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Unit 11 Nations and Empires
Chapter 34 The Americas
1800 A.D. - 1875 A.D.


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Day 1
Topic  34-1 The United States                                                 
Objective
Describe the growth of democracy in the United States.
Trace the expansion of the United States during the 1800s.
Analyze the causes of the Civil War.
Identify cultural changes in the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) Terms to Learn
Stable Government: gov't that rules from year to year without great changes
Political Parties: groups with different ideas about government
Federal: national
Representative Government: officials are elected by the people
Manifest Destiny: the USA should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Annexation: taking over a territory and combining it with an existing country
Seceding: withdrawing from the nation
Urbanization: growth of cities
Tenements: buildongs made into apartments that are usually rundown
Slums: areas with large numbers of tenaments
Gadsen Purchase: 1853 added land to US by Arizona and New Mexico to build a railroad

Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) People to Know
Thomas Jefferson: Democrat-Republican replaces John Adames a Federalist
Andrew Jackson: "Old Hickory"
Abraham Lincoln: president credited with freeing the slaves

atlas.gif (1202 bytes) Places to Locate
Alamo Rio Grande Mississippi River

Louisiana Territory

 New Orleans Appalachian Mountains
Florida Texas Oregon Territory
Kodiak Island California Alaska

 readme.gif (1442 bytes) Section 35-1 The United States pp. 545-552
Government
The Westward Movement
Territorial Expansion
Civil War and Reunion
Cultural Changes
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Day 2
Topic Native American Population
Objective
Graph population data.
Answer questions and make aumptions about Native American population.
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
Native American Population Graph and Questions
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Graph Information & Questions
Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Graph
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Day 3
Topic 34-2 Latin America
Objective
Discuss how colonies in Latin America won independence.
Examine the types of governments they developed.      
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) Terms to Learn
Junta: political committee formed to take over a government
Caudillo: a strong man who rise to power

 Chalkboard.gif (3590 bytes) People to Know
Toussaint-L'Ouverture: slave, became free, led revolut, became governor
Hildago: led the Native American revoult against Spanish rule; executed
Simon Bolivar: freed parts of South and Central America from Spanish rule
San Martin: freed Chile from Spanish rule
Santa Anna: dictator of Mexico who ruled by military force
Benito Juarez: first Native American to rule Mexico


atlas.gif (1202 bytes) Places to Locate

St. Domingue (Haiiti) Hispaniola French West Indies

South America

 Mexico Central America
Brazil    

 atlas.gif (1202 bytes) Atlas of World History

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Atlas of World History pp. 100-101

Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Independence in the Americas

readme.gif (1442 bytes) Section 34-2 Latin America pp. 552-558
The First Revolt
Revolution Spreads
Mexico, Central America, and Brazil
Rule by Caudillos
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Day Computer Lab
Topic  
Objective
State Goals
Classwork-Homework
Computer.bmp (3254 bytes) Battle of Little Big Horn   Interactive storyboard
Computer.bmp (3254 bytes) How Accurate is the Native American Stereotype?
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Teacher Resources

 Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Assignments    crayon0a.gif (328 bytes) Art Activity    BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) Lesson Plan      braininjar.gif (1615 bytes) Tests
IconMap.bmp (3402 bytes) Maps     Note02.gif (247 bytes) Resources     Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Web Sites     SchoolBus5.bmp (6174 bytes) Field Trips
Computer.gif (1114 bytes) Computer      bookpages.gif (1592 bytes) Book      Dice.bmp (3974 bytes) Games    star.gif (2279 bytes)Extra Credit
ARCHITECTURE
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Architecture: It's All Around You  Montana architecture history
HAIITIAN REVOLUTION
 Note02.gif (247 bytes) Tobias Lear to Madison  Letter from Lear to President Madison describing his meeting with Toussaint as the new counsul to Saint Dominque replacing Edward Stevens
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Douglas Egerton on the Haiitian Revolution
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Jules Scott on John Brown Russworm and the Haiitian Revolution  Russworm was the second African to graduate from a United States College (Bowdoin).
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Revenge Taken by Black Army After the inhumane treatment of black prisoners Dessalines executes French soldiers on the gibbet
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) The Haitian Revolution Slave uprisings in the Carribean on Saint Domingue in 1794-1804
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Toussaint-L'Ouverture Leader of the Saint Domingue revolution
LEWIS and CLARK
Note02.gif (247 bytes) Lewis and Clark Report page 19-2  Appendix D
MANIFEST DESTINY
 BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) Manifest Destiny Aboard the Tall Ship American Pride
NATIVE AMERICANS
 Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Indian Leader Report
 BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) Plains and Western Indians After Lewis and Clark  use primary sources to learn about Native Americans
 BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) The Ghost Dance: Indian Removal After the War  63 pages
 crayon0a.gif (328 bytes) Various Syles of Indian Houses   Iroquois Longhouse, Tipi, NW Cedar House
 Note02.gif (247 bytes) Hostile Actions 1954-1891 at Fort Davis, Texas
 Note02.gif (247 bytes) State Names With Indian Meanings
 Computer.bmp (3254 bytes) Battle of Little Big Horn   Interactive storyboard
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) American Indian History: From Prehistory to the Nineteenth Century
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Biographies of the West
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Index of North American Indian Tribes
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Native Americans: Special Homes  Wickiup, Navajo Hogan,  Tipi, Iriquois Longhouse, Seminole Chickee, Anazii Pueblo Ruins,
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) North American Indian Tribes  List
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) North American Indian Tribes pictures projects
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) The Plains Indians
 Earth.gif (6650 bytes) Totem Poles
WASHINGTON
 Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Mr President, Who will you choose?  You become President George Washington and choose your first cabinet.
WESTWARD EXPANSION
 Pencil.gif (1165 bytes) Frontier Math from Life on the Trail  pages 3-4
 BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) A Tail of Two Trails   Oregon Trail and the Sante Fe Trail
 BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) Westward Expansion  61 page Unit
 BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) Westward Ho! Information from pictures, 1848 Trail Diary, Trip Across the Plains-1864
 BookOpen.bmp (16686 bytes) Westward We Go!   21 page lesson plan.  Kids plan a trip.
 bookpages.gif (1592 bytes) Trails Plowed Under: A View of Montana History  pages 33-42
 Note02.gif (247 bytes) Day on the Trail  page 14

 

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