S1+Perkins,+Alexa

=Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results= Content Area: Social Studies Standard Label: E History Standard: E1 Historical Knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns Grade Level: 6-8 "The Expanding Nation" Statement: Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and Various regions of the world. Performance Indicators: a, b, c, d ||
 * **Establish Goals (MLR or CCSS):** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results

//What understandings are desired?//
•the events of the 1800's effect our life today. •geography had a huge impact on the expanding nation ||
 * **//Students will understand that://** **(U)** ||
 * •major changes in the 1800's had huge effects.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•How did the expanding nation effect our lives today? •How did geography effect the events of the expanding nation? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •Why did so many changes occur in the 1800's?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Important events:Fall of the Alamo, Presidential elections, Changes in taxes, The Indian removal act, Mexican American War, the Gold rush, The Missouri Compromise. •People: Nat Turner, Harrison, Johnson, Adams, Monroe, Jackson. || •describe how the gold rush effected the nation. •make sense of the tax changes and their effects. •propose a reason many South states were fought over. •analyze the past and relate it to present time. •imagine how challenging life would be for Native Americans with out the changes made in the 1800s. •realize the differences in women's rights through out the past. ||
 * **//Students will know://** **(K)** || **//Students will be able to://** **(S)** ||
 * •Vocab/events: political terms, places, dates, event names, and key terms applicable to the event


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe.**