Unit 1: Civil War and Reconstruction
Civil War: The focus of this unit is the causes, events and consequences of the Civil War.
Reconstruction: The focus of this unit is to compare the different plans for reuniting the country and rebuilding the South after the Civil War. To describe how the Constitution changed to protect the rights of African Americans after the war.
Textbook correlation: Chapter 5, Lessons 1, 3, and 4
Chapter 6, Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Essential Questions to guide instruction and learning:
• Why did increased tensions between the North and the South lead to war?
• How did the Civil War impact life in the North and in the
South?
• How did key battles (Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlantic Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Courthouse) affect the outcome of the Civil War?
• How did the Civil War have both benefits and costs for the United States?
• How did the leadership styles of the Confederate Army (Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson) compare to the leadership styles of the Union Army (Ulysses S. Grant)?
• How did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis compare as leaders?
• How are a citizen's rights protected by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
• Why did newly freed men decide to sharecrop?
• How did location influence the development of industry in the United States during
Reconstruction?
• How did Reconstruction change the lives of African Americans in the South?
• How did the Jim Crow laws and social customs of the South affect the lives of African
Americans?
Unit 2: Turn of the Century
The focus of this unit is America's second industrial revolution, including the continued movement west, the rise of corporations, and immigration.
Textbook correlation: Chapter 7, Lessons 3 and 4
Chapter 8, Lessons 1, 2, and 3
Chapter 9, Lessons 1 and 2
Essential Questions to guide learning and instruction:
*How did location influence the development of industry in the United States at the turn of the 19th century? • How did the development of the western cattle industry in the years following the Civil War reflect changes in America?
• How did the Panama Canal and the Spanish-American War play a role in global expansion of the United States?
• Why did people immigrate to the United States?
• How did changes in technology (electricity, telephone, science, transportation) lead to changes in politics and society?
• Why did America’s role in the world expand as a result of the Spanish-American War?
• How did inventors such as the Wright Brothers, George Washington Carver, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison help strengthen the nation?
• How did changes to the Constitution increase the voting power of the citizens of the United States?
Unit 3: WWI, The Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression, WWII
The focus on these units is:
* The involvement of the United States in World War I and the political and social developments after the war.
* The impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal on the lives of Americans.
* United States involvement in World War II, including the causes and effects of the war and its impact on American culture at home.
Textbook correlation:
Chapter 9, Lessons 2 and 3
Chapter 10, Lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4
Chapter 11, Lessons 1, 2, and 3
Essential Questions to guide learning:
* Why and how was the United States involved in World War I?
• How are basic economic concepts, such as trade and opportunity cost, illustrated in the context of events surrounding WWI?
• How did Henry Ford affect the post-World War I economic boom?
• Why do people consider Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh to be American heroes?
• How did the art of Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong represent cultural changes taking place in America during this era?
• How did citizens demonstrate their civic responsibilities during World War I?
How did the boom times of post-World War I America lead to the bust-times of the Great Depression?
• How did Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs attempt to bring the United States out of the Great Depression?
• How did the “Dust Bowl” affect the economy?
• To what extent can the policies of one man, Herbert Hoover or Franklin Roosevelt, restore a nation?
• How do Margaret Mitchell, Duke Ellington and Jesse Owens represent the 1930’s?
• How were Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, V-E Day and V-J Day important events in World War II?
• How did Germany’s and Japan’s actions lead to war with the United States?
• Why did the Holocaust occur?
• Why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II?
• How did World War II change the lives of people at home?
• How well did the leaders of the Axis (Mussolini, Hitler, and Hirohito) and Allied powers (Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Truman) of World War II reflect the will of the citizens of their respective nations?
• How did “Rosie the Riveter” and the Tuskegee Airmen illustrate the changing roles of women and minorities as a result of WWII?
• How did citizens demonstrate their civic responsibilities during World War I?
• How were the rights of Japanese-Americans violated during World War II?
• Why was the formation of the United Nations key to establishing a post-World War II peace?
The Cold War
Essential Questions:
• How are the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War related?
• How did Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act address the goals of the Civil Rights movement?
• How did the American economy change after WWII?
• How did technology associated with the Space Age and television change the culture, economy, and government of the U.S.?
• How did Joseph McCarthy influence American society?
• How did Nikita Khruschev influence events during the Cold War?
• In what ways were Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. influential in the Civil Rights movement?
• How did the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy affect the nation?
Textbook Correlation:
Chapter 11, Lessons 4-5
Chapter 12, Lessons 1-4
Civil War: The focus of this unit is the causes, events and consequences of the Civil War.
Reconstruction: The focus of this unit is to compare the different plans for reuniting the country and rebuilding the South after the Civil War. To describe how the Constitution changed to protect the rights of African Americans after the war.
Textbook correlation: Chapter 5, Lessons 1, 3, and 4
Chapter 6, Lessons 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
Essential Questions to guide instruction and learning:
• Why did increased tensions between the North and the South lead to war?
• How did the Civil War impact life in the North and in the
South?
• How did key battles (Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlantic Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Courthouse) affect the outcome of the Civil War?
• How did the Civil War have both benefits and costs for the United States?
• How did the leadership styles of the Confederate Army (Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson) compare to the leadership styles of the Union Army (Ulysses S. Grant)?
• How did Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis compare as leaders?
• How are a citizen's rights protected by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
• Why did newly freed men decide to sharecrop?
• How did location influence the development of industry in the United States during
Reconstruction?
• How did Reconstruction change the lives of African Americans in the South?
• How did the Jim Crow laws and social customs of the South affect the lives of African
Americans?
Unit 2: Turn of the Century
The focus of this unit is America's second industrial revolution, including the continued movement west, the rise of corporations, and immigration.
Textbook correlation: Chapter 7, Lessons 3 and 4
Chapter 8, Lessons 1, 2, and 3
Chapter 9, Lessons 1 and 2
Essential Questions to guide learning and instruction:
*How did location influence the development of industry in the United States at the turn of the 19th century? • How did the development of the western cattle industry in the years following the Civil War reflect changes in America?
• How did the Panama Canal and the Spanish-American War play a role in global expansion of the United States?
• Why did people immigrate to the United States?
• How did changes in technology (electricity, telephone, science, transportation) lead to changes in politics and society?
• Why did America’s role in the world expand as a result of the Spanish-American War?
• How did inventors such as the Wright Brothers, George Washington Carver, Alexander Graham Bell, and Thomas Edison help strengthen the nation?
• How did changes to the Constitution increase the voting power of the citizens of the United States?
Unit 3: WWI, The Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression, WWII
The focus on these units is:
* The involvement of the United States in World War I and the political and social developments after the war.
* The impact of the Great Depression and the New Deal on the lives of Americans.
* United States involvement in World War II, including the causes and effects of the war and its impact on American culture at home.
Textbook correlation:
Chapter 9, Lessons 2 and 3
Chapter 10, Lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4
Chapter 11, Lessons 1, 2, and 3
Essential Questions to guide learning:
* Why and how was the United States involved in World War I?
• How are basic economic concepts, such as trade and opportunity cost, illustrated in the context of events surrounding WWI?
• How did Henry Ford affect the post-World War I economic boom?
• Why do people consider Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh to be American heroes?
• How did the art of Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong represent cultural changes taking place in America during this era?
• How did citizens demonstrate their civic responsibilities during World War I?
How did the boom times of post-World War I America lead to the bust-times of the Great Depression?
• How did Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs attempt to bring the United States out of the Great Depression?
• How did the “Dust Bowl” affect the economy?
• To what extent can the policies of one man, Herbert Hoover or Franklin Roosevelt, restore a nation?
• How do Margaret Mitchell, Duke Ellington and Jesse Owens represent the 1930’s?
• How were Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, V-E Day and V-J Day important events in World War II?
• How did Germany’s and Japan’s actions lead to war with the United States?
• Why did the Holocaust occur?
• Why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II?
• How did World War II change the lives of people at home?
• How well did the leaders of the Axis (Mussolini, Hitler, and Hirohito) and Allied powers (Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Truman) of World War II reflect the will of the citizens of their respective nations?
• How did “Rosie the Riveter” and the Tuskegee Airmen illustrate the changing roles of women and minorities as a result of WWII?
• How did citizens demonstrate their civic responsibilities during World War I?
• How were the rights of Japanese-Americans violated during World War II?
• Why was the formation of the United Nations key to establishing a post-World War II peace?
The Cold War
Essential Questions:
- Why did the United States and its allies want to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
• How are the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War related?
• How did Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act address the goals of the Civil Rights movement?
• How did the American economy change after WWII?
• How did technology associated with the Space Age and television change the culture, economy, and government of the U.S.?
• How did Joseph McCarthy influence American society?
• How did Nikita Khruschev influence events during the Cold War?
• In what ways were Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. influential in the Civil Rights movement?
• How did the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy affect the nation?
Textbook Correlation:
Chapter 11, Lessons 4-5
Chapter 12, Lessons 1-4