Essential Learning Standards for the year:
- Students will learn about the development and maturation of the British colonies, and the political, cultural and economic influences that led to the American Revolution.
- Students will follow the major events and outcomes of the American Revolution along with the individuals that played influential roles in the development of our nation.
- Students will follow the development of the United States and its government, continuing through the early 19th century.
- Students will analyze the impact of the expansion of the United States including implications on domestic and foreign policy.
- Students will analyze American policies that affected the American Indians.
- Students will follow the events leading up to the Civil War and examine along with the individuals and events that were significant during the war.
- Students will learn about the history, people, government and geography of Tennessee in order to illustrate our role in American History.
- Students will follow the events after the Civil War during Reconstruction and analyze the development of the American West.