Shelby County Schools

?African-American History Social Studies: Quarter 1 Curriculum Map Scope and SequenceUnitLengthUnit FocusStandards and PracticesUnit 1: The Beginnings of Slavery and the Slave Trade (pre-1619)1 WeekStudents will come to understand the basic outlines of West African geography and culture, and why West Africa is important to African-Americans, the links between early European exploration and the development of the slave trade, and understand the route to slavery in the Americas for an African known as the Middle Passage. TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06AAH.1, AAH.2, AAH.3 AAH.4Unit 2: African American Life Prior to the Civil War4 weeksStudents will understand the various characteristics and achievements of the three main groups of people in North America in the early 1600s, including the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans. The learner will analyze the variations in plantation slavery in the South, identify the outlines of slave life in the British colonies, including the development of African-American culture, Africans’ impact on colonial culture in general, and types of resistance to slavery. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the role and influence of various forces in the early American republic for slavery, analyze several basic features of early free black communities in the North, including the development of separate institutions, and understand the development of early black leaders in America, including their varying ideas, tactics, and solutions for the problems faced by African-Americans in America.TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06Week 1: AAH.05, AAH.06Week 2: AAH.07, AAH.08Week 3: AAH.09, AAH.10, AAH 11Week 4: AAH.12, AAH.13, AAH.14Unit 3: African-Americans During the Civil War and Reconstruction1860-18772 WeeksStudents will gain a deeper understanding of Lincoln’s early policies toward slaves and black military service, the introduction of the Emancipation Proclamation, including its terms, why it was issued, as well as its effect and reaction. Students will analyze the Confederate and Northern White reaction to African-Americans gaining in status and being allowed entry into the Union military. Students will recognize and gain a clearer perspective of the facets of Reconstruction under Lincoln, Johnson, and the Radical Republicans, as well as the South’s reaction to their plans. Lastly, students will develop a clear understanding of the development of black political power during Reconstruction, including the types of issues with which African-American leaders were concerned, as well as the results of their attempts to change America, how the South reacted to changes for African-Americans with growing violence through the Ku Klux Klan and the endings of Reconstruction, as well as political developments in the Compromise of 1877.TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06Week 1: AAH.15, AAH.16, AAH.17Week 2: AAH.18, AAH.19, AAH.20Unit 4: African American Life after Emancipation through World War I (1890s-1920s)2 WeeksStudents will gain a deeper appreciation for the steps the South took to limit and turn back African-American gains, including the disfranchisement of black men, the institution of segregation, the strict regulations of racial etiquette after Reconstruction, and the major impact of African-American migration as the response of African-Americans to the conditions in the South. Students will compare and contrast the views, approach, and background of W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for advancement of African-Americans in early twentieth century America. Lastly, students will identify and explain the efforts of African-Americans in the military in the late nineteenth century, including their role as Buffalo Soldiers in the West, and as soldiers in the Spanish American War and understand the role of Black men in the military during World War I, as well as the backlash against African-Americans in the early twentieth century.TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06Week 1: AAH.21, AAH.22, AAH.23, AAH.24Week 2: AAH.25, AAH.26, AAH.27, AAH.28 AAH.29` ................
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