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Unit 01: Founding Documents
Unit 02: Early American History
Unit 03: Civil War
Unit 04: Reconstruction and Post-Reconstruction
Unit 05: Second Industrial Revolution
Unit 06: Progressive Era
​Unit 07: Imperialism
​Unit 08: World War One
Unit 09: The Great Depression
Unit 10: World War Two
Unit 11: Cold War Era-Part 1
Unit 12: Cold War Era-Part 2
Unit 13: Modern History

7 US HISTORY General information

Semester One Vocabulary Quizlets
Website Search Assignment
7 US History Welcome Letter
Class Procedures and Parent/Guardian Signature
Key: Class Procedures and Parent/Guardian Signature
US History Name Tag Tent
Video: Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning
Timeline (template)
Technology Survey
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unit 01: Founding Documents

Unit 01 Essential Questions: Founding Documents
Unit 01 Vocabulary: Founding Documents
Timeline (template)
Unit 01 Timeline Directions
Cause and Effect: Road to Independence
Slideshow: Road to Independence
5.1 Taxation w/o Representation
Reading the Declaration of Independence
Document: Declaration of Independence
Document: Declaration of Independence - modern version
My Declaration of Independence
The Preamble
Constitution Scavenger Hunt
Creating a Classroom Constitution (powerpoint)
Bill of Rights Table
Checks and Balances
Bill of Rights/Citizens Rights and Responsibilities
BrainPOP Video: Citizenship 
Unit 01 District Common Assessment
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Unit 02: Early American History

Unit 02 Standards Benchmarks: Early American History
Unit 02 Vocabulary: Early American History
Powerpoint: Intro to Westward Expansion
Noteguide: Intro to Westward Expansion
Western Expansion Map
Western Expansion Map directions
Intro to Westward Expansion
Textbook Scavenger Hunt/Industrial Revolution
BrainPop: Industrial Revolution
Manifest Destiny (Google Slides)
BrainPop: Westward Expansion
10.3 Unity and Sectionalism (2017 Version)
Growing Issues in the U.S.
Helpful Link: Population Numbers
Items Set Aside 2017-2018
Google Doc: Adding Territory
Note Guide: Adding Territory
10.1 and 13.1 Industry and North's Economy
10.2 Westward Bound
10.3 Unity and Sectionalism
13.2 The North's People
13.3 Southern Cotton Kingdom
13.4 Southern People
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Unit 03: Civil War

Unit 03 Benchmarks: Civil War
Unit 03 Civil War Vocabulary
15.2 A Nation Divided
Road to the Civil War (Google Slides)
The Debate Over Slavery (Reform and Abolitionists Review)
Dred Scott Decision
Secession
Slideshow: Civil War: Strategies and Leaders (2017)
Notes: Civil War: Strategies and Leaders (2017)
Slideshow: Major Battles of the Civil War
Notes: Major Battles of the Civil War
Unit 03 District Common Assessment
Items Set Aside 2017-2018
Abolitionists/Challenges to Slavery
​15.4 Secession and War
16.1 The Two Sides
Google Doc: Civil War Research
Civil War Map
Civil War Quizlet
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Unit 04: Reconstruction and post-reconstruction

Unit 04 Benchmarks
Unit 04 Vocabulary
 17.1 Reconstruction Plans (updated 2017)
17.3 The South During Reconstruction
BrainPop: Reconstruction
BrainPop: Jim Crow
Slideshow: Literacy Test Reflection
17.4 Change in the South
18.3 Native American Struggles
18.3 Native American Struggles (slideshow)
Items Set Aside 2017-2018
17.2 & 17.3 Reconstruction
18.1 & 18.2 America Expands West
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unit 05: Second industrial revolution

Unit 05 Benchmarks: Second Industrial Revolution
Unit 05 Vocabulary
19.1 Railroads Lead the Way
19.3 An Age of Big Business
19.3 An Age of Big Business (Presentation Notes)
Slideshow: 19.3 An Age of Big Business
Items Set Aside 2017-2018
7 Invention Project
7 Invention Project Grading Sheet
7 Invention Project Group Evaluations
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unit 06: Progressive Era

19.4 Industrial Workers
The Jungle
Link: NY Times Immigration Explorer
20.1 The New Immigrants
20.2 Moving to the City
21.1 The Progressive Movement
21.2 The Women and Progressives
21.4 Excluded from Reform
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unit 07: imperialism

Unit 07 Benchmarks: Imperialism
Unit 07 Vocabulary
Map: Imperialism
Noteguide: Imperialism Introduction
22.2 Imperialism in the Pacific
22.3 Spanish-American War
Slideshow: Imperialism Political Cartoons
Items Set Aside 2017-2018
22.1 Expanding Horizons
22.2 Imperialism in the Pacific (old)
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unit 08: World war one

Unit 08 Benchmarks:  World War One
Unit 08 Vocabulary: World War One
Map: Pre-World War One
M.A.I.N. Causes of World War One
Slideshow: M.A.I.N Causes of World War One
23.1 War in Europe
23.2 America's Road to War
Primary Documents: US Entry into WWI
Link: World War One Propaganda
Slideshow: Examples of Propaganda
Assignment: Propaganda Posters
23.3 Americans Join the Allies
Letter from the Trenches
23.4 War at Home
23.5 Searching for Peace
Reading: Post-War Plans
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unit 09: The Great Depression

Unit 09 Benchmarks: The Great Depression
Great Depression Webquest
​-Link: Situation One
​-Link: Situation Two
-Link: Situation Three
25.1 The Great Depression
25.2 Roosevelt's New Deal
Link: Top 10 Public Works Projects from the Great Depression
Link: The Living New Deal
Life During the Great Depression Activity
Items Set Aside 2017-2018
25.4 Effects of the New Deal
Notes: 25.3 Life During the Great Depression
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Unit 10: World War Two

Unit 10 Benchmarks: World War Two
Unit 10 Vocabulary: World War II
Google Doc: World War II: A Visual History (Pre-US Involvement)
Map: World War II
Image Link: Possible Resource for Completing Map
26.1 Road to War
Primary Source: Nazi Propaganda
26.2 War Begins
26.3 On the Home Front-Introduction
Listenwise: Memories from Japanese Internment during World War Two
Listening Questions for Listenwise: Memories from Japanese Internment
Article: Daily Life in the Internment Camps
26.3 On the Home Front
Battles of WWII
Template: Battles of WWII
Items Set Aside 2017-2018
History.com- WWII Interactive Worksheet
Link: History.com World War II Interactive
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Unit 11: Cold war era-part 1

Unit 11 Benchmarks: Cold War Era (Part 1)
Vocabulary: Cold War Era-Part 1
Post WWII Map of Europe
Communism vs. Capitalism
27.1 Cold War Origins 
27.4 The Red Scare
27.3 The Korean War
30.2 War in Vietnam
Video: CNN The Sixties (Vietnam)
30.3 The Vietnam Years at Home
30.4 Nixon and Vietnam
28.1 Arms Race
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Unit 12: Cold War Era-Part 2

Unit 12 Benchmarks: Cold War Era - Part 2
Vocabulary: Cold War Era-Part 2
Postwar America
28.3 Problems in a Time of Plenty
29.1 Civil Rights Movement
Junior Scholastic: 50 Years After MLK
29.2 Kennedy and Johnson
29.3 The Struggle Continues
29.4 Other Groups Seek Rights
NEWSELA Article- Role of Race in Jury Trials
NEWSELA Article- Raising the Minimum Wage in LA
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Unit 13: Modern History

Vocabulary: Modern History
Final Test Review
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