American History

Students will determine what components of Reconstruction led to meaningful change from multiple sources and perspectives. 

Students will apply the inquiry process to understand the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 

Students will apply the inquiry process to understand key events and impacts of WWI and Imperialism. 

Students will decide if the 1920s led to the Great Depression by selecting key national events to see a possible cause and effect relationship. 

Students will determine how WW2 led to the prosperity of the 1950s using multiple sources and perspectives. 

Students will evaluate different approaches to the Cold War through multiple causes, effects, and developments of the past. 

Students will design a product that combats an issue today to show a connection between historical events and contemporary issues. 

Students will determine how the 1960s and 1970s were a time of political upheaval using cause/effect and key national events. 

Students will create a presentation showcasing the most recent decades of the U.S. highlighting people, events, and ideas in order. 

describe the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. 

decide if the connotation of the KKK is justified or not based on a study of primary and secondary sources from the period of Reconstruction. (HS.SS.4.2.b) 

identify the Reconstruction amendments, black codes, and other legislation. 

assess the plans for Reconstruction taking into account the geographical and political divides in the country at the time. (HS.SS.4.2.a)

describe the impact of industrialization in the late 1800s. 

determine if the ways businesses increased their profits during the Gilded Age should or shouldn’t have been allowed. (HS.SS.4.5.a, HS.SS.4.5.b, HS.SS.4.5.c, HS.SS.4.5.d, HS.SS.4.5.e) 

assess the problems workers faced and how it led to labor unions.

explain the causes of urban growth.

distinguish between different Progressive Era legislation and Constitutional Amendments. 

understand how women used the Progressive Era to their advantage. 

determine how the U.S. became a world power. (HS.SS.4.5.a, HS.SS.4.5.b, HS.SS.4.5.c, HS.SS.4.5.d, HS.SS.4.5.e) 

describe the consequences of the Spanish-American War. 

contrast the various President’s approaches to diplomacy and foreign policy.

choose the M.A.I.N. (M.A.N.I.A.) cause of WWI (HS.SS.4.5.a, HS.SS.4.5.b, HS.SS.4.5.c, HS.SS.4.5.d, HS.SS.4.5.e) 

compare and contrast the feelings about WWI on the homefront. 

understand how the war changed America’s role in world affairs. 

determine the impact of the economic boom on urban and rural America. (HS.SS.4.1.a)

describe the change in immigration policy during the 1920s .

examine the popular culture of the 1920s.

decide what the primary causes of the Great Depression are. (HS.SS.4.1.b)

evaluate Hoover’s failed response to the Great Depression. 

identify all the programs in the New Deal. 

justify the U.S.’s involvement in WWII through the study of various primary and secondary sources from multiple media. (HS.SS.4.4.a)

compare and contrast the war on the Pacific vs European fronts using primary and secondary sources (HS.SS.4.4.b)

determine how new opportunities for women and minorities affected them (HS.SS.4.3.b)

restate how the war ended in the Pacific and in Europe.

determine what caused the 1950s economic boom. 

explain the new culture of the 1950s such as suburbs, mass culture, and family life.

describe the “Iron Curtain” to better understand the countries involved in the Cold War.

discuss how the Cold War led to the Korean War. (HS.SS.4.4.c)

identify how the Cold War led to the development of NASA.

investigate how McCarthyism, the Red Scare, and brinkmanship led to panic in the U.S.

evaluate the United State’s policy of containment and the Truman doctrine. 

decide which president’s approach to foreign policy during the Cold War was most effective and appropriate. (HS.SS.4.4.c) 

determine the historical causes of the civil rights movement. (HS.SS.4.4.d)

argue how effective each civil rights movement was at the time using multiple sources and perspectives (e.g., African American, Native American, Latino, women’s, LGBTQ, and people with disabilities). (HS.SS.4.2.a, HS.SS.4.3.a) 

compare the goals and methods of African American leaders.

explain the relationship between the Women’s movement of the mid 1900’s and modern feminism/women’s rights. (HS.SS.4.4.d) 

explain counterculture and how it relates to this time of change. 

identify the long-term effects of the Vietnam War. 

decide how containment led to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. (HS.SS.4.1.a)

choose key events of the Watergate scandal to outline. (HS.SS.4.1.b)

examine the presidencies of Ford and Carter.

select and interpret key events that our “modern presidents” were a part of while keeping them in chronological order. (HS.SS.4.1.b) 

identify how the end of the Cold War affected the U.S. and the rest of the world. 

determine how new technology has changed the landscape of the modern United States.

analyze the War on Terror and its effect on civil liberties.

determine how globalization has become essential to the modern U.S.’s economy and how this affects various groups. (HS.SS.4.1.c)