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Unpacking the StandardsStatehood, Revolution,
and Westward Expansion

• 8th Grade Social Studies

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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 1 Causes of the American
Revolution
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Lesson 1Causes of the American Revolution
SS8H3The student will analyze the role of
Georgia in the American Revolution.
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Find the major verbs and nouns and label them on
your T Chart.
Lesson 1Causes of the American Revolution

• Element a.
• Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the
  American Revolution and their impact on Georgia
  include the French and Indian War (i.e., Seven
  Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act,
  Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration of
  Independence.

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Lesson 1Causes of the American Revolution
SS8E1The student will give examples of the kinds
of goods and services produced in Georgia in
different historical periods.
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Lesson 1Causes of the American Revolution
SS8E2The student will explain the benefits of
free trade.
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Find the major verbs and nouns and label them on
your T Chart.
Lesson 1Causes of the American Revolution

• Element a.
• Describe how Georgians have engaged in trade in
  different historical time periods.

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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 1 Causes of the American
Revolution
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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 2 The Revolutionary War Period
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Lesson 2The Revolutionary War Period
SS8H3The student will analyze the role of
Georgia in the American Revolution.
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Find the major verbs and nouns and label them on
your T Chart.
Lesson 2The Revolutionary War Period

• Element b.
• Analyze the significance of people and events in
  Georgia on the Revolutionary War include
  Loyalists, patriots, Elijah Clarke, Austin
  Dabney, Nancy Hart, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall,
  George Walton, Battle of Kettle Creek, and siege
  of Savannah.

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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 2 The Revolutionary War Period
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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 3 GAs Constitution/Articles of
Confederation
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Lesson 3GAs Constitution/Articles of Conf.
SS8H4The student will describe the impact of
events that led to the ratification of the United
States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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Find the major verbs and nouns and label them on
your T Chart.
Lesson 3GAs Constitution/Articles of Conf.

• Element a.
• Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of both the
  Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the Articles of
  Confederation and explain how weaknesses in the
  Articles of Confederation led to a need to revise
  the Articles.
• Element b.
• Describe the role of Georgia at the
  Constitutional Convention of 1787 include the
  role of Abraham Baldwin and William Few, and
  reasons why Georgia ratified the new
  constitution.

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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 3 GAs Constitution/Articles of
Confederation
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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 4 Westward Expansion
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Lesson 4 Westward Expansion

• SS8H5
• The student will explain significant factors
  that affected the development of Georgia as part
  of the growth of the United States between 1789
  and 1840.

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Lesson 4 Westward Expansion
Find the major verbs and nouns and label them on
your T Chart.

• Element a.
• Explain the establishment of the University of
  Georgia, Louisville, and the spread of Baptist
  and Methodist churches.
• Element b.
• Evaluate the impact of land policies pursued by
  Georgia include the headright system, land
  lotteries, and the Yazoo land fraud.

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Lesson 4 Westward Expansion
Find the major verbs and nouns and label them on
your T Chart.

• Element c.
• Explain how technological developments, including
  the cotton gin and railroads, had an impact on
  Georgias growth.

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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 4 Westward Expansion
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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 5 Indian Removal
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Lesson 5 Indian Removal

• SS8H5
• The student will explain significant factors
  that affected the development of Georgia as part
  of the growth of the United States between 1789
  and 1840.

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Lesson 5 Indian Removal
Find the major verbs and nouns and label them on
your T Chart.

• Element d.
• Analyze the events that led to the removal of
  Creeks and Cherokees include the roles of
  Alexander McGillivray, William McIntosh,
  Sequoyah, John Ross, Dahlonega Gold Rush,
  Worcester v. Georgia, Andrew Jackson, John
  Marshall, and the Trail of Tears.

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Unit 3 Statehood, Revolution, and Westward
ExpansionLesson 5 Indian Removal