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AR.SS.C.Civics/Government: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s

Civics/Government: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s
C.1.5. Civic and Political Institutions - Students will analyze the impact of origins, structures, and functions of institutions on society and citizens.
Structure and Function
C.1.5.1. Examine foundational documents of the United States government (e.g., Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, U.S. Constitution) (D2.Civ.3.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Citizenship and Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 
C.1.5.2. Examine the three branches of federal and state government including checks and balances and separation of powers (D2.Civ.1, 4.3-5).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Local & State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide State Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Presidency
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Types of Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Congress
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Court System
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
 
C.1.5.3. Explain origins, functions, and structure of different systems of government, including those created by the Arkansas and U.S Constitutions (D2.Civ.5.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 
C.1.5.4. Examine how social organizations and institutions make rules and create responsibilities (e.g., workplace, families) (D2.Civ.4, 11.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
C.2.5. Participation and Deliberation - Students will analyze civic rights, roles, and responsibilities.
Citizenship
C.2.5.1. Evaluate various ways of fostering citizenship and civic virtues (D2.Civ.7, 8, 9, 10.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
C.2.5.3. Analyze rights, responsibilities, and privileges of citizens and non-citizens in the United States (D2.Civ.8.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonial Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 
C.2.5.4. Examine actions of individuals and groups that illustrate civic virtues at the local, state, and national level (D2.Civ.6, 8.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 
C.3.5. Processes, Rules, and Laws - Students will analyze the sources and functions of laws as well as the process of making and amending laws.
Processes, Rules, and Laws
C.3.5.1. Compare the process for creating rules and laws at the local, state, and federal levels (D2.Civ.3.3-5).
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C.3.5.2. Evaluate ways rules and laws change society and reasons why people change rules and laws at the local, state, and federal levels (D2.Civ.12.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
C.3.5.3. Explain the development of policies to address public problems at the local, state, and federal level (D.2.Civ.6, 13.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 

AR.SS.E.Economics: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s

Economics: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s
E.4.5. Economic Decision Making - Students will analyze economic decision making.
Costs and Benefits
E.4.5.2. Analyze historical developments in pre-colonial America through the Revolutionary period using models of economic decision making (e.g., exploration, colonization, taxation, the American Revolution, the new nation) (D2.Eco.1.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
Scarcity
E.4.5.1. Explain ways trade-offs have allowed societies to get the most out of scarce resources (D2.Eco.1.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
E.5.5. Exchange and Markets - Students will analyze the exchange of goods and services and the role of producers, consumers, and government in the market place.
Production and Consumption
E.5.5.2. Examine ways human, natural, and capital resources were organized to produce and deliver goods and services in pre-colonial America through the Revolutionary period (e.g., trade companies, joint stock companies, entrepreneurs, merchants) (D2.Eco.3.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
Human Resources
E.5.5.1. Examine ways a diverse labor force affected economies in early America (D2.Eco.6.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
E.6.5. Growth and Stability - Students will evaluate economic growth and stability.
Economic Factors
E.6.5.4. Discuss effects of unemployment, inflation, and price stability on the economy of the United States through the Revolutionary period (D2.Eco.11.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
Money
E.6.5.1. Analyze the forms and purposes of currency in early America through the Revolutionary period (D2.Eco.5.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
E.7.5. Global Economy - Students will analyze economic interdependence within a global economy.
Economic Interdependence
E.7.5.1. Explain ways trade leads to increasing economic interdependence among countries (e.g., slave trade, triangular trade, manufactured goods, agriculture) (D2.Eco.14.3-5).
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E.7.5.2. Explain effects of increasing economic interdependence on different groups within participating nations (e.g., conflict, competition, cooperation, increased wealth, quality of life) (D2.Eco.15.3-5).
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AR.SS.G.Geography: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s

Geography: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s
G.10.5. Spatial Patterns and Movement - Students will interpret the spatial characteristics and patterns of human settlement.
Resources and Movement
G. 10.5.3. Examine reasons for population shifts in early America and the effects on various regions (D2.Geo.7.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
G.10.5.1. Examine relationships between human settlements and movements and the location and use of natural resources in the early Americas (e.g., early people groups, Native Americans, Westward expansion) (D2.Geo.8.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
 
G.10.5.2. Examine effects of environmental and cultural characteristics on the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas using multiple sources of information (e.g., trade routes, water ways, geographic barriers, accessibility) (D2.Geo.7.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
 
G.11.5. Global Interconnections - Students will compare global places and regions and the connections between them.
Changing Spatial Patterns
G.11.5.1. Explain how interactions with nearby and distant places have changed the spatial patterns of economic activities over time (e.g., explorers, trade routes, triangular trade) (D2.Geo.11.3-5).
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G.11.5.2. Analyze cooperation within communities during and after natural and human-made disasters (e.g., disease, famine, weather phenomena, war) (D2.Geo.12.3-5).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide European/Native American Encounter
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Growth of a Nation
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Presidential History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
 
G.8.5. Geographic Representations - Students will use geographic representations and skills to become geographically-informed citizens.
Spatial Views of the World
G.8.5.1. Describe locations of societies and their cultural and environmental characteristics within the early Americas through the 1820s using geographic representations of different scales (D2 Geo1, 2.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
G.9.5. Human-Environment Interaction - Students will analyze the interaction between humans and the environment.
Place, Region, and Culture
G.9.5.2. Analyze ways cultural characteristics influenced population distribution in the early Americas through the post-Revolutionary period (D2.Geo.6.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 

AR.SS.H.History: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s

History: Era 1-Beginnings to Era 3-1820s
H.12.5. United States Beginnings Through 1820s - Students will analyze key historical periods; patterns of change over time; and ways people view, construct, and interpret the history of the United States.
Era 2: Colonization and Settlement 1585-1763
H.12.5.5. Compare the social, economic, political, and geographic development of the New England, middle, and southern colonies from multiple perspectives using a variety of sources (e.g., Native Americans, Africans, colonists, indentured servants, colonial leaders
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
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H.12.5.6. Evaluate the economic and cultural effects of indentured servitude and slavery in the New England, middle, and southern colonies from multiple perspectives (D2.Eco.1, 2, 3.3-5; D2.His.4.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
 
H.12.5.7. Research the development of the colonies by generating compelling and supporting questions to guide inquiry (e.g., Why did people settle where they did? How did they solve problems? Was life better in the colonies than in England? Was life better in some
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonial Life
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Colonial Period
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts
 
Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation 1754-1820s
H.12.5.10. Evaluate how individuals and groups influenced the American Revolutionary movement (e.g., Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, King George III, Sons and Daughters of Liberty) (D2.His.3, 4, 14, 16.3.5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Leading Up to the Revolution
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
 
H.12.5.11. Examine the significance of the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence (e.g., key political concepts, Olive Branch Petition, origin of concepts, role and impact of severing ties with Great Britain) (D2.His.1.3-5; D2.Civ.4.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
 
H.12.5.12. Analyze the significance of various battles and military leaders during the American Revolution (D2.His.1, 3, 14.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide The Revolution
 
H.12.5.13. Analyze the process of creating a single country from a loose association of states (e.g., weakness of the Articles of Confederation, currency, State vs. Federal control, military) (D2.Civ.11, 13.3-5; D4.2.3-5).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 
H.12.5.14. Examine short- and long-term effects of the drafting and signing of the U.S. Constitution (D2.His.6.3-5).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Forming a Government
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Constitution
 
H.12.5.15. Evaluate how early presidents influenced the development of the new nation (e.g., Washington’s Farewell Address, Marbury vs. Madison, Embargo Act, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, banking) (D2.His.1, 3.3-5; D2.Civ.1, 2.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Americans
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Notable People-Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Presidential History
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Presidents
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Westward Expansion
 
H.12.5.16. Examine the impact and significance of the War of 1812 (e.g., nationalism, Dolly Madison, the Star Spangled Banner, the U.S. Flag, borders, Battle of New Orleans) (D2.His.14.3-5).
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H.12.5.8. Analyze the Revolutionary movement from multiple perspectives using primary and secondary sources (e.g., loyalists, patriots, Native Americans, slaves) (D2.Civ.2.3-5; D2.His.1, 3, 4, 14, 16.3-5; D4.7.3-5).
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H.12.5.9. Analyze causes and ideas leading to the American Revolution (e.g., French and Indian War, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party, independence, representation, liberty) (D2.His.1, 14, 16.3-5).
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Era 1: Beginnings to 1620
H.12.5.1. Develop claims about pre-Columbian societies in North America by analyzing artifacts, artwork, charts, graphs, digital, and print sources (D2.His.1, 4, 9, 10, 16.3-5).
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H.12.5.2. Compare characteristics (e.g., dwellings, culture, beliefs, land use, food, clothing) of major pre-Columbian people groups within North America using a variety of sources (e.g., mound builders, cliff dwellers, Southwest, Great Plains, Pacific Northwest, W
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H.12.5.3. Examine reasons for European exploration in the Americas from multiple perspectives (e.g., trade, religion, colonies, spheres of influence, wealth) (D2.His.4, 10, 14.3-5).
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H.12.5.4. Evaluate short- and long-term effects of European exploration and settlement in the Americas and Arkansas from multiple perspectives (e.g., Roanoke, Jamestown, disease, conflict) (D2.His.5, 14.3-5).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Famous Explorers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Timelines, Graphs, Charts