Unit US.04 Outline
5 Subunits
These curricular resources introduce students to the concepts and vocabulary they will encounter in the unit.
These curricular resources examine the enslavement of Black people and the Abolitionist Movement in the United States during the first half of the 1800’s.
These curricular resources explore Manifest Destiny, the annexation of Texas, and the Abolition Movement.
These curricular resources explore the causes of the Civil War, differences between the Union and the Confederacy, and other related seminal primary source documents.
Our units are developed through a backwards design process in which we start with the summative assessments and then create resources and formative assessments based on the content and skills students will need to be successful (See Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe). We encourage teachers to start their planning by looking first at the end of unit assessments and then at specific resources.
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