Era 1-Three Worlds Meet

• 1C-The student understands developments in Western African societies in the period of early contact with Europeans
  • Analyze varieties of slavery in Western Africa and the economic importance of the slave trade (9-12)

Era 2-Colonization and Settlement

• 1A-The student understands how diverse immigrants affected the formation of European colonies
  • Trace the arrival of Africans in the European colonies in the 17th century and the rapid increase of slave importation in the 18th century
• 3A-The student understands colonial economic life and labor systems in the Americas
  • Identify the major economic regions in the Americas and explain how labor systems shaped them (5-12)
• 3C-The student understands African life under slavery
  • Analyze the forced relocation of Africans to the English colonies (5-12)
  • Assess the contribution of enslaved and free Africans to economic development in different regions of the American colonies (9-12)
  • Analyze how Africans in North America drew upon their African past and upon selected European and Indian customs and values to develop a distinctive African American culture (7-12)

Era 4-Expansion and Reform

• 2D-The student understands the rapid growth of "the peculiar institution" after 1800 and the varied experiences of African Americans under slavery
  • Describe the plantation system and the roles of their owners, their families, hired white workers, and enslaved African Americans (5-12)
  • Evaluate how enslaved African Americans used religion and family to create a viable culture and ameliorate the effects of slavery (7-12)

Era 10-Contemporary United States

• 2E-The student understands how a democratic polity debates social issues and mediates between individual or groups rights and the common good
  • Evaluate the continuing grievances of racial and ethnic minorities and their recurrent reference to the nation's charter documents (7-12)