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== US History: BIG IDEAS for American self-conception and historical choices == | == US History: BIG IDEAS for American self-conception and historical choices == | ||
Students may address | Students may address historical themes, events, and periods using the various notions of self-conception of Americans across history. Note that these concepts change over time. A short list of topics/ core ideas includes: | ||
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=== Conceptual and Thematic BIG IDEA === | |||
* Democratic ideals and processes | |||
** citizen input | |||
** conflicting notions of democracy | |||
** cultural and political identity | |||
* Distribution of power | |||
** overlapping sovereignties | |||
** economic bases | |||
** state structures | |||
* Geography and western expansion | |||
** extension of the frontier | |||
*** including overseas (US imperialism) | |||
* Political process/es | |||
** impact of political movements | |||
** political institutions and identities | |||
** major v. minor parties | |||
** US government processes, especially the Three Branches | |||
* State formation & federal centralization | |||
** forms and exercise of power | |||
* Wars as contingent events | |||
** wars cause or usher change | |||
** see Major Wars timeline below | |||
=== Implications of a Democracy === | === Implications of a Democracy === | ||