Curriculum Map (Semester Long, Block Schedule)

Week of

Due

8/4/15
Start of Semester

Syllabus Acknowledgement, Monthly

Acknowledgement

8/10/15
Unit 1: Exploration and Colonization

Unit Discussion, Unit Test

8/17/15
Unit 2: American Revolution

Group Presentation, Unit Discussion,

Unit Test

8/24/15
Unit 3: New Nation

Unit Discussion, Unit Test

8/31/15
Unit 4: Westward Expansion

Unit Discussion, Unit Test, Monthly

Acknowledgement, Notebook Check

9/7/15
Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction

Quiz

9/14/15
Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction

Individual Presentation, Unit

Discussion, Unit Test

9/21/15
Unit 6: Emergence of Modern U.S.

Quiz

9/28/15
Unit 6: Emergence of Modern U.S.

Unit Discussion, Unit Test, Monthly

Acknowledgement, Notebook Check

10/5/15
Unit 7: Great Depression

Unit Discussion, Unit Test

10/12/15
Unit 8: World War II

Quiz

10/19/15
Unit 8: World War II

Group Presentation, Unit Discussion,

Unit Test

10/26/15
Unit 9: Postwar United States

Unit Discussion, Unit Test, Monthly

Acknowledgement, Notebook Check

11/2/15
Unit 10: Cold War

Quiz

11/9/15
Unit 10: Cold War

Individual Presentation, Unit

Discussion, Unit Test

11/16/15
Quiz
Unit 11: Contemporary United States
11/23/15
Quiz
Unit 11: Contemporary United States
11/30/15
Unit Presentation, Unit Test, Monthly
Unit 11: Contemporary United States Acknowledgement, Notebook Check
12/7/15
Test Prep
12/14/15
Testing
12/21/15
WINTER BREAK!!!

Study Guide

Unit 5: Civil War and Reconstruction

Arizona State High School Unit Standards
Concept 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
PO 1. Explain the economic, social, and political causes of the Civil War:
a.
economic and social differences between the North, South, and West
b. balance of power in the Senate (e.g., Missouri and 1850 Compromises)
c.
extension of slavery into the territories (e.g., Dred Scott Decision, the KansasNebraska Act)
d. role of abolitionists (e.g., Frederick Douglass and John Brown)
e.
debate over popular sovereignty/states rights
f.
Presidential election of 1860
PO 2. Analyze aspects of the Civil War:
a.
changes in technology
b. importance of resources
c.
turning points
d. military and civilian leaders
e. effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
f. effect on the civilian populations
PO 3. Analyze immediate and long term effects of Reconstruction in post Civil War
America:
a.
various plans for reconstruction of the South
b. Lincolns assassination
c.
Johnsons impeachment
d. Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
e.
resistance to and end of Reconstruction (e.g., Jim Crow laws, KKK, Compromise
of 1877)

Unit Vocabulary

Blockade, Border states, Battle of Bull

Run, Monitor v. Virginia, Battle of
Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation,
Siege, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg Address,
Election of 1864, Lincoln's Second
Inaugural Address, total war, John
Wilkes Booth, Land Grant College Act,
Missouri Compromise, Uncle Toms
Cabin, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive
Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Popular
sovereignty , Bleeding Kansas, Scott v.
Sanford, John Brown, John Browns Raid,
Election of 1860, Secession, Fort
Sumter, Martial Law, Contraband, Battle
of Vicksburg, Battle of Gettysburg,
Shermans March to the Sea, Surrender
at Appomattox Court House

Missouri Compromise of 1820,

Underground Railroad, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Harper's Ferry, Free-Soil Party,
Confederate States of America,
Jefferson Davis, Reconstruction, Civil
Rights Act of 1866, Impeach,
Scalawags, Carpetbaggers, tenant
farming, Redeemers, Rutherford B.
Hayes, Compromise of 1877, 14th
Amendment, 15th Amendment,
Disenfranchise, Black Codes, Jim Crow
Laws, Plessy v Ferguson, KKK, secede,
Congressional Plan (Radical Republican
Plan), Presidential Reconstruction Plan,
Pardon, Freedmens Bureau, 13th
Amendment, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S.
Grant. William T. Sherman, Stonewell
Jackson

Essential Questions

How can regional differences lead to conflict and violence?

How did people, places, and things affect the outcome of the Civil War?
How was the Civil War a political, economic, and social turning point?
What is a civil war?
What legacy was left by the Civil War?
What changes did the Civil War bring to America?
Unit Calendar
Day 1
Pre-1860
Disunion

Day 2
1861 The
Country Goes
to War

Day3
1862 Antietam
and
Emancipation

Day 4
Life at War

HSSS-S1-PO1

HSSS-S1-PO2

HSSS-S1-PO2

Day 6
1863 Shifting
Tides

Day 7
1864-1865
Bringing the
War to an End

Day 8
Reconstruction

Day 9
Individual
Presentations

HSSS-S1-PO2

HSSS-S1-PO2

HSSS-S1-PO3

HSSS-S1-PO1

Day 5
The Home
Front
Quiz
HSSS-S1-PO2
Day 10
Assessment
Discussion

Lesson Plan Example

Objective(s):
The students will be able to apply their understanding of battles of the Civil War by constructing a
presentation on their battle of choice.

State Standards Covered:

HSSS-S1C6-PO2
Strand 1: American History
Concept 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
PO2: Analyze the aspects of the Civil War
Anticipatory Set (3 Min):
List three main causes of the Civil War.
Information (28 min):
The information on each battle will be posted around the room. The students will be split up into
groups of eight. They will start at one of the battles and have six minutes to fill out their graphic
organizer for each battle. Once the timer goes off the students will rotate around clockwise to the
next battle. After 15 seconds the timer will start again. This will be repeated until each group has
seen all five battles. The students will then return to their desks.
Activity (15min):
In the students groups they will each pick a role for a presentation. The group can create a

traditional presentation or they can create a rap. They have 15 minutes to create a
rap/presentation to present to the class. The roles are: Speech Writer (Song Writer), Presenter
(Singer), Artist (Interpretive Dancing) or Supporting Details (Hypeman).

Lesson Closure (10 min):

Presentations!!
Materials/Resources:
Graphic Organizer, description of battles.