Golden Triangle Cooperative Grades 9-12 U. S. History Objectives Preface: Objectives based on U.S. Standards referenced in Bring History Alive (ed. Kirk Ankeny et al). Each era includes a guideline of major events. Please note that these events are not intended to be all-inclusive. Student will draw upon skills in the following five interconnected dimensions of historical thinking: 1. Chronological Thinking 2. Historical Comprehension 3. Historical Analysis and Interpretation 4. Historical Research Capabilities 5. Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making These skills, while presented in five separate categories, are nonetheless interactive and mutually supportive. In conducting historical research or creating a historical argument of their own, for example, student must be able to draw upon skills in all five categories. Era 1 Prehistory of Americas (prehistory-1450): GTCC.9-12.USH.1 Explore events leading up to the making of the three worlds prior to 1450. indigenous settlements and culture interaction between prehistory peoples Era 2 Three Worlds Meet (1450-1600): GTCC.9-12.USH.2.1 Compare and contrast Americas, Western Europe, Western Africa. GTCC.9-12.USH.2.2 Evaluate resulting interactions of Early European exploration and colonization. Vikings Columbus and other European explorers Spanish treatment of American Indians Expansion of slave trade Iroquois Confederation Consequences of Protestant Reformation in Europe 1 of 5
Era 3 Colonization and Settlement (1600-1763): GTCC.9-12.USH.3.1 Analyze the causes and effects of European settlement in the Americas. GTCC.9-12.USH.3.2 Compare and contrast political, social, and religious institutions in colonies. Slavery Mapping slave trade Characteristics of early representative government Seven Years War (French and Indian War) Religious Freedom and Tolerance Witch Trials Environmental impact on settlements Era 4 Revolution and New Nation (1754-1820): GTCC.9-12.USH.4.1 Examine cause and reasons for victory of American Revolution GTCC.9-12.USH.4.2 Assess impact on politics, economy, and society GTCC.9-12.USH.4.3 Understands basis of American political system British attempts to control colonists (The Acts) Colonial response to British acts Formative documents of 1776-1820 Sequence of revolutionary battles Cause and outcomes of War of 1812 Era 5 Expansion and Reform (1801-1861): GTCC.9-12.USH.5.1 Connect reasons for Territorial Expansion to affected relations with foreign powers and American Indians. GTCC.9-12.USH.5.2 Assess impact of Industrial Revolution to regional tensions. GTCC.9-12.USH.5.3 Compare and contrast Jeffersonian/Jacksonian ideologies. GTCC.9-12.USH.5.4 Examine the characteristics of Antebellum society. GTCC.9-12.USH.5.5 Examine struggles for personal freedoms for disenfranchised (social reform). Indian removal policies War of Texas independence Immigration Technology advances: railroad, cotton gin Settlement of West Religious movements (missionaries) Freed blacks Monroe Doctrine 2 of 5
Era 6 Civil War & Reconstruction (1850-1877): GTCC.9-12.USH.6.1 Summarize cause and effect, courses and consequences of Civil War. GTCC.9-12.USH.6.2 Differentiate and evaluate various reconstruction plans States rights vs. nationalism Arguments over expansion of slavery Evolution of current political parties Political, economic, ethnic, social differences between North & South Controversy over reconstruction Emancipation proclamation Beginning of civil rights movements Era 7 Development of Industrial U. S. (1870-1900): GTCC.9-12.USH.7.1 Describe how rise of corporations and development of technology transformed the population. GTCC.9-12.USH.7.2 Connect the roles of immigration, urbanization, and industrialization. GTCC.9-12.USH.7.3 Analyze the development of labor movements. GTCC.9-12.USH.7.4 Evaluate Indian policy after the Civil War. Rise of big business and tycoons Impact of immigration on urban life Agriculture development Impact of railroad system Homesteading Old immigrants vs. new immigrants American Indian battles, treaties, reservations, and boarding schools Era 8 Creation of Modern America (1890-1930): GTCC.9-12.USH.8.1 Evaluate the Age of Progressivism. GTCC.9-12.USH.8.2 Summarize the causes and effects, courses and consequences of WWI. GTCC.9-12.USH.8.3 Evaluate the emergence of America as a world power following WWI. GTCC.9-12.USH.8.4 Synthesize changes in the U. S. from WWI through the Depression. Progressive policies towards business, labor, cities, and social issues City life (moral and social issues) 16 th, 17 th, 18 th, and 19 th amendments Presidents foreign policy from imperialism to Good Neighbor Technology developments Causes of WWI, Treaty of Versailles 3 of 5
Era 9 Prosperity from Depression to WWII (1920-1945): GTCC.9-12.USH.9.1 Describe prosperity and culture of 1920 s. GTCC.9-12.USH.9.2 Analyze causes of Great Depression. GTCC.9-12.USH.9.3 Examine New Deal and creation of the welfare state. GTCC.9-12.USH.9.4 Summarize cause and effect, courses and consequences of WWII. Jazz age Model T (technology advances) Prohibition Stock market crash 1929 Dust bowl Growth of National Bureaucracy Rise of dictators in Europe & Asia Pearl Harbor Navaho Code-Talkers American Neutrality Policies Allied powers Atomic age Unconditional surrender Holocaust Era 10 Postwar America (1945-1974): GTCC.9-12.USH.10.1 Examine the economic boom and social transformation of postwar America. GTCC.9-12.USH.10.2 Summarize how the Cold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam influenced domestic and international politics. GTCC.9-12.USH.10.3 Analyze domestic policies after World War II. GTCC.9-12.USH.10.4 Identify the struggle for racial and gender equality and connect the extension of civil liberties. Baby Boom Cold War Korean War Vietnam War Civil/Equal Rights Movement Era 11 Globalization: American Transition (1970-2000): GTCC.9-12.USH.11.1 Assess developments in foreign and domestic policies. GTCC.9-12.USH.11.2 Describe the prosperity and cultural developments of the 1990s. GTCC.9-12.USH.11.3 Recognize the importance of the emergence of the computer revolution. Watergate End of Cold War Persian Gulf War 4 of 5
Reaganomics Environmental Movement Globalization & Interdependence Iranian Hostages Era 12 21 st Century (2000-Present): GTCC.9-12.USH.12.1 Integrate developments in American foreign policy with the War on Terror. GTCC.9-12.USH.12.2 Evaluate domestic and economic policies. GTCC.9-12.USH.12.3 Recognize the continued polarization of major political parties. 9/11 Elections from 2000 to the Present War on Terrorism Recession of 2008 2009 Stimulus Bill 5 of 5