Time Frame Standards Theme/Big Ideas Essential Question Resources CCRS Reading Standards for Literacy in History/ SS

First RH WH
Semester
Aug. 7-11 Review Map Skills Developing Map and Georgraphy How can understanding Additional
skills to improve understanding of maps improve my resources
places during major events. knowledge of an event?
(NO MAJOR Grades)
Defining and understanding how
people can have good character
How can the traits a
traits and still be bad and vice
person have effect how
versa.
society views them?
Aug. 14- Aug 1. Explain the impact of industrialization, urbanization, Industrialization, urbanization, How has Textbook 6.1 Cite textual 6.10 Write routinely over
31st communication, and cultural changes on life in the United communications and cultural industrialization, Ch. 4 evidence to support extended time frames
States from the late nineteenth century to World War I. changes in the United States from urbanization, Additional analysis of primary a d (time for reflection and
the late nineteenth century to communications, and resources secondary sources. revision) and shorter time
Not Flexible Major grades: Test World War I have impacted the cultural changes 6.2 Determine the frames (a single siting or a
Project (America at the Turn of the lives of Americans. impacted the lives of central ideas or day or two) for range of
20th Century INVENTION POSTER Project) Americans from the last information of a discipline-specific tasks,
19th century to WWI? primary or secondary purposes, and audiences.
source; provide an
accurate summary of
the source distinct from
prior knowledge or
opinions.
6.4 Determine the
meaning of words and
phrases as they are
used in a text, including
vocabulary specific to
domains related to
history/ social studies.
6.5 Describe how a text
presents information
(e.g., sequentially).
September 2. Describe reform movements and changing social conditions There were causes and the How have reform Textbook 6.1 6.10 Write routinely over
1st-15th during the Progressive Era in the United States. effects, both immediate and movements pertaining Ch. 4 & 5 6.2 extended time frames
lasting, of various reform to immigration, labor, Additional 6.3 Identify Key steps in (time for reflection and
Relating countries of origin and experiences of new movements pertaining to political, social, and resources a texts description of a revision) and shorter time
immigrants to life in the United States immigration, labor, political, constitutional process related to frames (a single siting or a
Example: Ellis Island and Angel Island experiences social, and constitutional amendments during the history/ social studies day or two) for range of
Identifying workplace reforms, including the eight- amendments during the Progressive Era 6.4 discipline-specific tasks,
hour workday, child labor laws, and workers' Progressive Era in the United impacted the lives of 6.5 purposes, and audiences.
compensation laws States. Americans?
Identifying political reforms of Progressive
movement leaders, including Theodore Roosevelt
and the establishment of the national park system
Identifying social reforms of the Progressive
movement, including efforts by Jane Adams, Clara
Barton, and Julia Tutwiler (Alabama)
Recognizing goals of the early civil rights movement
and the purpose of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
 Explaining Progressive movement provisions of the
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-
first Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

Not Flexible Major grades: Test

Sept. 18- 3. Identify causes and consequences of World War I and There were many reasons for What were the reasons Textbook 6.1 6.1 Write arguments
October 6 reasons for the United States' entry into the war. United States entry and for the United States Ch. 6 6.2 focused on discipline-
Examples: sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Note, alliances, involvement in World War I and entry and involvement Additional 6.3 specific content.
militarism, imperialism, nationalism there were causes and in WWI? Resources 6.4 6.4 Produce clear and
consequences of this 6.5 coherent writing in which
involvement. What were the causes 6.6 Identify aspects of a the development,
Describing military and civilian roles in the United and consequences for text that reveal an organization, and style are
States during World War I the United States authors point of view appropriate to task,
Explaining roles of important persons associated involvement in WWI? or purpose. purpose, and audience.
with World War I, including Woodrow Wilson and 6.7 Integrate visual 6.5 With some guidance
Archduke Franz Ferdinand information with other and support from peers
Analyzing technological advances of the World War information in print and and adults, develop and
I era for their impact on modern warfare digital texts. strengthen writing as
Examples: machine gun, tank, submarine, airplane, 6.8 Distinguish among needed by planning,
poisonous gas, gas mask fact, opinion, and revising, editing, rewriting,
reasoned judgment in a or trying a new approach,
Locating on a map major countries involved in
text. focusing on how well
World War I and boundary changes after the war
6.9 Analyze the purpose and audience
Explaining the intensification of isolationism in the relationship between a have been address.
United States after World War I primary and secondary 6.6 Use technology,
Example: reaction of the Congress of the United source on the same including the Internet, to
States to the Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, topic. produce and publish
and Red Scare writing and present the
Recognizing the strategic placement of military relationships between
bases in Alabama(Alabama) information and ideas
clearly and efficiently.
Not Flexible Major grades: Test 6.9 Draw evidence from
Project (WWI Weapons and Uses informational texts to
Project) support analysis,
reflections, and research.
6.10 Write routinely over
extended time frames
(time for reflection and
revision) and shorter time
frames (a single siting or a
day or two) for range of
discipline-specific tasks,
purposes, and audiences.
Oct. 10th 4. Identify cultural and economic developments in the United Major cultural and economic What major cultural Textbook 6.1 6.2 Write
Oct 27th States from 1900 through the 1930s. changes took place in the US and economic changes Ch. 4, 5, 6, 6.2 information/explanatory
during the early 1900's. took place in the US &7 6.3 texts, including the
Describing the impact of various writers, musicians, during the early 1900's? Additional 6.4 narration of historical
and artists on American culture during the Harlem Resources 6.5 events, scientific
6.6 procedures/ experiments,
Renaissance and the Jazz Age
6.7 or technical processes.
Examples: Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, 6.8 6.4
Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Andrew 6.9 6.5
Wyeth, Frederic Remington, W. C. Handy, Erskine 6.6
Hawkins, George Gershwin, Zora Neale Hurston 6.7 Conduct a short
(Alabama) research projects to
Identifying contributions of turn-of-the-century answer a question,
drawing on several sources
inventors
and generating additional
Examples: George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, related, focused questions
Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison, Wilbur that allow for multiple
and Orville Wright (Alabama) avenues of exploration.
Describing the emergence of the modern woman 6.8 Gather relevant
during the early 1900s information from multiple
print and digital sources,
Examples: Amelia Earhart, Zelda Fitzgerald, Helen
using search terms
Keller, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Washington,
effectively; assess the
suffragettes, suffragists, flappers (Alabama) credibility and accuracy of
Identifying notable persons of the early 1900s each source; and quote or
Examples: Babe Ruth, Charles A. Lindbergh, W. E. B. paraphrase the data and
Du Bois, John T. Scopes (Alabama) conclusions of others
Comparing results of the economic policies of the while avoiding plagiarism
and following a standard
Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert
format for citation.
Hoover Administrations 6.9
Examples: higher wages, increase in consumer 6.10 Write routinely over
goods, collapse of farm economy, extension of extended time frames
personal credit, stock market crash, Immigration (time for reflection and
Act of 1924 revision) and shorter time
Not Flexible Major grades: Test frames (a single siting or a
Historical Research Report day or two) for range of
discipline-specific tasks,
purposes, and audiences.
Oct 30th- 5. Explain causes and effects of the Great Depression on the There were many causes and What were the causes Textbook 6.1 6.4
Nov 17th people of the United States. effects of the Great Depression and effects of the Great Ch. 7 6.2 6.5
Examples: economic failure, loss of farms, rising on the people of the U.S. Depression on the Additional 6.3 6.6
unemployment, building of Hoovervilles people of the U.S.? Resources 6.4 6.7
6.5 6.8
6.6 6.9
Identifying patterns of migration during the Great 6.7 6.10
Depression 6.8
Locating on a map the area of the United States 6.9
known as the Dust Bowl
Describing the importance of the election of
Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United
States, including the New Deal alphabet agencies

Locating on a map the river systems utilized by the Tennessee

Valley Authority (TVA) (Alabama)

Not Flexible Major grades: Test

Flexible Major Grade: Project (Children of the Great
Depression Toy Project)

Nov 27- 6. Identify causes and consequences of World War II and There were many causes and What were the Textbook 6.1 6.4
Dec 15 reasons for the United States' entry into the war. consequences of WWII and the motivations for the Ch. 8 & 9 6.2 6.5
motivations for American United States Additional 6.3 6.6
Locating on a map Allied countries and Axis Powers involvement in this war. involvement in WWII? Resources 6.4 6.7
Locating on a map key engagements of World War 6.5 6.8
What were the causes 6.6 6.9
II, including Pearl Harbor; the battles of Normandy,
and consequences for 6.7 6.10
Stalingrad, and Midway; and the Battle of the Bulge the United States 6.8
Identifying key figures of World War II, including involvement in WWII? 6.9
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, Harry S.
Truman, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito
Mussolini, Michinomiya Hirohito, and Hideki Tj
Describing the development of and the decision to
use the atomic bomb
Describing human costs associated with World War
II
Examples: the Holocaust, civilian and military
casualties
Explaining the importance of the surrender of the
Axis Powers ending World War II
Book Study ( either Anne Frank or Code Talkers)
Not Flexible Major grades: Test
Flexible Major Grade: WWII Country Project
Second RI W
Semester

Jan 4- 26 7. Identify changes on the American home front during World Many changes occurred in the What changes occurred Textbook 6.1 6.1
War II. United States during WWII. in the United States Ch. 8 & 9 6.2 6.4
Example: rationing during WWII? Additional 6.3 6.5
Resources 6.4 6.6
6.5 6.7
Recognizing the retooling of factories from 6.7 6.8
consumer to military production 6.8 6.9
Identifying new roles of women and African 6.9 6.10
Americans in the workforce
Describing increased demand on the Birmingham
steel industry and Port of Mobile facilities
(Alabama)

Describing the experience of African Americans and Japanese

Americans in the United States during World War II, including
the Tuskegee Airmen and occupants of internment camps
(Alabama)
Not Flexible Major grades: Test
Flexible Major grade: Project (WWII Food Ration Project)
Jan 30- 8. Describe how the United States' role in the Cold War The United States played an What important role did Textbook 6.1 6.2
Feb 17 influenced domestic and international events. important role in the Cold War the United States play Ch. 9 & 10 6.2 6.4
and this influenced U.S. domestic in the Cold War and Additional 6.3 6.5
and foreign policy. how did this influence Resources 6.4 6.6
Describing the origin and meaning of the Iron U.S. domestic and 6.5 6.7
Curtain and communism foreign policy? 6.7 6.8
Recognizing how the Cold War conflict manifested 6.8 6.9
itself through sports 6.9 6.10
Examples: Olympic Games, international chess
tournaments, Ping-Pong diplomacy
Identifying strategic diplomatic initiatives that
intensified the Cold War, including the policies of
Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F.
Kennedy
Examples: trade embargoes, Marshall Plan, arms
race, Berlin blockade and airlift, Berlin Wall,
mutually assured destruction, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO), Warsaw Pact, Cuban missile
crisis, Bay of Pigs invasion
Identifying how Cold War tensions resulted in
armed conflict
Examples: Korean Conflict, Vietnam War, proxy
wars
Describing the impact of the Cold War on
technological innovations
Examples: Sputnik; space race; weapons of mass
destruction; accessibility of microwave ovens,
calculators, and computers
Recognizing Alabama's role in the Cold War
(Alabama)
Examples: rocket production at Redstone Arsenal,
helicopter training at Fort Rucker (Alabama)
Assessing effects of the end of the Cold War Era
Examples: policies of Mikhail Gorbachev; collapse of
the Soviet Union; Ronald W. Reagan's foreign
policies, including the Strategic Defense Initiative
(SDI or Star Wars)

Not Flexible Major grades: Test

Flexible Major Grade: Cold War Project
Feb 21- 9. Critique major social and cultural changes in the United There were important the social What important social Textbook 6.1 6.1
Mar 16 States since World War II. and cultural changes that and cultural changes Ch. 8, 9, 10, 6.2 6.2
occurred in the U.S. after WWII. occurred in the U.S. 11, & 12 6.3 6.4
after WWII? Additional 6.4 6.5
Identifying key persons and events of the modern Resources 6.5 6.6
Civil Rights Movement 6.7 6.7
Examples: personsMartin Luther King Jr.; Rosa 6.8 6.8
Parks; Fred Shuttlesworth; John Lewis (Alabama) 6.9 6.9
eventsBrown versus Board of Education, 6.10
Montgomery Bus Boycott, student protests,
Freedom Rides, Selma-to-Montgomery Voting
Rights March, political assassinations (Alabama)
Describing the changing role of women in United
States' society and how it affected the family unit
Examples: women in the workplace, latchkey
children
Recognizing the impact of music genres and artists
on United States' culture since World War II
Examples: genresprotest songs; Motown, rock
and roll, rap, folk, and country music
artistsElvis Presley, the Beatles, Bob Dylan,
Aretha Franklin, Hank Williams (Alabama)
Identifying the impact of media, including
newspapers, AM and FM radio, television, twenty-
four hour sports and news programming, talk radio,
and Internet social networking, on United States'
culture since World War II

Not Flexible Major grades: Test

Flexible Major Grade: Project (Civil Rights Timeline)

Mar. 26 10. Analyze changing economic priorities and cycles of There are cycles of economic What impact did the Textbook 6.1 6.4
Apr 6 economic expansion and contraction for their impact on expansion and contraction and cycles of economic Ch. 8, 9, 10, 6.2 6.5
society since World War II. Examples: shift from manufacturing this has had an impact on expansion and 11, & 12 6.3 6.6
to service economy, higher standard of living, globalization, American society after WWII. contraction have on Additional 6.4 6.7
outsourcing, insourcing, "boom and bust," economic bubbles American society after Resources 6.5 6.8
WWII? 6.7 6.9
6.8 6.10
Identifying policies and programs that had an 6.9
economic impact on society since World War II
Examples: Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
(G. I. Bill of Rights), Medicare and Medicaid, Head
Start programs, space exploration, Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP), environmental
protection issues (Alabama)
Analyzing consequences of immigration for their
impact on national and Alabama economies since
World War II (Alabama)
Not Flexible Major grades: 2 Test AND Project
(Global Economy Project)
Apr 9-20 11. Identify technological advancements on society in the There have been important What are the important Textbook 6.1 6.4
United States since World War II. technological advancements in technological Ch. 8, 9, 10, 6.2 6.5
Examples: 1950sfashion doll, audio cassette society in the United States since advancements in 11, & 12 6.3 6.6
WWII. society that have Additional 6.4 6.7
occurred in the U.S. Resources 6.5 6.8
1960saction figure, artificial heart, Internet, calculator
since WWII? 6.7 6.9
1970sword processor, video game, cellular telephone
6.8 6.10
1980spersonal computer, Doppler radar, digital cellular
6.9
telephone
1990sWorld Wide Web, digital video diskette (DVD)
2000sdigital music player, social networking technology,
personal Global Positioning System (GPS) device

Not Flexible Major grades: Decades Project

April 23- 12. Evaluate significant political issues and policies of We can evaluate the politics and How have the politics Textbook 6.1 6.1
May 23 presidential administrations since World War II. policies of American presidents and policies of Ch. 8, 9, 10, 6.2 6.4
since WWII. American presidents 11, & 12 6.3 6.5
changed since WWII? Additional 6.4 6.6
Identifying domestic policies that shaped the Resources 6.5 6.7
United States since World War II 6.7 6.8
Examples: desegregation of the military, Interstate 6.8 6.9
Highway System, federal funding for education, 6.9 6.10
Great Society, affirmative action, Americans with
Disabilities Act, welfare reform, Patriot Act, No
Child Left Behind Act
Recognizing domestic issues that shaped the United
States since World War II
Examples: McCarthyism, Watergate scandal,
political assassinations, health care, impeachment,
Hurricane Katrina
Identifying issues of foreign affairs that shaped the
United States since World War II
Examples: Vietnam Conflict, Richard Nixon's China
initiative, Jimmy Carter's human rights initiative,
emergence of China and India as economic powers
Explaining how conflict in the Middle East impacted
life in the United States since World War II
Examples: oil embargoes; Iranian hostage situation;
Camp David Accords; Persian Gulf Wars; 1993
World Trade Center bombing; terrorist attacks on
September 11, 2001; War on Terrorism; homeland
security
Recognizing the election of Barack Obama as the
culmination of a movement in the United States to
realize equal opportunity for all Americans
Identifying the 2008 presidential election as a
watershed in the use of new technology and mass
participation in the electoral process

Major grades: Test

Argumentative Essay
 Important Notes:
1. MLA format will be used for citing all information.
2. Department meetings will be the second Tuesday of every month.
(with the exception of September/ April)
3. Resources are located on the Google Drive.
4. All project rubrics are located in the Google Drive.
5. Everyone is responsible for his or her own lesson plans.
Resources:
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2. https://edpuzzle.com/
3. http://www.activelylearn.com/
4. Flocabulary
5. Edpuzzle
6. Read Works
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8. Purdue Owl
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