Understanding Goal Understanding Goal

Change requires action.

Investigative Question Investigative Question

What types of change have people fought to make in their communities throughout history?

 

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Change Colonial
(1492 - 1763)		 Revolutionary
(1763-1803)		 Antebellum (through Civil War)
(1803 - 1865)		 Reconstruction to World War II
(1866 - 1941)		 Post-War U.S. History
(1945 - Present)
Social Pocahontas Phillis Wheatley Slave Narrative

Langston Hughes / Ng Poon Chew and Chinese in America

Roberto Clemente
Political Powhatan Samuel Adams and early riots Tecumseh Alice Paul Fannie Lou Hamer
Economic Jemmy and the Stono Rebellion Pontiac David Walker William Johnson

Cesar Chavez / Dolores Huerta
Natural /
Environmental		 Metacomet Benjamin Banneker and the Rise of the City Margaret Fuller John Muir Rachel Carson
Inventions /
Communications		 Massasoit Thomas Paine and Pamphlets Frederick Douglass and Abolition Printing Sarah Breedlove Luis Alvarez