Students will...
-Understand how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols.
-Explain that the U.S. government was formed by Americans who fought for independence from England.
- Recognize cause/effect (cause/consequence) relationships throughout history.
- List names of important historical figures.
-Identify and explain the basic principles that Americans set forth in the documents that declared the nation’s independence from England and that created the new nation’s government.
- Recognize the influence of new ideas.
- Analyze how over the last 200 years individuals and groups in American society have struggled to achieve the liberties and equality promised in the principles of American democracy.
- Describe continuity and change.

Licensed teacher: K-8, endorsements in Social Studies and ELA. 4 years of classroom experience teaching Social Studies

We will refer to the following primary sources to provide fact based context to historical events:
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
U.S. Constitution (Particularly, the Bill of Rights and Amendments 13-15)
Gettysburg Address

iCivics: I have been granted by the Senior Director of Partnerships at iCivics to use their resources in my class. Material will be used from the following units: Road to the Constitution, the Constitution, A Growing Nation, and Civil Rights. 

All class material is driven by and supported by the NCSS standards. Please refer to the standards below:https://www.educationworld.com/standards/national/soc_sci/us_history/k_4.shtml

Discussing colonization with elementary schoolers: https://www.edutopia.org/article/trauma-informed-approach-teaching-colonization-americas