Grade
6 Study Maps
Unit One Ð American Beginnings
Unit Two Ð The Thirteen Colonies
Unit Three Ð Establishing a New Nation
Unit Five Ð The Nation Expands
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One Ð American Beginnings
US1.2a Ð World Map / Continents
US1.2b-1 Ð Geographic
Regions / Characteristics #1
US1.2b-2
- Geographic Regions / Characteristics #2
US1.2c-1
Ð Major bodies of water
US1.2c-2 Ð Water features impact on trade
transportation and settlement
US1.3a Ð
Location of American Indian settlements
US1.3b Ð
Geography and climate affect the way American Indians met basic needs
US1.4a-1 Ð Motivating forces, obstacles and accomplishments of exploration
US1.4a-2
Ð Map / European competition for to extend power
US1.4b-1
- European competition and conflict with American Indians #1
US1.4b-2 - European competition and conflict with American Indians #2
USI.4c Ð West African societies
& their interaction with European traders
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Two Ð The Thirteen Colonies
US1.5a - Religious and economic reasons that
led to colonization in
US1.5b-1
Ð Interactions of people and environment in
US1.5b-2
Ð Interactions of people and environment in the Mid-Atlantic colonies
US1.5b-3
Ð Interactions of people and environment in Southern colonies
US1.5c Ð
Colonial life in
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Three Ð Establishing a New Nation
US1.5d Ð
Political and economic relations between the colonies and
US1.6a Ð
ColonistsÕ dissatisfactions that lead to the American Revolution
US1.6b Ð
John Locke and philosophies of the Declaration
US1.6c-1
Ð Key individuals of the American Revolution #1
US1.6c-2
- Key individuals of the American Revolution #2
US1.6c-3
Ð Key events of the American Revolution
US1.6d Ð
Colonial advantages during the revolution
US1.7a - The Articles of Confederation
establish a new government
US1.7b-1
Ð Federalism: Power Shared between
national and the state governments
US1.7b-2
Ð Basic Principles of Government:
Separation of Power / Checks & Balances
US1.7b-3
Ð The Bill of Rights
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Four Ð The New Republic
US1.7c Ð
The Two-Party System / Major Differences
US1.7d Ð
Accomplishments of the first five
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Five Ð The Nation Expands
US1.8a Ð New territories added to the
US1.8b Ð Geographic and economic factors that influenced westward
movement
US1.8c Ð Impact of inventions on life in
US1.8d Ð Main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements
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Unit Six Ð Rift and Reform
US1.9a Ð
Issues that divided the nation.
US1.9b-1
- Issues that divided the nation: Power of Federal government; slavery
US1.9b-2 Ð Compromises attempting to resolve differences
US1.9b-3
Ð Southern secession
US1.9c Ð
Identify states that seceded v. remained in the union (free & border)
US1.9d-1
Ð Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Frederick Douglass
US1.9d-2
Ð Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson
US1.9e Ð
Influence of location and topography on the war; Major battles
US1.9f-1
Ð General effects of the war
US1.9f-2
Ð Effects of the war on African Americans
USI.10a Ð
Civil War Amendments address slavery and equal protection for all citizens
USI.10b Ð
Reconstruction policies and problems