American Republic, 4th ed. Lesson Plan Overview



AMERICAN REPUBLIC, FOURTH EDITIONLESSON PLAN OVERVIEWDaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible IntegrationChapter 1: Discovery of a New World1The New World3–7Activity 1: American Indian CulturesIndian Religion; Animism2The Old World Finds the New7–9What if News of America Had Reached Europe in AD 1000?A Myth About Columbus3The Old World Claims the New9–12Activity 3: Explorers of a New WorldThe Providence of God4The English Come to Stay13–17Activity 4: Captain John Smith’s Account of the Founding of JamestownLaws Divine, Moral and Martial5Chapter 1 Review6Chapter 1 TestChapter 2: Settling the Thirteen Colonies7Difficulties of Colonization20–22Activity 1: Map Study: The Original Colonies8The New England Colonies22–28Activity 2: Selection from William Bradford’s Of Plymouth PlantationThe Puritan Vision9The Middle Colonies28–31The Pennsylvania “Dutch”10The Southern Colonies31–34Activity 3: Thirteen Different Colonies11Chapter 2 Review12Chapter 2 TestChapter 3: Expansion and Establishment13Colonial Diversity37–40Activity 1: The Population of the ColoniesThe Middle Passage14Colonial Economies40–45Activity 2: Early Colonial Differences15Colonial Challenges45–47Activity 3: Life Among the IndiansExcerpts from the Charter of Massachusetts Bay (1629)16Colonial Government48–50Activity 4: The Colonies Become Established17Chapter 3 Review18Chapter 3 TestChapter 4: Daily Life in the Colonies19Social Class53–55Activity 1: All in a Day’s Work20Family Life55–60Activity 2: Family Life in New EnglandDaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible Integration21Education60–62Activity 3: Life on a Southern Plantation22Religious Background63–65The Half-Way Covenant CompromiseThe Puritan Sermon; The Salem Witch Trials23The Great Awakening66–70Activity 4: Scripture in Colonial SocietyNo Equal; Black Churches and Preachers; False Teachings24Chapter 4 Review25Chapter 4 TestChapter 5: American Colonies in the British Empire26The French and Indian War73–77Activity 1: The French and Indian War27Conflict over New British Policies77–80Colonial Newspaper28The Breach Widens81–83Activity 4: The Boston Tea PartyJohn Locke and the Right of Rebellion29The Colonies Unite for Action83–86Activity 5: Chapter Review30Chapter 5 Review31Chapter 5 TestChapter 6: Independence for the Colonies32Moving Toward Independence91–93Activity 1: Map Study: The War for Independence33Debating Independence94–98Activity 2: Taking SidesThings That Did Not Make It into the Declaration34–35Battling for Independence98–103Activity 3: Major BattlesProvidential Weather36Winning Independence104–7Activity 4: Chapter Review37Chapter 6 Review38Chapter 6 TestChapter 7: Confederation and Constitution39Organization and Achievements of the Confederation110–13Activity 1: Excerpts from The Articles of Confederation40The Weaknesses of the Confederation113–18Activity 2: Excerpts from Hamilton’s Federalist No. 2141–42Building a Constitution118–23Activity 3: The Need for a ConstitutionWhat Is a Constitution? Why Not a Democracy?DaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible Integration43The Success of the Constitution123–25Activity 4: What God Says About Government44–45The Constitution of the United States125–42Activity 5: Powers of Government46Chapter 7 Review47Chapter 7 TestChapter 8: Establishment of the New Government48Challenges for the New Government145–49Activity 1: Eyewitness Account of Washington’s Inauguration49Foreign Threats to the New Government149–52World Powers and Weak NationsAdams’s View of the French Revolution50Continuation of the Government152–54Activity 2: What God Says About HonorThink About It51Difficulties for President Adams154–59Activity 3: Abigail Adams’s Letter to President Adams52Strengthening the Courts159–60Activity 4: Chapter Review: Timeline of the Early Republic53Chapter 8 Review54Chapter 8 TestChapter 9: Growth of a Nation55Triumphs for the Democratic-Republicans165–68Lessons from the United States’ First WarThe Jefferson Bible55–56Expansion Westward 168–71Activity 2: Jefferson’s Instructions to Meriwether Lewis56Troubles for the Growing Nation171–73The Dangers of Pride57The War of 1812 173–77The Story Behind “The Star-Spangled Banner”58–59The Era of Good Feelings177–83Activity 3: Chapter Review60Chapter 9 Review61Chapter 9 TestChapter 10: Jacksonian America62An End to Good Feelings186–90Activity 1: Candidates in the 1824 Election63The People’s President190–94Activity 2: Jackson on Indian RemovalAndrew Jackson64Internal Controversies195–200Activity 3: Jackson’s Veto of the Maysville Road Bill65–66The Jacksonian Legacy201Activity 4: Chapter ReviewJackson’s Profession of Faith67Chapter 10 ReviewDaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible Integration68Chapter 10 TestChapter 11: Changing American Life69–70Improving Transportation and Communication207–14Activity 1: “The Canal-Boat”The Age of Invention71–72Developing Industry, Agriculture, and Sea Trade215–22Activity 3: American InventionsUnderstanding Why People Accepted Their Wages73Reforming America222–28Activity 5: Chapter Review74Chapter 11 Review75Chapter 11 TestChapter 12: Westward Expansion76Moving Westward231–34Activity 1: Trails to the WestReasons for Going West77Acquiring Texas234–37Activity 2: Map Study: Manifest Destiny“Remember the Alamo!”78Settling Oregon, Utah, and California238–41Activity 3: Oregon Trail Diary79Fighting for the Southwest241–45Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”80–81Increasing Sectional Rivalry245–46Activity 4: Chapter Review82Chapter 12 Review83Chapter 12 TestChapter 13: Storm Clouds over the Nation84Differences Between the North and the South251–54Activity 1: Who Has the Greater Authority?Differences Between the North and the South85Slavery in Antebellum America254–62Activity 3: Frederick Douglass’s Escape from SlaveryCharles Hodge; African Americans, the Bible, and Slavery; The Church and the Slave86The Slavery Issue Intensifies262–66Activity 4: Differing Viewpoints: The Sumner-Brooks Episode87The Election of 1860 and Secession266–69Research the CandidatesThe Secession of the Southern States88Fort Sumter and War270–73Activity 5: Account of the Firing on Fort SumterShared Core Values89Chapter 13 Review90Chapter 13 TestChapter 14: The States at WarDaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible Integration91Gearing Up for War276–80Activity 1: Comparing Lincoln and Davis92Marching into Battle281–83Activity 2: Major Battles of the War 93 Controlling the Waters283–86People and Battles94Continuing the War in the East286–89Activity 3: Lincoln’s Gettysburg AddressThe Christian and Justified Wars95Waging Total War289–94Activity 4: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural AddressBlack Soldiers in the Armies96Ending the War294–96Activity 6: Chapter Review97Chapter 14 Review98Chapter 14 TestChapter 15: Reconstruction99Reconstruction and the South299–300Activity 1: Lee and Johnson: Their Postwar AttitudesIntroductory paragraphs100Presidential Reconstruction300–303The Wade-Davis Bill101Radical Reconstruction303–11Activity 2: Saved by One Vote: An Eyewitness Account of the Trial of Andrew JohnsonScalawags and Carpetbaggers in the South102Bourbon Reconstruction311–13Activity 3: Writing a History Essay103Recovery in the South313–16Activity 4: Chapter ReviewPolitical Trends During Reconstruction104Chapter 15 Review105Chapter 15 TestChapter 16: Industrialism106Resources and People321–27Activity 1: Emma Lazarus’s Most Famous Poem107Transportation and Technology327–31Activity 2: Political Entrepreneurs vs. Market Entrepreneurs108New Ways of Doing Business331–32Activity 3: Andrew Carnegie: The Gospel of Wealth, 1889109–10Effects of Industrial Expansion333–38Activity 4: Chapter ReviewA Focus on Capitalism; Social Darwinism and the Image of God in People; God’s Word on Wealth111Chapter 16 Review112Chapter 16 TestDaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible IntegrationChapter 17: The Last Frontier113The Miners The Cowboys341–44344–49Activity 1: Mining Methods in the Old West Songs of the West114The Homesteaders349–53Little House on the Prairie114–15The Outlaws and the Lawmen 354–56Activity 2: The Death of Billy the Kid, 1881 The Importance of Government and Local Churches115The Indians356–58Activity 3: Chapter Review116Chapter 17 Review117Chapter 17 TestChapter 18: America and the World118Imperialism in the Late Nineteenth Century361–63Activity 1: American ImperialismThe Social-Gospel Movement119The Spanish-American War363–69Activity 2: The United States Declares War on Spain, 1898Was U.S. Involvement Justified?120American Foreign Policy369–73Activity 4: Chapter Review: Five W Journalism121Chapter 18 Review122Chapter 18 TestChapter 19: Progressivism123Changes in American Life376–79Activity 1: “Cast Down Your Bucket” Speech124Different Religious Attitudes379–82“Culture Wars” Then and NowResponses of Conservative Christianity; Reform and Outreach125Progressivism382–87Activity 2: Progressivism126Roosevelt’s Progressivism387–88Activity 3: The Progressive Presidents127Taft’s Progressivism389–90Activity 4: Roosevelt’s Speech Following Assassination Attempt128Wilson’s Progressivism390–92Activity 5: Find the Message129Chapter 19 Review130Chapter 19 TestChapter 20: World War I131The War as America Watched397–99Activity 1: The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, 1914Appropriate Force; Justified War132The European War’s Effects on America400–403Activity 2: The Sinking of the Lusitania, 1915DaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible Integration133The United States at War403–6Activity 3: What God Says About War and Peace134American Forces “Over There”406–8Activity 4: The Heroism of Sgt. Alvin C. York135The End of the War408–10Activity 5: Chapter ReviewThe Impact of the War136Chapter 20 Review137Chapter 20 TestChapter 21: The 1920s: A Decade of Change138The Postwar Environment413–16Activity 1: The Immigration Act of 1924Introductory paragraphs139Prosperity and Materialism416–20Activity 2: The Impact of Technology in the Twenties140The Roaring Twenties420–26Activity 3: Darrow Versus Bryan in the Scopes TrialThe Ku Klux Klan141Republican Administrations426–28Activity 4: Chapter Review142Chapter 21 Review143Chapter 21 TestChapter 22: The Great Depression and the New Deal144The Bubble Bursts431–38Activity 1: Nine Years After the Crash145FDR and the New Deal438–44Activity 2: FDR’s Fireside Chat, March 12, 1933146The New Deal Faces Opposition444–48Activity 3: Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth” PlanA Christian View of the New Deal147Consequences of the New Deal448–49Activity 4: Chapter Review148Chapter 22 Review149Chapter 22 TestChapter 23: World War II150Storm Clouds Gather452–55Activity 1: Prelude to War151War Erupts455–59Activity 2: The War Begins: Chronological Order152America Enters the War and Turns the Tide459–66Activity 3: Life for a Japanese American Internee153America Wins in the Pacific466–72Activity 6: Chapter Review154Chapter 23 Review155Chapter 23 TestChapter 24: Cold War Tensions156Home from the War477–82Activity 1: Jackie Robinson Breaks Baseball’s Color Barrier, 1945The Quest for Civil Rights157The Postwar World482–84Activity 2: Understanding the United NationsDaysTopic(s)PagesSupport Materials(Main Activity)Bible Integration158Cold War Crises484–89Activity 4: Two Views of the Firing of General MacArthur159The Eisenhower and Kennedy Eras489–96Activity 5: Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 1961160Chapter 24 Review161Chapter 24 TestChapter 25: A Nation in Crisis162The Johnson Administration499–503King’s “I Have a Dream” SpeechThe Civil Rights Movement163The Vietnam War503–9Activity 1: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964Challenges on the Home Front; The Election of 1968; Vietnamization164The Nixon Administration509–15Activity 2: The Resignation of Richard Nixon165The Ford Administration516–18Activity 3: Ford’s Dilemma: The Nixon Pardon166The Carter Administration518–22Activity 4: Chapter Review167Chapter 25 Review168Chapter 25 TestChapter 26: The Political Pendulum169–70The Reagan Administration525–29Christians and Foreign PolicyConservative Consolidation171The George H. W. Bush Administration530–34Term Limits172–73The Clinton Administration534–44Activity 1: Federal Spending Under Recent PresidentsForeign Policy174Chapter 26 Review175Chapter 26 TestChapter 27: Into the New Millennium176The George W. Bush Administration547–61Activity 1: “Let’s Roll!” The Story of the Passengers of United Flight 93The 2008 Presidential Election177–78The Obama Administration561–70Activity 3: Chapter ReviewThe Obama Administration179Chapter 27 Review180Chapter 27 Test ................
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