Essential Standards
AH1.H.1: Apply the four interconnected dimensions of historical thinking to the American History Essential Standards in order to understand the creation and development of the United States over time.
AH1.H.2: Analyze key political, economic and social turning points in American History using historical thinking.
AH1.H.3: Understand the factors that led to exploration, settlement, movement, and expansion and their impact on United States development over time.
AH1.H.4: Analyze how conflict and compromise have shaped politics, economics and culture in the United States.
AH1.H.5: Understand how tensions between freedom, equality and power have shaped the political, economic and social development of the United States.
AH1.H.6: Understand how and why the role of the United States in the world has changed over time.
AH1.H.7: Understand the impact of war on American politics, economics, society and culture.
AH1.H. 8: Analyze the relationship between progress, crisis and the “American Dream” within the United States.