Unit Essential Questions SE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Unit 7 Total War -- the Second World War 1939-1945 Unit 8: Differing Ideologies -- the Cold War 1945-1970s How did the consequences of WW I lead to WW II? How was the US informally and then formally involved in WW II? In what ways was the end of WW II similar & different from the end of WW I? What were the key points of difference between the US and the Soviet Union? How did America s beliefs about communism shape its policies at home and abroad? 2B-R 2C-S 2D-S 7A- R 7B- S 7C- S 7D- R 7E- S 7F- S 7G- R 12B-S 17A-R 19B-R 21B-S 24A 26F-S 2B-R, 2C-S, 2D-S, 8A-R, 8B-S, 8C-R, 8D-R, 14A-R, 17B-R, 17C-S, 19B-R, 20A-S, 21A-R, 21B-S, 23B-S, 25A-S, 25B-R, 26E-S, 26F-S, 27A-R, 27B-S Jan. 1 NO SCHOOL Jan. 2 STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 Jan. 9 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 15 NO SCHOOL Jan. 16 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Half Day Feb. 1 Feb. 2 End of 3 Weeks MP3-3WK Checkpoint Deadline (Unit 5) 1
Unit 9 Liberty & Justice for All -- Civil Rights Movement 1945-1970s (inc. Vietnam) How did changes in society lead to changes in government? How were the two main approaches to achieving civil rights different? How were they alike? What was the role of the courts in achieving civil rights? How did economic changes impact society? What changes are still needed with respect to civil rights? 2B-R 2D-S 9A-R 9B-S 9C-S 9D-S 9E-S 9F-R 9G-S 9H-R 9I-S 17D-S 21A-R 21B-S 21C 23A-R 23B-S 24A 24B-S 26A-R 26C-R 26D-S 8D-R 8E-S 8F-S Feb. 5 Feb. 6 English I Benchmark Feb. 7 Feb. 8 English II Benchmark Feb. 9 Feb. 12 Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 19 Algebra I Benchmark Feb. 20 US History Benchmark option Feb. 21 Biology Benchmark Feb. 22 US History Benchmark option End of 6 Weeks MP3-6WK Checkpoint Deadline (Unit 6) Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 End of MP 1-9WK Fall Checkpoint Deadline (Unit 7 & 8) 2
Unit 7: Total War -- the Second World War 1939-1945 2B-R- WW II as a shift: economic recovery, US w/ Allies, total world war 2C-S- Major dates o Pearl Harbor attack o D-Day o VE Day o VJ Day 2D-S- Significance of 1939-1945 7A- R Reasons for Waro Dictatorships Hitler, Stalin o Attack on Pearl Harbor o Relationship between US & Japan 7B- S Domestic and International leadership; o Truman- @ home & relationship with allies o Roosevelt: @ home & international (rapid industry mobilization) o Truman s decision to drop atomic bomb 7C- S U.S. War of Information (Propaganda) 7D- R Major issues o Holocaust o Internment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans o Executive Order #9066 o Weapons (conventional and atomic) 7E- S Military Events o Battle of Midway o Pacific Islands o Bataan Death March o Battle of Normandy o Fighting on multiple fronts o Liberation of Concentration Camps 7F- S Military leaders during World War II o Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, Douglass MacArthur, George Marshall, George Patton, Chester Nimitz o Bernard Montgomery, Erwin Rommel, Yamamoto 7G- R Home Front and American Patriotism: o Enlistment, Volunteerism, Purchase of War Bonds, Victory Gardens, Tuskegee Airmen, Flying Tigers, Navajo Code Talkers, o Contributions of women & minority groups o Obstacles for women & minority groups 12B-S Changes in political borders o Expansion of Germany, Japan, & Italy 17A-R Economic Effects o End of Great Depression o Rationing o Female employment o Minority employment o Shift to production of military goods o Increase national debt o Growth of suburbs & moving west 19B-R-Constitutional Issues o Executive Order 9066 21B-Reasons for Constitutional amendments o 22 nd Amendment (term limits) 24A-Leadership Qualities 26F-S-Medal of Honor: Vernon J Baker 3
Unit 8: Differing Ideologies -- the Cold War 1945-1970s Socorro Independent School District 2B-R Major characteristics of the era: o Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union o NATO, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, Korea & Vietnam, arms race, McCarthyism 2C-S Absolute and relative chronology 2D-S Turning points o 1957- Sputnik o 1958- Creation of NASA o 1969-US lands on the Moon o 1991- Cold War ends 8A-R US response to Soviet aggression o Truman Doctrine o Marshall Plan o NATO o Berlin Airlift o Cuban Missile Crisis o Policy of Containment 8B-S Cold War tensions intensify o Arms race o Space race. o McCarthyism o HUAC Committee o Verona Papers 8C-R Korean Conflict o Reasons and outcomes o Containment 8D-R-War & Domino Theory o Truman Doctrine o Containment o Marshall Plan o Domino Theory o NATO o National Security Act of 1947 o CIA o Military-industrial Complex 14A-R Population growth and distribution of Physical environment o Urbanization o Pollution o Urban Sprawl o Deforestation o Building of Dams o Major Infrastructure projects o Increased demand for food o National Parks System o Environmental protection 17B-R Prosperity in the 1950s o Baby boom generation o GI Bill o Increased Consumption o Growth of agriculture and businesses o Housing boom (Levittown) 4
17C-S Economic impact of increased defense spending and prioritizing education. o Rand Corp (defense) o National security apparatus o Military Industrial Complex o Weapons of Mass Destruction o NASA o Space Race o NDEA National Defense Education Act of 1958 19B-R Constitutional Issues o Gulf of Tonkin Resolution o Pentagon Papers o War Powers Act 20A-S Relationship between Executive and Legislative Branches o Gulf of Tonkin Resolution o War Powers Act 21A-R Landmark Supreme Court Cases o Tinker v Des Moines 1969 21B-S Reasons for Constitutional Amendments 23B-S Achieving equality of political rights o 26th Amendment. 25A-S Art, music literature o Beat Generation o Rock n Roll o Elvis Presley o Vietnam protest songs o Silent Spring o Kurt Vonnegut o Motown o Jimi Hendrix o Counterculture (Hippies) o Andy Warhol 25B-R Positive and negative impact of Culture War o Beat Generation o Rock n Roll 26E-S Significance of Mottos o E Pluribus Unum o In God We Trust 26F-S Congressional Medal of Honor o Roy Benavides 27A-R Science and Technology o Satellite communication o Computers 27B-S- Scientific discovery and technological innovations o McCormick Reaper o Steel Plow o Canned food o Refrigeration o GPS o Center pivot irrigation o Genetically modified crops o Submarines 5
Unit 9: Liberty & Justice for All -- Civil Rights Movement 1945-1970s (inc. Vietnam) 2B-R: Civil Rights Movement o Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964. o Voting Rights Act 1965 o Brown V Board of Education o Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy 2D-S: Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 9A-R: Development of civil Rights o Civil Rights-Bill of Rights o 13 th, 14 th and 15 th Amendment o Civil Rights Groups (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE) o Desegregation of Armed Forces o MLK, Rosa Parks Montgomery Bus Boycott and March on Washington o Title IX o Sandra Day O Connor 9B-S: Political Organizations promoting Civil Rights o NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, LULAC, UFWOC, La Raza Unida, AIM, NOW, ADL, HRC, ACLU, SPLC 9C-S: Leaders o MLK o Cesar Chaves o Rosa Parks o Hector P. Garcia o Betty Freidan o Dolores Huerta 9D-S: Approaches by Civil Rights Groups o Non-Violent v. Militant 9E-S: Writings of MLK o I Have a Dream Speech and Letters from Birmingham Jail 9F-R: Presidential Actions for Minority Rights o Desegregation of Armed Forces-Truman o Civil Rights of 1957 and 1964 o Voting Rights Act of 1965 9G-S: Individuals that sought to maintain the status quo o George Wallace o Orval Faubus o Lester Maddox o Congressional bloc of Southern Democrats 9H-R: Changes in events resulting in civil Rights Movement o Increase in voter registration o Increase in minorities in politics o Changes in National Identity o End legal racial segregation 9I-S: Litigation o Mendez V Westminster o Delgado V Bastrop ISD o Sweatt V Painter o Brown V Board of Education o Hernandez V Texas o Edgewood ISD V Kirby 6
17D-S: Economic Opportunities o Great Society Food Stamp Act, Housing & Urban Development, Child Nutrition Act, Head Start, Medicaid, Medicare and Job Corps o Affirmative Action o Title IX o Federal Housing Authority o Upward Bound 21A-R: Landmark Supreme Court Cases o Plessy V Ferguson o Brown V Board of Education o Hernandez V Texas o Wisconsin V. Yoder o White V Regester o Miranda V Arizona 21B-S: Constitution Amended o 25 th Amendment o 27 th Amendment o 26 th Amendment o 24 th Amendment 21C: Construction V Judicial Interpretation o Strict construction o Judicial Interpretation 23A-R: Democratic Process o Lobbying o Non-Violent Protesting o Court Decision o Litigation o Amendments 23B-S: Equality of Political Rights 24 th and 26 th Amendment 24A: Effective Leader o Honest, fairness, sense of justice, responsibility, willingness to confer with subject matter experts and decision making skills 24B-S: Social Leaders o Thurgood Marshall 26A-R: Economic Opportunities and Political Rights o NAACP o Black Panthers o LULAC o NAWSA o NOW o League of Women Voters o United Farm Workers 26C-R: Racial, ethnic, gender and religious groups that shape American culture o Cultural mosaic o Cultural diffusion o Jackie Robinson 26D-S: Contributions of Women o Eleanor Roosevelt o Dolores Huerta o Shirley Chisholm 8D-R Reasons for US involvement in foreign countries. (Vietnam War) o Truman Doctrine o Domino Theory 7
8E-S Vietnam War o Increased presence in 1956 o Deterioration after JFK assassination o Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964) o Escalation of US force 1964-1968 o TET Offensive (1968) o Vietnamization o Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 8f-S Response to Vietnam o Draft implemented o 26th Amendment o Role of media o Credibility Gap o Silent Majority o Anti-War Movement o Doves vs. Hawks o Kent State University Massacre (1970) 8