Pacing Guide: Amory High School Teacher: Laney Course: US History Academic Year/Semester: 2012-2013 Essential Questions Content Skills 1 st 9 Weeks Grading Period 2 nd 9 Weeks Grading Period Why is the Constitution a living document? What caused WWI and why did the US enter the war? Would you characterize all of the government s policies in What political, economic effects did WWI have on the US? the late 1800s toward business as laissez faire? Explain How did the booming economy and the new mass culture of the How do we know if early labor unions were effective or 1920s lead to changes in American life? not? How did African Americans express a new sense of hope and What did US citizens think about immigrants in the pride during the 1920s? Northeast? Why? How did the Great Depression affect the lives of Americans? How could the US between 1870 & 1914 be considered a How did the New Deal change the social, economic, and land of opportunity? political landscape of the US? How did the growth of the middle class change the economy and influence new forms of mass entertainment? How did Plessy v. Ferguson encourage or discourage segregation? What effect did women activists during the late 1800s have on the political and social life of the country? How did the spoils system lead to government reform? Why did the Populist party want changes? During the Progressive Era, how did government deal with natural disasters, protect workers and the rights of minorities? How did the US become a world power? Was that a good or bad thing? The Constitution The Triumph of Industry-Ch. 4 Immigration and Urbanization-5 The South and West Transformed-6 Issues of the Gilded Age-7 Progressive Era-8 Emerging World Power-9 Cite and analyze evidence that the United States Constitution is a living document. Describe how new inventions changed daily lives. World War I and Beyond-10 The Twenties-11 The Great Depression-12 New Deal-13 Identify causes of WWI. Discus the steps the US took toward war. Summarize how the war changed the lives of Americans on the 1
Competency and Objective Numbers Analyze the development of RR on Industrial growth. Analyze how big business grew and gained a competitive edge. Describe what factory work was like at the turn of the century. Analyze the goals of early labor unions in the US. Summarize the causes and outcomes of the major strikes in the late 1800s. Describe how the American frontier shifted west. Analyze the changes that occurred in federal Indian policies. Describe how settlers overcame barriers in the Plains. Analyze the Populists key goals. Summarize how business influenced politics during Gilded Age-Laissez Faire. Describe the experiences of immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Summarize the challenges of the city. Examine the Social Gospel and reforms of the time. Analyze the expansion of Ed. during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Describe the new kinds of recreation in America. Summarize the types of discrimination encountered by African Americans and how they resisted. Analyze the changing role of women during the time period. Describe the goals of Progressives. Explain why Progressive reforms met resistance. Analyze the factors that led to a suffrage victory. Summarize the factors that led to imperialism. Describe the events leading up to and following Spanish American War. Analyze Roosevelt s Big Stick diplomacy. Ch4: 1c, 2b, 5a-b, 7a Ch5: 2a, 5a-c, 7a-c-d Ch6: 4a-d-f, 5a-b-c Ch7: 1a-b, 4a-c, 5a-b, 6b-c Ch8: 1b-c, 2b-c, 4a-b-c, 6a-b-c, 7c Ch9 3a-b, 5a, 7c home front. Analyze the Paris Peace Conference and its provisions. Describe how women s roles changed in the 1920s. Analyze how cities and suburbs were affected by the move from rural areas. Summarize how the mass media helped create a common cultural experience. Analyze the effects of Prohibition on society. Describe events that fueled the Red Scare. Analyze the ways industrial growth affected the economy of the late 1920s. Summarize the events that led to the stock market crash. Interpret the causes of the Great Depression. Describe how poverty spread during the Great Depression and the social problems that followed. Describe how President Hoover and Roosevelt responded to the Great Depression. Describe Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt s roles in restoring the nations hope. Analyze the New Deal s programs and its limitations. Summarize the New Deal s effects on American culture.. Ch10: 1d, 2a, 3a-c-e, 4a, 5a-b, 7c Ch11: 1a, 2a, 3c, 4a-f, 5a-c, 6a, 7a-d Ch12: 1b, 2a-b-c, 5a-c, 6a-b Ch13: 1b-c, 2c, 4f, 5b, 6a, 7a-c-d 2
Assessment Homework, Quiz, Project, Test(selected response, constructed response) Political Cartoons, Maps, Teacher Observation Homework, Quiz, Project, Test(selected response, constructed response) Political Cartoons, Maps, Teacher Observation Essential Questions 3 rd 9 Weeks Grading Period 4 th 9 Weeks Grading Period What unresolved issues from WWI led to the outbreak of What were the goals of Kennedy s New Frontier? WWII? How did Johnson s Great Society programs change life for How did events of the conflict alter the political, cultural, most Americans? and economic landscape of America? What were the causes and effects of America s involvement in Could a war such as World War II occur again? How and the Vietnam War? why? What was the counterculture and what impact did it have on How did the US respond to the threat of Soviet expansion in American society? Europe? How did the rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s expand What methods did the US use in its global struggle against the rights for diverse groups of Americans? the Soviet Union? What spurred the rise of conservatism in the late 1970s and What social and economic factors changed American life early 1980s? during the 1950s? What were President Reagan s foreign policies, and how did How did African Americans challenge segregation after they contribute to the fall of communism in Europe? WWII? What actions did the US take in the Middle East/Persian Gulf What successes and challenges faced the civil rights during Bush s presidency? movement after 1964? How have technological changes and globalization transformed the American economy? What was Bush s domestic agenda and his response to the terrorist attack against the US? Content Skills 3 The Coming of War-14 World War II-15 The Cold War-16 Postwar Confidence and Anxiety-17 The Civil Rights Movement-18 Describe how Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini rose to power. Discuss how the German invasion of Poland led to war with The Kennedy and Johnson Years-19 The Vietnam War-20 An Era of Protest and Change-21 A Crisis in Confidence-22 The Conservative Resurgence-23 Into a New Century-24 SATP Review Describe Kennedy s New Frontier Analyze the circumstances that surrounded Kennedy s
Britain and France. Analyze the causes and effects of Japan s growing military power. Summarize why the US chose neutrality in the 1930s, and what led the US to declare war. Describe how Roosevelt mobilized the armed forces. Describe life on the home front. Analyze how the Allies retook Europe. Discuss the war in the Pacific. Analyze how the Manhattan Project ended the War. Summarize the war s social impact on society Discuss the postwar goals of US and Soviet Union. Analyze how the Iron Curtain tightened the soviet hold over Eastern Europe. Describe how Communist advances affected American foreign policy and American life at home. Analyze the causes and effects of the Korean War. List characteristics of the McCarthy Era. Analyze the Postwar economy including business, technology, subways, highways Describe why comfort and security were important to Americans in the 1950s. Analyze the role of men and women during the 1950s Describe Truman s domestic policies. Discuss the events that led to the rise of African Amer. influence in the 20 th century. Analyze the response to the Brown v. Board of Ed. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Analyze the early groups that laid the foundation for the Civil Rights movements and their strategies, nonviolence: sit-ins, freedom riders Describe Kennedy s approach to Civil Rts and the goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 assassination.. Describe Johnson s Great Society Analyze the goals and outcome of the Bay of Pigs Describe the events that led to the Berlin Crisis and the Cuban Missile Crisis Summarize the events that led to the War Analyze how battlefield conditions in Vietnam affected American soldiers. Discuss how the Tet Offensive was a turning pt. in the war. Describe how Nixon s policies led to American withdrawal from Vietnam. Describe the background of the women s movement and observe the impact of feminism. Describe how ethnic minorities sought equality. Analyze Nixon s Domestic and Foreign policy Summarize the Watergate scandal and Nixon s resignation. Discuss the economic problems Ford s administration faced. Describe Carter s domestic and foreign policies. Summarize the major events in Reagan s political career. Describe how Conservatism evolved b/w 1930s and 70s. Analyze the Reagan Revolution Describe the ways in which the US experienced a renewal of patriotism in the 80s. Describe the challenges faced by George HW Bush during the 1988 election. Describe how the Cold War came to an end. Describe the issues Clinton tackled his 1 st term Describe the scandals during Clinton s 2 nd term. Analyze how America responded to terrorist attacks in 2001. Summarize the political changes that took place in the world in the 1990s. Competency and Objective Numbers Ch14: 1c,3c-e, 7a Ch15: 1b-d, 2a, 3c-d-e, 4a, 5c Ch16: 1d, 3d-e-f, 7a-c Ch17: 1b, 2a-c, 3c, 4c-e, 5b-c, 6a, 7a-c-d Ch18: 1a-b, 4a-b-c-d Ch19: 1a-b-d, 3c-d, 4c, 6d, 7a Ch20: 1a-c-d, 3d-e, 7a-c Ch21: 1b,2b, 4a-b-e-f, 7a-c-d Ch22: 1b-c, 2b-c, 3d-e-f, 5c, 7a-c-e Ch23: 1b, 2a-c, 3d-f, 6a, 7a-b-d Ch24: 1a-b-d, 2c, 3e-f, 4f, 5b, 6c, 7d-e 4
Assessment Test(SR, CR), Project, Quiz, Homework, Teacher Observation, Political Cartoons, Maps, Test(SR, CR), Project, Quiz, Homework, Teacher Observation, Political Cartoons, Maps, 5