Framework for History-Social Science -

Historical Literacy

8.1.4: Describe the nation's blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.

8.2.7: Describe the principles of federalism, dual sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, the nature and purpose of majority rule, and the ways in which the American idea of constitutionalism preserves individual rights.

8.10.4: Discuss 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), Gettysburg Address (1863), Emancipation Proclamation (1863), and inaugural addresses (1861 and 1865).

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Ethical Literacy

8.1.1: Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening and the development of revolutionary fervor

8.6.7: Identify common themes in American art as well as transcendentalism and individualism (e.g., writings about and by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).

8.9.6: Describe the lives of free blacks and the laws that limited their freedom and economic opportunities.

Cultural Literacy

8.1.4: Describe the nation's blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.

8.4.4: Discuss daily life, including traditions in art, music, and literature, of early national America (e.g., through writings by Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper).

8.12.5: Examine the location and effects of urbanization, renewed immigration, and industrialization (e.g., the effects on social fabric of cities, wealth and economic opportunity, the conservation movement).

Geographic Literacy

8.5.2: Know the changing boundaries of the United States and describe the relationships the country had with its neighbors (current Mexico and Canada) and Europe, including the influence of the Monroe Doctrine, and how those relationships influenced westward expansion and the Mexican-American War.

8.4.1: Describe the country's physical landscapes, political divisions, and territorial expansion during the terms of the first four presidents.

8.7.1: Describe the development of the agrarian economy in the South, identify the locations of the cotton-producing states, and discuss the significance of cotton and the cotton gin.

Economic Literacy

8.3.2: Explain how the ordinances of 1785 and 1787 privatized national resources and transferred federally owned lands into private holdings, townships, and states.

8.4.3: Analyze the rise of capitalism and the economic problems and conflicts that accompanied it (e.g., Jackson's opposition to the National Bank; early decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court that reinforced the sanctity of contracts and a capitalist economic system of law).

8.7.1: Describe the development of the agrarian economy in the South, identify the locations of the cotton-producing states, and discuss the significance of cotton and the cotton gin.

Sociopolitical Literacy

8.2.7: Describe the principles of federalism, dual sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, the nature and purpose of majority rule, and the ways in which the American idea of constitutionalism preserves individual rights.

8.6.6: Examine the women's suffrage movement (e.g., biographies, writings, and speeches of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Fuller, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony).

8.9.2: Discuss the abolition of slavery in early state constitutions.

Participation Skills

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Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. (WRITING)

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Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally). (READING)

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Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration (WRITING)

Critical Thinking Skills

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Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. (READING)

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Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). (READING)

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Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text. (READING)

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Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources. (WRITING)

Basic Study Skills

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Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. (READING)

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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.

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Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. (WRITING)

National Identity

8.6.5: Trace the development of the American education system from its earliest roots, including the roles of religious and private schools and Horace Mann's campaign for free public education and its assimilating role in American culture. opic

8.7.2: Trace the origins and development of slavery; its effects on black Americans and on the region's political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development; and identify the strategies that were tried to both overturn and preserve it (e.g., through the writings and historical documents on Nat Turner, Denmark Vesey).

8.8.2: Describe the purpose, challenges, and economic incentives associated with westward expansion, including the concept of Manifest Destiny (e.g., the Lewis and Clark expedition, accounts of the removal of Indians, the Cherokees' "Trail of Tears," settlement of the Great Plains) and the territorial acquisitions that spanned numerous decades.

Constitutional Heritage

8.2.2: Analyze the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution and the success of each in implementing the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

8.2.6: Enumerate the powers of government set forth in the Constitution and the fundamental liberties ensured by the Bill of Rights.

8.11.5: Understand the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution and analyze their connection to Reconstruction.

Civil Values, Rights, and Responsibilities

8.2.7: Describe the principles of federalism, dual sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, the nature and purpose of majority rule, and the ways in which the American idea of constitutionalism preserves individual rights.

8.3.6: Describe the basic law-making process and how the Constitution provides numerous opportunities for citizens to participate in the political process and to monitor and influence government (e.g., function of elections, political parties, interest groups).

8.12.6: Discuss child labor, working conditions, and laissez-faire policies toward big business and examine the labor movement, including its leaders (e.g., Samuel Gompers), its demand for collective bargaining, and its strikes and protests over labor conditions.

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