Unit Overview/Summary - FOCUS:

The Early American Republic exposed many vulnerabilities and challenges in the newly formed Unites States. In this unit, grade eight students will evaluate how individuals, political, religious, and social groups, as well as state and national governmental institutions both promoted and hindered the struggle for freedom, equality, and social justice during this era. Students will analyze and investigate specific legislation from this era related to Indigenous Peoples, the institution of slavery, and newly arrived immigrants. Students will analyze and evaluate primary source perspectives from Indigenous Peoples, free and enslaved blacks, and the immigrant population written during this era.  Students will evaluate the conflicts between federal and state power that took place in this era; they will also examine critical Supreme Course cases of the period.  

Unit Duration:

30 Days.Five 50-minute sessions per week x 4 weeks