Unit Name/ Topic: 3a- Expansion/Nationalism 3b- Sectionalism/Division

Anticipated Time Allotted for Unit:

25 Days

Key Vocabulary: Nationalism, Expansion, Manifest Destiny, Foreign Policy, Industrialization, Economy, Immigrant, Executive Order, War of 1812, Erie Canal, Monroe Doctrine, Abolition, Abolitionist, Annexation, Citizenship, Emancipation, Habeas Corpus, Nullification, Secession, Tariff, Union, Confederacy, Sectionalism, Dread Scott Decision, Compromise, Popular Sovereignty.

NYS Learning Standards:

11.3 EXPANSION, NATIONALISM, AND SECTIONALISM (1800 – 1865): As the nation expanded, growing sectional tensions, especially over slavery, resulted in political and constitutional

crises that culminated in the Civil War.

(Standards: 1, 3, 4, 5; Themes: TCC, GEO, GOV, ECO, TECH)

Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events or technical

Processes.

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are

appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying

a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and

audience.

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s cap

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a

self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using

advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the

research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of

ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.

Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, andresearch

Content/ Skills Taught:

3a:

John Adams, Federalists vs Democratic Republicans, Alien and Sedition Acts, Louisiana Purchase, Embargo Act of 1807, War of 1812, Monroe Doctrine, Market Revolution, Industrialization, Erie Canal, Transportation Revolution, Cotton Industry, Slavery, Jackson Presidency, Mass Politics, Spoils System, Native American Rights, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion, Mexican American War, Texas Annexation, gadsden Purchase.

3b:

Sectionalism and Division, history of slavery, lives of slaves, Tariffs, Early Women’s Rights Movement, Abolition Movement, Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Opposition to Abolition, Key Abolitionists, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Fugitive Slave Act,

Underground Railroad, Causes of the Civil War, Differences in Northern and Southern social, political, and economic life, cotton industry, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott Case, Lincoln Douglas Debates, John Brown’s Raid, Birth of Republican Party, Election of 1860, Attack on Fort Sumter, Southern Secession, The Confederacy, Advantages and Disadvantages of the North and South, Northern and Southern Strategies and Leadership, Key Battles of the Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, end of the war, effects of the war. Increase in Government Power

Areas for Differentiated Instruction:

Use of textbook, close readings, historical videos, primary sources, make charts, notes and DBQ’s.

SEQ Essays, Civic Literacy Essays

Learning Activities:

Notes, analysis of historical documents, analysis of various historical perspectives, Civil Literacy essay, primary source analysis.

Assessments:

Regents-Style Test Questions, written and Multiple Choice, CL Essay, SEQ Essay

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