Month Content Skills Essential Questions Assessment Standard Establishment of the United States Westward Expansion U.S. Geography Map Skills What are the characteristics of the Frontier? Map Test Manifest Destiny Reasoning Division Land Political Nature of the West What is the reason for the way the government divided up the land? AUG\ SEP Settling the West Analytical, Geography Trail Map Native Americans and Minorities Native American Conflicts Culture. Culture Reading and Diagram Land Use Diagram Occupations of the West Economic What was the economic picture of the west? Western Myths Literature Essay Populism Government.
Month Content Skills Essential Questions Assessment Standard Industrialization Time Period Conditions Culture How does life in America compare to our life today? 1.4, 8.3, 9.2 6.2, 1.2, 2.6 Inventions Impact of inventions on life Which inventions had the greatest impact on our lives and why? Poster Activity Big Business Political nature of business Labor Organizations Formation of labor unions and the difficulties they faced Reading and Graphic Organizer OCT\ NOV Workers Statistical Analysis Graphing Activity.
The Gilded Age Citizenship Government What are the qualities of a good citizen? Citizenship Test Reasons for Immigration Where they came from Spoils System and Political Machines Culture Geography Government and Politics How did geography affect settling patterns? Map Activity Diagram Reform Issues Policy Makers What types of behavior were targeted by Readings and Graphic reform groups? Organizer Jim Crow Racism in the United States Readings and Discussion Ellis Island Activity (webbased) Imperialism Four Factors of Imperialism Spanish-American War U.S. and Imperialism Definition and Application Events and implications U.S. establishing an economic empire How can we trace our actions, as a country, back to the four factors? What impact did the war have on the U.S. and the Spanish? What type of an economic empire did the U.S. establish?, Discussion Readings, Discussion DEC
The Progressives Reform Ideas Culture What were the reasons for this pressure to change? Graphic Organizer and Quiz Progressive Legislation Government and Lasting Effects Chart Progressive Presidents Women s Suffrage Government Process to a Constitutional Amendment How did each Progressive President contribute to the ideas of change? How were women able to gain the right to vote? Readings and Discussion World War I Pre-War Conditions Country Histories and trigger of WWI What conditions in Europe led to the start of WWI? Chart World War I Identify sides, battles, conflicts Map Activity and Test U.S. Involvement US attempt at staying neutral Quiz DEC/JAN Military Tactics Discuss trench warfare, new weapons, and conditions for the soldiers U.S and the War U.S. Involvement after we declare war Quiz Video Power Point US on the Homefront Russian Revolution Treaty or Versailles Impact of the war on those who stayed home Impact on the world from the revolution Wilson s 14 Points, Terms agreed to, and set up for failure How does US involvement in foreign affairs cause a larger problem? What conditions of the treaty will create a problem in the future? Reading, Discussion, Quiz Activity
Month Content Skills Essential Questions Assessment Standard 1920 s The Republican Leadership of the 20 s Business and Labor during the 20 s Discuss the presidencies of Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover Changes in production and purchasing power How did our leadership create controversy during their terms? What impact did the business changes have on our economy during the 20 s? Chart, Quiz Society of the 20 s Culture Diagram, Readings, 1920 s Advertising Project Magazine, TV, and Radio Ads Mass Media Advertising Performance Project JAN/FEB MARCH Jazz Age Harlem Renaissance Cultural Conflicts The Great Depression Identify the impact media had on lifestyles of Americans during the 20 s African Americans in music, art, and literature Impact of Organized Crime, KKK, and the 19 th Amendment Describe the impact that African Americans had on music, art, and literature. What conditions enabled the conflicts of the 20 s to ocurr? Web Quest Activity Readings, Discussion.
Economic Danger Signs of the Depression Trigger Event Stock Market Crash Social Effects of the Depression Economic Effects of the Depression Worldwide depression Hoover vs. FDR Identify and define each of the danger signs of the Depression. Examine the makings of a market crash Family functions Lifestyles Effects on business, labor, employment Ripple Effect and opening the door for Hitler and Mussolini Comparison of what each president did to combat the depression What economic warning signs did Americans ignore during the late 1920 s? How were PEOPLE affected by these hard economic times? How was the US economically impacted by the Great Depression? Essay Readings and discussion Shopping Activity Diagram and Discussion. Month Content Skills Essential Questions Assessment Standard The New Deal The New Deal Programs of Relief Defining and Establishment of FDR s presidency Identify the various programs and their primary functions How did FDR s New Deal vary from Hoover s Rugged Individualism policy? Lecture and Activity
APRIL Programs of Recovery Programs of Reform Lasting effects of the New Deal World War II Prelude to the war U.S Mobilization The Homefront Identify the various programs and their primary functions Identify the various programs and their primary functions Examine programs that are still around today Establishment of regimes, foreign policy, and advancements Identify the various steps the US went through to prepare its military forces for war Impact of the war on those who stayed home What permanent changes occurred due to the New Deal legislation? How do the New Deal programs affect our lives today? How did the Axis leaders gain control of their respective countries? What was the lasting impact of the changes made during the war? Lecture and Activity Readings and Discussion Discussion Discussion, Quizzes, Readings Readings, Quizzes, and Discussion. The War in Europe Identify key battles, people, and places during the European Conflict Map Activity
Key battles The War in the Pacific Key Battles Dropping of the Atomic Bomb Identify key battles, people, and places during the Pacific Conflict Discuss the production, testing, and decision to use. What impact did North Africa, Anzio, Normandy, and the Ardennes have on the successfulness of the war in Europe? Why did the US Military have to use the island-hopping technique to win the war? What impact did Pearl Harbor, Bataan, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa have on the US s success in the war? What implications arose due to our decision to use the bomb?, Readings, and Discussion, Video Map Activity, Readings, Discussion, Video Readings, Video, Discussion.
Month Content Skills Essential Questions Assessment Standard APR/MAY The Holocaust Four Components of the Holocaust Analytical How was Hitler able to create the conditions need for such a task? What is the historical background behind Anti-Semitism? Writing Assignment, 1.4, 1.6, 9.2. Schindler s List Movie of the effects of the Holocaust What was the transformation made by Oskar Schindler? Writing Assignment, 1.4, 1.6, 9.2