The War of 1812

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

5

Overview

A historian goes over the causes leading up to the War of 1812 (trade with England) and major milestones during the war (run-in with Canada).

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

SS10.5.10

Describe political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States, including the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, and the Gold Rush of 1849.

UP:SS10.5.10

Vocabulary

  • political
  • expansion
  • Indian Removal Act
  • Texas-Mexican War
  • Mexican-American War
  • Gold Rush
  • technological developments
  • locomotive
  • telegraph
  • barbed wire

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States (the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush of 1849, among others).
  • The role of the Louisiana Purchase and explorations of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark for their impact on Westward Expansion.
  • The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine.
  • Alabama's role in the expansion movement in the United States, (the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the Trail of Tears, among others).
  • The impact of technological developments on United States' expansion (steamboat, steam locomotive, telegraph, barbed wire, among others).

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Locate journeys, territories, and political boundaries on a physical and political maps.
  • Sequence historical events.
  • Explain the role of individuals in historical time periods.
  • Compare and contrast technological.
  • Determine causes and effects of events and technological developments between 1803-1860.
  • Analyze primary sources.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Political, social, and economic events led to the expansion of the United States and contributed to the development of new technologies and the creation of new states while also setting the stage for future conflict within the nation.
Alternate Achievement Standard - Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 5

AAS.SS10.5.10

Recognize reasons people would move from their homes to new land in the west and the impact westward expansion had on American Indians; identify at least one or more people, movements, and events involved in America’s early westward expansion, including Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, the Indian Removal Act, and the gold rush; identify the inventions that aided westward expansion, including the railroad and the steamboat; illustrate the completion of the contiguous United States on a map.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

NBC News Learn

License Type

Custom

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
ALSDE LOGO