Alabama Social Studies SS24.US1.3d
The Standard
- SS24.US1.3
- Analyze the major policies and political developments of the presidencies of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.
Describe relations of the United States with Britain, France, and Native American nations from 1789 to 1812.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students explain how the US dealt with British trade and sailors, French diplomacy and land deals, and Native nations defending their lands. They put key events in order and describe how talks or fighting changed each relationship.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can link Jay's Treaty to British forts, the XYZ Affair to the Quasi-War, and the Treaty of Greenville to US land gains. They can explain how impressment strained ties with Britain and how Native nations resisted settlement.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the Louisiana Purchase gave the US undisputed control of Native lands. They may treat Native nations as one group or assume tensions with Britain began only in 1812.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: For Jay's Treaty, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Treaty of Greenville, name the other party and explain one effect on US relations.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs dated event cards, including Jay's Treaty and Tippecanoe, to place under Britain, France, or Native nations on a timeline.
Ask, 'Did the Treaty of Greenville settle the land dispute?' Have students cite its land terms and one later event.
Play a card match: pair impressment with calls for war, the XYZ Affair with the Quasi-War, and US settlement with Native resistance.
Overlay a current Alabama map on an 1800 Native nations map; have students locate Muscogee and Choctaw homelands beneath modern state lines.
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