Common Core Curriculum: United States History, Grades 3-5

by Great Minds

Overview

Authoritative Common Core guidance for social studies and reading teachers

From the organization that prepared the bestselling Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, this book offers everything grade 3-5 teachers need to help students learn history while following key literacy and social studies standards. Although there are no comprehensive national standards for social studies, the CCSS for English language arts address social studies content in two ways: through specific standards for teaching reading and writing about social studies, as well as indirectly through teaching how to read informational texts, including many exemplars related to United States and world history.

• Created by teachers, for teachers, the curriculum maps in this book present a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units for teaching the social studies skills outlined in the CCSS for English language arts
• The curriculum maps are the perfect guides for history teachers who can plan their year around the standards and craft their own more detailed lesson plans
• The maps are flexible and adaptable to accommodate diverse teaching styles
• Incorporates the best of local state social studies standards

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118526965
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/24/2014
Series:	Common Core History: The Alexandria Plan Series
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Common Core, Inc. (commoncore.org) is a non-profit organization formed in 2007 to advocate for a content-rich liberal arts education in America’s K-12 schools. To improve education in America, Common Core creates curriculum materials, conducts professional development, and also promotes programs, policies, and initiatives at the local, state, and federal levels that provide students with challenging, rigorous instruction in the full range of liberal arts and sciences. Common Core, Inc. is not affiliated with the Common Core State Standards Initiative.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How to Use the Alexandria Plan vii

Text Studies
Era 1 Across Beringia: Original People of North America (ca. 20,000 bce to ca. 1600 ce) 1
Text Study: The Discovery of the Americas: From Prehistory through the Age of Columbus by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

Era 2 Driven to Discover: Europeans Establish the New World (Late 1400s to
Late 1600s) 7
Text Study: Exploration and Conquest: The Americas after Columbus, 1500–1620 by Betsy and Giulio Maestro

Era 3 Uniquely American: The Beginnings of a New Nationality (1607 to Late 1600s) 13
Text Study: We the People: The Thirteen Colonies by Marc Tyler Nobleman

Era 4 Taxation without Representation: Tension Mounts (ca. 1660 to 1763) 19
Text Study: Making Thirteen Colonies: 1600–1740, chapter 38 “A Nasty Triangle” by Joy Hakim

Era 5 Independence: America Gains Its Freedom (1763 to 1783) 25
Text Study: A History of US: From Colonies to Country: 1735–1791, chapter 11 “A Taxing King” by Joy Hakim

Era 6 We the People: Building an American Republic (1776 to 1789) 31
Text Study: We the People: The Story of Our Constitution by Lynne Cheney

Era 7 Democracy Made Real: America Passes the Torch (1789 to 1800) 37
Text Study: The Revolutionary John Adams by Cheryl Harness

Era 8 Going West: Opportunity and Peril on America’s Frontier (1800 to 1830s) 43
Text Study: A History of US: The New Nation: 1789–1850, chapter 22 “Going Places” by Joy Hakim

Era 9 Freedom for All: American Democracy Begins to Transform (1820s to 1840s) 49
Text Study: Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone

Text Study: I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda Arms White

Era 10 A House Divided: North versus South (1820 to 1859) 57
Text Study: Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Text Study: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, chapter 7 by Frederick Douglass

Era 11 Blue versus Gray: Civil War and Reconstruction (1860 to 1877) 63
Text Study: A Civil War Scrapbook: I Was There Too! by History Colorado

Era 12 Resistance and Recovery: Rebuilding a War-Torn Nation (1870s to 1890s) 73
Text Study: Chief Joseph’s “Lincoln Hall Speech,” 1879

Era 13 The Next Benchmark: America Is a Global Leader (1890s to 1920) 79
Text Study: Ellis Island by Elaine Landau

Text Study: At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices by Louise Peacock

Era 14 The Great War: Rallying American Patriotism (1914 to 1929) 89
Text Study: Henry Ford: Putting the World on Wheels by the Editors of TIME For Kids with Dina El Nabli

Era 15 Prosperity Has Its Price: Economic Collapse and World War II (1929 to 1945) 97
Text Study: “World War II: An Overview” by Scholastic

Text Study: Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World by Douglas Wood

Era 16 The New American Dream: Freedom from Tyranny (1946 to Late 1950s) 105
Text Study: The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis

Era 17 Communism and Counterculture: The Challenges of the ’50s and ’60s  (1950s to Late 1960s) 113
Text Study: Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

Era 18 Modern Times: Presidential Scandals, Conservatism, and Unrest (1968 to Present) 121
Text Study: September 11 by Mary Englar

Era Summaries 129

Era 1 Across Beringia: Original People of North America (ca. 20,000 bce to ca. 1600 ce) 131
Indigenous Peoples Arrive • Distribution, Diversity, and Cultural Regions • Native American Civilization in North America and Beyond • The Effects of European Contact in the Americas

Era 2 Driven to Discover: Europeans Establish the New World (Late 1400s to Late 1600s) 133
Europe Discovers the Americas • European Rivals in the Americas • Aims of British Settlement Differ by Region • The Colonists Encounter the Native North Americans

Era 3 Uniquely American: The Beginnings of a New Nationality (1607 to Late 1600s) 137
The Early Colonies: Regional Differences Abound • Religious Tension and Tolerance • The Rise, Entrenchment, and Regional Patterns of Slavery • The Rise of Representative Government and Popular Power in the Colonies

Era 4 Taxation Without Representation: Tension Mounts (ca. 1660 to 1763) 140
Britain Expands Its Rule over America • The Colonies Become More Modern, British, and Like One Another • The Colonies’ Role in the Empire Grows and Becomes More Complex

Era 5 Independence: America Gains Its Freedom (1763 to 1783) 143
The French and Indian War Prods Britain to Seek Revenue from the Colonies • The Colonies Reject British Taxation and Respond to the Stamp Act • Crisis Builds toward Revolution • The Revolutionary War: America Stands Up for Freedom, Britain for Its Empire

Era 6 We the People: Building an American Republic (1776 to 1789) 147
Democratic Experiments: The Articles of Confederation and the State Constitutions • The Constitutional Convention of 1787 • The Battle for Ratification and the Call for a Bill of Rights

Era 7 Democracy Made Real: America Passes the Torch (1789 to 1800) 151
Creating the National Government • The First Party Schism • The New Nation’s Parties and Politics • The Revolution of 1800

Era 8 Going West: Opportunity and Peril on America’s Frontier (1800 to 1830s) 155
A Young and Fast-Expanding Nation • America Defies the European Powers • The Economy Transforms as Commerce Expands

Era 9 Freedom for All: American Democracy Begins to Transform (1820s to 1840s) 159
The New Party Schism and the Jacksonian Era • A More Perfect Society: Social Change and the Reform Movements • After Its Post-Revolution Decline, Slavery Gains Strength

Era 10 A House Divided: North versus South (1820 to 1859) 162
A Line in the Sand: Slavery in the Territories • The Sectional Divide Grows • The Divide Begins to Rend the Country

Era 11 Blue versus Gray: Civil War and Reconstruction (1860 to 1877) 166
Secessionists and Unionists • The War for the Union: 1861–1862 • The War against Slavery: 1863–1865 • The Rise and Fall of Reconstruction

Era 12 Resistance and Recovery: Rebuilding a War-Torn Nation (1870s to 1890s) 172
Industrialization, Immigration, and Expansion • The Strains of the Gilded Age • The New South and the Rise of Jim Crow

Era 13 The Next Benchmark: America Is a Global Leader (1890s to 1920) 176
The United States Looks Overseas • Social Strain at Home and the Progressive Push for Reform • The Limits of Progressivism and the Call for Civil Rights

Era 14 The Great War: Rallying American Patriotism (1914 to 1929) 180
America Enters Europe’s War • The War at Home: Growth and Government, Patriotism, and Repression • Post-War America: Prosperity and New Freedoms—for Some

Era 15 Prosperity Has Its Price: Economic Collapse and World War II (1929 to 1945) 184
Crash, Depression, and the New Deal Response • Totalitarian Europe and Global Crisis: Alarm, Extremism, and Isolationism at Home • The United States Joins the Second World War • The World War II Home Front

Era 16 The New American Dream: Freedom from Tyranny (1946 to Late 1950s) 191
The Soviet Union and the Emerging Cold War • The Cold War at Home and the New Red Scare • American Life in the Post-War Era • The Renewed Civil Rights Movement

Era 17 Communism and Counterculture: The Challenges of the ’50s and ’60s (1950s to Late 1960s) 197
The Superpowers Find an Uneasy Balance: Deterrence and the Battle for Hearts and Minds • Cold War Tensions under Kennedy and Johnson • Reform at Home: The Civil Rights Revolution and LBJ’s Great Society • The ’60s: War, Counterculture, and Conflict

Era 18 Modern Times: Presidential Scandals, Conservatism, and Unrest (1968 to Present) 203
Global Conflict and Diplomacy: Détente, China, and the Middle East • The Cold War Ends, and European Communism Falls • The Changing Post– Cold War World • Recent Trends: Global Ties and Conflicts • Postscript: Recent Events (1992 to Present)

Who Is Common Core 215

Acknowledgments 217

Index 219