American History I Honors
American History I: The Founding Principles will begin with European exploration of the new world and end with the Reconstruction era. Students will examine the historical and intellectual origins of the United States from European exploration and colonial settlement to the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras. Students will learn about the important political and economic factors that contributed to the development of colonial America and the outbreak of the American Revolution as well as the consequences of the Revolution, including the writing and key ideas of the U.S. Constitution. The course will also guide students as they study the establishment of political parties, America’s westward expansion, the growth of sectional conflict, how that sectional conflict led to the Civil War, and the consequences of the Civil War, including Reconstruction.
Resources and assignments for COVID-19 School Closures
Use this link to the U.S. Constitution or use The Americans (p. 154-167) to complete the Understanding the Constitution Scavenger Hunt Activity (file is below; save a copy, fill it in, and email it to me as an attachment).
3_understanding_the_constitution-scavenger_hunt_activity.docx | |
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ah1_syllabus_with_student-parent_info_sheet.rtf | |
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unit_1_study_guide-ah1g.rtf | |
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Unit 1 - Pre-Columbian Settlement, Exploration, and Colonization
“For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.”
- John Winthrop, “A Modell of Christian Charity,” discourse written aboard the Arbella during the voyage to Massachusetts, 1630.
- John Winthrop, “A Modell of Christian Charity,” discourse written aboard the Arbella during the voyage to Massachusetts, 1630.
change_and_crisis-north_america_on_the_eve_of_the_european_invasion_article.docx | |
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weatherford_columbus_article.doc | |
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berliner_article_-_the_christopher_columbus_controversy.doc | |
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visible_and_invisible_worlds_salem.pdf | |
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bonomi-underthecopeofheaven-ch6-thepoliticalawakening.pdf | |
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life_in_the_british_colonies-ah1g.ppt | |
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new_england_and_middle_colonies.pptx | |
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Unit 2: French-Indian War, Causes of American Revolution, American Revolution
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, Give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
unit_2_study_guide-ah1.docx | |
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causes_of_the_am_rev_-_historical_markers_assignment.docx | |
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Battle of Lexington 'Shot Heard 'Round the World' Assignment:
Source Evaluation Organizer: Who Fired the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”?
Source Evaluation Organizer: Who Fired the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World”?
who_fired_the_shot_heard_round_the_world_rs_01.pdf | |
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who_fired_the_shot_heard_round_the_world_rs_02.pdf | |
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who_fired_the_shot_heard_round_the_world_rs_03.pdf | |
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who_fired_the_shot_heard_round_the_world_rs_04.pdf | |
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who_fired_the_shot_heard_round_the_world_rs_05.pdf | |
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who_fired_the_shot_heard_round_the_world_rs_06.pdf | |
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common_sense_-_with_lines_numbered.docx | |
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abigail-john-letters.pdf | |
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Unit 3: Articles of Confederation and Constitution
unit_3_study_guide-ah1.docx | |
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morgan_reading_-_the_critical_period.pdf | |
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1_articles_of_confederation.ppt | |
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3-5ths_compromise_short_article.doc | |
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Unit 4: New Nation: Washington Administration, Creation of Two-Party System, Jeffersonian Democracy, War of 1812
unit_4_study_guide-ah1g.docx | |
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the_dinner-founding_brothers-ellis.pdf | |
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gw_farewell_address.pdf | |
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cliffhanger-the_election_of_1800_article.doc | |
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Unit 5: Expansion and Reform
unit_5a_study_guide_ah1g-market_rev-jacksonian_democracy.doc | |
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unit_5b_study_guide_ah1g.doc | |
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Era of Good Feelings & Market Revolution Group Documents
Group A
Group A
the_era_of_good_feelings_and_the_two-party_system_article.docx | |
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Group B
Group C
Group D
samuel_slater___francis_cabot_lowell_bios.doc | |
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Group E
king_cotton_article.docx | |
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Inventions of the early-mid 19th century SHARK TANK
Erie Canal links:
Erie Canal history
Erie Canal stats and impact
http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/eriecanal.html
Erie Canal history
Erie Canal stats and impact
http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/eriecanal.html
Railroads links:
Early American Railroads history
Early American Railroads history
rr_documents.pdf | |
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Factory System
https://www.nps.gov/lowe/learn/photosmultimedia/waltham_lowell.htm
https://www.uml.edu/docs/Overview_tcm18-88388.pdf
https://www.nps.gov/lowe/learn/photosmultimedia/waltham_lowell.htm
https://www.uml.edu/docs/Overview_tcm18-88388.pdf
Interchangeable Parts
https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/museum/about-eli-whitney/factory
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi101.htm
https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/museum/about-eli-whitney/factory
http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi101.htm
Steel Plow
Steel Plow impact
http://www.famousinventors.org/john-deere
Smithsonian article on Deere and the steel plow
http://www.lib.niu.edu/2001/iht810102.html
Steel Plow impact
http://www.famousinventors.org/john-deere
Smithsonian article on Deere and the steel plow
http://www.lib.niu.edu/2001/iht810102.html
The Changing Workplace
Jacksonian Democracy
zinn_questions_-_chapter_7-as_long_as_grass_grows_or_water_runs.docx | |
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onindianremoval_stateofmorals.pdf | |
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john_marshall_decision_on_worcestervgeorgia.pdf | |
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aj_message_to_congress_on_indian_removal.pdf | |
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secretarycassonindianremoval.pdf | |
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andrew_jacksons_indian_family_excerpt_from_hermitage_website.docx | |
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sc_ordinance_of_nullification.pdf | |
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aj_proclamation_on_nullification.pdf | |
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force_bill_excerpts_-_us.docx | |
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hamiltons_opinion_on_the_national_bank.pdf | |
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bank_war_statement.pdf | |
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henry_clay_on_presidential_vetoes.pdf | |
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someaccountsofbloodydeeds.pdf | |
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Antebellum Reforms
useful_research_links_for_antebellum_reformers.docx | |
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charles_g_finney_article_-_spring_2010.docx | |
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ralph_waldo_emerson_bio.doc | |
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george_ripley_and_brook_farm_info-edited_spring_2010.docx | |
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dorothea_dix_speech_and_article_link.docx | |
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horace_mann.doc | |
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factory_rules_from_the_handbook_to_lowell.doc | |
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reading-cultofdomesticity.pdf | |
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Unit 6: Antebellum Slavery, Causes of Civil War, Civil War, Reconstruction
unit_6a_study_guide_-_antebellum_slavery-causes_of_civil_war.docx | |
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unit_6b_study_guide_-_civil_war-reconstruction-ah1g.docx | |
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Antebellum Slavery
kolchin_reading.pdf | |
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kolchin_questions.doc | |
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zinn_chapter_9-_slavery_without_submissions_qs.docx | |
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Causes of the Civil War
birth_of_the_republican_party_handbill_assignment.docx | |
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mcpherson_-know-nothings-rise_of_republican_party.pdf | |
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free_soil_party_article.docx | |
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know-nothing_party_article.docx | |
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causes_of_the_civil_war_historical_markers_assignment-ah1h.docx | |
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useful_research_links_for_causes_of_the_civil_war_historical_markers.docx | |
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The Civil War
Reconstruction
obituary_for_reconstruction_assignment.docx | |
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foner-an_american_crisis-reconstruction_chapter.pdf | |
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