United States History and Government: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Anchor and Inquiry Standards

Content Standards

Developing Questions and Planning Inquiries

Gathering and Evaluating Sources

Creating Claims

Communicating Conclusions

Taking Informed Action

Analyze reasons groups migrated to and within the United States

Assess effects of anti-immigrant politics on public policy

Analyze features of distinct market structures and government efforts to influence them

Assess how business magnates came to dominate politics in the Gilded Age

Evaluate the effectiveness of labor unions and populists in shaping public policy

Analyze the benefits and challenges associated with rapidly growing urban areas

Assess the efforts of Progressive Era reform movements to improve society, government, business, and the environment

Analyze the development of the women's suffrage movement over time and its legacy

Analyze the factors that enabled the United States to become an imperial power

Evaluate the effects of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific

Distinguish between the long-term causes and triggering events that led the United States into World War I

Evaluate wartime restrictions on civil liberties

Analyze how internationalism and isolationism shaped U.S. foreign policy after World War I

Assess how innovations in transportation, communication, and finance changed American society

Compare rival perspectives on economic, social, and religious conflicts in the 1920s

Analyze the cultural contributions of modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and the New Woman

Analyze the conditions and policies that led to the Great Depression

Analyze how the decline in production and spending affected Americans during the Great Depression

Assess the impact and legacy of New Deal relief, recovery, and reform programs

Explain the historical developments and policies that resulted in the United States entering World War II

Assess the social, political, and economic transformation of the United States during World War II

Analyze the role of the United States in the outcome of World War II in the European and the Pacific theaters

Explain how political ideology shaped the post-war order and led to the Soviet-U.S. arms race

Analyze how U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War shaped conflicts in Asia and the Americas

Analyze how anti-communism and the Cold War affected civil liberties, labor, and technology

Evaluate the effectiveness of civil rights organizations and actions in overcoming racial segregation

Evaluate the impact of Great Society-era policies in addressing economic, social,and environmental conditions

Assess the impact of student movements and counter culture on American politics and society

Examine other movements that emerged in the late civil rights era

Analyze the rise of modern conservatism in the United States

Assess the social and political impact of conservatism in the United States

Evaluate popular and government responses to emerging domestic challenges

Analyze U.S. responses to global challenges and crises

Create compelling questions representing key ideas of the disciplines

Critique compelling questions that reflect an enduring issue in the field

Create supporting questions that address key ideas identified in compelling questions

Explain how new compelling and supporting questions emerge

Evaluate the credibility of a source by examining its origin, author, context, content, and corroborative value

Gather relevant information from credible sources representing a wide range of views, and note any inconsistencies in the information

Develop claims and counterclaims using evidence that draws directly and substantively from multiple sources while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both

Analyze evidence to detect inconsistencies within the evidence in order to revise or strengthen claims

Construct arguments and explanations using sound reasoning, appropriate structure, and examples and details while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary weaknesses

Present arguments and explanations that reach a range of audiences using print and oral technologies (e.g., posters, essays, letters, debates, speeches, reports, maps) and digital technologies (e.g., Internet, social media, and digital documentary)

Identify local, regional and/or global problems or issues by using interdisciplinary lenses

Analyze the origins of a problem or issue and explain the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address it

Apply a range of deliberative strategies and procedures to make decisions and propose feasible solutions to address local, regional, and/or global concerns

Create an action plan to address a solution to the problem or issue and demonstrate substantive evidence of implementation