Growth of the Republic (Investigating History Background Briefs)

Investigating History's 5th grade unit on the Growth of the Republic explores the territorial and economic growth of the Early Republic. As students study this period, they encounter the tension between America's declared values and economic interests and analyze how the growth of the nation meant great opportunity and promise for some but oppression and injustice for others. Learn more about the content of this unit in this video with Dr. Ousmane Power-Greene from Clark University.

This video is part of the Background Brief for unit 5.3: The Growth of the Republic. Background Briefs are asynchronous online modules that help teachers deepen their own background knowledge as they prepare to teach the Investigating History curriculum.