Common Core curriculum : United States history, grades 3-5 /
"Authoritative Common Core guidance for social studies and reading teachersFrom the organization that prepared the bestselling Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, this book offers everything grade 3-5 teachers need to help students learn history while following key literacy and social studies standards. Although there are no comprehensive national standards for social studies, the CCSS for English language arts address social studies content in two ways: through specific standards for teaching reading and writing about social studies, as well as indirectly through teaching how to read informational texts, including many exemplars related to United States and world history. Created by teachers, for teachers, the curriculum maps in this book present a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units for teaching the social studies skills outlined in the CCSS for English language arts The curriculum maps are the perfect guides for history teachers who can plan their year around the standards and craft their own more detailed lesson plans The maps are flexible and adaptable to accommodate diverse teaching styles Incorporates the best of local state social studies standards "--
Includes index.
"Authoritative Common Core guidance for social studies and reading teachersFrom the organization that prepared the bestselling Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, this book offers everything grade 3-5 teachers need to help students learn history while following key literacy and social studies standards. Although there are no comprehensive national standards for social studies, the CCSS for English language arts address social studies content in two ways: through specific standards for teaching reading and writing about social studies, as well as indirectly through teaching how to read informational texts, including many exemplars related to United States and world history. Created by teachers, for teachers, the curriculum maps in this book present a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units for teaching the social studies skills outlined in the CCSS for English language arts The curriculum maps are the perfect guides for history teachers who can plan their year around the standards and craft their own more detailed lesson plans The maps are flexible and adaptable to accommodate diverse teaching styles Incorporates the best of local state social studies standards "--
Introduction: How to Use the Alexandria Plan Era 1 Across Beringia: Original People of North America (ca. 20,000 BCE to ca. 1600 CE) Indigenous Peoples Arrive Distribution, Diversity, and Cultural Regions Native American Civilization in North America and Beyond The Effect of European Contact in the Americas Era 2 Driven to Discover: Europeans Establish the New World (Late 1400s to Late 1600s) Europe Discovers the Americas European Rivals in the Americas Aims of British Settlement Differ by Region The Colonists Encounter the Native North Americans Era 3 Uniquely American: The Beginnings of a New Nationality (1607 to Late 1600s ) The Early Colonies: Regional Differences Abound Religious Tension and Tolerance The Rise, Entrenchment, and Regional Patterns of Slavery The Rise of Representative Government and Popular Power in the Colonies Era 4 Taxation without Representation: Tension Mounts (ca. 1660 to 1763) Britain Expands Its Rule over America The Colonies Become More Modern, British, and Like One Another The Colonies' Role in the Empire Grows and Becomes More Complex Era 5 Independence: America Gains Its Freedom (1763 to 1783) The French and Indian War Prods Britain to Seek Revenue from the Colonies The Colonies Reject British Taxation and Respond to the Stamp Act Crisis Builds toward Revolution The Revolutionary War: America Stands Up for Freedom, Britain for Its Empire Era 6 We the People: Building an American Republic (1776 to 1789) Democratic Experiments: The Articles of Confederation and the State Constitutions The Constitutional Convention of 1787 The Battle for Ratification and the Call for a Bill of Rights Era 7 Democracy Made Real: America Passes the Torch (1789 to 1800) Creating the National Government The First Party Schism The New Nation's Parties and Politics The Revolution of 1800 Era 8 Going West: Opportunity and Peril on America's Frontier (1800 to 1830s) A Young and Fast-Expanding Nation America Defies the European Powers The Economy Transforms as Commerce Expands Era 9 Freedom for All: American Democracy Begins to Transform (1820s to 1840s) The New Party Schism and the Jacksonian Era A More Perfect Society: Social Change and the Reform Movements After Its Post-Revolution Decline, Slavery Gains Strength Era 10 A House Divided: North versus South (1820 to 1859) A Line in the Sand: Slavery in the Territories The Sectional Divide Grows The Divide Begins to Rend the Country Era 11 Blue versus Gray: Civil War and Reconstruction (1860 to 1877) Secessionists and Unionists The War for the Union: 1861-1862 The War against Slavery: 1863-1865 The Rise and Fall of Reconstruction Era 12 Resistance and Recovery: Rebuilding a War-Torn Nation (1870s to 1890s) Industrialization, Immigration, and Expansion The Strains of the Gilded Age The New South and the Rise of Jim Crow Era 13 The Next Benchmark: America Is a Global Leader (1890s to 1920) The United States Looks Overseas Social Strain at Home and the Progressive Push for Reform The Limits of Progressivism and the Call for Civil Rights Era 14 The Great War: Rallying American Patriotism (1914 to 1929) America Enters Europe's War The War at Home: Growth and Government, Patriotism, and Repression Post-War America: Prosperity and New Freedoms -- for Some Era 15 Prosperity Has Its Price: Economic Collapse and World War II (1929 to 1945) Crash, Depression, and the New Deal Response Totalitarian Europe and Global Crisis: Alarm, Extremism, and Isolationism at Home The United States Joins the Second World War The World War II Home Front Era 16 The New American Dream: Freedom from Tyranny (1946 to Late 1950s) The Soviet Union and the Emerging Cold War The Cold War at Home and the New Red Scare American Life in the Post-War Era The Renewed Civil Rights Movement Pager: Please ensure the apostrophes before "'50s" and "'60s" are left-facing. Era 17 Communism and Counterculture: The Challenges of the '50s and '60s (1950s to Late 1960s) The Superpowers Find an Uneasy Balance: Deterrence and the Battle for Hearts and Minds Cold War Tensions under Kennedy and Johnson Reform at Home: The Civil Rights Revolution and LBJ's Great Society Pager: The apostrophe before "'60s" should be left-facing. The '60s: War, Counterculture, and Conflict Era 18 Modern Times: Presidential Scandals, Conservatism, and Unrest (1968 to Present) Global Conflict and Diplomacy: Detente, China, and the Middle East The Cold War Ends, and European Communism Falls The Changing Post-Cold War World Recent Trends: Global Ties and Conflict Postscript: Recent Events (1992 to Present) Pager: Please insert some space here to set off backmatter. Who Is Common Core? Acknowledgments Index .
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Common core curriculum for United States history, grades 3-5