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SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
3-5
Goal 1: HISTORY
Students will understand the emergence and development of
civilizations and cultures over time and place.
Indicator 1: Analyze the chronology of
various historical eras to determine connections and cause/effect
relationships.
Grade Level Standards
Fifth Grade:
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describe key events, and identify causes and effects
of the Civil War and Reconstruction in terms of social, economic, and
philosophical differences between the North and the South as embodied
in the Lincoln/Douglas debates; events leading to secession and war;
prominent leaders of the North and South such as Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass,
and Harriet Tubman; campaign strategies and pivotal battles; the
Emancipation Proclamation and Gettysburg Address; and the impact of
reconstruction policies on both the North and the South.
Goal 4: ECONOMICS
Students will understand the impact of economics on the development of
societies and on current and emerging national and international
situations.
Indicator 2: Analyze the role of various economic
systems in the social, political, and economic development of societies.
Grade Level Standards
Fifth Grade:
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analyze the economic differences between the North and
South during the Civil War period.
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SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS
6-8
Goal 3: UNITED STATES HISTORY
Students will understand the emergence and development of
civilizations and cultures over time and place.
Indicator 1: Analyze the chronology of
various historical eras to determine connections and cause/effect
relationships
Grade Level Standards
Grade 8:
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summarize the causes, key events, and effects of the
Civil War with emphasis on philosophical differences between the North
and South, as exemplified by men such as Daniel Webster and John C.
Calhoun on the constitutional issues of the doctrine of nullification
and secession; geographic and economic differences between the
agricultural South and industrial North; Abraham Lincoln’s
presidency and his significant writings and speeches and their
relationship to the Declaration of Independence, such as his
"House Divided" speech (1858), the Gettysburg Address
(1863), his second inaugural address of 1865; The views and lives of
leaders and soldiers on both sides of the war including Ulysses S.
Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, William
Lloyd Garrison, and Sojourner Truth; and the critical developments in
the war including the major battles, geographical advantages and
obstacles, technological advances, and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.
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explain how, following the Civil War, massive
immigration combined with the rise of big business, heavy industry,
and mechanized farming transformed American life with emphasis on
western settlement and changing federal policy toward the Indians,
obstacles faced and contributions made by immigrants, and the growth
of American cities.
Indicator 2: Evaluate the significance of
interactions among cultures and civilizations and the impact on cultural
diffusion.
Grade Level Standards
Eighth Grade:
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analyze the impact of the Reconstruction policies with
emphasis on the postwar impact of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth amendments to the Constitution, and their connection to the
Reconstruction; Lincoln’s plan and the plan of Congress; migration
of former slaves to cities in the North and West; and the effects of
the Freedman’s Bureau and the Jim Crow laws on the South.
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