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Drafting the Declaration of Independence: Natural Rights and Equality
Examine the philosophical ideals of unalienable rights, equality, and government by consent in the Declaration of Independence.
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Causes of the American Revolution
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Analyze the political, economic, and ideological factors that led British colonists in America to declare independence.
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SS.5.15West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesSummarize the significance of large-scale immigration and the contributions of immigrants to America in the early 1900s (e.g., the countries from which they came, the opportunities and resistance they faced when they arrived and the cultural and economic contributions they made to this nation, etc.).
SS.5.18West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesIdentify the characteristics and purposes of maps, globes, geographic information systems, and other geographic tools.
SS.5.22West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesDemonstrate an understanding of the advances in transportation and its effect on Western Expansion. • Illustrate how railroads affected development of the West (e.g., ease of travel, influence on trade and impact on environment, etc.). • Compare and contrast conflicts between various groups in the West (e.g., miners, ranchers, cowboys, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and European and Asian immigrants, etc.).