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• Unit Outline and Lesson-by-Lesson Overview for each Unit
• 45+ Presentations featuring colorful and immersive slides with built-in Discussion Based Questions (DBQ) in both PowerPoint (PPT) & Google Slides formats
• 115+ Student Exercise Assignments all with teacher answer key
• Team Activities and Collaborative Projects designed to engage and challenge your students
• 65+ links to supplemental and optional YouTube videos
• Guided Notes Handout Worksheet for students to record their learnings as the class walks through each presentation promoting subject retention
• FOUR interactive, user-friendly, and engaging Jeopardy Unit Review Games

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Unit 1: These United States: A Varied Landscape (Intro to U.S. Geography)

Unit 2: Thinking Like a Historian

Unit 3: Coming to America: Exploring and Colonizing America (Colonial America)

Unit 4: Unrest and Rebellion: Fighting for Independence (American Revolution)

Unit 5: A New Nation: Founding of the United States (U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights)

Unit 6: An American Identity: Becoming the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave (Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark, War of 1812, & Free Enterprise System)

These six incredible units cover OVER THREE MONTHS of lesson plans!

You'll receive EVERYTHING needed to cover these topics (and more!!):

UNIT 1: These United States: A Varied Landscape (Intro to U.S. Geography)

Map Comprehension

• Applying geographic tools to interpret maps (latitude/longitude, scales, symbols, etc.)
• Main types of maps (physical maps, political maps, and thematic maps)

The 50 United States

• Identifying each state and its location in the U.S.
• State abbreviations and state capitals

Regions of the United States

• Economic, Physical, Political, and Climatological regions of the U.S.
• Examination of various regions such as Silicon Valley, the Rust Belt & Sun Belts, Census Regions, and more!

Physical Features and Significant Land Forms of the United States

• Locating and describing the significance of landforms such as the Rocky Mountains, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, and many others

Population and Settlement Patterns

• Identifying and explaining the importance of the largest population centers in the U.S.

Geographic Data

• What it can be used for and how it can be interpreted (census data, demographics, election results, etc.)

UNIT 2: Thinking Like a Historian

Analyzing Information

• Strategies to draw conclusions and inferences, identify cause and effect relationships, make predictions, compare and contrast, and find the main idea
• How to summarize information clearly and concisely

Organizing Information

• Effective and efficient ways to organize information that is collected

Introductions to the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Pledge of Allegiance

• Using these historical topics, students implement the historical inquiry strategies introduced to them and are assessed on their ability to properly use primary and secondary sources, analyze and organize information, and gain exposure to these historically significant documents

The Preamble of the United States Constitution

• Also included in this unit is a thorough breakdown of the Preamble, explaining and outlining its many purposes
• Exercises designed and aimed at helping students memorize the Preamble

UNIT 3: Coming to America: Exploring and Colonizing America (Colonial America)

Age of Exploration

• What life as an explorer was really like
• Motivations to explore
• Christopher Columbus

European Colonization

• The meaning of "America"
• Mercantilism
• Defining what a "colony" is

French Exploration and Colonization

• Famous French explorers like Robert de La Salle and Jacques Cartier among others
• Impact of the fur trade
• French relations with Native Americans

Spanish Exploration and Colonization

• Famous Conquistadors Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizzarro
• Significance of St. Augustine
• Columbus Day

English Exploration and Colonization

• The Mayflower Compact
• The Pilgrims
• Significance of Jamestown, Roanoke, and the Virginia House of Burgesses

The 13 Colonies

• Characteristics and traits of the New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies
• Why each of the Original Colonies was founded
• Significance of early colonists such as Anne Hutchison, William Penn, and Benjamin Franklin among many others!

Economies of the 13 Colonies

• The Transatlantic Slave Trade/Middle Passage
• Slavery
• Cash crops, cottage industries, and subsistence farming

UNIT 4: Unrest and Rebellion: Fighting for Independence (American Revolution

French and Indian War

• Who fought in it and why?
• The major battles of the war
• The effects of the war

The Stamp Act

• The Stamp Act Congress
• Causes and effects of the Stamp Act

The Townshend Acts

• Why the British enacted the Townshend Acts
• Effects of the Townshend Acts

Boston Massacre

• Crispus Attucks
• Sons of Liberty
• Causes and effects of the Boston Massacre

The Tea Act

• Causes and effects of the Tea Act

Boston Tea Party

• Factors that led up to the Boston Tea Party
• Who participated in the Boston Tea Party
• Significance of the Boston Tea Party
• Effects of the Boston Tea Party

The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

• A detailed outline of what the Coercive Acts were
• Why the British enacted the Coercive Acts
• How the colonies reacted to the passage of the Coercive Acts, including rallying behind Massachusetts

First Continental Congress

• Primary goals of the First Continental Congress
• Important individuals who were members of the First Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress

• Accomplishments and achievements of the Second Continental Congress
• Participants of the Second Continental Congress
• Olive Branch Petition

Declaration of Independence

• The five sections of the Declaration of Independence
• The Committee of Five: who they were, and their contributions
• Signers of the Declaration of Independence
• Declaration of Independence facts

Independence Hall

• The historical significance of Independence Hall
• Independence Hall facts

Liberty Bell

• What the Liberty Bell symbolizes and its historical significance
• How the Liberty Bell got its crack

Independence Day

• The meaning of Independence Day and its significance

Yankee Doodle

• The song's history: how it originated and its popularity spread
• Meaning of various lyrics in the song

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

• Causes and effects of Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
• Analysis exercise of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Paul Revere's Ride

American Revolutionary War Battles

• Battle of Lexington
• Battle of Concord
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Yorktown

Valley Forge

• The significance of Valley Forge and it impact on the Revolutionary War effort

The Founding Fathers

• Who are the Founding Fathers?
• What makes someone a Founding Father?
• Overview of six of our best-known Founding Fathers and their individual contributions towards the cause of American independence: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington

UNIT 5: A New Nation: Founding of the United States (U.S. Constitution & Bill of Rights)

Articles of Confederation

• Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• Reasons to replace the Articles of Confederation
• Shays' Rebellion
• Economic Depression

Constitutional Convention

• Goals of the Constitutional Convention
• Replacing the Articles of Confederation
• Virginia Plan
• Great Compromise
• Three Fifths Compromise

The Preamble of the Constitution

• Importance of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
• Translation of the Preamble text into easy-to-understand terminology

Ratification of the Constitution

• Process of ratifying the Constitution
• The sequential order of ratification by state, from first to last
• Opposition to the Constitution

Constitutional Amendments

• Constitutional amendment process
• Historically significant amendments

Bill of Rights

• Breakdown of the Bill of Rights
• Translation into relatable and easy-to-understand terms for students

Three Branches of Government

• Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution (Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch of the government)
• System of checks and balances
• Three levels of government (federal, state, and local)
• Responsibilities of each branch and level of government

Alexander Hamilton

• The important role he played in the Constitutions creation
• His many contributions during the American Revolution and in the establishment of our government
• Hamilton-Burr duel

James Madison

• "Father of the Constitution"
• His important contributions towards the creation of the Constitution & Bill of Rights

Other Significant Individuals of the Constitution

• Roger Sherman
• George Mason
• Charles Pinckney

Constitution Day

• Importance and meaning of Constitution Day

UNIT 6: An American Identity: Becoming the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave (Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark, War of 1812, & Free Enterprise System)

Why Americans began to move west:

• What motivated early American settlers at the turn of the 18th and 19th century to seek land west of the Appalachian Mountain range
• The impact of Daniel Boone
• Significance of the Cumberland Gap and Wilderness Road

Louisiana Purchase:

• Timeline of how the U.S. acquired the Louisiana Territory from the French
• Why the U.S. agreed to purchase the Louisiana Territory and why the French agreed to sell it
• The significance of the Louisiana Purchase
• How Meriwether Lewis was selected to lead an expedition of the Louisiana Territory

Lewis & Clark Expedition

• The importance of supplies during the expedition such as notebooks, gifts, food, weapons, and more!
• Significance of Sacagawea and her role during the expedition
• Commonly held beliefs and bias towards Native Americans
• Challenges posed by the constant threat of injury, disease, illnesses, and pests
• Effects of the Lewis & Clark Expedition

War of 1812

• Various causes of the War of 1812, such as the deterioration of U.S.-British relations, the Napoleonic Wars, Impressment, and events in the Northwest Territory, namely the Battle of Tippecanoe
• The role of important individuals like President James Madison, Tecumseh, and Major General Andrew Jackson
• American struggles fighting the War of 1812
• Burning of Washington D.C.
• Major battles like the Battle of New Orleans, Battle of Lake Erie, and the siege of Fort McHenry

The Star-Spangled Banner

• Origins of its lyrics and role of Francis Scott Keye
• How it became the National Anthem of the U.S.

Free Enterprise System

• How the Free Enterprise System works in the United States
• Characteristics and traits of a Free Enterprise Economic System
• Law of Supply and Demand
• Free Enterprise terms such as consumer, scarcity, entrepreneur, profit, competition, etc.

TEKS Standards that these resources cover:

5.1A, 5.1B, 5.2A, 5.2B, 5.2C, 5.3A, 5.4A, 5.4B, 5.4D, 5.4F, 5.6A, 5.6B, 5.7A, 5.7B, 5.7C, 5.7D, 5.8A, 5.8B, 5.8C, 5.9A, 5.9B, 5.10A, 5.10B, 5.11A, 5.11B, 5.12A, 5.12B, 5.13A, 5.13B, 5.14A, 5.14B, 5.15A, 5.15B, 5.15C, 5.16A, 5.16B, 5.16C, 5.17B, 5.17C, 5.17D, 5.19A, 5.19B, 5.19C, 5.20A, 5.21A, 5.21B, 5.23A, 5.23C, 5.24A, 5.24B, 5.24C, 5.24D, 5.25B, 5.25D, 5.25E

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