Standard 1: The student will demonstrate process skills in social studies.
1.1 Identify, analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources (i.e.
artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, documents, newspapers, media, and
computer-based technologies. &;
*1.2 Recognize and explain how different points of view have been influenced by
nationalism, racism, religion, culture and ethnicity. &
1.3 Distinguish between fact and opinion in examining documentary sources. &
1.4 Construct different timelines of United States history (e.g., landmark dates
of economic changes, social movements, military conflicts, constitutional
amendments, and presidential elections). &
Standard 2: The student will analyze causes, key events, and effects of the
Civil War era.
2.1 Examine the economic and philosophical differences between the North and
South, as exemplified by such persons as Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun. `
2.2 Trace the events leading to secession and war (e.g., the Compromise of 1850,
the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott case).
2.3 Identify leaders on both side of the war (e.g., Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S.
Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd
Garrison). &
2.4 Interpret the importance of critical developments in the war, such as major
battles (e.g., Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg), the Emancipation
Proclamation, and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.
2.5 Relate the basic provisions and postwar impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th
Amendments to the Constitution.
2.6 Evaluate the continuing impact of Reconstruction policies on the South,
including southern reaction (e.g., sharecropping, Black Codes, Ku Klux Klan,
Plessy v. Ferguson, and Jim Crow laws).
Standard 3: The student will analyze the impact of immigration and the
Westward Movement on American society.
3.1 Detail the contributions of various immigrant, cultural, and ethnic groups,
(e.g., Irish, Chinese, Italians, and Germans).
*3.2 Examine ethnic conflict and discrimination.
3.3 Investigate changes in the domestic policies of the United States relating
to immigration.
33.4 Compare and contrast the attitudes toward Native American groups as
exhibited by federal Indian policy (e.g., establishment of reservations,
assimilation, and the Dawes Act) and actions of the United States Army,
missionaries, and settlers.
Standard 1: The student will demonstrate process skills in social studies.
1.1 Identify, analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources (i.e.
artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, documents, newspapers, media, and
computer-based technologies. &;
Standard 4: The student will examine the effects of the Industrial Revolution
on the economy of the United States.
4.1 Identify the impact of new inventions and industrial productions methods,
including new technologies in transportation and communication.
4.2 Evaluate the significance of immigration on the labor supply and the
movement to organize workers.
4.3 Describe the effects of the “muckrakers” and reform movements (e.g., women’s
suffrage and temperance) that resulted in government policies affecting child
labor, wages, working conditions, trade, monopolies, taxation and money supply.
*4.4 Assess the impact of industrialization, the expansion of international
markets, urbanization, and immigration on the economy.
4.5 Evaluate the rise of Progressive Movement in relation to political changes
at the national and state levels (e.g., workers’ compensation, the direct
primary, initiative petition, referendum, and recall).
4.6 Examine the causes of the money panics of 1873, 1893, and 1907, explaining
how the establishment of the Federal Reserve System addressed the problems.
Standard 5: The student will analyze the changing role of the United States
in world affairs at the turn of the twentieth century.
5.1 Identify the goals of imperialism, explaining its impact on developed and
developing nations.
5.2 Identify the role of the Spanish-American War in the development of the
United States as a world power.
5.3 Evaluate the role of the United States foreign policy and presidential
leadership in the construction of the a canal in Panama.
5.4 Describe the strengths and weakness of Theodore Roosevelt’s “Big Stick
Diplomacy.”
5.5 Analyze the causes and effects of United States involvement in World War I.
5.6 Examine the rationale for the failure to the United States to join the
League of Nations and the nation’s return to isolationism.
Standard 6: The student will describe the social, cultural, economic, and
technological ideas and events in the United States in the era between the World
Wars.
6.1 Evaluate literature, music, dance, and forms of entertainment, including the
Harlem Renaissance, the Jazz Age, and “talkies.” &
6.2 Investigate the long-term effects of reform movements, such as women’s
suffrage and prohibition (e.g., the 18th, 19th, and 21st Amendments to the
Constitution.
6.3 Analyze the impact of the automobile, and urban and rural electrification on
society.
6.4 Describe rising racial tensions and labor unrest common in the era (e.g.,
the Tulsa Race Riot and the sit-down strikes).
*6.5 Examine the growing disparity between the wealth of corporate leaders and
the incomes of small business owners, industrial workers, and farmers.
Standard 7: The student will investigate and analyze the causes and legacy of
the Great Depression.
7.1 Examine changes in the business cycles, weaknesses in key sectors of the
economy, and government economic policies in the late 1920s.
7.2 Analyze the causes and effects of the Stock Market Crash.
7.3 Evaluate the impact of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and the New Deal
economic policies on business and agriculture on the American people and their
cultures and political behavior. &
7.4 Identify the contributions of key individuals of the period (e.g. Will
Rogers, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh and Woody Guthrie). &
7.5 Assess the impact of the expanded role of government in the economy since
the 1930's.
Standard 8: The student will analyze the major causes, events, and effects of
United States involvement in the World War II.
*8.1 Relate the rise of totalitarian regimes in the Soviet Union, Germany,
Italy, and Japan to the rise of communism, Nazism, and fascism in the 1930s and
1940s, and the response of the United States.
8.2 Investigate appeasement, isolationism, and the war debates in the United
States prior to the outbreak of war.
8.3 Evaluate the impact of preparation and mobilization for war, including the
internment policies and their effects (e.g., Korematsu v. United States).
8.4 Detail major battles, military turning points and key strategy decision in
both the European and Pacific theaters.
8.5 Analyze public and political reactions in the United States to the events of
the Holocaust. &
Standard 9: The student will assess the successes and shortcomings of United
States foreign policy since World War II.
9.1 Identify the origins of the Cold Warm and its foreign and domestic
consequences, including confrontations with the Soviet Union in Berlin and Cuba.
9.2 Examine the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the arms race.
9.3 Evaluate the role of the United States in formation of the United Nations,
NATO, and other alliances.
9.4 Evaluate the role of the United States in attempts at the containment of
communism in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including the Truman Doctrine and
the involvement of the United Nations in Korea.
9.5 Describe the fear of communist influence within the United States, including
the McCarthy hearings.
9.6 Evaluate the causes and long-term foreign and domestic consequences of
United States military commitments in southeast Asia, especially Vietnam.
*9.7 Examine strategic and economic factors in development of Middle East
policy, and relations with African nations, such as South Africa.
*9.8 Assess the reasons for the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union, and relate the end of the Cold War to new challenges to the United
States leadership role in the world.
Standard 10: The student will analyze the economic, social, and political
transformation of the United States since World War II.
10.1 Describe de jure and de facto segregation policies, attempts at
desegregation and integration, and the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on
society (e.g., Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas).
10.2 Evalute the success of the women's liberation movement to the changing
roles of women in society.
*10.3 Examine the technology revolution and its impact on communication,
transportation, and industry.
*10.4 Assess the impact of violet crime, and illegal drug use and trafficking.
10.6 Identify the contributions of political leaders, political activist, and
civil rights leaders, and the major issues and trends in national elections
(e.g., differences between the two major political parties, and the rise of
third party candidates). &
*10.7 Examine the postwar rise in the standard of living, the oil embargo and
the inflation of the 1970s, and the federal budget deficit problems of the 1980s
and early 1990s.
10.9 Analyze how the principles and structures of the United States Constitution
have changed through amendment and judicial interpretation (e.g., the 22nd and
25th Amendments, and Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona).
*10.10 Compare and contrast conservative and liberal economic strategies,
including the positions of political parties and interest groups on major issues
in the post-World War II era.
Standard 10: The student will analyze the economic, social, and political
transformation of the United States since World War II.
*10.5 Explain the effects of increased immigration, the influx of political
refugees, and the increasing number of undocumented aliens on society and the
economy.
10.9 Analyze how the principles and structures of the United States Constitution
have changed through amendment and judicial interpretation (e.g., the 22nd and
25th Amendments, and Gideon v. Wainwright and Miranda v. Arizona).
*10.10 Compare and contrast conservative and liberal economic strategies,
including the positions of political parties and interest groups on major issues
in the post-World War II era.