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MonthContentEssential QuestionsPrimary DocumentsSuggested Alternative Assessments/ActivitiesCommon Core State Standards (i.e.: MA: Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects 6-12 (2011),?MA: Grades 11 - 12,?Reading: History/Social Studies)SeptemberUnit 1: Westward ExpansionThe American WestIndian ResistanceWhat were the causes and effects of Westward Expansion?How can indigenous people resist conquest?How can settlement be balanced with respect for culture?Homestead ActDawes ActCarlisle Indian School documentsNative AutobiographiesChief Joseph PanelHomestead Act Primary Source ActivityJigsaw Activity with Arthur, Carlisle School & Dawes ActUnit 2 Industrialization & ImmigrationThe words of Lazarus and immigration to the US from 1880-1920The challenges of an industrialized societyLabor movementAnalyze the circumstances and conditions that enable industrialization. What factors contribute to the rise of labor unions?What conditions motivate immigration?Ellis Island images“New Colossus” by Emma LazarusPlunkett “Honest & Dishonest Graft”Jacob Riis Photos/tenements“Gospel of Wealth” by CarnegiePhoto Project/Issues of the cityImmigration statistics, graphingAshes of Roses readingsLabor Negotiation Activity1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.?1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.?3. Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.?4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text. 8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.?8. Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.OctoberUnit 3 ProgressivismReformers including Jane AddamsMuckraking and corruptionWhat are the most significant forces behind social and political reform?To what degree was Progressivism a success?The Jungle by SinclairSuffrage Movement articlesChild Labor Photos, Lewis HineT. R. WritingsProgressive ConventionSuffrage ActivitiesWebquests/research on Progressive Federal Agencies2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.?2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.?3. Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.?6. Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.NovemberUnit 4 Imperialism Causes of ImperialismMilitary actions & government policyTrace the course of America’s role in world affairs from the post-Civil War Era to WWI. How can a country be affected by a war beyond its borders?T. R. ReadingsRoosevelt CorollaryPlatt AmendmentQueen Liliuklani’s speech to CongressPolitical Cartoons“The Editor’s to Blame”Yellow Journalism Newspaper ProjectForeign Policy SpectrumSpanish American War Exhibit1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.?1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.?5. Describe how a text presents information.7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.?7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.?9. Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.January –DecemberUnit 5: World War IU. S. Entry into the WarCauses of WWITrench and modern warfarePeace negotiations, consequencesUnit 6: The Roaring TwentiesPolitics and Social Changes in the TwentiesEconomic concepts incl. the stock marketWere the reasons for American entry into WWI justified?Was the World Safe for Democracy?Was it the “War to End all Wars?”How did disillusionment with the war affect society?How does isolationism affect the collective consciousness?How are African Americans establishing themselves in literature and the arts What was the impact of prohibition on the U.S.Espionage ActWilson’s War AddressAnti-Wilson speeches“Green Fields of France”Fourteen PointsZimmerman CablePaintings of Jacob LawrenceHarlem Renaissance LiteratureScopes Trial“The New Woman & the Flapper”Eugenics Movement Propaganda & activitiesCode Breaking activityScopes Trial ReenactmentTwenties FestivalPowerPoint2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.?2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.?4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text. 5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.?5. Describe how a text presents information.FebruaryUnit 7: The Great DepressionBlack Friday, collapse of Stock MarketThe dust bowlHoover and FDR’s electionThe New DealUnit 8: WWIIOrigins of the conflictAmerican Entry into the warPacific and European theatresUse of the atomic bombPeace negotiationsDescribe the causes and consequences of the global depression and its impact on Americans.What did the Great Depression indicate about the vulnerability of the U.S. economy?How did the New Deal redefine the role of the Federal Government? Evaluate the responsibility world powers have to maintain international peace.Why are citizens of a nation willing to support their governments in times of war?Was America justified in dropping the atomic bombFDR Inaugural addressDorethea Lange photosMovie clips on HoovervillesPolitical CartoonsWWII Propaganda postersJapanese Internment camps?FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech (1941)Rape of Nanking readingsJigsaw legislation activityOkies & migrationWelfare Reform Act of 19961930s ProjectPropaganda poster activityFour Freedoms ActivityBattle JigsawPyramid of Hate Activity1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.?1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.?2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.?8. Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.?9. Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.MarchUnit 9: Beginnings of the Cold WarPost-War Economic BoomEisenhower presidencyPolitical & Domestic IssuesAmerican family dyamnics and the rise of suburbiaAnalyze how the Cold War drove US domestic, political, economic, and social policy.? Does a government ever have the right to restrict civil liberties?What conditions and circumstances create a sense of confidence in government?What fueled the Cold War?When, if ever, should freedom of speech be limited? What is “un-American?’Holocaust Materials & Camp LiberationJFK’s Inaugural Address (1961)How to be a good wife 1950sMcCarthy hearings?Truman DoctrineDebate/discussion on ethics of the A-Bomb (Use Choices debate)Marshall Plan DebateCold War Projects50s Collages2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.?2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.?4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text. 6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.?6. Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence.April-MarchUnit 10: Civil RightsGrowing resistance to segregation by African Americans Civil Rights LegislationLatino, women’s rights movementsUnit 11: Turbulent 60sCounter Culture: clothing, movies, musicYouth Movement/rebellion/ political changeDescribe & Analyze how minority groups fought and achieved changeWhy was the government finally motivated to take action?What were key events, who led them? What are the common misconceptions of the Civil Rights Movement?How did the conservancy & consumerism of the 1950s lead to the liberalness and youth rebellion of the 1960s?Eyes on the Prize Film & readings?MLK’s Letter from Birmingham City Jail (1963) and ?“I Have a Dream Speech” (1963)Port Huron StatementThe GraduateDocuments from Berkeley Protests & Columbia protestsDebate & discussion on non-violent protestMisconceptions of Civil Rights MovementUnit 12: Vietnam WarVietnam’s colonial past and American involvementDomino theory politicsMilitary actions and the draftWithdrawal from Vietnam and its effectsDescribe how the Cold War went from an ideological conflict to military action.Why was the government’s credibility challenged during the War in Vietnam?What is the Vietnam War’s legacy?Gulf of Tonkin resolutionPentagon papers excerptsWar Powers Act1960s songsAnti-war poster/political cartoonEssay on legacy of war1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.?1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.?3. Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.?5. Describe how a text presents information.9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.?9. Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.May-JuneUnit 13: Watergate to CarterNixon’s PresidencyOil and economic crises in of the 1970’sUnit 14: Reagan, Clinton, and Contemporary IssuesThe return to conservatism Involvement in Iran, Iraq, El Salvador, NicaraguaClinton presidency and scandalWhat is the legacy of Nixon’s presidency?How did the Watergate Scandal bring to an end the concept of the “Imperial Presidency”?How were President Nixon’s foreign policy initiatives significant?Evaluate how a government which has lost credibility, regains the confidence of its citizens. How much did the Reagan Administration’s foreign policy contribute to the end of the Cold War?What has been the impact technological advances of the 1990s?What was the importance of the 2000 election?? To what extent did the? September 11th attack alter US domestic and foreign policy?How has recent US foreign policy impacted the nation’s image?Reagan Diaries excerptsReagan DoctrineWelfare Reform Act (1996)Gulf War web activity (: Frontline)Debate: Welfare Reform Act of 19963. Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.?3. Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.?7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media.8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.?8. Evaluate an author’s premises, claims, and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other information.Final Exam ................
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