Social+Studies+Level+8+Curriculum+Map

=Curriculum Map=

EL 1.Students will interpret and will develop a body of knowledge around a variety of maps representing various historical periods. EL 2. Students will evaluate how the condition of scarcity influences economic conditions. EL 3. Students identify and order the events that lead to conflict and/or change. EL 4. Students will analyze the reasons for and consequences of human migration EL 5. Students will describe how changes in technology have influenced the economy and society. EL 6. Students will understand the basic functions of the federal government and their role as citizens. EL 7. Students will analyze important precedents that have shaped historical events. EL 8. Students will describe how groups and individuals can be empowered. EL 9. Students will interpret and will develop a body of knowledge around a variety of graphs and tables and charts.
 * Essential Learnings**

Reconstruction

 * Andrew Johnson
 * 14th amendment
 * 15th amendment
 * Klu Klux Klan

Growth of the West: 1860-1900

 * Agriculture
 * Railroads
 * Native Americans
 * Woman's rights
 * Homestead Act
 * Populism

Industrial Society: 1860-1914

 * Industrial growth/factories
 * Immigration
 * Impact of railroads
 * Early monopolies
 * Rise of unions/labor parties

Changes in American Life: 1880-1914

 * Urbanization
 * Reforms
 * Immigrants from SE Europe and Asia
 * Jim Crow Laws, segregation and racism
 * Expansion of public education
 * Chicago Worlds Fair

Progressive Era: 1890-1920

 * Progressive expansion of democracy
 * Roosevelt's presidency/ "Square Deal"
 * Constitutional amendments
 * Wilson's presidency
 * Reform of banking and monetary systems
 * Change in woman's role in society
 * 19th amendment

Becoming a World Power: 1880-1917

 * American expansionism
 * Spanish American War
 * US involvement over-seas
 * Building of the Panama Canal
 * Increased involvement in Latin America

World War I: 1914-1920

 * Imperialism, nationalism, militarism and alliances
 * Military Draft
 * War Bonds
 * Propaganda
 * "Great Migration"
 * Fourteen Points
 * Treaty of Versailles
 * Post war Red Scare
 * Race riots

Roaring Twenties: 1919-1929

 * Harding's presidency
 * Laissez Faire economics
 * Return to isolationism
 * Introduction of the assembly line
 * Changes in society
 * Prohibition
 * Jazz Age
 * Harlem Renaissance
 * "Lost Generation"

Depression and New Deal: 1929-1940

 * Hoover's presidency
 * Stock market crash
 * Election of FDR
 * New Deal
 * Dust Bowl
 * Growing federal government
 * Emergence of liberal/conservative policy debate

Rise of Dictators and World War II: 1931-1945

 * Dictators come to power in Europe
 * Germany's invasion of western Europe and USSR
 * Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
 * War in Europe, Africa and the Pacific
 * "Final Solution"
 * American war effort on the home front
 * Japanese Americans put in re-location camps
 * US helps rebuild Europe and Japan
 * United Nations formed to prevent future wars