GEOGRAPHYHISTORY &TEACHER’S GUIDE

9th Grade

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Author:Alpha Omega Publications

Editor:Alan Christopherson, M.S.

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History & Geography 900 Teacher Notes

The LIFEPAC curriculum from grades two through twelve is structured so that the dailyinstructional material is written directly into the LIFEPACs. The student is encouraged to readand follow this instructional material in order to develop independent study habits. The teachershould introduce the LIFEPAC to the student, set a required completion schedule, completeteacher checks, be available for questions regarding both content and procedures, administer andgrade tests, and develop additional learning activities as desired. Teachers working with severalstudents may schedule their time so that students are assigned to a quiet work activity when it isnecessary to spend instructional time with one particular student.

The Teacher Notes section of the Teacher’s Guide lists the required or suggested materials for theLIFEPACs and provides additional learning activities for the students. The materials sectionrefers only to LIFEPAC materials and does not include materials which may be needed for theadditional activities. Additional learning activities provide a change from the daily schoolroutine, encourage the student’s interest in learning, and may be used as a reward for good studyhabits.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY

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History & Geography 900 LIFEPAC Notes

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History & Geography 901 Teacher Notes

Materials Needed for LIFEPAC:

Required: Suggested:None encyclopedia

Additional Learning Activities

Section I Historical and Political Backgrounds

1. What type of person would you have looked for if you were in Europerecruiting colonists for the New World? (Presume that you had alreadylived for ten years as a pioneer in the New World.)

2. Suppose the first settlers had come to the Pacific West Coast of the NewWorld. Do you believe the expansion to the east would have been quiteas rapid as it was from the east?

3. How much European influence went into the development of UnitedStates government and political parties? Describe the effect of theEuropean experience on the ideas expressed in the Declaration ofIndependence.

4. Have three students (or groups of three students) assume the roles of (a) a general; (b) a president; and (c) a saintly church leader, and reflectback on the history of the United States a year before the signing of theDeclaration of Independence. Have each student present an argumentwhether independence from England at the time was a good idea.

5. Using a celebrity-guest format, let each student represent a colony anddescribe as graphically as possible the life in his or her region.

6. Using the growth and accomplishments of America as a framework, let astudent write a scenario for the development of the United States thatdoes not include conflict or warfare (for example, bring the Americanpeople to the same plateaus without the conflicts).

7. Let a student research the early Democratic-Republican Party to discoverthe degree of continuity the present-day Democratic Party hasmaintained.

Section II Freedom Backgrounds

1. How much effect do you feel the new freedom in America had on thecolonists? How different was that life from the life they left behind inEurope?

2. Does it appear that there was a higher degree of inventiveness inAmerica in comparison with the other nations on earth?

3. Look over the list of reformers and their accomplishments (pages 16 and17). Do you believe these same people would have been as effective inEurope as they were in the United States?

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4. Let a student make a list of freedoms enjoyed from the time of the earlycolonies.

5. From among all the people listed as Freedom Pioneers, let a student writeabout the person he feels more than any other shaped this country.

Section III Society Backgrounds

1. If you were living in a Western European country in the early 1900s andwere seriously considering emigration, what are some of the reasons youwould choose America?

2. Let a student select one ethnic group (Italians, Irish, Slavic) and trace thekey stages in their emergence as an integral part of American society.

3. Let a student research the decade of the 1960s to determine the majorareas of change. Does there seem to be another decade in Americanhistory that is equal to the 1960s for the changes it brought?

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Reproducible Testsfor use with the History &

Geography 900 Teacher’s Guide

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Answer true or false (each answer, 2 points).

1. President John Tyler was the first president to purchase land for the United States.

2. The United States acquired the Panama Canal as the result of the Spanish-American War.

3. The French and Indian War preceded the War of 1812.

4. The writers of the Declaration of Independence avoided letting the Bible influence what they authored.

5. Horace Mann has been called the “Father of the American novel.”

6. Most of the early colonists came to America to escape the tyranny which existed under the rule of kings.

7. The idea of freedom without responsibility was the rule in America from its birth.

8. Europe has been termed the “melting pot of the world.”

9. Most people living in a controlled society appreciate the security that control brings, and they fear freedom.

10. Mobility has brought about a severe weakening of the family in the United States today.

Match these items (each answer, 2 points).

11. Maryland12. Jonas Salk13. Thomas Jefferson14. Ireland15. Pennsylvania16. Wright brothers

a. responsible for the Louisiana purchaseb. the potato faminec. colony for Quakersd. made the first airplane flighte. discovered a polio vaccinef. colony for Catholicsg. purchased Alaska

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Write the letter of the correct answer on the line (each answer, 3 points).17. The settlers who got along best with the Indians were the .

a. French c. Italiansb. British d. Spanish

18. Florida was obtained from the .a. French c. Spanishb. British d. Portuguese

19. The invention that led to the development of better water transportation and the railroad was the .a. wheel c. gasoline engineb. steam engine d. steel casting

20. The only group of immigrants that has not lost its identity is the .a. Germans c. Frenchb. Jews d. Irish

Complete these statements (each answer, 4 points).21. The Democratic-Republican Party later became the __ Party.22. The first American president to serve two terms was _ _ _ __ .23. Sanitary methods for caring for the sick and wounded, which lessened the

number of cases of typhus, cholera, and dysentery, were introduced by anurse named __ .

24. One of the most important ingredients in the success of this country has been the social unit called the __ .

25. Since 1963 our society has made many __ .

Answer these questions (each answer, 5 points).26. Why did the colonies have difficulty uniting?

___________ ___________ ___________

27. What effect has the Industrial Revolution had on our society? ___________ ___________ ___________

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History & Geography 901 Alternate Test

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History & Geography 901 Answer Key

SECTION ONE1.1 Examples:

They were interested in theopportunity to gain wealth andpower. The lure of adventureattracted some. The New Worldwas a source of new resourcesand territories. It was a havenfor political and religious freedom.

1.2 Example:They had to learn new skills.They had to learn to live withoutcomforts.

1.3 America has fertile soil, anabundant water supply, and abountiful supply of naturalresources.

1.4 religious freedom1.5 William Penn1.6 Maryland1.7 Puritans1.8 England1.9 Either order:

a. to gain independenceb. to overthrow undesirable

rulers (or acquire territory)1.10 Either order:

a. taxes on various productsb. acts such as the ones that

forced the housing of theBritish soldiers

1.11 Example:War was necessary for the coloniststo gain independence and keep theBritish from taking advantage ofthem. The colonists wanted to befree from unwanted laws.

1.12 31.13 11.14 41.15 21.16 c1.17 e1.18 a1.19 b1.20 d

1.21 Jefferson1.22 Tyler1.23 Polk1.24 Seward1.25 Spanish-American1.26 Panama Canal1.27 41.28 11.29 51.30 31.31 21.32 61.33 The United States was recognized

as a world power after the Spanish-American War.

1.34 Example:People thought it was foolish forSecretary of State Seward to payRussia $7,200,000 for land thepublic considered worthless.

1.35 teacher check1.36 Any order:

a. charter or commercial colonyb. proprietary colonyc. royal colony

1.37 Either order:a. Federalist Partyb. Whig Party

1.38 Either order:a. Prohibition Partyb. Socialist Party

1.39 two1.40 Boston Massacre1.41 Continental Congress1.42 Democratic1.43 Constitution1.44 to protest the Intolerable Acts1.45 to take charge of the war and vote

for independence1.46 Examples:

They were more loyal to their ownstates. They had different formsof government. They had becomevery independent. Some wanted a“weak” central government.

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2.1 Religious freedom is the right toworship God as one sees fit withoutinterference from anyone or anygovernment.

2.2 Our religious freedom is guaranteedby the First Amendment to the UnitedStates Constitution.

2.3 We should use our freedoms to theextent that we do not impose onother people’s freedoms.

2.4 Examples; any order:a. Freedom of religionb. Freedom of speechc. Freedom of the pressd. Right to assemble peacefullye. Right to petition the government

2.5 Examples; any order:a. cotton ginb. steam enginec. airplaned. automobilee. polio vaccine

2.6 Examples; any order:a. lawmakersb. inventorsc. religious leadersd. scientistse. professionalsor authors, educators, reformers,

artists, entertainers, orstatesmen

2.7 steam engine2.8 storms2.9 polio2.10 Wright brothers2.11 A system of mass production2.12 Example:

They had given us laws whichprotect our freedoms.

2.13 Example:They have given us things whichmake our lives easier and increaseour production.

2.14 Example:They have increased our life spansand taken away our fear of certaindiseases.

SECTION TWO

SECTION THREE3.1 true3.2 false3.3 false3.4 true3.5 true3.6 People of many backgrounds have fit

so well into the American society thatthey appear as everyone else.

3.7 Examples; any order:a. To escape natural catastrophesb. To escape warc. To escape tyranny or to find

freedomd. To seek higher standard of livinge. Because they are forced to leave

3.8 family3.9 Depression3.10 mobility3.11 God or Christianity3.12 God3.13 It has changed our homes, our

thoughts, our beliefs, ourentire way of life. Itintroduced the machine ageand fostered technology andinvention.

3.14 A return to the Christianprinciples stressed in the Biblemay save American family life.

3.15 teacher check

2.01 Either order:a. freedomb. equality

2.02 religious freedom2.03 religious leaders2.04 Example:

Mark Twain2.05 Philadelphia2.06 Examples; any order:

a. cotton ginb. steam enginec. automobile

2.07 true2.08 false2.09 false2.010 true2.011 false

2.012 e2.013 b2.014 d2.015 f2.016 a2.017 c2.018 a2.019 b2.020 b2.021 c2.022 They worked in the home, raised

children, and managed thehousehold.

2.023 The first amendment to theConstitution grants us thisfreedom.

1.01 e1.02 c1.03 f1.04 a1.05 d1.06 g1.07 b1.08 heritage1.09 Either order:

a. Sodomb. Gomorrah

1.010 Any order:a. wealthb. powerc. adventure

1.011 Examples:Hitler, Castro

1.012 a. taxesb. acts

1.013 Any order:a. commercial charter or commercialb. royalc. proprietary

1.014 Either order:a. Federalistsb. Democratic-Republicans

1.015 Puritans1.016 false1.017 true1.018 false1.019 true 1.020 true1.021 false1.022 c1.023 a1.024 b1.025 c1.026 a

SELF TEST 1

SELF TEST 2

History & Geography 901 Self Test Key

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3.01 c3.02 e3.03 b3.04 a3.05 d3.06 true3.07 true3.08 false3.09 true3.010 true3.011 d3.012 d3.013 a3.014 c3.015 a3.016 family3.017 change3.018 mobility3.019 Any order:

a. instantb. junk-foodc. fast-food

3.020 Quakers3.021 Jefferson3.022 First Amendment3.023 steam engine3.024 The U.S. became recognized as a

world power.3.025 Washington refused to run for a

third term, thus setting a precedentof a two-term limit for presidents.

3.026 He initiated a system of massproduction.

3.027 Although public schools beganin the United States to teachchildren to read the Bible, theSupreme Court has ruled that Biblereading in the public schoolsis unconstitutional.

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1. false2. true3. true4. false5. false6. false7. false8. false9. false

10. true11. c12. e13. f14. d15. a16. b17. c18. a19. c20. b21 Any order:

a. charter or commercialb. proprietaryc. royal colony

22. Either order:a. gain independenceb. overthrow undesirable rulers

(or acquire territory).23. Any order:

a. lawmakersb. religious leadersc. inventors (or scientists or

professionals)or authors, educators,reformers, artists orentertainers

24. family25. Declaration of Independence26. A return to the Christian principles

stressed in the Bible may savefamily life.

27. People of many backgrounds have fitso well into the American society thatthey appear as everyone else.

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1. false2. false3. true4. false5. false6. true7. false8. false9. false

10. true11. f12. e13. a14. b15. c16. d17. a18. c19. b20. b21. Democratic22. George Washington23. Florence Nightingale24. family25. changes26. Example:

Because theproprietary colonieswere being governedin so many ways:Charter, Proprietary,Royal Colony.

27. Example:It has affectedindustry, but it hasalso revolutionizedour homes, ourthoughts, our beliefs,and our entire way oflife.

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