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Regional and Economic Growth
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
The Institution of Slavery – explain the ideology of the institution of slavery, its policies, and consequences.
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Challenges to an Emerging Nation
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Establishing a National Judiciary and its Power – use Marbury v. Madison to explain the development of the power of the Supreme Court through the doctrine of j…
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Challenges to an Emerging Nation
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Challenge of Political Conflict – examine the origins and intentions of early American political parties, including how they emerged, who participated and what…
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Challenges to an Emerging Nation
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Establishing America’s Place in the World – assess the changes in America's relationships with other nations by analyzing the origins, intents, and purposes of…
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Challenges to an Emerging Nation
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Washington’s Farewell – use President George Washington’s farewell address to analyze Washington's perspective on the most significant challenges the new natio…
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 - REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
Use important ideas and documents to describe the philosophical origins of constitutional government in the United States with an emphasis on the following ide…
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 - REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
Explain how the Bill of Rights reflected the concept of limited government, protection of basic freedoms, and the fear among many Americans of a strong central…
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 - REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
Analyze the debates over the ratification of the Constitution from the
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 - REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
Explain how the new Constitution resolved (or compromised) the major issues, including sharing and separation of power and checking of power among federal gove…
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 - REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
Describe the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention, including the distribution of political power among the states and within the federal gover…
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 - REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
Identify economic, political, and cultural issues facing the nation during the period of the Articles of Confederation and the opening of the Constitutional Co…
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Creating New Government(s) and a New Constitution
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 3 - REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
Explain the reasons for the adoption and subsequent failure of the Articles of Confederation.
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Political and Intellectual Transformations
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- FOUNDATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ERAS 1-2
Using the Declaration of Independence, including the grievances at the end of the document, describe the role this document played in expressing: • colonists’…
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Political and Intellectual Transformations
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- FOUNDATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ERAS 1-2
Describe the ideas, experiences, and interactions that influenced the colonists' decisions to declare independence by analyzing: • colonial ideas about govern…