American+History

"The learner will . . ." || **Standard(s)** || **No. of Days** || **Vocabulary Terms** || **Resources** || **Student Learning Activities** || **Assessment** || **Language Arts Standard(s)** || -Identify areas of settlement -Explain the causes of the Declaration of Independence -Understand the importance of the early presidents especially Washington, Jefferson and Jackson -Explain the consequences of the Industrial Revolution -Explain the abolitionist movement -Understand cause and effect of the war with Mexico - Examine tensions over the slavery issue - examine the 1860 presidential election || ss12.1.1(us) ss12.1.1a(us) ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss12.4.2b(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.3a(us) || 22 ||  || -Text -Video: America, The Story of US -Video: The presidents -bullet points of emphasis || -Noteteking -worksheets -map platting -study guides || -reviews -chapter tests - reading analysis ||  || -Locaate major battle sites -Explain why the North won the Civil War -analyze national leadership during Reconstuction -Describe social and economic changes in the South -Understand establishmenrt of Jim Crow laws -Examine the growth of the cattle industry -Examine the mining booms in the West -Explain conflicts with native tribes || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss12.4.2b(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.3a(us) || 18 ||  || -text -video: America, The story of US - video: The Presidents -bullet points of emphasis Yahoo maps || -notetaking -worksheets - map construction -study guides || -reviews - chapter tests -reading analysis ||  || -explian the need and availability of natural resources -examine the growth of cities -examine the development of big business -trace the origins of organized labor -explain the importance of new inventions and building techniques || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us)ss12.4.1c(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.4(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4d(us) ss12.4.4e(us) || 10 ||  || -text -Video: America, the Story of US Video: The Presidents Youtube clips || -notetaking -worksheets -resource mapping -study guides || -reviews - chapter tests - reading analysis ||  || -understand cause and effects of the Spanish/American War -explain Roosevelt's Square Deal and Wilson's New Freedom -describe the long term cause and effects of the Progressive Movement -examine Us imperialism -examine cause/effect of WW1 -understand ramifications of the peace treaty || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.1c(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss12.4.2b(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.4(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4d(us) ss12.4.4e(us) || 22 ||  || -text -Video: America, the -Story of US Video: The -Presidents -Youtube clips -America's Time || -notetaking - worksheets -mapping -study guides || -reviews -chapter tests -reading analysis ||  || -identify the scandals of the Harding administration -examine the changes in American culture during the "Jazz Age" -explain the reasons for prosperity during the 1920s || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.1c(us)ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.4(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4d(us) ss12.4.4e(us) || 11 ||  || -text -Video: America, the Story of US -Video: The presidents -Youtube -America's Time || -notetaking -worksheets -compare/contrast (ecomonic booms) -study guides || -reviews -chapter tests -reading analysis ||  || -describe the hard times for various segments of American society -expain the placement of blame for the depression -examine the implementation of Roosevelt's New Deal -list and describe New Deal programs -explain how th New Deal was paid for -describe the results of the New Deal || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.1c(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss.12.4.3(us) ss12.4.4(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4.d(us) ss12.4.4e(us) || 12 ||  || -text -Video: America, the Story of Us -Video: The Presidents -Youtube -America's Time || -notetaking -worksheets -study guides -compare/contrast (Great Depression/Recession) || -reviews -chapter tests -reading analysis ||  || -describe the start of WW2 in Europe -examine WW2 before US entry and our increasing involvement -discuss US advantages and planning for the war effort upon our entry into WW2 -examine WW2 on the southern flank -examine WW2 on the Eastern Front -examine Operation Overlord, the US invasion of Europe and subsequent fall of Germany -examine WW2 in Asia and the Pacific || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.1c(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss.12.4.2b(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.4(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4d(us) ss12.4.4e(us) || 21 ||  || -text -youtube clips -Video;America the Story of US || -notetaking -worksheets -study guides -map construction || -reviews -chapter tests -reading analysis -map quizzes ||  || -examine the causes and effects of the Korean War -examine anti-communism and McCarthyism in the US -discuss the political environment and the Cold War after WW2 -explain changing American culture in the 1950s -examine the presidency of Eisenhower || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.1c(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss12.4.2b(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.4(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4d(us) ss12.4.4e(us) || 11 ||  || -text -Video:America, the Story of US -Video; The Presidents -youtube clips -America's Time || -notetaking -worksheets -study guides || -reviews -chapter tests -reading analysis ||  || -examine the Cold War under Kennedy especially the Cuban Missle Crisis - describe the birth of the Civil Rights Movement -discuss civilrights under Kennedy and Johnson -examine the Black Power movement -investigate the background to the Vietnam War -examine the Vietnam War under Eisenhower,Kennedy and Johnson (concentratrating on cause/effect of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the Tet Offensive) describe the presidential primary and general elections of 1968 -examine Nixon and Vietnam and Vietnamization || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.1c(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss.12.4.2b(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss12.4.4(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4d(us) ss12.4.4e(us0 || 21 ||  || -text -Video: The Presidents -youtube clips - Making Sense of the 60s -America's Time || -notetaking -worksheets -study guides || -reviews  -chapter tests  -reading analysis ||   || Malaise, Reaganomics, superpower and the tech boom || 10 || -describe the presidency of Richard Nixon -discuss the election of 1972 and Watergate -examine the presidencies of Ford and Carter -describe the presidency of Ronald Reagan and Reaganomics -Discuss the Fall of Communism -examine the presidencies of George Bush and Bill Clinton -identify problems in the Middle East -discuss challenges in the new millenium || ss12.4.1(us) ss12.4.1a(us) ss12.4.1b(us) ss12.4.1c(us) ss12.4.2(us) ss12.4.2a(us) ss12.4.2b(us) ss12.4.3(us) ss.12.4.4(us) ss.12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4a(us) ss12.4.4c(us) ss12.4.4d(us) ss12.4.4e(us) ss12.2.11b(us) || 23 ||   || -text -Video: Images of the 80s Video; The Presidents -America's Time Video: America, the Story of US -youtube clips || -notetaking -worksheets -study guides || -reviews -chapter tests -reading analysis ||  || 2.1
 * Teachers****:** Dan Grasser
 * Textbook:** The Americans, McDougal Littel (2003)
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 * **Obj #** || **Unit** || **Objective:**
 * discovery, exploration and establishment || 1 || -Identify explorers and their discoveries
 * division and expansion || 2 || -Explain the causes of the Civil War
 * indusrialization and urbanization || 3 || -explain the growth of the railroads
 * progressivism and establishment as a world power || 4 || -understand US expansion overseas
 * 1920s and the Jazz Age || 5 || -Examine the presidencies of Harding, Coolidge and Hoover
 * 1930s and the Great Depression || 6 || -list the causes of the Great Depression
 * World War Two || 7 || -examine the building of the Axis powers and the Good Neighbor Policy
 * "Happy Days", post war America in the 1950s || 8 || -describe post war Allied agreements
 * the Sixties: Cold War, Civil Rights and Vietnam || 9 || -discuss Kennedy's 1000 days
 * 70s,80s and 90s: