American History Pacing Guide

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1 Term 1 9 weeks Lessons General Assessments Unit 2: Emergence of Modern United States Chapter 4: The Progressive Era Chapter 5: An Emerging World Power Chapter 6: World War I and Beyond Chapter 7: The Twenties Chapter 8: The Great Depression Chapter 9: The New Deal Pt. 1 Choral Response Classroom Discussion Quizzes Homework Tests Portfolios Technology Specific Assessments by Chapter Chapter 4: Written Essay Technology: Student use laptops to research a person of importance during time period Chapter 5: Projects: Propaganda poster for Spanish-American War, US/East Asia Events Timeline Cause/Effect chart for Spanish-American War Panama Canal map exercise Chapter 6: Projects: President Wilson WWI Briefing Book, illustrate which of the Fourteen Points you think is most important Concept web on the Red Scare Chapter 7: Projects: Short paper on Scopes Trial evolution v. creation Venn diagram on Social and Cultural Tensions between minority and ethnic groups during 1920s Use laptops to research paper in class Chapter 8: Projects: Poster of similarities between the economy in 1930s and now, Great Depression movie project Written Essay: reaction paper to movie Movie: Riding the Rails GLCES 5.1.1, 5.1.2, , , Chapter 9 Pt. 1: Projects: Venn diagram on Effects of New Deal

2 Term 2 9 weeks Lessons General Assessments Unit 3 cont. Unit 4 World War II and Postwar America Chapter 9: The New Deal Pt. 2 Chapter 10: The Coming War Chapter 11: World War II Chapter 12: The Cold War Begins Chapter 13: Postwar Confidence and Anxiety Choral Response Classroom Discussion Quizzes Homework Tests Portfolios Technology Specific Assessments by Chapter Chapter 9 Pt. 2: Written Essay: Reaction paper to movie identifying techniques used to display exaggerated happy endings and why used during Great Depression Movie: It s A Wonderful Life Chapter 10: Projects: European Dictator chart list country and dictator and governmental policies of each, WWII impact around the world Compare/contrast WWII maps of Japan and Europe/Germany. How are the dictator movements similar? Different? Chapter 11: Axis/Ally Powers Chart Write a one page response to question: Do you agree or disagree with curtailment of certain civil liberties during wartime? Why or why not? Movie: U-571: True story of a secret mission by a submarine crew to steal the decoder from the Nazis Write a one page reaction paper to movie Chapter 12: Projects: Ways that military discoveries were converted to everyday use Chart of long-term effects of the Korean War on Korea and the US Cause/Effect Chart of results of arms race Research important person during Cold War Era Use laptops to research paper in class Chapter 13: Projects: Union brochure Chart of positive contributions of Truman s and Eisenhower s presidencies Movie: I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith Show Reaction paper to movie explaining why you think show was so popular and did it realistically portray life in the 1950s GLCES , , , , 8.2.1

3 Term 3 9 weeks Lessons General Assessments Unit 5 Challenges and Changes Chapter 14: The Civil Rights Movement Chapter 15: The Kennedy and Johnson Years Chapter 16: The Vietnam War Era Chapter 17: An Era of Protest and Change Choral Response Classroom Discussion Quizzes Homework Tests Portfolios Technology Specific Assessments by Chapter Chapter 14: One Three page paper on describing what institutional racism is and does it still exist today Field Trip to African-American Museum Civil Rights Collage Movie: Mighty Times The Legacy of Rosa Parks, A Time For Justice Project: Entrance ticket each student must fill out an entrance ticket on a specific person during the Civil Rights Movement to share with class Jigsaw activity: Give each group a question to research; they must become experts and teach the class; include strategy to assess classes understanding Chapter 15: Kennedy s domestic policy chart, Johnson s Great Society chart Read and analyze Kennedy s inaugural address Read and analyze SDS Manifesto and compare/contrast it to Kennedy s inaugural address Native American Culture Groups location map Field Trip to Henry Ford Museum Chapter 16: Chart on Truman/Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson policies in Vietnam Southeast Asia map Read and analyze The Splendid Little War Chapter 17 Pt 1: Cause and Effect Chart for the Women s Movement Compare/contrast Web for Latinos and Native Americans Project: Alcatraz Protest GLCES 8.3.1,

4 Term 4 9 weeks Lessons General Assessments Unit 6 Changes and Enduring Issues Ch. 18: A Crisis in Confidence Ch. 19: The Conservative Resurgence Ch. 20: Into A New Century Choral Response Classroom Discussion Quizzes Homework Tests Portfolios Technology Specific Assessments by Chapter Chapter 18: Cause/Effect Chart on Watergate Crisis Chapter 19: Liberal and Conservative Viewpoints of Washington Iran Hostage Crisis project Keynesian and Supply-side government response to a recession poster Research paper on one controversial issue in the 1960s-2000 Poster of the important scientists of the Scientific Revolution Chapter 20: Technology Revolution Chart Field Trip to Greenfield Village Gingrich s Contract with America Chart Immigration project GLCES , , 9.2.2

5 GLCES Descriptions Analyze the factors that enabled the United States to become a major industrial power, including development of labor organizations, advantages of physical geography, increase in labor through immigration and migration, economic policies of government and industrial leaders and technological advances Evaluate the different responses of labor to industrial change including development of organized labor, including the Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and the United Mine Workers; Southern and Western farmers reactions, including the growth of populism and the populist movement Indentify and explain the significance of the cultural changes and tensions in the Roaring Twenties, including cultural movements, such as the Harlem Renaissance and the lost generation ; the struggle between traditional and modern America ( Scopes Trial, immigration restrictions, Prohibition, role of women, mass consumption) Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression by examining the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression; the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers and families; Hoover s policies and their impact Explain and evaluate Roosevelt s New Deal Policies including expanding the federal government s responsibilities to protect the environment, meet challenges of unemployment, address the needs of workers, farmers, the poor and the elderly; opposition to the New Deal

6 and the impact of the Supreme Court in striking down and then accepting New Deal laws; and consequences of New Deal policies Analyze the factors contributing to World War II in Europe and in the Pacific region and America s entry into the war Evaluate the role of the U.S. in fighting the war militarily, diplomatically, and technologically across the world (Germany First Strategy, Big Three Alliance and the development of atomic weapons) Analyze the changes in American life brought about by U.S. participation in World War II including mobilization of economic, military, and social resources, role of women and minorities in the war effort, role of the home front in supporting the war effort, and internment of Japanese-Americans Investigate development and enactment of Hitler s final solution policy, and the responses to genocide by the Allies, the U.S. government, international organizations, and individuals Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War including differences in the civic, ideological, and political values, and the economic and governmental institutions of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.; diplomatic decisions made at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences; actions by both countries in the last years and the years following World War II (atomic bomb, Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, North American Treaty Alliance NATO) and the Warsaw Pact Evaluate the origins, setbacks, and successes of the American policy of containing the Soviet Union, including the development of a U.S. national security establishment; the armed struggle with Communism, including the Korea conflict; direct conflicts within specific world regions including Germany and Cuba; U.S. involvement in Vietnam; the arms race

7 8.1.3 Evaluate the factors that led to the end of the cold war including détente, policies of the U.S. and U.S.S.R. and their leaders; the political breakup of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact Examine, analyze, and explain demographic change, domestic policies, conflicts and tensions in Post-WWII America, including using population data to produce maps that show major changes in population distribution and spatial patterns Analyze major domestic issues in the Post-WWII era and the policies designed to meet challenges by describing issues Americans such as McCarthyism, labor, poverty, health care immigration and the environment; evaluating policy decisions and legislative actions to meet these actions (G.I. Bill of Rights, Taft-Hartley Act, Twenty Second Amendment and the Federal Highway Act) Focus on causes, programs, and impacts; compare and contrast Roosevelt s New Deal initiatives, Johnsons Great Society programs, and Reagan s market-based domestic policies Analyze key events, documents, ideals, in the struggle for Civil Rights including the impact of WWII and the Cold War; Supreme Court decisions and government actions (Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act); protest movements, organizations, and civil actions (integration of baseball, Montgomery Bus Boycott, March on Washington, freedom rides, NAACP, Southern Christian Leadership Conference) Compare and contrast the ideas of Martin Luther King s March on Washington speech to the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the Seneca Falls Resolution, and the Gettysburg Address Analyze the causes and courses of the women s rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s

8 8.3.4 Evaluate the major accomplishments and setbacks in civil rights and liberties for American minorities over the 20 th century including Latinos, Native Americans, new immigrants, people with disabilities and gays and lesbians Analyze the causes and consequences of the civil unrest that occurred in American cities by comparing the civil unrest in Detroit with at least one other American city Explain the impact of globalization on the United States using the changing nature of American automobile industry and evaluating the changes in the American economy created by new markets, natural resources, technologies, international competition, new sources and methods of production, energy issues Analyze the transformation of American politics in the late 20 th century including the growth of conservative movement in national politics; role of evangelical religion in national politics; partisan conflict over the role of government Explain the role of the United States as a super-power in the post-cold War world, including advantages, disadvantages, and new challenges Analyze how the attacks of 9/11 and the response to terrorism have altered American domestic and international policies

Academic Calendar: (In alignment with Civics Content Expectations)

Academic Calendar: (In alignment with Civics Content Expectations) 1st Quarter Marking Period: 6.1 Growth of an Industrial and Urban America Explain the causes and consequences both positive and negative