Pennsylvania Academic Standards
for
History
8.3
U.S. History
Grade 6 |
- A. Identify and explain the political and cultural contributions of individuals and groups to United States history from Beginnings to 1824.
- Native Americans, Africans and Europeans
- Political Leaders (e.g., John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall)
- Military Leaders (e.g. George Washington, Meriwether Lewis, Henry Knox)
- Cultural and Commercial Leaders (e.g., Paul Revere, Phyllis Wheatley, John Rolfe)
- Innovators and Reformers (e.g., Ann Hutchinson, Roger Williams, Junipero Serra)
- B. Identify and explain primary documents, material artifacts and historic sites important in United States history from Beginnings to 1824.
- C. Explain how continuity and change has influenced United States history from Beginnings to 1824.
- Belief Systems and Religions (e.g., impact on daily life, government established religions, communal sects)
- Commerce and Industry (e.g., fur trade, development of cash crops)
- Innovations (e.g., cotton gin, Whitney; wooden clock, Banneker; stove, Franklin)
- Politics (e.g., Hamilton's defense of John Peter Zenger, The Great Compromise, Marbury v. Madison)
- Settlement Patterns (e.g., frontier settlements, slave plantation society, growth of cities)
- Social Organization (e.g., community structure on the frontier, cultural and language barriers)
- Transportation and Trade (e.g., methods of overland travel, water transportation, National Road)
- Women's Movement (e.g., roles and changing status of women, Margaret Brent's vote, soldier Deborah Sampson)
- D. Identify and explain conflict and cooperation among social groups and organizations in United States history from Beginnings to 1824.
- Domestic Instability (e.g., Salem Witch Trials, Shays Rebellion, religious persecution)
- Ethnic and Racial Relations (e.g., cooperation between and among Native Americans and European settlers, slave uprisings, "Colored" troops in the Revolution)>
- Labor Relations (e.g., early union efforts, 10-hour day, women's role)
- Immigration and Migration (e.g., western settlements, Louisiana Purchase, European immigration)
- Military Conflicts (e.g., French and Indian War, American Revolutionary War, War of 1812)
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