WCSD SOCIAL STUDIES SCOPE AND SEQUENCE: U.S. HISTORY 1 UNIT OF STUDY (1 ST quarter) STANDARDS TIME FRAME APPROX WEEKS ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS TO KNOW IN THIS UNIT COMMON CORE CONNECTIONS (Close Readings, Argumentative Writing, DBQ’s, and Research Based Discussions) Unit #1.a AMERICAN BEGINNINGS H 2.1 H 3. 16 H 3.17 H 3.24 H 3.22 These first four mini units represent an early U.S. history overview. These topics are addressed in great depth in earlier grades. Teachers should spend no more than 6 weeks teaching this overview of the most essential content. x To what degree is the government allowed to impose upon individual liberties? x How does the legacy of this period affect subsequent generations? x There were major regional differences and ethnic, social and religious diversity in colonial America that led to later conflicts. x Ideas that took hold in the Revolution have persistent effects today. DBQ Binder: x How revolutionary was the Revolution? Project Tahoe: x Understanding Puritanism A Contemporary Look at Puritan America (discussion lesson) x The Declaration of Independence vs Common Sense (discussion lesson) SHEG: x The Declaration of Independence: Why did the Founders write the Declaration of Independence? Unit #1.b A NEW NATION H 2.1 H 3.17 H 3.24 H 3.25 x What should be the relationship between a government and its people? x Creating the Constitution & Bill of Rights x Federalist vs. Anti-Federalists and the emergence of a party system DBQ Binder: x How Democratic was Andrew Jackson? Project Tahoe: C3 Inquiries: x Did the Constitution Establish a Just Government?
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WCSD SOCIAL STUDIES SCOPE AND SEQUENCE: U.S. HISTORY
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UNIT OF STUDY (1ST quarter)
STANDARDS
TIME FRAME
APPROX WEEKS
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)
MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS TO KNOW IN THIS UNIT
COMMON CORE CONNECTIONS (Close Readings, Argumentative Writing, DBQ’s, and Research Based Discussions)
Unit #1.a
AMERICAN BEGINNINGS
H 2.1
H 3. 16 H 3.17 H 3.24 H 3.22
These first four mini units represent an early U.S. history overview. These topics are addressed in great depth in earlier grades. Teachers should spend no more than 6 weeks teaching this overview of the most essential content.
x To what degree is the government allowed to impose upon individual liberties?
x How does the legacy of this period affect subsequent generations?
x There were major regional differences and ethnic, social and religious diversity in colonial America that led to later conflicts.
x Ideas that took hold in the Revolution have persistent effects today.
DBQ Binder: x How revolutionary was the
Revolution?
Project Tahoe: x Understanding Puritanism A
Contemporary Look at Puritan America (discussion lesson)
x The Declaration of Independence vs Common Sense (discussion lesson)
SHEG: x The Declaration of Independence:
Why did the Founders write the Declaration of Independence?
Unit #1.b
A
NEW NATION
H 2.1
H 3.17 H 3.24 H 3.25
x What should be the
relationship between a government and its people?
x Creating the Constitution & Bill of
Rights x Federalist vs. Anti-Federalists and
the emergence of a party system
DBQ Binder: x How Democratic was Andrew
Jackson? Project Tahoe: C3 Inquiries: x Did the Constitution Establish a Just
WCSD SOCIAL STUDIES SCOPE AND SEQUENCE: U.S. HISTORY
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UNIT OF STUDY (2nd quarter)
STANDARDS TIME FRAME
APPROX WEEKS
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS TO KNOW IN THIS UNIT
COMMON CORE CONNECTIONS (Close Readings, Argumentative Writing,
DBQ’s, and Research Based Discussions)
Unit #2
INDUSTRIAL-IZATION
AND IMMIGRATION
H 1.1 H 1.2 H 1.3 H 1.4 H 1.5 H 1.6
H 1.15 H 1.16 H 2.5 H 3.2 H 3.3
H 3.17 H 3.24
2-3
Weeks
x In what ways, is rapid industrialization been a blessing and a curse?
x How was society impacted by immigration and industrialization?
x To what degree is the government allowed to impose upon individual liberties?
x Legislation limiting immigration and promoting and limited big business
x Changing demographic trends
x Impact of urbanization
DBQ Binder: Project Tahoe: x 19th & 20th Century Immigration
Policy Debate (document analysis and writing exercise)
x Wealth and Trade Unions (close reading)
SHEG: x Chinese Immigration and Exclusion x The Homestead Strike x Albert Parsons SAC x The Pullman Strike C3 Inquiries: x Immigration: Is Anything New about
WCSD SOCIAL STUDIES SCOPE AND SEQUENCE: U.S. HISTORY
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UNIT OF STUDY (2nd quarter)
STANDARDS TIME FRAME
APPROX WEEKS
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)
MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS TO KNOW IN THIS UNIT
COMMON CORE CONNECTIONS (Close Readings, Argumentative Writing, DBQ’s, and Research Based Discussions)
Unit #3
PROGRESSIVE ERA
H 1.1-1.6
H 3.2 H 3.3 H 3.4 H 3.5
2-3
Weeks
x What is the role of government in ensuring equality among its citizens?
x What should be the relationship between a government and its people?
x In what ways, is rapid industrialization been a blessing and a curse?
x How does the legacy of this period affect subsequent generations?
x Legislation of the progressives
x Changing role of state and
national governments
x Lasting impacts of progressive policies
DBQ Binder: x Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero?
Project Tahoe: x What Are the Three Most Important
Issues of the Populist Movement? (DBQ)
x Was Theodore Roosevelt deserving of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize? (DBQ)
SHEG: x Political Bosses: Were They Corrupt? x Jacob Riis: Analyzing His Photography x Settlement House Movement SAC x Japanese School Segregation in San
WCSD SOCIAL STUDIES SCOPE AND SEQUENCE: U.S. HISTORY
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UNIT OF STUDY (3rd quarter)
STANDARDS TIME FRAME
APPROX WEEKS
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS TO KNOW IN THIS UNIT
COMMON CORE CONNECTIONS (Close Readings, Argumentative Writing, DBQ’s,
and Research Based Discussions)
Unit #5
1920’s
H 1.7 H 1.8 H 3.6 H 3.7
H 3.22 H 3.23
1-2
Weeks
x How do technological changes impact history?
x To what degree is the government allowed to impose upon individual liberties?
x How does the legacy of
this period affect subsequent generations?
x Women’s Suffrage
x Red Scare
x Boom economy
x Culture in the Age of Modernity
x Legislation – Prohibition
DBQ Binder: Project Tahoe: x H.L. Mencken- Lost Generation (Close
Reading)
SHEG: x Background on Woman Suffrage x Anti-Suffragists x Chicago Race Riots of 1919 x Prohibition x Marcus Garvey x Palmer Raids x Scopes Trial x Mexican Labor in the 1920s