influenced historical events?
8. How has the Constitution been a road map for our government and
been amended to meet the needs of a changing nation?

2. Course Map U.S. History Learning Rituals Units Community Performance
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Learning Rituals
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Critical Concepts
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U.S. History
Trustworthy
Respectful
Attentive
Cooperative
Kind
Self Disciplined
Debates
Essays
Reports
Multiple Choice Tests
Daily Assignments
Collaborating Learning Reading Skills
Unit Organizers SSR
SIM Routines Technology Responses
Paragraph Writing Maps/Charts/Graphs
Unit 1
Exploration and Colonization
Unit 12
Rights and Responsibilities
Geography
Multicultural Development of U.S.
Economic Development of the U.S.
Societal Development of the U.S.
Founding of the U.S. Government
Industrialism
Sectionalism
Unit 2
Celebrate Freedom Week
Unit 3
American Revolution
Unit 11 Reconstruction
Unit 4
Writing the Constitution
Unit 10
Civil War
Unit 5
Early Republic
Unit 9
Sectionalism & Growing Divisions
Unit 6
Age of Jackson
Unit 7
Westward Expansion
Unit 8 Industrialization and reform

3. Course Map U.S. History Learning Rituals Units Community Performance
Principles
Learning Rituals
Course Map
This Course:
includes
Performance
Options
Student:
Critical Concepts
Learned in these
Units
U.S. History
Trustworthy
Respectful
Attentive
Cooperative
Kind
Self Disciplined
Debates
Essays
Reports
Multiple Choice Tests
Daily Assignments
Collaborating Learning Reading Skills
Unit Organizers SSR
SIM Routines Technology Responses
Paragraph Writing Maps/Charts/Graphs
Unit 1
Unit 13
Unit 2
Unit 12
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 11
Unit 5
Unit 10
Unit 6
Unit 9
Unit 7
Unit 8