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Course/Subject: US History & Government      Grade Level/Building: 11/HighSchool      8/00

 

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I) Introduction: Geography



I) Introduction: Geography
 
 
 
 

II) Constitutional Foundations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

III) Industrialization of the United States
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

·   Physical and cultural setting in America
·   Role and influence of geography on historical and cultural development
·   Demographics
·   Geographic issues today
 
·   Historical foundations
·   Constitutional convention
·   Constitutional principles
·   The Bill of Rights
·   Basic structure and function of government
·   Early Presidential administrations and precedents
·   Constitution tested
·   Nationalism and sectionalism
·   Territorial expansion
·   Constitution in jeopardy: Civil War
 
·   Reconstruction
·   Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the nation
·   Rise of American Business
·   Economic transformation
·   Major areas of industrial growth
·   Business leaders
·   New business and government practices
·   Labor’s response to economic changes
·   Agrarian response to economic changes
·   Society adjusting to industrialism
·   Impact on: workers, women, minorities, and families
·   Immigration
·   Reaction to the “new” immigrants
·   Vanishing frontier
·   Map work, copying and analyzing
·   Multiple choice exams
·   This Unit will be incorporated throughout the curriculum
 
 
·   Multiple choice exams
·   Thematic essay exams
·   Document Based Question (DBQ) essay exams
·   Dialogue questions
 
 
 
 
 
 
·   Multiple choice exams
·   Thematic essay exams
·   DBQ essay exams
·   Dialogue questions
·   Debate: who won the Civil War
·   Debate: changes in America
·   Industrialization economics project
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Course/Subject: US History & Government      Grade Level/Building: 11/HighSchool      8/00

 

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IV) The Progressive Movement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

V) Prosperity and Depression
 
 
 
 
 
 

VI) US in an age of global crisis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·   Pressures for reform
·   Progress in social and economic reform
·   Progressivism and government action
·   Rise of American power
·   US as an emerging global power
·   From restraint to involvement
·   World War I
·   Wartime constitutional issues
·   Attempts at arms control and international peace
 
·   Impact of World War I
·   The Twenties
·   Mass consumption and the clash of cultural values
·   Causes of the Great Depression
·   The New Deal
·   Effects of the Great Depression
 
·   Responsibility and cooperation
·   Isolationism and neutrality
·   Causes of World War II
·   Failure of peace
·   World War II
·   US involvement
·   Civil liberties
·   Effects of World War II
·   International peace efforts
·   Expansion and containment
·   The Cold War
·   Korean War
 
 
·   Multiple choice exams
·   Thematic essay exams
·   DBQ essay exams
·   Dialogue questions
·   Debate: American Imperialism
 
 
 
 
 
·   Multiple choice exams
·   Thematic essay exams
·   DBQ essay exams
·   Dialogue questions
·   Debate: effectiveness of the
New Deal
 
·   Multiple choice exams
·   Thematic essay exams
·   DBQ essay exams
·   Dialogue questions
·   Debate: use of the atomic bombs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Course/Subject: US History & Government      Grade Level/Building: 11/HighSchool      8/00

 

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VII) World in uncertain times
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Current Events
 
·   Toward a postindustrial world
·   Changes within the United States
·   Effects of postwar events
·   World power structure
·   Eisenhower Administration
·   Domestic politics
·   Culture of the 1950’s
·   Kennedy Administration
·   New Frontier
·   Johnson Administration
·   Escalation of Vietnam Conflict: limits to Presidential powers
·   Great Society
·   Civil Rights Movement
·   Changes in American culture in the 60’s and 70’s
·   Nixon Administration
·   DĂ©tente
·   Presidency in crisis
·   Ford Administration
·   Carter Administration
·   Reagan Administration
·   New Federalism
·   Supreme Court school rulings
·   Deficit spending
·   Approaching the next century
·   Bush Administration
·   End of the Cold War
·   Clinton Administration
 
 
 
 
·   Multiple choice exams
·   Thematic essay exams
·   DBQ essay exams
·   Dialogue questions
·   Debate: US foreign involvement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
·   Handed in and graded every 5 weeks

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