philosophers as Locke and Montesquieu) USI.4 Analyze how Americans resisted British policies before 1775. Unit 5: Revolution *Saratoga was a turning in the *Compare and contrast Pre-assessment 2 Weeks USI.4 Analyze the reasons for the war; the assistance of France was advantages and American victory and the British decisive. disadvantages of each Summarizers defeat during the Revolutionary War. side into the war. *Strategic victories in the South and *We Chapter the People: RH1-3 Key Ideas and Details at Yorktown enabled the Americans progress of war 9, happened during “What RH7-8 Integration of knowledge and to defeat the British through the turning point the American Revolution? at Saratoga to the winter How did the government WHST1, 2 Text Types and Purposes *The Treaty of Paris ended the war. at Valley Forge function?” WHST4, 6 Production and Distribution of Writing *Women contributed to the *Analyze the terms of *DBQ: Valley Forge: Revolution’s outcome. the Treaty of Paris Would you have quit? Unit assessment Unit 6A: The Constitution: Creation *Leaders set up a convention to *Analyze the *We the People: Chapter 8 Weeks of Government settle issues but ended up creating a weaknesses of the 10, How did the states March 9- USI.6 Explain the reasons for the new governmental structure. Articles of Confederation govern themselves after adoption of the Articles of the Revolution? Confederation in 1781, including why *Americans adopted the Articles of *Summarize the key its drafters created a weak central Confederation but found the new conflicts at the *We the People: Chapter government; analyze the government too weak to solve the Constitutional 11, did the Articles “How shortcomings of the national nation’s problems. Convention and explain of Confederation organize government under the Articles; and how they were resolved. the first national describe the crucial events (e.g., government?”
philosophers as Locke and Montesquieu) USI.4 Analyze how Americans resisted British policies before 1775. Unit 5: Revolution USI.4 Analyze the reasons for the American victory and the British defeat during the Revolutionary War. RH1-3 Key Ideas and Details RH7-8 Integration of knowledge and WHST1, 2 Text Types and Purposes WHST4, 6 Production and Distribution of Writing *Saratoga was a turning in the war; the assistance of France was decisive. *Strategic victories in the South and at Yorktown enabled the Americans to defeat the British *The Treaty of Paris ended the war. *Women contributed to the Revolution’s outcome. *Compare and contrast advantages and disadvantages of each side into the war. progress of war through the turning point at Saratoga to the winter at Valley Forge *Analyze the terms of the Treaty of Paris Pre-assessment Summarizers *We the People: Chapter 9, “What happened during the American Revolution? How did the government function?” *DBQ: Valley Forge: Would you have quit? Unit assessment 2 Weeks Unit 6A: The Constitution: Creation of Government USI.6 Explain the reasons for the adoption of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, including why its drafters created a weak central government; analyze the shortcomings of the national government under the Articles; and describe the crucial events (e.g., *Leaders set up a convention to settle issues but ended up creating a new governmental structure. *Americans adopted the Articles of Confederation but found the new government too weak to solve the nation’s problems. *Analyze the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation *Summarize the key conflicts at the Constitutional Convention and explain how they were resolved. *We the People: Chapter 10, How did the states govern themselves after the Revolution? *We the People: Chapter 11, “How did the Articles of Confederation organize the first national government?” 8 Weeks March 9-
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