UNITED STATES HISTORY II COURSE SYLLABUS. 2. How has geography helped to shape American power, prosperity and way of life?

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1 UNIT STTS HISTORY II OURS SYLLUS ourse Title: US History II epartment: Social Studies Primary ourse Materials: merica: Pathways to the Present, 2004 ourse escription: This course describes and analyzes the development of the United States through a survey of the period 1877 to The economic, social, cultural, political and technological developments are investigated with an emphasis placed on cause and effect relationships. ssential Questions: 1. What measures have mericans taken to protect the ideals of human equality, limited government, and democratic representation? Where has merica failed in these attempts? 2. How has geography helped to shape merican power, prosperity and way of life? 3. How has immigration shaped the ethnic, racial, national and religious make-up of the United States? 4. What advantages and economic principles influenced the development of domestic and global economies? 5. How does merica s culture reflect the diversity, creativity and experiences of its people? 6. What diplomatic, military and humanitarian roles has merica played as a member of the global community? What steps has merica taken towards becoming a global superpower? 7. How has the development of merican technology contributed to the nation s prosperity and security? 8. Why study history? What are the links between the past and present? ourse Objectives: ommon Goals: Thinking and ommunicating 1) Read information critically to develop understanding of concepts, topics and issues. 2) Write clearly, factually, persuasively and creatively in Standard nglish. 3) Speak clearly, factually, persuasively and creatively in Standard nglish. 4) Use computers and other technologies to obtain, organize and communicate information and to solve problems. 5) onduct research to interpret issues or solve complex problems using a variety of data and information sources. Gain and pply Knowledge in and across the isciplines 6) Gain and pply Knowledge in: a) Literature and Language b) Mathematics c) Science and Technology d) Social Studies, History and Geography

2 e) Visual and Performing rts f) Health and Physical ducation Work and ontribute 7) emonstrate personal responsibility for planning one s future academic and career options. 8) Participate in a school or community service activity 9) evelop informed opinions about current economic, environmental, political and social issues affecting Massachusetts, the United States and the world and understand how citizens can participate in the political and legal system to affect improvements in these areas. oncepts and Skills, Grades 8-12 Students should be able to: HISTORY N GOGRPHY 1 pply the skills of pre-kindergarten through grade seven. 2 Identify multiple ways to express time relationships and dates (for example, 1066 is the same as 1066, and both refer to a date in the eleventh or 11 th century, which is the same as the 1000s). Identify countries that use a different calendar from the one used in the U.S. and explain the basis for the difference. (H) 3 Interpret and construct timelines that show how events and eras in various parts of the world are related to one another. (H) 4 Interpret and construct charts and graphs that show quantitative information. (H,, G, ) 5 xplain how a cause and effect relationship is different from a sequence or correlation of events. (H,, ) 6 istinguish between long-term and short-term cause and effect relationships. (H, G,, ) 7 Show connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events and ideas and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments. (H, G,, ) 8 Interpret the past within its own historical context rather than in terms of present-day norms and values. (H,, ) 9 istinguish intended from unintended consequences. (H,, ) 10 istinguish historical fact from opinion. (H,, ) 11 Using historical maps, locate the boundaries of the major empires of world history at the height of their powers. (H, G) IVIS N GOVRNMNT 12 efine and use correctly the following words and terms: Magna arta, parliament, habeas corpus, monarchy, and absolutism. () GNRL ONOMIS SKILLS 13 efine and use correctly mercantilism, feudalism, economic growth, and entrepreneur. () 14 xplain how people or communities examine and weigh the benefits of each alternative when making a choice and that opportunity costs are those benefits that are given up once one alternative is chosen. () 15 xplain how financial markets, such as the stock market, channel funds from savers to investors. () 16 efine and use correctly gross domestic product, economic growth, recession, depression, unemployment, inflation, and deflation. () 17 xplain how opportunity costs and tradeoffs can be evaluated through an analysis of marginal costs and benefits. () 18 xplain how competition among sellers lowers costs and prices, and encourages producers to produce more. () 19 escribe the role of buyers and sellers in determining the equilibrium price, and use supply and demand to explain and predict changes in quantity and price. () 20 escribe how the earnings of workers are affected by the market value of the product produced and worker skills. () 21 Identify the causes of inflation and explain who benefits from inflation and who suffers

3 from inflation. () 22 efine and distinguish between absolute and comparative advantage, and explain how most trade occurs because of comparative advantage in the production of a particular good or service. () 23 xplain how changes in exchange rates affect balance of trade and the purchasing power of people in the United States and other countries. () 24 ifferentiate between fiscal and monetary policy. () U.S. ONOMIS SKILLS 25 xplain the basic economic functions of the government in the economy of the United States. () 26 xamine the development of the banking system in the United States, and describe the organization and functions of the Federal Reserve System. () 27 Identify and describe laws and regulations adopted in the United States to promote economic competition. (, H) 28 nalyze how federal tax and spending policies affect the national budget and the national debt. () Learning Standards from the Massachusetts urriculum Framework: U.S. History II Learning Standards Industrial merica and Its merging Role in International ffairs, xplain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution. (H, ) 1 the economic impetus provided by the ivil War 1 important technological and scientific advances 1 the role of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and inventors such as lexander Graham ell, ndrew arnegie, Thomas dison, J.P. Morgan, John. Rockefeller, and ornelius Vanderbilt 2 xplain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution. (H, ) 2 the growth of big business 2 environmental impact 2 the expansion of cities 3 escribe the causes of the immigration of Southern and astern uropeans, hinese, Koreans, and Japanese to merica in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, and describe the major roles of these immigrants in the industrialization of merica. (H) 4 nalyze the causes of the continuing westward expansion of the merican people after the ivil War and the impact of this migration on the Indians. (H) 5 xplain the formation and goals of unions as well as the rise of radical political parties during the Industrial era. (H, ) 5 the Knights of Labor 5 the merican Federation of Labor headed by Samuel Gompers 5 the Populist Party 5 the Socialist Party headed by ugene ebs 6 nalyze the causes and course of merica s growing role in world affairs from the ivil War to World War I. (H, ) 6 6 the influence of the ideas associated with Social arwinism the purchase of laska from Russia

4 6 merica s growing influence in Hawaii leading to annexation 6 the Spanish-merican War 6 U.S. expansion into sia under the Open oor policy 6F President Roosevelt s orollary to the Monroe octrine 6G merica s role in the building of the Panama anal 6H President Taft s ollar iplomacy 6I President Wilson s intervention in Mexico 6J merican entry into World War I 7 xplain the course and significance of President Wilson s wartime diplomacy, including his Fourteen Points, the League of Nations, and the failure of the Versailles treaty. (H) The ge of Reform: Progressivism and the New eal, nalyze the origins of Progressivism and important Progressive leaders, and summarize the major accomplishments of Progressivism. (H, ) People Jane ddams William Jennings ryan John ewey Robert La Follette President Theodore Roosevelt F Upton Sinclair G President William H. Taft H Ida Tarbell I President Woodrow Wilson Policies bans against child labor the initiative referendum and its recall the Sherman nti-trust ct (1890) the Pure Food and rug ct (1906) the Meat Packing ct (1906) F the Federal Reserve ct (1913) G the layton nti-trust ct (1914) H the ratification of the Nineteenth mendment in nalyze the post-ivil War struggles of frican mericans and women to gain basic civil rights. (H) arrie hapman att 9 W... u ois 9 Marcus Garvey 9 the National ssociation for the dvancement of olored People (NP) 9 lice Paul 9 ooker T. Washington 10 escribe how the battle between traditionalism and modernity manifested itself in the major historical trends and events after World War I and throughout the 1920 s. (H) 10 the oston police strike in the Red Scare and Sacco and Vanzetti 10 racial and ethnic tensions 10 the Scopes Trial and the debate over arwin s On the Origins of Species 10 prohibition 11 escribe the various causes and consequences of the global depression of the 1930 s, and analyze how mericans responded to the Great epression. (H, ) 11 restrictive monetary policies 11 unemployment 11 support for political and economic reform

5 11 The influence of the ideas of John Maynard Keynes, and the critique of centralized economic planning and management by Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, and Milton Friedman 12 nalyze the important policies, institutions, and personalities of the New eal era. (H) People President Herbert Hoover President Franklin. Roosevelt leanor Roosevelt Huey Long harles oughlin Policies the establishment of: the Federal eposit Insurance orporation the Securities and xchange ommission the Tennessee Valley uthority the Social Security ct, the National Labor Relations ct the Works Progress dministration F the Fair Labor Standards ct Institutions the merican Federation of Labor the ongress of Industrial Organizations the merican ommunist Party 13 xplain how the Great epression and the New eal affected merican society. (H) 13 the increased importance of the federal government in establishing economic 13 and social policies the emergence of a New eal coalition consisting of frican mericans, blue-collar workers, poor farmers, Jews, and atholics World War II, xplain the strength of merican isolationism after World War I and analyze its impact on U.S. foreign policy. (H) 15 nalyze how German aggression in urope and Japanese aggression in sia contributed to the start of World War II and summarize the major battles and events of the war. On a map of the world, locate the llied powers (ritain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States) and xis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). (H) fascism in Germany and Italy German rearmament and militarization of the Rhineland Germany s seizure of ustria and zechoslovakia and Germany s invasion of Poland Japan s invasion of hina and the Rape of Nanking Pearl Harbor, Midway, -ay, Okinawa, the attle of the ulge, Iwo Jima, and the Yalta and Potsdam conferences 16 xplain the reasons for the dropping of atom bombs on Japan and their short and long-term effects. (H) 17 xplain important domestic events that took place during the war. (H, ) 17 how war-inspired economic growth ended the Great epression 17. Philip Randolph and the efforts to eliminate employment discrimination 17 the entry of large numbers of women into the workforce 17 the internment of West oast Japanese-mericans in the U.S. and anada The old War broad, nalyze the factors that contributed to the old War and describe the policy of 18 containment as merica s response to Soviet expansionist policies. (H) the differences between the Soviet and merican political and economic

6 systems 18 Soviet aggression in astern urope 18 the Truman octrine, the Marshall Plan, and NTO 19 nalyze the sources and, with a map of the world, locate the areas of old War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. (H, G) 19 the Korean War 19 Germany 19 hina 19 the Middle ast 19 the arms race 19F Latin merica 19G frica 19H the Vietnam War 20 xplain the causes, course, and consequences of the Vietnam War and summarize the diplomatic and military policies of Presidents isenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. (H) 21 nalyze how the failure of communist economic policies as well as U.S.- sponsored resistance to Soviet military and diplomatic initiatives contributed to ending the old War. (H, ) old War merica at Home: conomic Growth and Optimism, nticommunism, and Reform, nalyze the causes and consequences of important domestic old War trends. (H, ) 22 economic growth and declining poverty 22 the baby boom 22 the growth of suburbs and home-ownership 22 the increase in education levels 22 the development of mass media and consumerism 23 nalyze the following domestic policies of Presidents Truman and isenhower. (H) 23 Truman s Fair eal 23 the Taft-Hartley ct (1947) 23 isenhower s response to the Soviet s launching of Sputnik 23 isenhower s civil rights record 24 nalyze the roots of domestic anticommunism as well as the origins and consequences of Mcarthyism. (H) People Whittaker hambers lger Hiss dgar Hoover Senator Joseph Mcarthy Julius and thel Rosenberg Institutions the merican ommunist Party (including its close relationship to the Soviet Union) the Federal ureau of Investigation (FI) the House ommittee on Un-merican ctivities (HU) 25 nalyze the origins, goals, and key events of the ivil Rights movement. (H) People Robert Kennedy Martin Luther King, Jr. Thurgood Marshall Rosa Parks Malcolm X

7 Institution the National ssociation for the dvancement of olored People (NP) vents rown v. oard of ducation (1954) the Montgomery us oycott the Little Rock School risis the sit-ins and freedom rides of the early 1960 s the 1963 civil rights protest in irmingham F the 1963 March on Washington G the 1965 civil rights protest in Selma H the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 26 escribe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement. (H, ) the 1964 ivil Rights ct and the 1965 Voting Rights ct the growth of the frican merican middle class, increased political power, and declining rates of frican merican poverty 27 nalyze the causes and course of the women s rights movement in the 1960 s and 1970 s. (H) 28 nalyze the important domestic policies and events that took place during the presidencies of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. (H) 28 the space exploration program 28 the assassination of President Kennedy 28 Johnson s Great Society programs 28 Nixon s appeal to the silent majority 28 the anti-war and counter-cultural movements 28F the creation of the nvironmental Protection gency (P) in G the Watergate scandal (including the Supreme ourt case, U.S. v. Nixon) ontemporary merica, nalyze the presidency of Ronald Regan. (H, ) 29 tax rate cuts 29 anticommunist foreign and defense policies 29 Supreme ourt appointments 29 the revitalization of the conservative movement during Reagan s tenure as President 29 the replacement of striking air traffic controllers with non-union personnel 30 escribe some of the major economic and social trends of the late 20 th century. (H, ) 30 the computer and technological revolution of the 1980 s and 1990 s 30 scientific and medical discoveries 30 Major immigration and demographic changes such as the rise in sian and Hispanic immigration (both legal and illegal) 30 the weakening of the nuclear family and the rise in divorce rates 31 nalyze the important domestic policies and events of the linton presidency. (H, ) 31 the passage of the North merican Free Trade greement (NFT) in President linton s welfare reform legislation and expansion of the earned income tax credit 31 the first balanced budget in more than 25 years 31 the election in 1994 of the first Republican majority in both the House and Senate in 40 years 31 tax credits for higher education 31F the causes and consequences of the impeachment of President linton in xplain the importance of the 2000 presidential election. (H, ) the Supreme ourt case, ush v. Gore the growing influence of the Republican Party in the South and the consolidation of the emocratic Party s hold on the coasts

8 33 nalyze the course and consequences of merica s recent diplomatic initiatives. (H, ) 33 the invasion of Panama and the Persian Gulf War 33 merican intervention in Somalia, Haiti, osnia-herzegovina, and Kosovo 33 the attempts to negotiate a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 33 merica s response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade enter in New York ity and on the Pentagon in Washington,..

9 Major valuation Strategies: Name of Type of ssessment ommon ssessment Test Performance ssessment Goals ssessed Progressive 1,2,4, 6a & Q d 1920s Project 1,2,3,4, 5, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e WW II iography old War Q 1, 2, 4, 5, 6a,6c, 6d, 6e Standards ssessed US II.8 US II. 9, US II.10 US II.14, US II.15, US II.16 & US II.17 1, 2, 4, 6a, 6d US II.18, US II.19, US II.20, US II.21, US II.23, US II.24, US II.28, US II.29 Other Objectives ssessed