Research Skills for History Primary source Secondary source Bias Describe the relationship between a primary source document and a secondary source document. Determine the credibility and bias of primary and secondary sources Analyze cause and effect relationships between and among individuals and/or historical events. Describe two points of view on the same historical events Construct charts, graphs, and narratives using historical data. Interpret historical data displayed in graphs, tables, and charts. Construct timelines (e.g., presidents/world leaders, key events, people) of the historical era being studied. Formulate questions that can be answered by historical study and research. SS07 S1, C1 SS07 S2, C1 Contemporary United States/ Current Events To be determined by current event topics Describe current events using information from class discussions and various resources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television, Internet, books, maps). Identify the connection between current and historical events and issues studied SS07 S1, C10 SS07 S2, C9
at this grade level using information from class discussions and various resources. Describe how key political, social, geographic, and economic events of the late 20th century and early 21st century affected, and continue to affect, the United States. Civics /Government Constitution Legislative branch Judicial branch Executive branch Veto Amendment Connect foundations of government with historical and modern events SS07 S3, C1 SS07 S3, C4 Economics Economy Supply Demand Resources Explain how limited resources and unlimited human wants cause people to choose some things and give up others. Identify how governments and businesses make choices based on the availability of resources. Describe the characteristics of a market economy: a. property rights b. freedom of enterprise c. competition d. consumer choice e. limited role of government SS07 S5, C1
Qtr 1 Cultures and Regions Culture Physical Geography Human Geography Define culture and its complexities Compare cultures Locate physical features throughout the world Explain how physical environments impact human cultures SS07 S3, C2 SS07 S3, C3 SS07 S4,C1 5 SS07 S4, C6 SS07 S5, C4 6 8 RH 1,2,4,5,7,8,10.1,3,5,6, 7,8,9,10 2nd Civil War Slavery Abolitionist Underground Railroad Westward Expansion Dred Scott Decision Fort Sumter Bull Run Antietam Gettysburg Vicksburg Describe the events leading up to the U.S. Civil War. Demonstrate how the events leading up to the Civil War caused distress upon the nation. Describe Civil War battles & events. Compare different viewpoints and perspectives. Identify key military and political leaders. Analyze the effects of Lincoln s Assassination. Compare the American Civil War to past and present civil wars. S3,C1, PO1 S3,C3,PO1 S1, C6, PO1 4.1 10
Emancipation Proclamation Assassination 3rd Reconstruction Ku Klux, Klan Jim Crow Laws, Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th & 15th) Reconstruction Understand the intended and actual implications of the Reconstruction Amendments. Contrast and Compare and successes and failures of the Civil War and Reconstruction. S5, C1 S1, C6, PO5 S1,C7, PO1 11 3rd Cultural Changes Industrialization Immigration, Urbanization Rural Urban Innovations Labor unions Big business Tycoons Westward expansion Progressive Compare the factors that changed American culture in the late 19th century and early 20th century to factors that influenced cultural change in other countries. S5, C1 S1, C7, PO1 9,11 S2,C6 S5, C2 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9, 10
era Conservation 3rd America s New Global Role Imperialism Open Door Policy Panama Canal, Spanish American War Alaska Hawaii Teddy Roosevelt Expand and apply knowledge of industrialism to the new and expanding role of the United States as a World Power. Describe how the United States became a world superpower and is building knowledge, lands and new American systems. S5, C1 S1, C7, PO10 S2, C7 S5, C2 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9, 10 4th World War I Lusitania Zimmermann Telegram Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism Propaganda Wilson's 14 points Treaty of Describe the affects of imperialism and the start of WWI. Explain how the United States entered WWI. Explain the impact the U. S. had on the Allies winning the War. Analyze possible problems the close of the war will cause for other nations in Europe and the United States. 1,2,3,4,6,8,10 S1, C7, PO12,13 S2, C8, PO1 2 S3, C5, PO1
Versailles 4th 1920s & The Great Depression Stock Market Depression Hoover Roosevelt Unemployment Food lines Dust Bowl New Deal Works programs Explain how the up and the downs of the Roaring Twenties caused the economic meltdown of the United States and set up the Nation for failure. Describe the importance of the Works Programs and how the United developed numerous social programs still used today. 1,2,3,4,6,8,10 S1, C8, PO1 3 S4, C5 S4, C6 S5, C2 S5, C3 S5, C4 S5, C5 4th Causes of WWII Totalitarianism Dictator Pearl Harbor Describe how the start of imperialism, totalitarianism ideals and relief from the Great Depression was the root cause of WWII. Analyze how the United States recovered from the Great Depression because of the War efforts. S1, C8, PO4,5 S2, C8, PO3 S3, C5, PO2