1. 7th grade: US 1 overview
Welcome to my class

2. What is US I:
We will go from the history of early Native Americans to the end of the Civil War.
What will you be doing?
Discussions
Primary/Secondary Source Analysis
PPT Notes
Some Reading
Essays
Current Events (every Friday)
Projects
Ex…

3. What do I expect from you
1. To be respectful to your peers and me.
2. Be prepared for every class!!!
You must have your note book, a pen, and your iPad every class!!!
3. Hand all of your work in on time.
4. Be prepared to share your opinion and questions in class.
5. Try your best.

4. What Will we be learning?
Year long EQ: How does history shape our world?
What is history?
How do we make history?

5. What will we be learning?
Chapter 1: The New World
How did the Native American’s get to North America?
Looking at different Native American civilizations.
Chapter II: Colliding Cultures
Christopher Columbus
Spanish Conquering of the New World

6. What will we be learning?
Chapter 3: British North America
The Arrival of Britain in the new world.
Jamestown and Pocahontas
European imperialism in North America.
Chapter 4: Colonial Society
The Seven Years War
The seeds of the American Revolution.

7. What will we be learning?
Chapter 5: The American Revolution
Chapter 6: The New Nation
George Washington as President.
How the new society survived is first few years.

8. What will we be learning?
Chapter 7: The Early Republic
Chapter 8 :The Market Revolution
The beginning of the factory system
Slavery becomes more prevalent.

9. What will we be learning?
Chapter 9: Democracy in America
President Andrew Jackson
The Indian Trail of Tears
Chapter 10: Religion and Reform
Beginning of Religious Reform
The Abolitionist Movement Begins.

10. What will we be learning?
Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny
America Controls the Cotenant.
Chapter 11: The Cotton Revolution
The Mexican American War
The Growth of Southern Cotton

11. What will we be learning?
Chapter 13: Sectional Crisis
Chapter 14: The Civil War