Shelby County Schools

?African-American History Social Studies: Quarter 2 Curriculum Map Scope and SequenceUnitLengthUnit FocusStandards and PracticesUnit 1: African Americans and the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-1930s)2 WeeksStudents will evaluate the origins and tactics of early civil rights groups, including the Niagara Movement, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Urban League, the Women’s Club Movement, as well as the development of the Black Elite. Students will describe the atmosphere of increased racism during the 1920s affecting African-Americans, gain a clearer understanding of the varieties of tactics employed by African-Americans to improve their situation in the 1920s, including the actions of the NAACP, Marcus Garvey, and Pan-Africanism. Lastly, students will define the impact of the characteristics and the important works, authors, and artists, of the Harlem Renaissance and understand the role of African-Americans in sports during the 1920s, as well as the difficulties they faced.TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06Week 1: AAH,30, AAH.31Week 2: AAH.32, AAH.33Unit 2: African American Life During the Great Depression and World War II 1929-19502 weeksStudents will be able to explain the general causes of, and governmental responses to, the Great Depression, the economic effects of the Great Depression on African-Americans in the cities and rural areas and understand the varieties of protests continued by African-Americans during the Great Depression, including issues of economic concerns, challenging racial discrimination, and organized labor protests.Lastly, students will determine the effects of the roles, changes for, and continued discrimination of African-Americans in the military during World War II, understand the role of African-Americans in America during the war, including as workers and with continued protest and understand the positive and negative effects of the Cold War on African-Americans, both in politics and social life.TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06Week 1: AAH.34, AAH.35, AAH.36Week 2: AAH.37, AAH.38Unit 3: The Modern Civil Rights Movement (1850s-1960s)2 WeeksStudents will identify and evaluate the facts, leadership, tactics, and effects of various civil rights activities, including but not limited to the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Little Rock Nine, sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, the Albany Movement, the March on Washington, Freedom Summer, and Bloody Sunday, understand African-Americans’ changing position in politics through the 1950s and early 1960s including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and identify the origins, ideas, personalities and effects of the Black Power Movement.Students will describe the main points of Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, how it affected African-Americans, and what happened to it, understand the changing nature of the civil rights movement in the late 1960s and define the political and cultural developments for African- Americans during the late 1960s and 1970s, including the Black Arts Movement and new political offices.TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06Week 1: AAH.39, AAH.40, AAH.41, AAH.42Week 2: AAH.43, AAH.44, AAH.45, AAH.46Unit 4African -American Issues in Contemporary Times1970-Present3 WeeksStudents will gain a deeper appreciation for the steps the South took to limit and turn back African-American gains, including the disfranchisement of black men, the institution of segregation, the strict regulations of racial etiquette after Reconstruction, and the major impact of African-American migration as the response of African-Americans to the conditions in the South. Students will compare and contrast the views, approach, and background of W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for advancement of African-Americans in early twentieth century America. Lastly, students will identify and explain the efforts of African-Americans in the military in the late nineteenth century, including their role as Buffalo Soldiers in the West, and as soldiers in the Spanish American War and understand the role of Black men in the military during World War I, as well as the backlash against African-Americans in the early twentieth century.TN Social Studies Practices: SSP.01-SSP.06Week 1: AAH.47, AAH.48Week 2: AAH.49, AAH.50Week 3: AAH.51, AAH.52 ................
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