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World History from Pre-Historic Era to the Age of Enlightenment and U.S. History: Exploration through Reconstruction (1877)
Generate resourceGrade 7 - Compacted
Generate resourceWorld History from Pre-Historic Era to the Age of Enlightenment
Generate resourceGrade 7
Generate resourceEvaluate how the physical features of Egypt influenced the development of civilization.
Generate resourceAnalyze how religion affected the lives of the ancient Egyptians (e.g., architecture, the afterlife, mummification, etc.).
Generate resourceDescribe the unique features of ancient Egyptian culture and social class structure.
Generate resourceSummarize the influence of geographical features on the development of ancient China.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the origins, foundational beliefs and spread of Confucianism and Taoism.
Generate resourceDescribe various aspects of Chinese culture, including language, art, architecture, and social class.
Generate resourceExplain the influence of geographical features on the development of ancient Indus River Valley.
Generate resourceDescribe various aspects of Indian culture, including language, art, architecture.
Generate resourceAssess the influence of geographical features on the development of ancient Greece.
Generate resourceExplain how the polytheistic belief system of the ancient Greeks influenced their daily lives.
Generate resourceDescribe various aspects of Greek culture including the development of language, art, architecture, social class, and philosophy.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy of ancient Greece.
Generate resourceExplain how the geographical features of the Italian Peninsula influenced the development of ancient Rome.
Generate resourceDescribe Roman culture, including art, language, social class, and recreation.
Generate resourceEvaluate the development of sub- Saharan civilizations in East, South and West Africa.
Generate resourceExplain how the geographical features of sub-Saharan Africa influenced the development of civilization.
Generate resourceAnalyze the origins and foundational beliefs of traditional African religions.
Generate resourceDescribe various aspects of culture, including art, architecture, and class structure in sub-Saharan Africa.
Generate resourceExplain the origins and foundational beliefs of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
Generate resourceTrace the spread of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam across the globe.
Generate resourceExplain the system of feudalism and its relationship to the development of European monarchies and nation-states.
Generate resourceDescribe how the Magna Carta led to the development of a representative government in England.
Generate resourceExamine the role and influence of the Roman Catholic Church in medieval Europe.
Generate resourceIdentify key figures of the Renaissance including their accomplishments in the arts, music, literature, and architecture.
Generate resourceExplain the causes, events, and points of contention of both the Reformation and the Counter Reformation.
Generate resourceEarly World History - Examine the development of ancient civilizations:<ul><li>Egypt</li><li>Imperial China</li><li>India</li><li>Greece</li><li>Rome</li><li>Sub-Saharan Africa</li></ul>
Generate resourceEvaluate how geographic features of each region impacted the development of each civilization.
Generate resourceExplore the significance of each ancient civilization to modern life in the same region and across the globe.
Generate resourceU.S. History - Evaluate the impact of social and political reforms on the development of American society.
Generate resourceExamine abolitionists' role in bringing attention to the impact of slavery on the nation (e.g., Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, etc.).
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the philosophies of natural rights expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments (e.g., "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights", etc.).
Generate resourceExamine the leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement and their goals and strategies (e.g., Dorothea Dix, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, etc.).
Generate resourceU.S. History - Assess the social and economic conflicts between the North and South that led to the American Civil War.
Generate resourceExamine the impact of slavery on the nation's political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development.
Generate resourceIdentify major legislation and Supreme Court decisions that sought to overturn and preserve slavery resulting in sectional strife (e.g., Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Acts, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Underground Railroad, etc.).
Generate resourceU.S. History - Identify key people and evaluate the significant events of the American Civil War.
Generate resourceAnalyze the reasons for the Civil War, including slavery and states' rights.
Generate resourceExamine key battles and plans which shaped decisions for the North and the South (e.g., Fort Hood, First Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Sherman March, Anaconda Plan, etc.).
Generate resourceIdentify significant political and military leaders from the North and the South and examine their contributions.
Generate resourceEvaluate the contributions of women, African Americans, and other minority groups to the war effort (e.g., Clara Barton, 54th Massachusetts Regiment, Native Americans, etc.).
Generate resourceAnalyze the factors that led to the Northern victory of the Civil War (e.g., total war, industrial, population, resources, technological advantages, etc.).
Generate resourceAnalyze key government documents and actions of the Civil War (e.g., Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, draft laws, etc.).
Generate resourceU.S. History - Analyze the Reconstruction efforts in the post-Civil War United States.
Generate resourceAnalyze southern resistance to Reconstruction reforms (e.g., Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, Ku Klux Klan, etc.).
Generate resourceTrace the economic changes in the post- Civil War South (e.g., Lincoln's Plan, Wade-Davis Bill, Johnson's Plan, Radical Reconstruction, etc.).
Generate resourceExamine the roles of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments in expanding liberty for more Americans.
Generate resourceEarly World History Assess the Middle Ages and the emergence of nation-states in Europe.
Generate resourceExplain the system of feudalism and its relationship to the development of European monarchies and nation-states.
Generate resourceExamine the role and influence of the Roman Catholic Church in medieval Europe including the Crusades.
Generate resourceEarly World History - Investigate the impact of the Renaissance and the Reformation on Europe.
Generate resourceIdentify key figures of the Renaissance including their accomplishments in the arts, music, literature, and architecture.
Generate resourceExplain the causes, events, and points of contention of both the Reformation and the Counter Reformation.
Generate resourceU.S. History - Examine major aspects of the development of the United States from Exploration to 1754.
Generate resourceIdentify the economic, political, and religious reasons for founding the Thirteen Colonies and the role of indentured servitude and slavery in their settlement.
Generate resourceDescribe how the English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, and Virginia House of Burgesses led to the English Colonial idea of self-government.
Generate resourceExamine the diversity that emerged from the establishment of Colonial America.
Generate resourceDescribe the relationships between the various Native American and colonial groups.
Generate resourceU.S. History - Evaluate the key people, factors and events which led to the American Revolution and the establishment of United States government.
Generate resourceRecognize the major reasons for English taxes after the French and Indian War and colonial responses from 1763-1774 (e.g., Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, etc.).
Generate resourceIdentify key figures in the Revolutionary Era and their influence on the movement (e.g., George Washington, Samuel Adams, Crispus Attucks, John Adams, John Hancock, Mercy Otis Warren, etc.).
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the decisions of the first and second Continental Congresses.
Generate resourceExplain the historical and present-day significance of the Declaration of Independence.
Generate resourceExamine the immediate events that led to the first shot of the Revolutionary War.
Generate resourceU.S. History - Examine the development of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Generate resourceDescribe the powers given to the Continental Congress by the Articles of Confederation.
Generate resourceAnalyze the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation that led to a call for a new constitution.
Generate resourceDescribe the framework of the United States Constitution, including powers of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches.
Generate resourceDescribe the compromises between Federalists and Anti-Federalists that led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Generate resourceU.S. History - Analyze the challenges and central ideas involved in creating the new nation.
Generate resourceEvaluate the differences in political opinions that led to the formation of political parties.
Generate resourceExamine the lasting influence of George Washington as the first President of the United States.
Generate resourceAnalyze the impact of President George Washington's Farewell Address on the presidency of the United States.
Generate resourceAnalyze the significance of early Supreme Court cases and explain their impacts on the United States (e.g., Marbury vs Madison (1803), McCulloch vs Maryland (1819), Dartmouth College vs Woodward (1819), Worcester vs Georgia (1832), etc.).
Generate resourceAssess the development and impact of early foreign policy decisions on the United States.
Generate resourceU.S. History - Interpret the geographical, social, and political causes, effects, and challenges of westward expansion.
Generate resourceAnalyze the political, religious, and economic incentives of Manifest Destiny.
Generate resourceU.S. History - Interpret the causes, effects, and challenges of the Industrial Revolution.
Generate resourceTrace the development of transportation and communication systems during the Industrial Revolution.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the cultural, religious, and social impact of the Industrial Revolution on American.
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