Grade 07: Early U.S. History and Civics Ideals

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CURRICULUM RESOURCES

• PLACES Curriculum Framework Documents
• NBC learn links

NVACS-SS ALIGNED INQUIRY LESSONS

• Minquiry: Why Didn’t it Happen That Way? African American Equality
• Did Manifest Destiny Mark the Beginning of the End for Native Americans?
• Racism and Equality- What’s the Big Deal?
• What Were the True Costs of American Slavery?
• Was the American Revolution Avoidable?
• Is Compromise Always Fair? (The Constitution)
• Was It Destiny to Move West?
• Can Words Lead to War? (The Civil War)
• How Should Native Americans fit into our Concept of the United States?

NEXT GEN PERSONAL FINANCE LESSONS

• Instructions for Creating a Next Gen Personal Finance Teacher Account
• Financial Literacy Lessons (see instructions for creating an account above)

ONE PAGERS

• Emancipation Proclamation Modified
• Forms of Slave Resistance
• Mayflower Compact
• Slave Treatment and Rations
• The Inauguration of George Washington 1789
• Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789
• The Monroe Doctrine
• Oloadah Equiano
• The Emancipation of Slaves

VISUAL ANALYSIS

• The First Thanksgiving Zoom In 
• Native Colonist Contact with-Questions
• Road to Revolution with Questions 
• Slave Resistance Infographic;
  •  Slave Resistance Questions;
  •  Slave Resistance Documents 
• Democrats and Republicans Infographic;
  • Democrats and Republicans Infographic Questions

DISCUSSION LESSONS

• George Washington Slave Holder and Abolitionist
• March 5th 1770- Massacre or Mob?
• Nevada The State of Sin
• The Electoral College- Should it be altered or abolished?
• Was the Stamp Act fair?
• When are public protests appropriate?

LITERACY TOOLS

• Literacy Tools from readinquirewrite.umich.edu

INVESTIGATIONS

• Which Sources Help Us Understand the Relationship Between the Hemings and Jefferson Families?
• Was There a Common Experience for Women in Colonial North America?
• What Is an Important Cause of the Trail of Tears That People Should Know About Today?
• Was Reconstruction Mostly a Story of Triumph or Tragedy?

CLOSE READINGS

• Thomas Paine and African Slavery
• Crevecoeur What is an American
• Discourse on Women Lucretia Mott
• Indian Removal 
• Letters from Abigail Adams and John Adams CR
• Mass Investigation into Labor Conditions
• Chief Tecumseh’s Speech to Gov. William Harrison
• Patrick Henry: Give Liberty or Give Me Death 
• Chief Powhatan’s address to John Smith 
  • Annotating Chief Powhatan’s Address to  John Smith with writing assessment
• Robert E Lee Letter

ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING 

• Analyzing the Declaration of Independence

DOCUMENT BASED QUESTIONS

• The Boston Massacre: Were the British Soldiers Justified?
• What were the reasons colonists rebelled against the King in 1776?

“OUTS” OPENING UP THE TEXTBOOK

• Spanish Interaction with Native Americans 

EVIDENCE RANKING

• Footsteps to the Revolution

FINANCIAL LITERACY RESOURCE OPTIONS

• College and Career Ready
• Financial Literacy: Lesson 1
• Financial Literacy: Lesson 2
• Financial Literacy Power Point
• Money Savvy Instructional Resources