U.S. History

Students reconstruct, interpret, and critique the causes and consequences of past events in the context of the institutions, values, and beliefs of the periods in which they took place.

Students investigate historical experiences of American Samoa, Oceania, the U.S., and the world to reveal patterns of continuity and change.

Students cite evidence that cultures are dynamic and change over time.

Summarize key events in European exploration and the colonial period (17th and 18th centuries), and cite evidence of impacts on the Americas and Pacific islands/Oceania

Interpret significant events and issues of the American Revolution that led to the early national period (1763–1815)

Critique events of territorial expansion and reform movements with technological developments in the U.S. (1800–1877)

Draw conclusions from the outcomes of The Civil War and the Industrial Revolution, and identify their influence on American Society (1876–1917)

Investigate the changing roles of the U.S. in global affairs through industrialization and urbanization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Connect major events that helped shape and expand U.S. domestic and foreign policies during The Civil War, World War I, and World War II to the present (18th–21st centuries)

Compare and contrast key events and impacts of the Civil Rights Movement to those of a contemporary reform movement in the Pacific/Oceania

Analyze the development of, and changes in, American culture over time