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U.S. History
Essential Outcomes US History
1. Students will be able to understand major themes, key documents, and concepts that contributed to the early development of the United States Government. A. Students will understand major events that contributed to Early National Development of the United States of America
B. Examine the major ideas and concepts about government that developed during the Colonial and Constitutional eras.
C. Students will know: Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance, United States Constitution, Federalist Papers, Bill of Rights.
D. Students will be able to recognize themes of early national history such as: Nationalism, Sectionalism, Westward Movement, Manifest Destiny, Expansion of Slavery, Social Reform, Abolitionism.
2. Students will be able to understand the causes and effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
A. Students will recognize the following examples from the 1850s: Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Formation of Republican Party, Dred Scott Case, John Brown's Raid, The Presidential Election of 1860.
B. Students will understand the complexity of reconstruction: Emancipation Proclamation, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, formation of the Ku Klux Klan, election of 1876, Jim Crow Laws, and Plessy vs. Ferguson.
3. Students will be able to trace the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period of 1870-1900
A. Students will be able to identify key ideas that transformed the industrial revolution.
B. Students will be able to identify major contributors in the industrial arena, in both a rural and urban setting. C. Students will be able to understand the problems farmers faced during the late 19th century.
D. Students will recognize the federal government's policies regarding settlements and Native Americans in the west.
4. Students will examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1920 to 1939.
A. Students will be able to identify and explain the importance of key events, people, and groups in the period before the great depression and during the great depression.
B. Students will compare and contrast prosperity of the 1920s with the economic depression of the 1930s.
C. Students will compare and contrast the role of government during the 1920s and 1930s.
5. Student will examine the causes and chronology of World War II, the effects of the war on United States society and culture, and the consequences for United States involvement in world affairs.
A. Students will explain and analyze the causes of World War II.
B. Students will be able to identify and explain the importance of key events, people, and groups during WWII.
C. Students will investigate the impact of the Holocaust and the response of the Allies.
D. Students will be able to analyze the social and economic changes in American Life.
6. Students will examine the importance of key events, people, and groups related to the causes, conditions, and consequences of events from the time period of 1945 to 1960.
A. Students will be able to identify key people, events, and groups related to the Cold War.
B. Students will be able to identify key people, events and groups with the Civil Rights Movement.
C. Students will be able to understand economic and social changes in American life during the post WWII era.
7. Students will examine the political, economic, social and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1960 to 1980.
A. Students will be able to explain the civil rights movement and be able to identify key people, events and organizations of the civil rights.
B. Students will be able to identify and explain key people, events, and organizations associated with foreign problems and policies.
C. Students will be able to identify and explain key people, events, and organizations associated with domestic problems and policies.
8. Students will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1980 to the present.
1. Students will be able to identify and explain key people, events, and organizations associated with foreign problems and policies.
2. Students will be able to identify and explain key people, events, and organizations associated with domestic problems and policies.
9. Students will conduct historical research that incorporates information, literacy, and critical thinking skills.
A. Students will be able to identify and explain key people, events, and organizations associated with foreign problems and policies.
B. Students will be able to identify and explain key people, events, and organizations associated with domestic problems and policies.
1st QuarterPrologue Beginnings to 1860
Chapter 10 The Nation Splits Apart
Chapter 11 The Civil War
Chapter 12 Reconstruction
Chapter 13 The American West
2nd Quarter
Chapter 14 The Second Industrial Revolution
Chapter 15 Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
Chapter 16 The Progressives
Chapter 17 Entering the World Stage
Chapter 18 The First World War
Chapter 19 From War to Peace
3rd Quarter
Chapter 20 The Roaring Twenties
Chapter 21 The Great Depression Begins
Chapter 22 The New Deal
Chapter 23 World War II Erupts
Chapter 24 The United States in World War II
Chapter 25 The Cold War Begins
Chapter 26 Postwar America
4th Quarter
Chapter 27 The New Frontier and the Great Society
Chapter 28 The Civil Rights Movement
Chapter 29 The Vietnam War
Chapter 30 A Time of Social Change
Chapter 31 A Search for Order
Chapter 32 A Conservative Era
Chapter 33 Into the Twenty-First Century