Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The reasons for and impact of Manifest Destiny Changes that occurred in rural American society during this time period, the reasons for these changes, and the results of them.
- The impact of legislation and social pressures on specific groups, such as American Indians.
- The ways various immigrant groups compare.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Evaluate a historical time period in order to determine its causes and impact.
- Compare social groups in order to determine the impact of political, social, and economic pressures on each.
- Trace the movements, migration and immigration, of various groups on a map and describe the impact of these movements on the group and society.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Changes that took place throughout American society in the years prior to World War I.
Vocabulary
- Manifest Destiny
- migration
- immigration
- urban
- rural
- assimilation
