2017.18 United States History, Quarter 1 The Rise of Industrial America, The Progressive Era and Imperialism 1877-1920: Students analyze the various causes of the Industrial Revolution, the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution. Students examine the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale migration and immigration from Europe and Asia. Students analyze the changing landscape, including the growth of cities and the demand for reforms. Finally, students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power.
Tennessee State Standards Student Friendly ‘I Can’ Statements US.1 Explain patterns of agricultural and industrial development as The Rise of Industrial they relate to climate, use of natural resources, markets and trade, America the growth of
major urban areas and describe the geographic considerations that I can explain the patterns of agricultural and industrial led to the location of specialized industries such as textiles, development as they relate to climate, natural resources, automobiles and steel. markets, trade and urbanization.
I can describe geographic considerations for the location of specialized industries including textiles, automobiles and steel.
US.2 Summarize the major developments in Tennessee during the I can summarize the major developments in Tennessee during the Reconstruction era, including the Constitutional Convention of Reconstruction era, including Constitutional Convention of 1870, 1870, the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 and the election of yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in Memphis and the election of African Americans to the General Assembly. African Americans to the General Assembly.
US.3 Explain the impact of the Hayes-Tilden Presidential election of I can explain the impact of the Presidential election of 1876 and 1876 and the end of Reconstruction on African Americans, including the end of Reconstruction. Jim Crow laws, lynching, disenfranchisement methods, efforts of Pap Singleton and the Exodusters. I can explain the post-Reconstruction culture on African Americans, including Jim Crow laws, lynching, voting restrictions, Pap Singleton and the Exodusters westward migration to Kansas.
US.6 Describe the changes in American life that resulted from the I can associate the innovators with their industrial and inventions and innovations of business leaders and entrepreneurs technological contributions and evaluate the cultural of the period: impacts of each including ▪ Henry Bessemer ▪ Henry Bessemer
▪ George Pullman ▪ George Pullman ▪ Alexander Graham Bell ▪ Alexander Graham Bell ▪ Andrew Carnegie ▪ Andrew Carnegie ▪ Thomas Edison ▪ Thomas Edison ▪ J.P. Morgan ▪ J.P. Morgan ▪ John D. Rockefeller ▪ John D. Rockefeller ▪ Swift and Armour ▪ Swift and Armour ▪ Cornelius Vanderbilt ▪ Cornelius Vanderbilt
US.7 Analyze the movement of people from rural to urban areas as a I can analyze the emigration of people from rural to urban result of industrialization. industrialized areas.
US.13 Describe the rise of trusts and monopolies, their subsequent I can define and describe the impact of trust and monopolies, impact on consumers and workers, and the government’s response, including the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 and its implications including the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890. and the impact on consumers and workers.
US.14 Describe working conditions in industries, including the use of I can cite evidence of working conditions in industries, including labor by women and children. the use of labor by women and children using sources such as Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Lewis Hine’s photographs and excerpts of Bitter Cry of the Children.
US.15 Analyze the rise of the labor movement, including its I can identify and analyze the rise of the labor movement, including leaders, major tactics and the response of management and the its leaders, major tactics and the response of management and the government: government: ▪ Samuel Gompers ▪ Samuel Gompers ▪ Eugene Debs ▪ Eugene Debs ▪ Haymarket Affair ▪ Haymarket Affair ▪ Pullman Strike ▪ Pullman Strike ▪ Coal Creek Labor Saga ▪ Coal Creek Labor Saga [Anderson Co.] ▪ Collective bargaining ▪ collective bargaining ▪ Blacklisting ▪ blacklisting ▪ Open vs. closed shops ▪ open vs. closed shops
US.9 Describe the difference between “old” and “new” immigrants I can describe the difference between “old” and “new” and analyze the assimilation process and consequences for the immigrants using excerpts from “The New Colossus,” Emma “new” immigrants and their impact on American society, including Lazarus. ethnic clusters, competition for jobs, rise of nativism, the work of
Jane Addams and the documentation of living conditions by Jacob I can analyze examples of assimilation using primary source excerpts Riis, Chinese Exclusion Acts and the Gentlemen’s Agreement. from Twenty Years at Hull House.
I can describe the consequences of “new” immigrants and their impact on American society, including: • ethnic clusters • competition for job • rise of nativism • the work of Jane Addams • the documentation of living conditions using excerpts/pictures from How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis • Chinese Exclusion Acts • The Gentlemen’s Agreement US.4 Analyze the causes and consequences of Gilded Age politics The Progressive Era and economics, including the rise of political machines, major scandals, civil service reform and the economic difference between I can analyze the causes political corruption and their farmers, wage earners, and industrial capitalists, including the consequences on American politics during the Gilded Age, following: including the rise of political machines, major scandals, civil service • Boss Tweed reform and economic disparity as well as: • Thomas Nast ▪ Boss Tweed • Credit Mobilier ▪ Thomas Nast • Whiskey Ring ▪ Credit Mobilier • Garfield’s assassination ▪ Whiskey Ring • Pendleton Act ▪ Garfield’s assassination • Interstate Commerce Act ▪ Pendleton Act ▪ Interstate Commerce Act
US.5 Analyze the controversy that arose over the currency system I can analyze the controversy that arose over the currency system, in the late 1800’s, including the impact of gold and silver strikes in including the impact of gold and silver strikes in the West, the West, the contrasting views of farmers and industrialists, the contrasting views of farmers and industrialists, Sherman Silver Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, the Gold Crisis during the Purchase Act of 1890, the Gold Crisis during the Cleveland Cleveland administration and an analysis of William Jennings administration, excerpts of Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech and Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech. excerpts from The Gospel of Wealth.
US.8 Evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse I can describe and explain of political cartoonists such as formats and media as in the political cartoons of Thomas Nast and Thomas Nast and other Gilded Age media.
others during the Gilded Age.
US.11 Using textual evidence; compare and contrast the I can compare and contrast the ideas and philosophies of ideas and philosophies of Booker T. Washington and Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois using the primary W.E.B. Dubois. sources excerpts from “Atlanta Exposition” speech and The Souls of Black Folks.
US.12 Explain the characteristics and impact of the Granger I can explain Populism and cite examples such as the Granger Movement and Populism, including the problems between farmers Movement and Farmer’s Alliance, problems between farmers and and the railroads, the call for banking reform, support for a the railroads, the call for banking reform, support for a graduated graduated income tax and regulation of public utilities. income tax and regulation of public utilities.
US.10 Analyze the similarities and differences between the I can analyze Social Darwinism and compare and contrast with ideologies of Social Darwinism and Social Gospel. Social Gospel using primary source excerpts from Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie and other examples.
US.16 Citing textual evidence as appropriate, explain the significant I can explain the significant roles played by muckrakers and roles played by muckrakers and progressive idealists, including progressive idealists using and citing primary excerpts, Robert La Follette, Theodore Roosevelt, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln including Robert La Follette, Steffens and Upton Sinclair. Roosevelt’s “The New Nationalism” speech, Tarbell’s The History of Standard Oil, Lincoln Steffens’ The Shame of the Cities and Sinclair’s The Jungle.
US.17 Analyze the goals and achievements of the Progressive Analyze the goals and achievements of the Progressive movement, movement, including the following adoption of the initiative, including the adoption of the initiative, referendum, recall and the referendum, and recall, adoption of the primary system, 16th primary system, the 16th and 17th Amendments and Progressive Amendment, 17th Amendment and impact on the relationship expectations of the role of citizen and the role of government. between the citizen and the government.
US.18 Describe the movement to achieve suffrage for women, I can describe the suffrage movement, its national and TN leaders, including its leaders, the activities of suffragettes, the passage of the the activities of suffragettes and the passage of the 19th Amendment 19th Amendment and the role of Tennessee in the suffrage effort including Anne Dallas Dudley, Harry Burn, Josephine Pearson and [Anne Dallas Dudley, Harry Burn, Josephine Pearson, “Perfect 36”]. “Perfect 36”.
US.19 Analyze the significant progressive achievements during I can analyze the significant progressive achievements during the administration of Theodore Roosevelt including the Square the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, including the Square
Deal, “trust-busting,” the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Deal, “trust- busting”, Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act, the Meat Inspection Act and support for conservation. Act and environmental conservation.
US.20 Analyze the significant progressive achievements during the I can analyze the significant progressive achievements during the administration of Woodrow Wilson, including his New Freedom, the administration of Woodrow Wilson, including his New Freedom, Underwood Tariff, the Federal Reserve Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Underwood Tariff, Federal Reserve Act and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act. Act.
US.22 Assess the causes of American imperialism in the late 19th Imperialism and early 20th centuries, including the desire for raw materials and new markets, yellow journalism and the desire to spread I can define American Imperialism and associate it with desire for American democratic and moral ideals. raw materials and new markets, yellow journalism and desire to spread American democratic and moral ideals.
US.23 Evaluate the arguments of interventionists and non- I can evaluate the arguments of interventionists and non- interventionists of the period, including Alfred T. Mahan, Senator interventionists of the period, including Mahan’s Influence of Sea Albert Beveridge, Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt. Power upon History, Beveridge’s “The March of the Flag” speech, Twain’s personal commentaries and the policies and actions of Theodore Roosevelt.
US.24 Describe the consequences of American imperialism of I can describe the consequences of American imperialism, including: the period, including the following events: • annexation of Hawaii • annexation of Hawaii • Spanish-American War • Spanish-American War [Teller, Platt, and Foraker Acts] • Teller, Platt and Foraker Acts • Philippine Insurrection • Philippine Insurrection • Roosevelt Corollary • Roosevelt Corollary [as related to Monroe Doctrine] • Panama Canal • Panama Canal US.25 Draw evidence from informational texts to compare and I can use evidence from informational texts to compare and contrast contrast Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy, William Taft’s policies of Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy, William Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy and Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy. Dollar Diplomacy and Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy. HONORS ADDENDUM Suggestions: Note for Teachers of Honors: Embed the Honors Addendum within the regular Scope and Sequence. I can do an in-depth project [personal genealogy or another] on Ellis Island using “The New Colossus” as an introductory text. Read and comprehend history texts in the grades 11-12
complexity band independently and proficiently. Extension Activities [topic ideas]: ▪ Jim Crows laws and Ida B. Wells Write routinely over extended time frames [time for reflection and ▪ Western Immigration/Homesteading revision] and shorter time frames [a single sitting or a day or two] for a ▪ Social Darwinism/Social Gospel/Horatio Algers range of discipline- specific task purposes and audiences. ▪ notable women in reform movements/emerging into professional sphere ▪ Yellow Journalism-Pulitzer & Hearst ▪ research nature of two party system and third party reform movements ▪ compare and contrast imperialism with today’s foreign diplomacy
I can outline the basic principles of Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis.
2017.18 United States History, Quarter 2 World War I, The 1920s and The Great Depression: Students study America’s participation of World War I and how the battle between traditionalism and modernism manifested itself in the major historical trends and events after World War I and throughout the 1920s. Students analyze the causes and effects of the Great Depression and how Roosevelt’s New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.
Tennessee State Standards Student Friendly ‘I Can’ Statements US.21 Analyze the impact of the Great Migration of African Americans that began in the early 1900s from the rural South to the World War I Era industrial regions of the Northeast and Midwest. I can analyze the Great Migration and associate with early 20th Century geographic relocation of African Americans.
US.26 Explain the causes of World War I in 1914 and the reasons for I can identify and explain the causes of World War I and the the initial declaration of United States’ neutrality. geographical reasons for United States’ neutrality. US.27 Justify with supporting detail from text, the reasons for I can use primary sources to justify the reasons for American entry American entry into World War I, including the use of unrestricted into World War I including unrestricted German submarine warfare, submarine warfare by the Germans, the Zimmerman Note, the the Zimmerman Note, the defense of democracy and economic defense of democracy and economic motivations. motivations.
US.28 Identify and explain the impact of the following events I can identify and explain the impact of the following events and people during World War I: and people during World War I: ▪ major turning points • major turning points [Battles of the Marne, ▪ impact of trench warfare American entry, Meuse- Argonne] ▪ use of new weapons and technologies • impact of trench warfare ▪ Herbert Hoover • use of new weapons and technologies ▪ John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Force • Herbert Hoover [Belgium relief / Food Administration] ▪ Doughboys • John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Force ▪ Alvin C. York • Doughboys • Alvin C. York
US.29 Analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, I can analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, including Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the causes and including The Big Four Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points [“Peace effects of the United States’ rejection of the League of Nations on without Victory” speech] and causes and effects on world politics of
world politics. the United States’ rejection of the League of Nations.
US.30 Analyze the political, economic and social ramifications of World I can analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of War I on the home front, including the role played by women and World War I on the home front, including roles of women and ethics minorities, voluntary rationing, the Creel Committee, opposition by minorities, rationing [Hooverizing], The Creel Committee, conscientious objectors and the case of Schenck v. United States. Conscientious Objector and Schenck v. United States.
US.31 Describe the growth and effects of radio and movies and 1920’s their role in the worldwide diffusion of popular culture. I can describe the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the worldwide diffusion of popular culture US.32 Describe the rise of mass production techniques and the impact I can describe the rise of mass production techniques and the impact of new technologies, including the advent of airplane travel, spread of of new technologies, including airplane travel, electricity and labor electricity, popularity of labor saving appliances and innovations in saving appliances and innovations in food processing and food food processing and food purchasing [Clarence Saunders]. purchasing such as Clarence Saunders with Piggly Wiggly. US.33 Using multiple sources and diverse formats summarize the I can relate mass production of the automobile with its impact of the mass production and widespread availability of impact on the American economy and society using automobiles on the American economy and society. advertisements and mass media.
US.34 Analyze the changes in the economy and culture of the I can analyze the changes in the economy and culture of the United States as a result of expansion of credit, consumerism and United States as a result of expansion of credit, consumerism, financial speculation. financial speculation and growth of Wall Street.
US.35 Describe the significant ideas and events of the I can describe the significant ideas and events of the administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, administrations of Harding and Coolidge including the “return to including the “return to normalcy,” Teapot Dome and laissez normalcy”, Teapot Dome and laissez-faire politics. faire politics. US.36 Analyze the attacks on civil liberties and racial and ethnic I can analyze the attacks on civil liberties including Palmer Raids, tensions, including the Palmer Raids, the immigration quota acts immigration quota acts of the 1920s, Red Scare and the trial of of the 1920’s, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, the efforts of Sacco and Vanzetti. Ida B. Wells and Randolph Miller, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, the emergence of I can analyze the racial and ethnic tensions including the resurgence Garveyism and the rise of the NAACP. of the Ku Klux Klan, Wells’ Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Randolph Miller, Marcus Garvey and NAACP.
US.37 Explain the background of the Temperance Movement, the I can explain National Prohibition including: passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution and the ▪ Temperance Movement
Volstead Act; the impact of Prohibition on American society and its ▪ 18th Amendment successes and failures, including the rise of organized crime, ▪ The Volstead Act bootlegging and speakeasies and repeal by the 21st Amendment. ▪ organized crime and bootlegging ▪ speakeasies ▪ repeal by the 21st Amendment
US.38 Describe the Scopes Trial of 1925, including the major figures, I can describe the Scopes Trial of 1925, including Theory of the two sides of the controversy, its outcome and its legacy. Evolution, major figures and the two sides of the controversy, and its outcome and legacy. US.39 Describe the changing conditions for American Indians I can describe the changing conditions for American Indians during this period, including the extension of suffrage and the during this period, including the Indian Citizenship Act of restoration of tribal identities and way of life. 1924, restoration of tribal identities and way of life.
US.40 Describe the Harlem Renaissance, its impact, and its important figures, including an examination of literary and I can describe the Harlem Renaissance and its impact, including informational text of or about Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes [Blues poetry], Zora Neale Hurston [The Eyes were James Weldon Johnson, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong. Watching God], James Weldon Johnson [Lift Every Voice and Sing], Duke Ellington [Swing style Jazz] and Louis Armstrong [Jazz].
US.41 Analyze the emergence of the “Lost Generation” in I can define “Lost Generation” and identify works and excerpts American literature, including the impact of Ernest Hemingway and by Ernest Hemingway [The Sun Also Rises] and F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald. [The Great Gatsby]. US.42 Describe changes in the social and economic status of I can describe changes in the social and economic status of women, women, including the work of Margaret Sanger, flappers, clerical including Margaret Sanger, Flappers, clerical and office jobs and and office jobs and rise of women’s colleges. higher education enrollment for women.
US.43 Analyze the rise of celebrities as icons of popular culture, I can analyze the rise of 1920s celebrities including Babe Ruth and including Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jack Dempsey, Red Grange, Bessie Lou Gehrig in baseball; Jack Dempsey in boxing; Red Grange in Smith, Billy Sunday and Charles Lindbergh. football, Bessie Smith singing the Blues, Billy Sunday in evangelism; and Charles Lindbergh in aviation. US.54 Examine the impact of American actions in foreign policy in I can examine the impact of American actions in foreign policy in the 1920’s, including the refusal to join the League of Nations, the the 1920’s, including refusal to join the League of Nations, Washington Disarmament Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact. Washington Disarmament Conference and Kellogg-Briand Pact.
US.44 Examine the growth and popularity of Blues Music in I can examine the growth and popularity of music in Tennessee Memphis and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, including W.C. Handy including Blues Music in Memphis, W.C. Handy, Grand Ole Opry in and WSM. Nashville and WSM and Deford Bailey.
US.45 Analyze the causes of the Great Depression, including the The Great Depression following: • the economic cycle driven by overextension of credit I can analyze the causes of the Great Depression, including: • overproduction in agriculture and manufacturing • economic cycle • laissez faire politics • overextension of credit • buying on margin • overproduction in agriculture and manufacturing • excess consumerism • laissez faire politics • • rising unemployment buying on margin • • the crash of the stock market excess consumerism • • high tariffs rising unemployment • the crash of the stock market • high tariffs US.46 Describe the steps taken by President Hoover to combat the I can describe the steps taken by President Hoover to combat the economic depression, including his philosophy of “rugged economic depression, including “rugged individualism”, individualism,” the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Reconstruction Finance response to the “Bonus Army.” Corporation and the “Bonus Army”.
US.47 Write a narrative piece that includes multiple media I can write a narrative using multiple media to describe the toll of components to describe the toll of the Great Depression on the the Great Depression on the American people including massive American people, including massive unemployment, migration, unemployment, migration and Hoovervilles, including Woody and Hoovervilles. Guthrie, Dorothea Lange and Yip Harburg‘s “Brother, Can you spare a dime?”
US.48 Analyze the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl of the I can identify the Dust Bowl geography and analyze the 1930’s. causes and consequences. US.52 Cite textual evidence, determine the central meaning, and I can interpret the different points of view of Herbert Hoover evaluate different points of view by examining excerpts from the [“Rugged Individualism”] and Franklin Roosevelt [“First following texts: Herbert Hoover [“Rugged Individualism”], Franklin Inaugural Address”] by Roosevelt [“First Inaugural Address”] and John Steinbeck [The Grapes of assessing the central meaning from excerpts of John Steinbeck [The Wrath]. Grapes of Wrath].
US.49 Identify and explain the following New Deal programs and The New Deal assess their past or present impact: ▪ Works Progress Administration I can identify and explain the following New Deal programs and ▪ Social Security assess their past and present impact: ▪ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation • WPA ▪ Securities and Exchange Commission • Social Security
▪ Fair Labor Standards Act • FDIC ▪ Agricultural Adjustment Acts • Securities and Exchange Commission ▪ Civilian Conservation Corps • Fair Labor Standards Act ▪ National Recovery Administration and NIRA • Agricultural Adjustment Acts ▪ Tennessee Valley Authority • CCC, NRA, NIRA ▪ Cumberland Homesteads • Tennessee Valley Authority ▪ Great Smoky Mountains Park • Cumberland Homesteads [Showplace of the New Deal, 1934- 1938] • Great Smoky Mountains National Park
US.50 Analyze the effects of and the controversies arising from New I can analyze the effects and controversies of New Deal’s economic Deal economic policies, including charges of socialism and FDR’s policies, including charges of socialism and FDR’s “court packing” “court packing” attempt attempt. US.51 Citing evidence from maps, photographs and primary source I can cite the lasting impacts of TVA on Tennessee by citing documents, analyze the development of TVA on Tennessee’s rural evidence of controversy over Norris Dam and Dale Hollow Lake geography economy, and culture, and debate the issues of the by using maps, photos and primary sources. Norris Dam and Dale Hollow Lake controversies.
US.53 Evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse I can evaluate and assess political cartoons about the New Deal. formats and media as in the political cartoons about the New Deal. HONORS ADDENDUM Suggestions: Note for Teachers of Honors: Embed the Honors Addendum within the regular Scope and Sequence. Extension Activities [topic ideas]: ▪ In Another Country or Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway ▪ Jazz Age Read and comprehend history texts in the grades 11-12 ▪ Scopes Trial [link to modern debate] complexity band independently and proficiently. ▪ Dawes Act ▪ Free Speech concerns stemming from the Red Scare Write routinely over extended time frames [time for reflection and ▪ Emma Goldman revision] and shorter time frames [a single sitting or a day or two] for a ▪ Compare the emergence of the 1920’s youth to the “I” range of discipline- specific task purposes and audiences. generation today ▪ Compare the government’s Great Depression response to contemporary economic recession
2017.18 United States History, Quarter 3 Between the Wars, World War II, the Cold War and Post War: Students analyze the inter-war years and America’s participation in World War II. Students analyze the response of the United States to communism after World War II. Finally, students analyze post war America and the new developing culture during the 1950s and 1960s.
Tennessee State Standards Student Friendly ‘I Can’ Statements
US.55 Gather relevant information from multiple sources The Coming War to explain the reasons for and consequences of American actions in foreign policy during I can use multiple sources to identify and explain consequences of the 1930’s, including the Hoover-Stimson Note, the Johnson America’s actions in foreign policy during the 1930’s, including Hoover- Debt Default Act and the Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1937 and Stimson Note, Johnson Debt Default Act and Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1937 1939. and 1939.
US.56 Analyze the reasons for and consequences of the rise of I can define fascism and totalitarianism and analyze the causes and fascism and totalitarianism in Europe during the 1930’s, consequences of both exemplified by Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. including the actions of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. US.57 Examine President Roosevelt’s response to the rise I can analyze President Roosevelt’s response to the rise of of totalitarianism, including the Quarantine Speech, the totalitarianism, including the Quarantine Speech, the Four Freedoms Four Freedoms Speech, the Atlantic Charter and Lend- Speech, the Atlantic Charter and Lend-Lease. Lease.
US.58 Explain the reasons for American entry into World World War II War II, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. I can identify the causes of America’s entry into World War II including Pearl Harbor and an excerpt of the Announcement of War with Japan by Franklin Roosevelt.
US.59 Identify and locate on a map the Allied and Axis I can identify and locate on a map the Allied and Axis countries and the countries and the major theatres of the war. major theatres of the war including the home front, North Atlantic, Europe, North Africa, Asian Pacific and China-Burma-India.
I can explain United States and Allied wartime strategy and major events US.60 Explain United States and Allied wartime strategy and of the war, including Bataan Death March, Midway, “island hopping”, Iwo major events of the war, including the Bataan Death March, Jima and Okinawa, invasion of North Africa and Italy, D-Day and Battle of Midway, “island hopping,” Iwo Jima, Okinawa, invasion of the Bulge.
North Africa and Italy, D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge.
US.61 Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American I can identify the roles and sacrifices of American soldiers such as Audie soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of special Murphy, George Patton Ernie Pyle and Glenn Miller; Tuskegee Airmen; fighting forces such as the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd 442nd Regimental Combat team; 101st Airborne and the Navajo Code Regimental Combat team, the 101st Airborne, and the Talkers. Navajo Code Talkers.
US.62 Identify the roles played and significant actions I can identify the roles played and significant actions of the of the following individuals in World War II: following individuals: • Franklin Roosevelt • Franklin Roosevelt • Winston Churchill • Winston Churchill • Joseph Stalin • Joseph Stalin • Harry Truman • Harry Truman • Adolph Hitler • Adolph Hitler • Benito Mussolini • Benito Mussolini • Hideki Tōjō • Hideki Tōjō • Dwight Eisenhower • Dwight Eisenhower • George C. Marshall • George C. Marshall • Douglas MacArthur • Douglas MacArthur US.63 Describe the constitutional issues and impact of I can describe the constitutional questions and impact of events on the United States home front, including the Japanese internment [Fred Korematsu v. United States of America]. internment of Japanese Americans [Fred Korematsu v. United States of America].
US.64 Examine and explain the entry of large numbers of I can explain the entry of large numbers of women into the workforce and women into the workforce during World War II and its its impact on American society and the service of women in the armed subsequent impact on American society [such as at Avco in forces such as Rosie the Riveter, Avco in Tennessee [Vaught Aviation- Tennessee], as well as the service of women in the armed Nashville] and Cornelia Fort. forces, including Cornelia Fort.
US.65 Examine the impact of World War II on economic and I can identify and explain the impact of African Americans on the home social conditions for African Americans, including the Fair front including the Fair Employment Practices Committee, FDR’s Executive Employment Practices Committee, the service of African Order 8802 and the Double V Campaign. Americans in the armed forces and the work force, and the eventual integration of the armed forces by President I can identify how African Americans military service led to the Truman. eventual integration by President Truman’s Executive Order 9981.
US.66 Describe the war’s impact on the home front, I can describe the war’s impact on American civilians including including rationing, bond drives, movement to cities and rationing, bond drives, movement to cities and industrial centers and industrial centers and the Bracero program. the Bracero Program. US.67 Describe the major developments in aviation, I can describe the major developments including aviation, weaponry, communication and medicine [penicillin], and the weaponry, communication and medicine [penicillin]. war’s impact on the location of American industry and use of resources. I can label the geographic areas of American industry and allocation and distribution of resources.
US.68 Explain the importance of the establishment and the I can explain the importance of wartime locations relevant to Tennessee impact of the Fort Campbell base, Oak Ridge nuclear including the establishment and the impact of the Fort Campbell, Oak facilities, TVA, Alcoa influences and Camp Forrest as a POW Ridge, TVA, Alcoa and Camp Forrest [Tullahoma] as a POW center. center.
US.69 Write an opinion piece evaluating the Manhattan I can evaluate the Manhattan Project and the use of the atomic bomb to Project, including the rationale for using the atomic bomb to end the war using excerpts from the “Announcement of Dropping the end the war. Atomic Bomb,” and the Letter to President Franklin Roosevelt.
US.70 Examine the American reaction and response to the I can identify the Holocaust and America’s response to it. Holocaust. US.71 Explain major outcomes of the Yalta and Potsdam I can identify the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences and explain the outcomes Conferences. of each.
US.72 Identify and explain the reasons for the founding of the I can identify the United Nations and its purpose and explain Cordell United Nations, including the role of Cordell Hull. Hull’s role in its founding.
US.73 Describe the competition between the two The Cold War “superpowers” of the United States and the Soviet Union in the areas of arms development, economic dominance, and I can define super power and describe the U.S. and Soviet Union ideology, including the role and location of NATO, SEATO competition including arms development, economic ideology, NATO, and the Warsaw Pact. SEATO, the Warsaw Pact and Space Race and analyze the “Address at Rice University” by John Kennedy.
US.74 Explain examples of containment policies, including I can define containment and its consequences as exemplified by the the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the Truman Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift and the “The Sources Doctrine. of Soviet Conduct” by George Kennan.
US.75 Draw evidence from informational text to analyze the I can identify and trace the progression of each of the following progression of American foreign policy from containment to Containment to Mutual Assured Destruction and Brinkmanship to Domino retaliation and brinkmanship to the domino theory to Theory to Flexible Response. flexible response.
US.76 Analyze the causes and effects of the Red Scare that I can analyze the causes and effects of the Red Scare, including followed World War II, including Americans’ attitude toward Americans’ attitude toward Red China, McCarthyism and blacklisting, the rise of communism in China, McCarthyism, blacklisting, Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs, J. Edgar Hoover and Estes Kefauver. Alger Hiss, J. Edgar Hoover, Estes Kefauver and the Rosenbergs.
US.77 Describe the causes, course, and consequences of I can describe the causes, course and consequences of the Korean the Korean War, including the 38th parallel, Inchon, the War, including the 38th parallel, Inchon Landing, the entry of the entry of the Communist Chinese, the power struggle Communist Chinese, the power struggle between MacArthur and between MacArthur and President Truman and the final President Truman, election of Dwight Eisenhower and Korean disposition of the Koreas. Armistice.
US.78 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in I can assess how mass media heighted American fears regarding: diverse formats of the fears of Americans about nuclear ▪ nuclear holocaust holocaust and debates over the stockpiling and use of nuclear ▪ debates over the stockpiling and deployment weapons, including atomic testing, civil defense, bomb shelters, ▪ use of nuclear weapons mutually assured destruction, impact of Sputnik and President ▪ Atomic testing [nuclear fallout] Eisenhower’s warning about the military-industrial complex. ▪ civil defense [duck and cover] ▪ bomb shelters ▪ mutually assured destruction ▪ impact of Sputnik
I can assess President Eisenhower’s warning about the military- industrial complex using excerpts from his Farewell Address.
US.82 Analyze the impact of prosperity and consumerism in Postwar the 1950s, including the growth of white-collar jobs, the suburban ideal and the impact of the G.I. Bill. I can analyze the impact of prosperity and consumerism in the 1950s, including the growth of white-collar jobs, the suburban ideal, impact of the
G.I. Bill, emerging Middle class and increased reliance on petroleum [domestic or foreign]
US.83 Examine multiple sources presented in different I can define the Baby Boom using various media sources and explain media and formats to explain the impact of the baby boom its impact on the American economy and culture. generation on the American economy and culture.
US.84 Describe the effects of technological developments, I can describe the effects of technological developments, including including advances in medicine, improvements in agricultural advances in medicine, improvements in agricultural technology [pesticides technology such as pesticides and fertilizers, and the and fertilizers] and development of the interstate highway system. development of the interstate highway system.
US.85 Analyze the increasing impact of television and I can analyze the increasing impact of television and mass media on mass media on the American home, American politics American home and family, American politics and American economy. and the American economy.
I can define the Beat Generation including emergence of a youth culture, beatniks, “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac
US.86 Describe the emergence of a youth culture, including I can trace progression of popular music from swing to rhythm and blue to beatniks and the progression of popular music from swing rock ‘n roll and cite the role played by Tennessee, including Sun Studios, to rhythm and blues to rock ‘n roll and the significance of Stax Records and Elvis Presley. Tennessee, including Sun Studios, Stax Records and Elvis Presley.
US.87 Explain the events related to labor unions, including I can explain the events related to labor unions, including the merger of the merger of the AFL-CIO, the Taft-Hartley Act, and the the AFL-CIO, Taft-Hartley Act, the work of Estes Kefauver and Robert roles played by Estes Kefauver, Robert Kennedy and Jimmy Kennedy, and Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa.
HONORS ADDENDUM Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Consider: excerpts from Note for Teachers of Honors: Embed the Honors “Quarantine Speech” speech; “Four Freedoms” speech; Announcement Addendum within the regular Scope and Sequence. of War with Japan, 1941 by Franklin Roosevelt.
Read and comprehend history texts in the grades 11-12 Primary Documents and Supporting Texts to Consider: excerpts from complexity band independently and proficiently. The Things They Carried: “The Sources of Soviet Conduct”; “Inaugural
Address,” 1961 by John Kennedy
Write routinely over extended time frames [time for reflection Suggestions: and revision] and shorter time frames [a single sitting or a day or two] for a range of discipline- specific task purposes and Extension Activities [topic ideas]: audiences. ▪ World War II--battles, commanders, technology, home front, extremist groups, holocaust, Japanese atrocities against American soldiers, etc. ▪ discuss how the U.S. became a “Super Power” ▪ real connections- research family history/involvement in war, conduct veteran/civilian [home front] ▪ comparative look at Cold War Presidents [Truman-Nixon] and how they handled foreign policy
2017.18 United States History, Quarter 4 Modern United States and Contemporary United States: Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II America. Students examine the origins, goals, key events and accomplishments of Civil Rights Movement and important events and trends in the 1960s and 1970s. Students describe important events and trends since 1980. Students analyze the important foreign policies of and events during the presidential administrations from 1961 to 2008. Tennessee State Standards Student Friendly ‘I Can’ Statements
US.89 Examine court cases in the evolution of civil rights, I can examine court cases in the evolution of civil rights, including Brown including Brown v. Board of Education and Regents of the v. Board of Education and Regents of the University of California v. University of California v. Bakke. Bakke.
US.90 Examine the roles of civil rights advocates, including the following: I can examine the roles of civil rights advocates, including: ▪ Martin Luther King, Jr. • Martin Luther King, Jr. ▪ Malcolm X • Malcolm X ▪ Thurgood Marshall • Thurgood Marshall ▪ Rosa Parks • Rosa Parks ▪ Stokely Carmichael • Stokely Carmichael ▪ President John Kennedy • President John Kennedy ▪ Robert Kennedy • Robert Kennedy ▪ President Lyndon Johnson • President Lyndon Johnson ▪ James Meredith • James Meredith ▪ Jim Lawson • Jim Lawson
US.91 Examine the roles of civil rights opponents, including I can examine the roles of civil rights opponents, including Strom Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, Orval Faubus, Bull Connor Thurmond and the Dixecrats, George Wallace, Orval Faubus, Bull Connor and the KKK. and the KKK.
US.92 Describe significant events in the struggle to secure I can describe significant events in the struggle to secure civil rights civil rights for African Americans, including the following: for African Americans, including: ▪ Columbia [TN] Race Riots ▪ Columbia, Tennessee Race Riots ▪ Tent Cities of Haywood and Fayette Counties ▪ Tent Cities of Haywood, Fayette Counties ▪ Influence of the Highlander Folk School and ▪ influence of the Highlander Folk School and civil rights civil rights advocacy groups advocacy groups ▪ Montgomery Bus Boycott ▪ integration of Central High School in Little Rock and Clinton
▪ Birmingham bombings 1963 High School in Clinton, TN ▪ Freedom Rides ▪ Montgomery Bus Boycott ▪ March on Washington ▪ Birmingham Bombings 1963 ▪ Sit-ins, marches, demonstrations, boycotts, ▪ sit-ins, marches, demonstrations, boycotts Nashville Sit-ins, Diane Nash ▪ Nashville Sit-ins and Diane Nash ▪ Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. ▪ Freedom Rides ▪ March on Washington ▪ Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I can interpret the purpose and evaluate explanations of Martin Luther US.93 Cite textual evidence, determine the central meaning, King, Jr. [“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”], Martin Luther King, Jr. [“I Have a and evaluate the explanations offered for various events by Dream” speech] and Malcolm X [“The Ballot or the Bullet”]. examining excerpts from the following texts: Martin Luther King, Jr. [“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and “I Have a Dream” speech] and Malcolm X [“The Ballot or the Bullet”].
US.94 Analyze the civil rights and voting rights legislation, I can analyze the civil rights and voting rights legislation, including Civil Rights th including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1968 and 24 1965, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the 24th Amendment. Amendment. US.79 Describe the relationship between Cuba and The Kennedy and Johnson the United States, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion Years and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
I can describe the relationship between Cuba and the United States, including Cuban-American policies since 1989, rise of Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis.
US.88 Describe President Kennedy’s New Frontier I can describe President Kennedy’s New Frontier programs to programs to improve education, end racial discrimination, improve education, end racial discrimination, The Peace Corps and create the Peace Corps, and propel the United States to Space Race. superiority in the Space Race.
US.96 Evaluate the impact of Johnson’s Great Society I can evaluate the impact of Johnson’s Great Society programs, programs, including Medicare, urban renewal and the including Medicare, urban renewal and the War on Poverty. War on Poverty.
US.80 Describe the causes, course, and consequences of The Vietnam War Era
the Vietnam War, including the following: ▪ Geneva Accords I can describe the causes, course, and consequences of the Vietnam ▪ Gulf of Tonkin Resolution War, including: ▪ Tet Offensive ▪ Geneva Accords ▪ roles played by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and ▪ Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Nixon ▪ Tet Offensive ▪ Vietnamization ▪ roles played by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon ▪ Ho Chi Minh ▪ Henry Kissinger and Détente ▪ Bombing of Cambodia ▪ Vietnamization ▪ Henry Kissinger ▪ Ho Chi Minh ▪ Napalm and Agent Orange ▪ bombing of Cambodia ▪ Napalm and Agent Orange
US. 81 Present information, findings, and supporting I can enumerate the impact of the Vietnam War on the home front, evidence evaluating the impact of the Vietnam War on the including draft by lottery, the Anti-War movement and the Free Speech home front, including the Anti-War movement, draft by movement, impact of television and the media including the Pentagon lottery and the role of television and the media. Papers and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien.
US.98 Identify and explain significant achievements of the I can identify and explain significant achievements of the Nixon Nixon administration, including his appeal to the “silent administration, including his appeals to the “silent majority” and majority” and his successes in foreign affairs. Southern Strategy and his successes in foreign affairs. US.95 Describe movements to achieve equal opportunity and 1968-1980 improvements in working conditions and living standards, including the Chicano Movement, the American Indian I can define the Chicano Movement, American Indian Movement and Movement, and Feminist Movement. the Feminist Movement and describe their stated purposes and goals.
US.97 Interpret different points of view that reflect the rise of I can identify and interpret different points of view that reflect the rise of social activism and the counterculture, hippies, generation gap social activism and the counterculture, including the generation gap, and Woodstock. hippies and Woodstock.
US.102 Explain the emergence of environmentalism, I can explain the emergence of environmentalism, including the creation including the creation of the Environmental Protection of the Environmental Protection Agency, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Agency, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and disasters such as and disasters at Love Canal, Three Mile Island and the Exxon Valdez. Love Canal, Three Mile Island and the Exxon Valdez.
US.101 Investigate the life and works of Alex Haley and his I can research the life and works of Alex Haley and his influence on influence on American Culture, including The Autobiography American Culture, including The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots:
of Malcolm X and Roots: The Saga of An American Family. The Saga of An American Family.
US.99 Analyze the Watergate scandal, including the I can define and analyze the Watergate scandal, including enemies List, background of the break- in, the importance of the court case background of the break-in, United States v. Nixon, role of media and United States v. Nixon, the changing role of media and journalism, Nixon’s Resignation and Ford’s pardon and the legacy of journalism, the controversy surrounding Ford’s pardon of distrust. Nixon and the legacy of distrust left in its wake.
US.100 Describe the causes and outcomes of the energy crisis I can describe the causes and outcomes of the energy crisis of the 1970’s. of the 1970’s.
US.103 Identify and explain significant events of the Carter I can identify and explain significant events of the Carter administration, including the Camp David Accords, the administration, including Camp David Accords, Panama Canal Treaty, Panama Canal Treaty, poor economy, SALT treaties and the SALT treaties, Iran Hostage Crisis and the economic “malaise.” Iran Hostage Crisis.
US.104 Evaluate technological and scientific advances, including Contemporary United States the work of significant innovators and entrepreneurs, in the fields of medicine, transportation, communication, food I can evaluate technological and scientific advances including work of services and geographic information systems. significant innovators and entrepreneurs in medicine, transportation, communication, food services and geographic informational systems. US.105 Analyze the significant events and achievements of I can analyze the significant domestic events and achievements of the the Reagan administration, including revitalization of national Reagan administration, including revitalization of national pride, pride, Reaganomics, War on Drugs, response to the Reaganomics, War on Drugs and the Challenger Disaster. Challenger disaster, Strategic Defense Initiative, the fall of communism in the Soviet Union, the response to the Marine I can analyze the significant foreign events and achievements of the barracks bombing in Lebanon and the invasion of Grenada. Reagan administration, including Strategic Defense Initiative, fall of communism in the Soviet Union and his Speech at Brandenburg Gate, Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon, Invasion of Grenada and the Iran – Contra Affair.
US.106 Describe the significant events in the foreign policy of I can describe the significant events in the foreign policy of the George the George H.W. Bush administration, including the invasion of H.W. Bush administration, including the fall of the Berlin War, Tiananmen Panama and the Gulf War. Square in China, invasion of Panama and the Gulf War.
US. 107 Using census data and population pyramids identify I can use census data and population pyramids to identify and describe
and describe the demographic changes in the United States the demographic changes in the United States since 1980 and the since 1980 and the increased movement of people from the increased movement of people from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt. Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.
US.108 Summarize the significant events and I can summarize the significant events and achievements of the achievements of the Clinton administration, including Clinton administration, including Welfare-to-Work, Brady Bill, Welfare-to-Work, Brady Bill, reduction of the federal reduction of the federal debt, NAFTA, scandals/impeachment trial and debt, NAFTA, and the scandals and subsequent the Oklahoma City Bombing. impeachment proceedings.
US.109 Analyze the late 20th century foreign policy of I can analyze American intervention in the late 20th century in the intervention by the United States in Somalia, Bosnia- following international conflict areas of Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Herzegovina, Kosovo and particular attempts to keep peace Kosovo and the Middle East. in the Middle East.
US.110 Explain the reasons for and the outcome of the I can explain the reasons for and the outcome of the Supreme Court case Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore. Bush v. Gore [2000].
US.111 Describe the impact of the September 11, 2001 I can define and describe the impact of 9/11, including the response of terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, President George W. Bush in his “Address to the Nation”, September 11, including the response of President George W. Bush, the 2001 the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the continuing War on Terror. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and continuing efforts to combat terrorism globally.
US.112 Describe the increasing role of women and minorities I can describe the increasing role of women and minorities in American in American society, politics, and economy, including the society including the achievements of Sandra Day O’Connor, Sally Ride, achievements of Sandra Day O’Connor, Sally Ride, Geraldine Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi and the Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi and election of Barack Obama. the election of President Barack Obama. HONORS ADDENDUM Suggestions: Note for Teachers of Honors: Embed the Honors I can cite key provisions of each of the following and compare to Addendum within the regular Scope and Sequence. contemporary personal rights concerns Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the 24th Amendment. Read and comprehend history texts in the grades 11-12 complexity band independently and proficiently. I can use excerpts from “The Great Silent Majority” speech by Richard Nixon to trace current political demographics.
I can compare and contrast the economic philosophies of Reagan and
Write routinely over extended time frames [time for reflection Clinton using excerpts from “First Inaugural Address” by Reagan with and revision] and shorter time frames [a single sitting or a day Clinton’s “First Inaugural Address”. or two] for a range of discipline- specific task purposes and audiences. I can assess current environmental issues using The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman.
Extension Activities [topic ideas]: ▪ Stokely Carmichael- Black Power speech ▪ compare and contrast War of Terror under George W. Bush and Barack Obama ▪ discuss current policies concerning health care and insurance ▪ research information and debate on Free Trade, NAFTA, modern tariff barriers ▪ explore the proper civil role in dealing with ethnic/gender/generational concerns ▪ consider modern media forums and trace their evolutions ▪ compare modern media with media of the 1950s and 1960s