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**Social Studies lessons should include a content standard and a skills standard.**

(Click on the standard below to see VDOE suggested experiences with each skill)

The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by

a) analyzing and interpreting artifacts and primary and secondary sources to understand events in United States history;

b) analyzing and interpreting geographic information to determine patterns and trends in United States history;

c) interpreting charts, graphs, and pictures to determine characteristics of people, places, or events in United States history;

d) using evidence to draw conclusions and make generalizations;

e) comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, and political perspectives in United States history;

f) determining relationships with multiple causes or effects in United States history;

g) explaining connections across time and place;

h) using a decision-making model to identify the costs and benefits of a specific choice made;

i) identifying the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the ethical use of material or intellectual property; and

j) investigating and researching to develop products orally and in writing.

Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
North American Geography (throughout the year) USI.2a - Continents and Oceans USI.2b - Geographic Regions of North America USI.2c - Major Bodies of Water USI.2d - Key Geographic Features Archaeology & American Indians (3 weeks) USI.3a - Archaeology and Cactus Hill USI.3b - American Indians Locations USI.3c - American Indians Use of Resources Explorers (3 weeks) USI.4a - European Exploration USI.4b - European Cultural and Economic Interactions with American Indians USI.4c - West African Empires	North American Geography (throughout the year) USI.2a - Continents and Oceans USI.2b - Geographic Regions of North America USI.2c - Major Bodies of Water USI.2d - Key Geographic Features American Colonies (4 weeks) USI.5a - Early Settlements and Colonies USI.5b - Colonial Regions USI.5c - Colonial Specialization & Interdependence USI.5d - Colonial Social Groups USI.5e - Colonial Political and Economic Relationship with Great Britain American Revolution (4 weeks) USI.6a - Road to Revolution USI.6c - Key Events and Roles of Key Individuals in the American Revolution USI.6b - Declaration of Independence USI.6d - Colonial Advantages in Victory	North American Geography (throughout the year) USI.2a - Continents and Oceans USI.2b - Geographic Regions of North America USI.2c - Major Bodies of Water USI.2d - Key Geographic Features A New Nation (4-5 weeks) USI.7a - Articles of Confederation USI.7b - Development of the Constitution USI.7c - First Five President Westward Expansion (4 weeks) USI.8a - Territorial Expansion after 1801 USI.8b - Geographic and Economic Factors of Westward Expansion USI.8c - Impact of Westward Expansion on American Indians USI.8d - Impact of Inventions	North American Geography (throughout the year) USI.2a - Continents and Oceans USI.2b - Geographic Regions of North America USI.2c - Major Bodies of Water USI.2d - Key Geographic Features Reform Movements & The Civil War (6-7 weeks) USI.8e - Reform Movements USI.9a - Issues that Divided the Nation USI.9b - Sectional Tensions USI.9c - Union/Border/Slave States USI.9d - Key Individuals of the Civil War USI.9e - Major Battles of the Civil War and the Influence of Location USI.9f - Effects of the Civil War
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