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Subject Courses Units

New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework:

11.1

KEY IDEA: COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS (1607– 1763): European colonization in North America prompted cultural contact and exchange between diverse peoples; cultural differences and misunderstandings at times led to conflict. A variety of factors contributed to the development of regional differences, including social and racial hierarchies, in colonial America.

11.1a

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Contact between Native American groups and Europeans occurred through cultural exchanges, resistance efforts, and conflict.

11.1a1

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will trace European contact with Native Americans, including the Dutch, the English, the French and the Spanish.

11.1a2

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine the impacts of European colonization on Native Americans, who eventually lost much of their land and experienced a drastic decline in population through diseases and armed conflict.

11.1b

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: A number of factors influenced colonial economic development, social structures, and labor systems, causing variation by region.

11.1b1

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine the impacts of geographic factors on patterns of settlement and the development of colonial economic systems.

11.1b2

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine the factors influencing variations in colonial social structures and labor systems.

11.1b3

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will analyze slavery as a deeply established component of the colonial economic system and social structure, indentured servitude vs. slavery, the increased concentration of slaves in the South, and the development of slavery as a racial institution.

11.1c

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Colonial political developments were influenced by British political traditions, Enlightenment ideas, and the colonial experience. Self-governing structures were common, and yet varied across the colonies.

11.1c1

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine colonial political institutions to determine how they were influenced by Enlightenment ideas, British traditions such as the Magna Carta, and the colonial experience.

11.1c2

CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine colonial democratic principles by studying documents such as the Mayflower Compact and the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649, colonial governmental structures such as New England town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the practice of the right of petition in New Netherland.

Regents Readiness: Framework USH Exam

The end of unit assessments below come from units in the New Visions Social Studies Curriculum. They are aligned to the new US History Regents Exam aligned to the NYS Social Studies Framework first administered in June 2020. Most exams include Part 1: Stimulus-based Multiple Choice Questions, Part 2: Short Essay Questions, Part 3: Civil Literacy Essay.

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11.1 End of Unit Assessment- NYS Framework Aligned

Cumulative assessment aligned to the NYS Social Studies Framework and new US History Regents Exam, administered June 2020 onwards. (1 class period)

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11.1 End of Unit Assessment- NYS Framework Aligned- Teacher Materials

Cumulative assessment aligned to the NYS Social Studies Framework and new US History Regents Exam, administered June 2020 onwards.

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11.2 End of Unit Assessment- NYS Framework Aligned

Cumulative assessment aligned to the NYS Social Studies Framework and new US History Regents Exam, administered June 2020 onwards. (2 class periods)

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11.2 End of Unit Assessment- NYS Framework Aligned- Teacher Materials