Page 1 of 6 Close Window Print Page Layout Show Standards View Paragraph Format View Course Description US HISTORY 11 (MASTER MAP) School: Binghamton High School Course #: 104 : Master Map Email: Grade Level: 11 ESSENTIAL MONTH/YEAR QUESTIONS September How do 2006 geography and enviornment influence the culture of an area? How did geography influence the development of diverse colonial economics? CONCEPTS/SKILLS/STANDARDS Culture Explain the Systems origins of our political system. Physical Systems CONTENT Introductory Unit -compare and contrast -how to draw inferences from evidence. (i.e. examine a penny, primary and secondary sources) -cause and effect -different viewpoints (Read "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by A. Wolf.) Review basic skills. geography -map skills (Create a U.S. map) Culture/ ASSESSMENT AREAS OF INTERACTION Colonialism -Colonial Packet of primary source readings with comprehension questions Democratic Foundations -English/Colonial foundations of U.S. Constitution. October 2006 What were the causes and effects of the American Revolution? Citizenship What were the Culture flaws in our first government and how were they addressed? Causes of the American Revolution Declaration of Independence -document study American Revolution -major battles Articles of Confederation Critical Period
Page 2 of 6 What is the function of the Constitution and how is it relevant to your life? Systems U.S. Constitution -U.S. Constitution survey packet -Webquest and/or projects November 2006 What procedures evolved that refined our political system under the Constitution? Citizenship How did the Foreign Policy new nation deal with foreign policy? What economic needs caused the development of Systems industry in the? Constitution -U.S. Supreme Court case presentations by students based on their research. -overhead transparencies to reinforce constitutional principles. -connections to current events Struggles of a new nation -defining powers of legislative, executive and judicial branches. -elastic clause -judicial review -unwritten constitution Emergence of political parties -Jefferson/ Hamilton -loose vs. strict construction Louisiana Purchase -Lewis and Clark War of 1812 -Tecumseh December 2006 How is the meaning of democracy Citizenship redefined under Andrew Culture Jackson? How did the expansion of slavery lead to conflict in the? Why did the call for social reform emerge and what changes Monroe Doctrine Emergence of industry -American System -new sources of power -American inventiveness Age of Jackson -inauguration -battle with the National Bank -democratic features -Native American policy Expansion of Slavery -compromises -problems caused by land acquisition Reform Movements -create a graphic organizer based on student research of various movements.
Page 3 of 6 resulted? Systems Reform Manifest Destiny Sectionalism and /or Projects January 2007 What were the causes and effects of the Civil War? What economic, political and social changes took place in the country after the Civil War? Citizenship Culture Systems Causes of the Civil War -states rights vs. federal rights -expansion of slavery -economic diversity Excerpts of PBS' "Abe and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided". Civil War -major battles, role of minorities -basic war strategy -Lincoln's assasination -document study/ Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address Reconstruction -impeachment of Andrew Johnson -Radical Republicans -military districts in the south -problems associated with emancipation -Hayes/Tilden Election of 1877 and/or projects February 2007 Why and how did the United States shift from a subsistence Citizenship economy to a cash economy? Culture How did an increasingly diverse population affect the? Economic Systems The New West -Homestead Act Transcontinental Railroad -impact on Native Americans -Custer's Last Stand -Dawe's Act Industrial Age -A&E Biographies (Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie) -political cartoons (Thomas Nast) The Gilded Age Growth of Big Business -factory system -new technology -work conditions -growth of labor unions Immigration -Ellis Island -Nation of Immigrants Urbanization Reading Charts
Page 4 of 6 Systems -rural to urban/causes and effects -urban poverty Populism -Wm. Jennings Bryan "Cross of Gold" speech (Wizard of Oz) -discontent among farmers -The Granger Movement -growth of third political parties March 2007 What caused a social reform movement at the turn of the 20th century? How did the respond to imperialism? What are the causes and effects of World War I? Culture Economic Systems Progressive Reform -primary source packet with comprehension questions. -charts, graphs, etc. -the Progressive presidents(t.roosevelt, W.H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson) -Progressive legislation Expansionism -Spanish American War -"Big Stick" Policy -Panama Canal -Open Door Policy World War I -unrestricted submarine warfare -technology -Treaty of Versailles/ League of Nations -The Century- "Shell Shock" The Twenties -Harlem Renaissance -Black Nationalism/Marcus Garvey -The New Woman (flappers, sheiks) -inventions/ innovations/technologies -uneven prosperity -banking problems -Prohibition/rise of organized crime -impact of media -Stock Market Crash of 1929 April 2007 What were the causes of the Great Depression? What initiatives did the government take to deal Great Depression -The Dust Bowl -unemployment -Hoover's response New Deal -FDR's response -alphabet soup of New Deal programs assignments
Page 5 of 6 May 2007 with the Great Depression? How did the political system repond to a blogal depression? Why did the enter World War II? Systems What were the results of World War II? Why did a Cold Citizenship War develop between the Culture and the U.S.S.R.? What domestic changes took place in the after World War II? What role does the United States play in our global society? What current issues face the today? How does the Constitution continue to meet the needs of a changing American society? Systems -challenges to the New Deal programs ( critics of, stacking the court, etc.) -film "Life in the Thirties") World Conflicts -rise of dictatorships -shift from isolationist policy -Pearl Harbor World War II -strategies -domestic preparation for war -discrimination during the war (Japanese Americans, African Americans) -Manhattan Project/ Nuclear Age -The Holocaust Post World War II -United Nations (Universal Declaration of as applied to war crimes/ Nuremberg Trials) -Serviceman's Readjustment Act (G.I.Bill) -reversion to a peacetime economy -creation of Israel Cold War -containment policy -Nuclear Age -Truman Doctrine,Marshall Plan -Korea, Vietnam -McCarthyism -Space Race Domestic Issues -Civil Rts. Movement ( Brown vs. Bd. of Ed., Emmett Till, Little Rock, etc.) -growth of the suburbs Issues since 1960 -Cuban Missile Crisis -Civil Rts. -Women's Rights -Native American Rights -Great Society -Vietnam -credibility gap (Pentagon Papers) -Impact of OPEC (gas crisis) -Camp David Accords -Supply Side Economics -SALT Talks anlysis of
Page 6 of 6 June 2007 Complete post 1960 curriculum as needed. Review and preparation for the U.S. History and Government Regents exam. -Terrorism -Crime -AIDS -misc. controversial issues New York State Regents Exam in History and Government with a score of 65 or greater.