1. Thematic Learning Objectives
APUSH
Spiconardi

2. Do Now
How do you identify yourself? Using the circle below, create a pie chart that shows your identities, with the size of each pie piece relating to how aware you are of each identity on a daily basis.

3. IDENTITY
Be able to explain how various identities, cultures, and values have been preserved or changed in different contexts of U.S. history
Focus on gender, class, race, and ethnicity

4. American identity
What does it mean to be American? Discuss with a partner and jot down your thoughts.

5. Work, exchange, & technology
Examine how various economic and labor systems, technological innovations, and government policies have shaped American society

6. peopling
Examine migration across borders and long distances transformed North America

7. Politics & power
Examine debates over the role of the state in society and its potential as an active agent for change

8. America in the world
Examine how various world actors have competed for territory and resources of the North American continent, influencing the development of both American and world societies and economies.

9. Environment & Geography
Analyze the interaction between the environment and Americans in their efforts to survive and thrive.

10. Ideas, beliefs, & Culture
Examine the development of aesthetic, moral, religious, scientific, and philosophical principles and consider how these principles have affected individual and group actions.