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K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Civil War K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Civil War
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Enslavement and Resistance K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Enslavement and Resistance
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Inquiry in American History K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Inquiry in American History
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Reconstruction and the Early Struggle for Equality K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): Reconstruction and the Early Struggle for Equality
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): The Long Civil Rights Movement K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): The Long Civil Rights Movement
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): War and Conquest in the West K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): War and Conquest in the West
K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): World War II and Postwar US K-12 Social Studies Standards (adopted in 2023): World War II and Postwar US
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2 War and Conquest in the West

5.7 Evaluate historical perspectives about US imperial expansion, including Manifest Destiny and American exceptionalism, from multiple perspectives, including Indigenous Nations and peoples in the Pacific, Caribbean, Asia and Americas.
5.8 Compare and contrast maps of Indigenous Nations and land at the start of each century from 1700 to the present, with a special focus on areas west of the Mississippi River.
5.9 Use primary sources and Indigenous histories to explain the causes and consequences of significant events in the territorial conquest of sovereign Indigenous Nations territories between 1781 and 1877 including but not limited to the Louisiana Purchase and the Trail of Tears.
5.1 Using primary sources, evaluate the legacy of American settlers, including the treatment of Indigenous Nations during the Lewis and Clark expedition and resistance to settler colonialism.
5.11 Analyze the experiences and legacies of Black Americans in the Northwest Territory.
5.12 Describe the causes of the Texas Independence movement and Mexican-American War from the perspective of Tejanos, enslaved Texans, Mexicans, American settlers and Indigenous Nations, with a focus on the impact of these events on individual lived experiences.
5.13 Explain Indigenous resistance to territorial invasion, cultural and religious assimilation, and attack, including efforts to maintain sovereignty and independence (e.g., Geronimo, the Battle of Little Bighorn, Ghost Dance movement).
5.14 Evaluate the environmental impact that settler colonialism had on the Great Plains region, West Coast, Northwest, and Southwest between the 19th and 20th centuries.
5.15 Analyze the lived experiences of different immigrant communities between 1850 and 1900 (e.g., religious minority, Irish, German, Mexican, Italian, British, Southeast Asian, Chinese, and Japanese communities).
5.16 Describe the motivations and lived experiences of people who migrated to the West in the 19th century, including Asian and African Americans.
5.17 Compare the different artistic, cultural, political, and spiritual traditions of current-day Indigenous peoples and how those practices and ways of life persevered and still thrive today, including Two-Spirit identities.

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2 War and Conquest in the West

5.7 Evaluate historical perspectives about US imperial expansion, including Manifest Destiny and American exceptionalism, from multiple perspectives, including Indigenous Nations and peoples in the Pacific, Caribbean, Asia and Americas.

5.8 Compare and contrast maps of Indigenous Nations and land at the start of each century from 1700 to the present, with a special focus on areas west of the Mississippi River.

5.9 Use primary sources and Indigenous histories to explain the causes and consequences of significant events in the territorial conquest of sovereign Indigenous Nations territories between 1781 and 1877 including but not limited to the Louisiana Purchase and the Trail of Tears.

5.1 Using primary sources, evaluate the legacy of American settlers, including the treatment of Indigenous Nations during the Lewis and Clark expedition and resistance to settler colonialism.

5.11 Analyze the experiences and legacies of Black Americans in the Northwest Territory.

5.12 Describe the causes of the Texas Independence movement and Mexican-American War from the perspective of Tejanos, enslaved Texans, Mexicans, American settlers and Indigenous Nations, with a focus on the impact of these events on individual lived experiences.

5.13 Explain Indigenous resistance to territorial invasion, cultural and religious assimilation, and attack, including efforts to maintain sovereignty and independence (e.g., Geronimo, the Battle of Little Bighorn, Ghost Dance movement).

5.14 Evaluate the environmental impact that settler colonialism had on the Great Plains region, West Coast, Northwest, and Southwest between the 19th and 20th centuries.

5.15 Analyze the lived experiences of different immigrant communities between 1850 and 1900 (e.g., religious minority, Irish, German, Mexican, Italian, British, Southeast Asian, Chinese, and Japanese communities).

5.16 Describe the motivations and lived experiences of people who migrated to the West in the 19th century, including Asian and African Americans.

5.17 Compare the different artistic, cultural, political, and spiritual traditions of current-day Indigenous peoples and how those practices and ways of life persevered and still thrive today, including Two-Spirit identities.