8th Grade Early U.S. History SYLLABUS – 2018/2019 Joaquin Martinez – [email protected] Welcome to Early U.S. History! This is an inquiry based class designed to foster curiosity, creativity, and responsibility. As we explore the topics listed below, we will complete formative and summative assessments, which will culminate in one product for each unit. Formative Assessments This is work done in class, homework, and quizzes. These can be seen as practice, or rehearsal, depending on your perspective. Summative Assessments This is made up of tests, projects, Socratic Seminars and an individually created product for each Unit. This can be seen as the match/game or performance, depending on your perspective. GRADE COMPOSITION Formative Assessments: 33.3% - many of these per unit Summative Assessments: 33.3% - few of these per unit Individual Product*: 33.3% - one of these per unit Homework, Late Work, Test Corrections, etc., will follow ATC Policy. *The Individual Product will vary from unit to unit, but some examples are art projects, newspaper/pamphlet creations, persuasive essays, presentations, etc. TEXT Each student will check out a hardback copy of Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States Early Years. This comes with a digital database. EACH STUDENT WILL BE GIVEN A PASSWORD TO ACCESS ASSIGNMENTS, QUIZES AND OTHER WORK; EVERY STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO SHARE THIS PASSWORD WITH THEIR GUARDIAN(S), SO THAT WORK CAN BE MONITORED FROM HOME. WE WILL ALSO COMMUNICATE VIA GOOGLE CLASSROOM. PARENTS WILL HAVE COMPLETE ACCESS TO THIS DATABASE AS WELL. In addition to this database, please check the class website for notifications. This can be accessed at atcschool.org. SCOPE AND SEQUENCE We will invest approximately two weeks per unit. The First Americans Migration to the Americas, Cities and Empires, North American Peoples Exploring the Americas A Changing World, Early Exploration, Spain in America, Competing for Colonies Colonial America Roanoke and Jamestown, The New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies Life in the American Colonies Colonial Economy, Government, Culture, Society, and Rivalry The Spirit of Independence No Taxation Without Representation, Uniting the Colonists, A Call to Arms, Declaring Independence The American Revolution The War for Independence, The War Continues, Battlegrounds Shift, The Final Years A More Perfect Union The Articles of Confederation, Forging a New Constitution, A New Plan of Government The Constitution Principles of the Constitution, Government and the People The Federalist Era The First President, Early Challenges, The First Political Parties The Jefferson Era A New Party in Power, The Louisiana Purchase, A Time of Conflict, The War of 1812 Growth and Expansion A Growing Economy, Moving West, Unity and Sectionalism The Jackson Era Jacksonian Democracy, Conflicts Over Land, Jackson and the Bank Manifest Destiny The Oregon Country, Statehood for Florida and Texas, War with Mexico, California and Utah North and South The Industrial North, People of the North, Southern Cotton Kingdom, People of the South The Spirit of Reform Social Reform, The Abolitionists, The Women’s Movement Toward Civil War The Search for Compromise, Challenges to Slavery, Secession and War The Civil War Two Sides, Early Years, Life During, The Strain, The Final Stages The Reconstruction Era Planning, The Radicals, The South, The Post-Reconstruction Era
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