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1 Grade: 6 Subject: American History 6.US.1.1: Students are able to differentiate the lifestyles of various Native American Tribes. Analyze the knowledge and understanding of the relationship between spiritual, physical, social, and emotional health of the Oceti Sakowin 6.R.4.1 Students can compare and contrast text from different time periods, cultures, and historical events. First Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Migration map test Students will understand migration of people across the Bering Strait and settlement in North America. (offer other suggested theories) Summarize and compare and contrast creation stories of different native American groups Explain the economic and social development and identify cultural contributions of the following groups: Northeast -League of Nations -Longhouse -horticulture Plains -Use of horse -Importance of buffalo -Teepee -Communal ownership & stewardship - hunter gatherer Northwest -Potlatch -Totems Southwest -Adobe cliff dwellings -Matriarchal Power point presentation on Native American group. Reader s theater and drawing of Native American creation story.

2 Grade: 6 Subject: American History Standard 1A: The student understands how diverse immigrants affected the formation of European colonies. Standard 1B: The student understands the European struggle for control of North America. Standard 2B: The student understands religious diversity in the colonies and how ideas about religious freedom evolved. Standard 2C Explain how and why family and community life differed in various regions of colonial North America 6.R.4.1 Students can compare and contrast text from different time periods, cultures, and historical events. Second Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Students will identify different European immigrant groups and summarize events surrounding their immigration and settlement in North America. 13 Colonies Map test. -Jamestown & the Virginia Company -Puritans Unit test. -Quakers -Catholics -Indentured servants Students will understand the reasons for migration of European peoples to North America. -religious freedom -economic -imperialism Understand the development of colonial life, be able to compare and contrast life in different geographical areas. -New England colonies -Middle colonies -Southern colonies Understand the relationship between colonists and Native American tribes. -The plague -trade (selling Manhattan) -League of Nations, political ideology -Assistance (first Thanksgiving) -War Outline struggles between European powers for land in the Western Hemisphere and their success in gaining, controlling and maintaining land Brochure on different geographical regions of the colonies.

3 Grade: 6 Subject: American History Third Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Standard 1A: The student understands how diverse immigrants affected the formation of European colonies. Standard 3A: The student understands colonial economic life and the labor systems in the Americas. Standard 3C: The student understands African life under slavery. 6.R.4.1 Students can compare and contrast text from different time periods, cultures, and historical events. Students will understand the development of colonial life in Southern colonies. Analyze the forced capture and shipping of Africans from Africa to the Western Hemisphere Trace the arrival of Africans in the European colonies in the 1700s and increase in slavery in the 1800s. Students will understand Southern economy and explain how labor system shaped it Synthesize African American culture and religion and how it transformed and existed in the colonies; how it combined with European and Native American beliefs to become distinctive African American belief system and culture Students will read selected portions of Life of A Slave Chapter quizzes on life of a slave. Unit test.

4 Grade: 6 Subject: American History Standard 1B: The student understands the European struggle for control of North America 6.R.4.1 Students can compare and contrast text from different time periods, cultures, and historical events. Fourth Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Students will understand the relationship between French colonists and Native American tribes. -French fur trade -French system of colonization Unit test. Students will understand the reasons leading up to the war and the significant battles in the French and Indian War. -relationship between the British & the French -7 Years War -imperialism & colonial expansion -Pontiac -British take Quebec Students will know of George Washington s role in the French & Indian War; Synthesize why he became ideal to lead in Revolutionary War Understand the overhaul of English imperial policy following the Treaty of Paris Comprehend the Great Awakening & the Enlightenment. Be able to compare and contrast pre-enlightenment and post-enlightenment. -Religious revival movement -Reasoning & Science -John Locke -Benjamin Franklin Poster project or student created children s book on the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment.

5 Grade: 7 th Subject: American History 7.US.1.1: Students are able to relate events and outcomes of the American Revolution to sources of conflict, roles of key individuals and battles, and political documents. 7.R.4.1 Students can identify recurring themes in text from diverse cultures, time periods, and historical events. First Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Students will identify the key individuals involved in the American Revolution and be able to explain the role they played in it. -George Washington -John Adams -Abigail Adams -Sam Adams -Thomas Jefferson -Benjamin Franklin -Patrick Henry -Paul Revere -Thomas Paine -Lafayette -King George III -Benedict Arnold Students will identify the sources of conflict that lead up to the American Revolution. -Sugar Act -Stamp Act -Tea Tax -Quartering Act -Boston Massacre -Boston Tea Party -trade restrictions -eliminating rights i.e. trial by jury, closing down presses, etc. -lack of political representation Students will understand the impact and rational for foreign involvement in the Revolutionary War -French troops -Von Steuben (Prussia) -Hessians (Germany) Analyze how Colonial government functioned; Continental congress, how Research paper on Revolutionary War historical figure. Compare and contrast writing British vs. Colonists points of view. Chapter summaries or chapter quizzes for My Brother Sam is Dead. Cumulative quarterly summative assessment.

6 Washington raised an army, inability to tax Students will gain insight into many Revolutionary War issues and daily life by reading My Brother Sam Is Dead Grade: 7th Subject: American History 7.US.1.1: Students are able to relate events and outcomes of the American Revolution to sources of conflict, roles of key individuals and battles, and political documents. 7.R.4.1 Students can identify recurring themes in text from diverse cultures, time periods, and historical events. Second Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Students will identify the key battles and Revolutionary War battle stations activity. understand their significance in the final outcome of the American Revolution. Paraphrase summaries on key political -Lexington & Concord documents. -Bunker Hill -Valley Forge Short answer essay on reasons patriots were -Battle of Trenton able to win the Revolutionary War. -Saratoga -Siege of Philadelphia, Boston, Chapter summaries or chapter quizzes for Savannah & Charleston My Brother Sam is Dead. -Yorktown Students will identify and be able to Cumulative quarterly summative summarize the contents of important assessment. political documents leading up to and during the American Revolution. -Common Sense -Declaration of Independence Evaluate the argument of ideologies of Loyalists and Patriots Comprehend the role religion played in Colonial life Analyze reasons the American patriots were able to win the Revolutionary War -Guerilla style fighting vs gentlemen warfare -Technology (rifling)

7 -Motivation freedom vs king -French assistance Washington as motivator Continue and finish book My Brother Sam Is Dead Grade: 7 Subject: American History 8.C.1.1: Students are able to describe the basic structure of government adopted through compromises by the Constitutional Convention. 7.R.4.1 Students can identify recurring themes in text from diverse cultures, time periods, and historical events. Third Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Students will identify the Articles of Confederation as the first government. Students will identify the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the subsequent recognition of the need for a new government. Students will understand the Constitutional Convention and its debates and compromises. -Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan -3/5 Compromise Bill of Rights quiz. -Federalist vs. Anti-Federalists Students will describe the contents of the Constitution and how the contemporary Federal government functions. Be able to explain the makeup and duties of the three branches of government. As well as: -Separation of powers -Checks and balances -How a bill becomes a law -Precedents set by Washington Students will know the individual liberties contained in the Bill of Rights. Summarize circumstances leading up to key Supreme Court cases and apply the outcomes to contemporary US law including but not limited to -Marbury v Madison Unit test covering Articles of Confederation and Constitutional Convention. Student created thinking map on three branches of government, separation of powers and checks and balances. Mock trial using Federalist vs. Anti- Federalists debate. Research article on landmark Supreme Court cases. Reader s Theater and AR test on 12 Angry Men.

8 -McCullock v Maryland -Brown v Board of Education -Roe v Wade Students will understand key components of the American Justice System. Read book 12 Angry Men -trial by jury -speedy trial -double jeopardy -bond -Miranda Rights Grade: 7 Subject: American History 8.US.1.2: Students are able to describe the unfolding of Westward Expansion and Reform Movements of the United States. 7.R.4.1 Students can identify recurring themes in text from diverse cultures, time periods, and historical events. 7.G.1.3. Students are able to identify characteristics of various locations, places, and regions Fourth Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Comprehend Jefferson s philosophy, importance of transfer of power, significance of his presidency in shaping a new nation Map quiz Know other key political figures of the time such as Burr, Hamilton, Napoleon, Unit test on War of Madison, Marshall Understand how the United States obtained the Louisiana Purchase Summarize the expedition of Lewis & Clark including: goals, difficulties, relationships with Native Americans, and accomplishments Identify benefits of the Northwest Ordinance exploration into the Great Lakes area. Compare & Contrast the American s desire and use of the land vs. that of the French Identify the US s relationship with Spain and the process by which Florida was purchased Identify causes of the War of 1812: Impressment, Embargo Act, British forts Poster project on Louisiana Purchase and Lewis & Clark expedition. Explanation of meaning of Star Spangled Banner.

9 in Northwest, British support of Native American resistance Students can compare and contrast The War of 1812 to the Revolutionary War. Summarize important events, battles, and contributions of key individuals of the War of War Hawks -Tecumseh -Fort McHenry -Francis Scott Key & The Star Spangled Banner -Battle of New Orleans Grade: 8 Subject: American History 8.US.1.2: Students are able to describe the unfolding of Westward Expansion and Reform Movements of the United States. 1st Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Students can define manifest destiny. Know economic, social and philosophical/theological motivations Outline Monroe Doctrine Comprehend Jackson s pet banks, Westward trails game board. panic of 1837, spoils system Explain how American settlers arrived in Texas and their relationship with Mexico Students will be able to describe the Texas Revolution including details of the Battle of the Alamo Know how Texas was annexed, define word annex/annexation; Apply knowledge to Annexation of additional land now part of the US Students are able to summarize the reasons and typical experiences of the Westward pioneers. *Oregon Trail *Santa Fe Trail *Mormon Trail Analyze political cartoons from the time period. Student created contemporary political cartoon. Unit test on key figures and events of the time period.

10 *Pony Express *Transcontinental Railroad Compare & Contrast motivations of California Gold Rush with Pony Express & Mormon Trail. Read selected portions of Hard Gold Summarize events surrounding the Donner Party; philosophical discussion on right to eat a person Summarize need for and development of inventions and industrialization such as cotton gin, steam engine train/boat, Morse code, steel plow Recognize the importance of the following individuals: -Andrew Jackson -Sam Houston -Daniel Boone -Davy Crocket -Brigham Young -Stephen Austin Grade: 8 Subject: American History 8.US.2.2: Students are able to summarize the influence of Westward Expansion and Reform Movements on American culture, philosophies & religions. 8.R.4.1 Students can compare and contrast literature from different time periods and cultures dealing with similar themes and conflicts. Second Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Students are able to explain the social and political structure of Dakota, Lakota & Nakota culture and identify cultural contributions. Summarize performance and spiritual function of rituals, and Lakota. Dakota, Nakota values. Compare & Contrast values to Euro-American values. Read excerpts from The Lakota Way Students are able to summarize U.S. Map test over South Dakota Reservations and languages and tribes. Computer-based presentation on a Native American ritual or U.S. and Native American conflict. Letter to grandchild journaling experience of forcible removal and advice to future generation.

11 Analyze the interrelationships of the Oceti Sakowin people, places and the environment as they relate to all reservations in South Dakota Analyze the impact of Euro-American ideals, values, rights, philosophy, and beliefs of Oceti Sakowin people as tribal, state and US citizens Analyze the Oceti Sakowin social etiquette, proper behavior and values Analyze the impact of Inperialism and Manifest Destiny and its impact on the culture of the Oceti Sakowin government and Native American relationships, conflicts and treaties. -Minnesota Uprising -Battle of Little Bighorn -Wounded Knee -Pursuit of Chief Joseph -Reservation systems Synthesis information regarding Indian Removal Acts and physical removal of Native groups such as the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole Identify important attributes and be able to compare & contrast key individuals -Chief Joseph -Sitting Bull -Crazy Horse -Geronimo -Custer Gain understanding into lives, thoughts, beliefs of Lakota people and summarize life, motivation, importance of Crazy Horse through novel The Journey of Crazy Horse Research the impact of boarding schools. Evaluate effects of government programs on current state of Native Americans today Venn diagram comparing and contrasting Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Unit test. Chapter tests over Crazy Horse. Grade: 8 Subject: US History 8.US.1.3 Students are able to describe the sources of conflict, key individuals, and political documents of the Civil War period. 3rd Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Identify key abolitionists their motivations and actions; define the word abolish/abolitionist Explain the history and importance of the Underground Railroad as well as Unit test on causes leading up to the Civil War. Chapter quizzes on To Be A Slave and Uncle Tom s Cabin.

12 8.R.4.1 Students can compare and contrast literature from different time periods and cultures dealing with similar themes and conflicts. key individuals involved with it such as Harriet Tubman & Frederick Douglas Analyze the Dred Scott Case, understand events leading up to the court case, what its outcome was and its significance for runaway slaves, former slaves and blacks that had never been slaves Compare women s roles in the mid 1800 s to women s roles today. Compare the similarities and differences between rights of former slaves and women of the time period. Know what issues brought about reformation of women s rights. Identify individuals & events such as Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca Falls Convention Know what Lincoln Douglas debates were and why they were important Read key excerpts from To Be A Slave and Uncle Tom s Cabin Describe and outline conflicts leading up to the Civil War: Bleeding Kansas, John Brown, Mason Dixon Line, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act Agrarian societies of the South vs. Industrialized societies of the North The election of Abraham Lincoln Slavery, Uncle Tom s Cabin, Fugitive Slave Act States rights vs. Federalism Grade: 8 Subject: US History 4th Quarter Sisseton Middle School Curriculum Map Evaluate the importance and role of the Students will conduct individual

13 8.US.1.3 Students are able to describe the sources of conflict, key individuals, and political documents of the Civil War period. 8.US.1.4 Students are able to summarize the political and social changes in the United States during Reconstruction 8.R.4.1 Students can compare and contrast literature from different time periods and cultures dealing with similar themes and conflicts. following individuals: -Abraham Lincoln -Ulysses S. Grant -Robert E. Lee -James Buchanan -Jefferson Davis -Stonewall Jackson -Clara Barton - Buffalo Soldiers Identify key Civil War battles, important figures in the battles, place of battles, cool facts about battles, and winners of battles -Fort Sumter -Hampton Roads (read excerpts Iron Thunder) -Gettysburg -Vicksburg -Sherman s March to the Sea -Bull Run -Antietam -Appomattox Analyze and be able to paraphrase the Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, Amendments to the Constitution Know circumstances surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln read Chasing Lincoln s Killer Summarize social change during the Reconstruction period such as segregation, Jim Crow Laws, KKK, Carpetbaggers research on place, time, importance, key individuals, outcome and other fun facts on battles of the Civil War. Chapter quizzes and AR test on Chasing Lincoln s Killer. Student created Key Figures of the Civil War trading cards. Unit test.

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