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Basic American History I and II
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United States History II
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Basic American History I & II
Standard Objective Location Comments
BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY I
1. Students will expand
their knowledge of pre-
Reconstruction America.
1. Examine the
American colonial
experience.
Chapters have factual,
conceptual, chronological,
and map/graph questions,
each with a mini-lesson
answer. Chapters also have
associated with them maps,
graphs, images, primary
source documents, a
chronology, glossaries,
Notable People biographies,
projects, case studies,
tutorials, and guided essay-
writing activities (see the
Curriculum Guide &
Teacher's Guide). Use the
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a. Identify reasons for
the establishment of
colonies in America.
Chapter 2: Spain Leads in Exploration and Colonization
- Overview: Sections:
- "Spain Establishes Colonies in the New World"
- "England, France, Holland, and Sweden Colonize
North America"
- Project: Early Colonies
- Internet Project: Columbian Exchange
To access Chapters and
related resources, click the
"Chapters icon." Hover over
select titles (Tutorials, Case
Studies, Documents, Art,
Maps, Graphs/Charts,
Essays, Projects, and
Internet Projects) then click
the title you want to view.
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b. Examine the rise of
American culture in the
New England, Middle,
and Southern
colonies.
Chapter 4: Colonial Life Brings Social Change to America
- Overview: Sections:
- "Religion, Education, and Social Classes in the
Colonies"
- "Religion"
- "Education"
- "Social Classes"
- "Geography Affected Economic Life in the New
England, Middle, and Southern Colonies"
- "New England Colonies"
- "Middle Colonies
- "Southern Colonies"
- Case Study: Salem Witch Trials
- Document: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
- Glossary: "Middle Colonies"; "New England
Colonies"; "Southern Colonies"
2. Investigate the
development of the
United States’ form of
government, a
compound
constitutional republic,
and its institutions and
politics.
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a. Identify the
philosophies which
influenced the
development of the
Constitution:
- separation of powers
- balance of power
- the elastic clause.
Chapter 8: Americans Create the United States
Constitution
- Overview: Sections:
- "The Constitution Solves Problems Through
Compromise"
- "Federalism"
- "Separation of Powers and Checks and
Balances
- "The Great Compromise"
- Tutorial: Creation of the Constitution
- Case Study: The Constitutional Convention
- Essay: The United States Constitution
- Internet Project: Constitutional Convention
- Glossary: "checks and balances"; "separation of
powers"
Resources:
- Internet Project: Enlightenment Philosophers
- Master Glossary: "elastic clause"
Master Glossary can only be
accessed by clicking the
"Resources" icon.
To access the Master
Glossary, click Resources
icon, "Glossaries," "Master
Glossary," then the "Browse
Glossary" button.
T access Internet Projects
from the Resources Menu,
click "Internet Projects," the
title you want to view, then
click "Start Project."
b. Analyze the
Constitution’s creation
and impact on the new
United States.
Chapter 8: Americans Create the United States
Constitution
- Overview (All Sections)
- Tutorial: Creation of the Constitution
- Case Study: The Constitutional Convention
- Document: Federalist Paper No. 10
- Document: Centinel Paper No. 1
- Art: Signing of the Constitution
- Graph/Chart: Ratification
- Graph/Chart: Separation of Powers
- Internet Project: Constitutional Convention
- Essay: The United States Constitution
Chapter 9: Washington and Federalists Lead the New
Nation
- Overview: Section: "A New Government is
Organized"
- Case Study: The Washington Administration
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c. Trace the
development of
American government
and politics from the
Federalist period
through Jacksonian
democracy.
Chapter 9: Washington and the Federalists Lead the New
Nation
- Overview (All Sections)
- Case Study: The Washington Administration
- Document: Washington's Farewell Address
- Document: Sedition Act of 1798
- Document: Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
- Essay: President George Washington
Chapter 10: America Begins to Grow and Gain Respect
Abroad
- Overview: Sections:
- "Democratic-Republicans Change Some, but Not
All Federalist Policies"
- "Expansion of the Supreme Court"
- Case Study: The Monroe Doctrine
- Document: Jefferson's First Inaugural Address
- Document: Marbury v. Madison
- Document: Monroe Doctrine
- Document: Gibbons v. Ogden
Chapter 11: Conflicts Divide Americans during Age of
Jackson
- Overview (All Sections)
- Document: Worcester v. Georgia
- Graph/Chart: Election of 1824
- Essay: President Andrew Jackson
- Glossary: "Jacksonian Democracy"
Resource:
- Chronology: 1789-1854
Chronology can be
accessed from Chapters as
well as from Resources.
To access the Chronology
from the Resources Menu,
click the "Resources" icon,
then "Chronology."
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3. Analyze the growth
and division of the
United States from
1820 through 1877.
a. Trace the United
States’ expansion and
growth from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
Chapter 10: America Begins to Grow and Gain Respect
Abroad
- Overview: Sections:
- "The United States Acquires Louisiana"
- "The U.S. Acquires Spanish Florida and Issues
the Monroe Doctrine"
- Map: The Louisiana Purchase
- Additional Project #10
Chapter 12: Americans Move toward the Pacific
- Overview (All Sections)
- Tutorial: Manifest Destiny
- Case Study: The Texas Revolution
- Map: United States Expansion
- Essay: Americans Acquire Land from Mexico
Resource:
- Chronology: 1783-1848
b. Recognize the
sectional differences
that developed during
the antebellum period.
Chapter 13: North and South Become Ever More Different
- Overview: Sections:
- "The North is First to Become Industrialized"
- "Industrial Growth Changes American Society"
- "Cotton and Slavery Become Increasingly
Important in the South"
- Graph/Chart: U.S. Urbanization
- Essay: America Begins to Industrialize
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c. Evaluate the causes,
course, and
consequences of the
Civil War.
Chapter 14: Sectional Anger Splits the Union Apart
- Overview (All Sections)
- Tutorial: Splitting of the Union
- Case Study: The Compromise of 1850
- Document: Fugitive Slave Act
- Document: Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Document: Dred Scott v. Sandford
- Document: South Carolina Declaration of Secession
- Map: Compromise of 1850
- Map: Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Map: Election of 1860
- Essay: Extremism Leads to Civil War
Chapter 15: North and South Fight a Civil War
- Overview (All Sections)
- Case Study: The Assassination of Lincoln
- Document: Civil War Speeches
- Document: Emancipation Proclamation
- Art: Battle of Hampton Roads
- Art: Emancipation Proclamation
- Graph/Chart: Civil War Casualties
- Map: Civil War Division
- Map: Civil War Battles
- Essay: The North and South Fight a Civil War
- Internet Project: Technology of War
d. Analyze the
successes and failures
of the Reconstruction
period following the Civil
War.
Chapter 16: Reconstruction: Blacks Gain, but Then Lose
Rights
- Overview (All Sections)
- Tutorial: Reconstruction
- Document: First Reconstruction Act
- Document: 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
- Document: Civil Rights Act of 1875
- Map: Reconstruction
- Essay: Blacks Lose Rights after the Civil War
- Glossary: "Reconstruction"
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e.Examine the United
States’ policies relating
to American Indians.
BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY I:
Theme: Native Americans
- Overview: Section: "Native Americans Lose Their
Lands in the East"
- Case Study: The Trail of Tears
- Document: Appeal of the Cherokee Nation
- Document: Worcester v. Georgia
BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY II:
Theme: Native Americans
- Overview (All Sections)
- Tutorial: Collapse of Native American Resistance
- Case Study: Wounded Knee Massacre
- Document: Chief Joseph versus the U.S. Government
- Document: Dawes Severalty Act
- Document: Meriam Report of 1928
To access Themes, click
Themes icon, then the title
you want to view.
BASIC AMERICAN HISTORY II
2. Students will
understand how the
growth of industry
changed the United
States.
1. Assess how
transportation,
communication, and
marketing
improvements and
innovations
transformed the
American economy in
the late 19th and early
20th centuries.
a. Identify major
American inventions and
how they affected the
United States; e.g.,
telephone, electricity,
car, motion pictures.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Section: "Post-Civil War Industrial Growth"
- Tutorial: Revolution of Industry
- Case Study: Thomas Edison
- Graph/Chart: Model T's
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b. Explain the expansion
of transportation and
communication in the
United States following
the Civil War.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Section: "Post-Civil War Industrial Growth"
- Tutorial: Revolution of Industry
- Case Study: Thomas Edison
- Graph/Chart: Model T's
c. Determine the impact
of industrialization on the
American economy and
society.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Section: "Post-Civil War Industrial Growth"
- Tutorial: Revolution of Industry
- Case Study: Thomas Edison
- Graph/Chart: Model T's
- Essay: America Becomes an Industrial Giant
- Internet Project: Impact of Mass Production
d. Examine how the
market revolution
affected retail
distribution of goods in
the cities and in rural
areas.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Section: "Post-Civil War Industrial Growth"
- Graph/Chart: Model T's
- Internet Project: Impact of Mass Production
2. Evaluate the
prominent business
leaders and the
business organizations
that influenced the
growth of
industrialization in the
United States.
a. Examine the roles of
American industrialists;
e.g., Rockefeller,
Morgan, Carnegie,
Vanderbilt, Ford.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Section: "Post-Civil War Industrial
Growth"
- Tutorial: Revolution of Industry
- Document: Carnegie's "Wealth"
- Notable People:
- Rockefeller, John D.
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Vanderbilt, Cornelius
- Ford, Henry
Notable People can be
accessed from any Chapter
as well from the Resources
Menu by clicking the
"Resources" icon.
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b. Evaluate the growth
and influences of
monopolies and trusts
on capitalism.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Sections:
- "Post-Civil War Industrial Growth"
- "Corporations"
- "Summary"
- Tutorial: Revolution of Industry
- Glossary: "monopoly"; "trust"
3. Assess how the
growth of industry
affected the movement
of people into and
within
the United States.
a. Determine the
demographic changes in
population from the
1890s to the present.
Chapter 4: America Becomes a More Urban and Diverse
Society
- Overview: Section: "Immigration Brings About
Diversity"
- Graph/Chart: U.S. Immigration
Resources:
- Graph/Chart: Age Distribution
- Graph/Chart: U.S. Population, 1850-2000
- Graph/Chart: Foreign-Born
To access Graphs/Charts
from the Resources Menu,
click "Resources,"
"Graphs/Charts," then either
the image you want to view or
the title from the pull-down
menu.
b. Investigate the
influences that affected
various immigrant
groups entering the
United States.
Chapter 4: America Becomes a More Urban and Diverse
Society
- Overview: Section: "Immigration Brings About
Diversity"
- Case Study: Ellis Island
- Graph/Chart: U.S. Immigration
- Essay: Immigrants Help Build America
c. Examine the working
conditions of immigrant
workers; e.g., factory,
mine, agriculture,
transportation.
Chapter 3: America Faces Problems as It Industrializes
- Overview: Sections:
- "Industrial Workers Face Hardships"
- "Farmers Also Face Difficulties"
- Essay: Workers Struggle for Higher Wages
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4. Investigate the
challenges presented
to urban inhabitants.
a. Identify how American
cities spawned
American architecture.
Chapter 4: America Becomes a More Diverse and Urban
Society
- Overview: Section: "Industrialization Results in Rapid
Urbanization"
- Notables:
- Westinghouse, George
- Otis, Elisha
b. Examine living
conditions in tenements.
Chapter 4: America Becomes a More Diverse and Urban
Society
- Overview: Section: "Industrialization Results in Rapid
Urbanization"
- Glossary: "tenement"
- Notable People: Riis, Jacob
c. Compare the attitudes
of Social Darwinism with
those of Social Gospel
believers.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Section: "Post-Civil War Industrial Growth"
Resource:
- Master Glossary: "social Darwinism"; "social gospel"
3. Students will
recognize how social
reform occurred at the
turn of the century.
1. Investigate reform
movements and their
prominent leaders.
a. Examine the
problems faced by
American farmers that
were created by the new
market economy and the
rise of the Populist
Party.
Chapter 3: America Faces Problems as it Industrializes
- Overview: Section: "Farmers Also Face Difficulties"
- Document: Populist Party's Platform of 1892
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b. Analyze the growth
and influence of political
machines; e.g.,
muckrakers,
Progressives.
Chapter 5: Reformers Try to Solve Problems
- Overview: Sections:
- "Progressives Reform the Political System"
- "Progressives Curb Harmful Business Practices"
- Case Study: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
- Document: Spargo's "The Bitter Cry of the Children"
- Document: Sherman Antitrust Act"
- Document: Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"
- Document: Muller v. Oregon
- Essay: Progressives Promote Democratic Reform
- Glossary: "muckraker"
- Notable People: Tweed, William Marcy "Boss"
c. Investigate the
emerging civil rights
movements for women
and African Americans.
Chapter 8: American Cultural Experience during the
Twenties
- Overview: Section: "American Society Changes"
Resources:
- Document: W.E.B. Du Bois versus Booker T.
Washington
- Document: Susan B. Anthony Speech
- Master Glossary: "civil rights"; "Civil Rights
Movement"
To access Documents from
the Resources Menu, click
the "Resources" icon,
"Documents," the title you
want to view, then click "Read
Document."
2. Assess the growth
and development of
labor unions and their
key leaders.
a. Trace the
development of national
labor unions.
Chapter 3: America Faces Problems as It Industrializes
- Overview: Section: "Industrial Workers Form Labor
Unions"
- Case Study: Haymarket Affair
- Essay: Workers Struggle for Higher Wages
- Glossary: "labor union"
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b. Determine the impact
of collective bargaining.
Chapter 3: America Faces Problems as It Industrializes
- Overview: Section: "Industrial Workers Form Labor
Unions"
- Case Study: Haymarket Affair
- Essay: Workers Struggle for Higher Wages
- Glossary: "collective bargaining"
c. Analyze the
development of
socialism in the United
States.
Chapter 3: America Faces Problems as It Industrializes
- Overview: Section: "Industrial Workers Form Labor
Unions"
- Chronology
Chapter 4: America Becomes a More Diverse and Urban
Society
- Overview: Section: "Gap Widens between the Rich
and Poor"
4. Students will
understand how war
affected the early 20th
century.
1. Investigate how the
United States became
involved in imperialism
and the Spanish
American War
a. Determine the
economic, social, and
military affects of United
States imperialism.
Chapter 6: America Acquires Overseas Possessions
- Overview (All Sections)
- Document: "The Influence of Sea Power Upon
History"
- Document: Platt Amendment/Roosevelt Corollary
- Map: U.S. in the Caribbean
- Essay: U.S. Acquires Overseas Possessions
- Internet Project: American Interests Abroad
- Glossary: "imperialism"
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b. Examine the cause,
course, and
consequences of the
Spanish-American War.
Chapter 6: America Acquires Overseas Possessions
- Overview: Section: "The Spanish-American War"
- Case Study: The Spanish-American War
Resources:
- Document: Platt Amendment/Roosevelt Corollary
- Project: Decision-Making (Project #2)
To access Projects from the
Resources Menu, click the
"Resources" icon, "Projects,"
the title you want to view,
then click "Start Project."
c. Assess how
America’s imperialism
altered relationships with
the Far East and Latin
America.
Chapter 6: America Acquires Overseas Possessions
- Overview: Section: "U.S. Involvement in Latin
America"
- Document: "The Influence of Sea Power Upon
History"
- Document: Platt Amendment/Roosevelt Corollary
- Map: U.S. in the Caribbean
- Essay: U.S. Acquires Overseas Possessions
- Internet Project: American Interests Abroad
2. Examine how World
War I affected the
military and the home
front of the United
States.
a. Identify major causes
of World War I and the
United States’
involvement and
influence in the war;
e.g., Wilson's Fourteen
Points, the Versailles
Treaty.
Chapter 7: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War I
- Overview (All Sections)
- Tutorial: Isolationism to Internationalism and Back
- Case Study: Wilson's Fourteen Points
- Document: Germany's 1917 Note to the U.S.
- Document: Wilson's Fourteen Points Address
- Essay: U.S. Policy during World War I
- Glossary: "Fourteen Points"; "Treaty of
Versailles"
Resource:
- Project: Decision-Making -- Projects #1, #2
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b. Determine the
reasons the United
States Senate refused to
join the League of
Nations.
Chapter 7: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War I
- Overview: Section: "The Treaty of Versailles"
- Tutorial: Isolationism to Internationalism and Back
- Glossary: "League of Nations"
c. Examine the impact
World War I had on the
United States; e.g.,
government policy,
industrial might, civil
liberties.
Chapter 7: U.S. Neutrality, then Involvement in World War
I
- Overview: Section: "The United States Enters World
War I"
- Tutorial: Isolationism to Internationalism and Back
- Document: United States v. Schenck
5. Students will
understand how
Americans reacted to
rapid social change
during the 1920s.
1. Analyze how the
United States coped
with rapid economic
and technological
advances.
a. Investigate how mass
media affected
American society
Resources:
- Case Study: Thomas Edison
- Case Study: The Watergate Scandal
- Case Study: The Presidential Election of 2000
- Notable People:
- Moyers, Bill
- Murdoch, Rupert
To access Case Studies,
from the Resources Menu,
click the "Resources" icon,
"Case Studies," the title you
want to view, then click
"Begin Case Study."
Standard Objective Location Comments
b. Assess how new
inventions and
consumerism influenced
daily life.
Chapter 8: American Cultural Experience during the
Twenties
- Overview: Section: "The Roaring Twenties"
- Essay: America Changes during the 1920s
- Internet Project: Movies and the Movie Industry
Resource:
- Document: The Evolution of Mercantile Business
c. Explain how the
automobile affected the
business and landscape
of America.
Chapter 2: America Becomes a Great Industrial Nation
- Overview: Section: "Post-Civil War Industrial Growth"
- Graph/Chart: Model T's
- Internet Project: Impact of Mass Production
- Notable People: "Ford, Henry"
Resources:
- Internet Project: American Television
- Map: Interstate Highways
2. Examine the
experiences of black
Americans and women
in the early 20th
century.
a. Account for the
sudden growth of black
consciousness.
Chapter 8: American Cultural Experience during the
Twenties
- Overview: Section: "American Society Changes"
b. Describe the changes
in women’s attitudes and
roles in society.
Chapter 8: American Cultural Experience during the
Twenties
- Overview: Section: "American Society Changes"
- Essay: America Changes during the 1920s
6. Students will
understand how the
Great Depression and
the New Deal
affected the United
States.
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1. Investigate the
impact of the Great
Depression on the
United States.
a. Analyze the major
causes of the Great
Depression.
Chapter 9: America Struggles to End the Great
Depression
- Overview: Sections:
- "Economic Problems during the 1920s"
- "America Plunges into a Deep Recession"
- Case Study: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
- Document: The Banking Crisis
- Map: U.S. Welfare: 1933
- Glossary: "Great Depression"
b. Examine the social
effects of the Great
Depression.
Chapter 9: America Struggles to End the Great
Depression
- Overview: Section - "America Plunges into a Deep
Recession"
- Case Study: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
- Map: U.S. Welfare: 1933
2. Analyze the long-
term effects of the New
Deal on the United
States.
a. Explore the purposes
and effectiveness of the
New Deal; e.g.,
presidency, economics,
politics.
Chapter 9: America Struggles to End the Great
Depression
- Overview: Sections:
- "F.D.R. Introduces a "New Deal"
- "The New Deal: Pros and Cons"
- Document: Social Security Act of 1935
- Essay: Roosevelt's New Deal
- Glossary: "New Deal"
b. Investigate the shift of
power from state to
federal government.
Chapter 9: America Struggles to End the Great
Depression
- Overview: Section: "The New Deal: Pros and Cons"
- Document: Social Security Act of 1935
- Essay: Roosevelt's New Deal
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7. Students will
understand the causes,
course, and
consequences of the
United States’ role in
World War II.
1. Determine how
America shifted from
isolationism to
intervention.
a. Analyze the factors
that led to militarism and
fascist aggression in the
world.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Overview: Sections:
- "Dictators Rise to Power"
- "Acts of Aggression Lead to World War II"
- Map: Europe: 1920-1937
- Essay: Foreign Dictators Rise to Power: 1920s-30s
- Glossary: "fascism"
Resource:
- Master Glossary: "militarism"
b. Determine how the
attack on Pearl Harbor
forced the United States
out of isolationism.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Overview: Sections:
- "The U.S. Declares Neutrality in World War II"
- "The U.S. Helps Defeat the Axis Powers"
- Document: Lend-Lease Act
- Document: Japan's Surrender in World War II
- Document: Japanese-American Internment
- Glossary: "Pearl Harbor"
Resource:
- Project: Additional Project #8
Standard Objective Location Comments
c. Examine how the
alliance systems led the
United States into World
War II.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Overview: Section: "The U.S. Helps Defeat the Axis
Powers"
- Document: Atlantic Charter
- Map: Europe: World War II
d. Investigate the major
campaigns of the United
States in the European
and Pacific theaters;
e.g., Midway, D-Day,
Battle of the Bulge,
island hopping, and the
bombing of
Japan.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Overview: Section: "The U.S. Helps Defeat the Axis
Powers"
- Case Study: The Manhattan Project
- Map: East Asia: 1942
- Internet Project: America's World War II Effort
- Glossary: "D-Day"; "Battle of Midway"; "Battle of the
Bulge"; "island hopping"
- Study Questions:
- Factual Questions #32, #34
2. Examine the impact
World War II had on
the American home
front.
a. Identify the impact of
World War II on minority
groups in America.
Resources:
- Document: Japanese-American Internment
- Graph/Chart: World War II: African Americans
- Graph/Chart: Women in the Labor Force
b. Examine the role
women played in the
wartime workforce.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Study Questions:
- Factual Question #26
Resource:
- Graph/Chart: Women in the Labor Force
Standard Objective Location Comments
c. Trace American
mobilization for war.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Overview: Section: "The U.S. Helps Defeat the Axis
Powers"
- Graph/Chart: World War II: African Americans
- Graph/Chart: Women in the Labor Force
- Internet Project: America's World War II Effort
3. Evaluate how the
rules and weapons of
war changed during
World War II.
a. Assess how the war
expanded beyond
military targets to civilian
centers.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Overview: Section: "The U.S. Helps Defeat the Axis
Powers"
- Case Study: The Manhattan Project
b. Evaluate how
technology changed the
weapons used in World
War II and introduced
the atomic age.
Chapter 10: U.S. Neutrality, Then Involvement in World
War II
- Overview: Section: "The U.S. Helps Defeat the Axis
Powers"
- Case Study: The Manhattan Project
Resources:
- Project: Additional Project #14
- Project: Decision-Making: Additional Project
8. Students will
understand the United
States’ domestic and
international
position in the Cold War
era.
Standard Objective Location Comments
1. Investigate how the
postwar goals and
action of the United
States and the Soviet
Union were manifested
throughout the world.
a. Analyze the
organization and
operation of the United
Nations.
Chapter 11: America Becomes the Leader of the Free
World
- Overview: Section: "The United Nations Is Created"
- Document: Charter of the United Nations
- Glossary: "United Nations"
b. Evaluate the
effectiveness of
American post-war
foreign policy in Europe
and the Soviet
Union’s reaction.
Chapter 11: America Becomes the Leader of the Free
World
- Overview: Section: "The Cold War Begins"
- Document: The Truman Doctrine
- Map: Partition of Germany
- Essay: U.S. Foreign Policy after World War II
c. Examine the world’s
reaction to nuclear
weapons.
Chapter 11: America Becomes the Leader of the Free
World
- Overview: Section: "The Cold War Begins"
2. Analyze the Cold
War ideology of the
United States’
involvement in Asia.
a. Explain America’s
reaction to the fall of
China to Communism
under Mao Zedong.
Chapter 11: America Becomes the Leader of the Free
World
- Overview: Section: "The Cold War Turns Hot in Asia"
- Glossary: "communism"
Resource:
- Document: The Domino Theory
Standard Objective Location Comments
b. Trace American and
United Nations
involvement in the
Korean police action.
Chapter 11: America Becomes the Leader of the Free
World
- Overview: Section: "The Cold War Turns Hot in Asia"
- Map: Korean War
c. Examine the various
factors that drew the
United States into
conflict with North
Vietnam and Ho Chi
Minh.
Chapter 14: The Vietnam War and Other Cold War
Problems
- Overview: Section: "The U.S. Becomes Involved in
Vietnam"
- Document: The Domino Theory
- Essay: South Vietnam's Fall to Communism
d. Investigate how the
Vietnam War changed
the nature of warfare.
Chapter 14: The Vietnam War and Other Cold War
Problems
- Overview: Sections:
- "The U.S. Becomes Involved in Vietnam"
- "Opposition to the War"
- "The U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam"
- Glossary: "Agent Orange"
3. Summarize the
political, social, and
economic reactions to
the Cold War in the
United States.
Standard Objective Location Comments
a. Examine the
successes and failures
of the various political
administrations; e.g.,
Kennedy, Johnson,
Nixon.
Chapter 13: Domestic Problems during Kennedy-Johnson
Years
- Overview (All Sections)
- Document: 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Document: 25th Amendment
- Document: Kerner commission
- Essay: The 1960s, a Decade of Social Change
Chapter 14: The Vietnam and Other Cold War Problems
- Overview: Sections:
- "The U.S. Becomes Involved in Vietnam"
- "Opposition to the War"
- "The U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam"
- Case Study: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- Document: The Domino Theory
Chapter 15: America Experiences Difficult Times
- Overview: Sections:
- "Cold War Diplomacy"
- "Nixon Faces Economic Problems at Home"
- "The Environmental Movement Grows Stronger"
- "The Feminist Movement"
- "The Watergate Scandal"
- Case Study: The Watergate Scandal
- Essay: America Learns the Limits of Its Power
Resource:
- Chronology
b. Analyze the Great
Society programs aimed
at ending poverty.
Chapter 13: Domestic Problems during Kennedy-Johnson
Years
- Overview: Sections:
- "Johnson's "Great Society" Program"
- "The "War on Poverty"
- Glossary: "Great Society"
Standard Objective Location Comments
c. Examine the impact of
McCarthyism and
Watergate on citizens’
attitudes toward
government.
Chapter 11: America Becomes the Leader of the Free
World
- Overview: Section: "A New "Red Scare" Disrupts
America"
- Case Study: McCarthyism
- Glossary: "McCarthyism"
Resources:
- Case Study: The Watergate Scandal
- Master Glossary: "Watergate scandal"
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from the Resources Menu,
click the "Resources" icon,
"Case Studies," the title you
want to view, then click
"Begin Case Study."
d. Trace the
development of space
exploration.
Chapter 13: Domestic Problems during Kennedy-Johnson
Years
- Overview: Section: "Kennedy's Term in Office"
- Notable People:
- Armstrong, Neil
- Glenn, John
- Ride, Sally
- Chronology
4. Investigate the end
of the Cold War and
examine America’s
role in the changing
world.
a. Compare differing
American reactions to
overseas military
involvement.
Chapter 14: The Vietnam War and Other Cold War
Problems
- Overview: Section: "Opposition to the War"
- Glossary: "Doves"; "Hawks"
- Study Questions:
- Factual Question #26, #30
b. Trace the events that
resulted in the breakup
of the USSR.
Chapter 16: Cold War Ends, but Domestic Problems
Continue
- Overview: Sections:
- "Relations Improve between the U.S. and the
U.S.S.R."
- "The Cold War Comes to an End"
- Essay: Soviet Communism Fails
- Chronology
Standard Objective Location Comments
c. Examine the
superpower status of the
United States in the
world.
Chapter 11: America Becomes the Leader of the Free
World
- Overview: Section: "The Cold War Begins"
Chapter 14: The Vietnam War and Other Cold War
Problems
- Overview: Sections:
- "Introduction"
- "A Communist Revolution in Cuba"
- "Fighting in Vietnam"
- "The U.S. Becomes Involved in Vietnam"
- "The U.S. Pulls Out of Vietnam"
Chapter 16: Cold War Ends, but Domestic Problems
Continue
- Overview: Sections:
- "Introduction"
- "Reagan's Foreign Policy"
- "The Cold War Comes to an End"
Chapter 17: The Prosperity of the Clinton Years
- Overview: Sections:
- "Clinton's Domestic and Foreign Policy"
- "Terrorism in America"
Chapter 18: The U.S. Adapts to a Post-9/11 World
- Overview: Sections:
- "Foreign Policy and Events"
- "Foreign Policy"
- "War on Terror"
- "The 'Surge'"
- "Obama's Foreign Policy"
Resources:
- Master Glossary: "super power"
- Notable People: Tito, Josip Broz
9. The students will
understand the
emergence and
development of the
human rights and
culture in the modern
era.
Standard Objective Location Comments
1. Analyze how the civil
rights movement
affected United States
society.
a. Identify the causes
and consequences of
civil rights legislation and
court decisions.
Theme: African Americans
- Overview: Sections:
- "School Segregation"
- "A New Phase in the Civil Rights Movement"
- "Johnson's "Great Society" Program"
- Tutorial: Rebirth of the Civil Rights Movement
- Case Study: Brown v. Board of Education
- Document: Plessy v. Ferguson
- Document: Brown v. Board of Education
- Document: 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Essay: The Modern Civil Rights Movement Begins
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Projects from the Resources
Menu, click the "Resources"
icon, "Projects," scroll down
and click on "Additional
Projects"; the projects are in
numerical order.
b. Investigate the fight
for the political,
economic, and social
equality of women.
Chapter 5: Reformers Try to Solve Problems
- Overview: Section: "Progressives Reform the Political
System"
- Document: Susan B. Anthony Speech
Chapter 8: American Cultural Experience during the
Twenties
- Overview: Section: "American Society Changes"
- Essay: America Changes during the 1920s
Chapter 13: Domestic Problems during Kennedy-Johnson
Years
- Overview: Section: "Environmental and Women's
Rights Movement"
- Internet Project: Using Protest
- Essay: The 1960s, a Decade of Social Change
Chapter 15: America Experiences Difficult Times
- Overview: Section: "The Feminist Movement"
Resource:
- Notable People:
- Addams, Jane
- Anthony, Susan B.
- Friedan, Betty
Standard Objective Location Comments
c. Analyze how the black
civil rights movement
utilized both social and
political actions to
achieve its goals.
Theme: African Americans
- Overview: Sections:
- "School Segregation"
- "A New Phase in the Civil Rights Movement"
- "Johnson's "Great Society" Program"
- Tutorial: Rebirth of the Civil Rights Movement
- Case Study: Brown v. Board of Education
- Document: Plessy v. Ferguson
- Document: Brown v. Board of Education
- Document: Vote of Fannie Lou Hamer
- Document: 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Essay: The Modern Civil Rights Movement Begins
d. Investigate the gains
in civil rights made by
the American Indian
nations, Mexican
Americans, and other
ethnic groups in the last
half of the twentieth
century.
Resources:
- Document: Meriam Report of 1928
- Internet Project: Emotional Persuasion
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from the Resources Menu,
click "Resources," "Internet
Projects," the title you want to
view, then click "Start
Project."
2. Analyze the impact
of the counter- culture
since the 1960s.
a. Trace the
development of the
counter-culture from the
anti-Vietnam movement.
Chapter 14: The Vietnam War and Other Cold War
Problems
- Overview: Section: "Opposition to the War"
- Study Questions
- Art: The Three Servicemen
Chapter 15: America Experiences Difficult Times
- Overview Sections:
- "The Environmental Movement Grows Stronger"
- "The Feminist Movement"
- "The Watergate Scandal"
- Study Questions
Resource:
- Essay: The 1960s, a Decade of Social Change
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Resources Menu, click
"Resources" icon, Essays,
the title you want to view,
then click "Write Essay."
Standard Objective Location Comments
b. Assess the
development of mass
media as the voice of
the counter-culture.
Resource:
- Internet Project: Using Protest
c. Examine the impact of
drugs on the counter-
culture and the United
States.
Chapter 13: Domestic Problems during Kennedy-Johnson
Years
- Overview: Section: "Opposition to the Vietnam War"
- Document: Kerner Commission
Resource:
- Chronology (search keyword "drugs")
10. The students will
understand economic
and political changes in
contemporary America.
1. Analyze the
economy of the
contemporary United
States.
a. Examine the effects of
economics on modern
society.
Chapter 18: The U.S. Adapts to a Post-9/11 World
- Overview: Section: "Financial Crisis"
- Case Study: The Great Recession
b. Trace the
development of
computers and the
Internet and their impact
on American business
and globalization.
Chapter 17: The Prosperity of the Clinton Years
- Overview: Sections:
- "Clinton's Agenda"
- "George W. Bush Becomes the 43rd President"
Resources:
- Internet Project: Globalization
- Chronology: 1936, 1943, 1946, 1964, 1969, 1970,
1974, 1974-1975, 1976, 1977, 1984 -- these entries
cover topics on computer development
Standard Objective Location Comments
2. Determine how
politics was changed
by the end of the Cold
War.
a. Examine the “Reagan
Revolution,” its goals,
success, and failures.
Chapter 16: Cold War Ends, but Domestic Problems
Continue
- Overview: Sections:
- "The Reagan Economic "Revolution"
- "Effects of Reaganomics"
- "Reagan's Foreign Policy"
- Document: Reagan Domestic Policy Speeches
- Document: Reagan Foreign Policy Speeches
b. Determine the impact
of environmentalism on
the United States.
Chapter 13: Domestic Problems during Kennedy-Johnson
Years
- Overview: Section: "Environmental and Women's
Rights Movement"
Chapter 15: America Experiences Difficult Times
- Overview: Section: "The Environmental Movement
Grows Stronger"
Resource:
- Chronology: 1964, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974,
1975, 1976 -- these entries cover topics on
environmentalism
c. Analyze the impact of
international terrorism
on the United States.
Chapter 18: The U.S. Adapts to a Post-9/11 World
- Overview: Sections:
- "Bush's First Term after 9-11"
- "Foreign Policy and Events"
- "Policy and Events at Home"
- "War on Terror"
- Tutorial: The War on Terror
- Art: Aftermath of Terrorism
- Art: Operation Enduring Freedom
- Essay: The Aftermath of September 11th
- Glossary: "terrorism"