Draft - United States History

11th Grade

1. The student examines and understands major ideas, eras, themes, developments, turning points, chronology, and cause and effect relationships in United States history.

• 1.1 Investigates and demonstrates understanding of the purpose, establishment, and organization of representative democracy and citizenship by analyzing key documents as they apply to everyday life
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Constitution
  • Bill of Rights
  • Articles of Confederation (Federalist, Anti-Federalist Papers)
  • Common Sense
• 1.2 Identifies, analyzes, and interprets the following major events and ideas and their chronology in US history
  • Colonization
  • Revolution/Constitutional Convention
  • Expansion
  • Civil War / Reconstruction
  • Gilded Age / Industrial Revolution
  • WW1 / 1920s / Great Depression
  • WWII
  • Civil rights
  • Cold War
  • US supremacy
• 1.3 Understands cause and effect in United States history
  • Revolution
  • Disease / Population decline in Native Americans
  • Technology/slavery
  • Slavery and economics
  • Regionalism and Civil War
  • Alliance system and world war
  • Imperialism/world events
  • Gilded age/Populist and progressive movements
  • Equality/Women's suffrage movement
  • Isolationism and world conflict
  • Economic / political system and Cold War
  • Technology and world power
  • Economy and world domination
• 1.4 Examines and evaluates the influences of cultures on United States history
  • European
  • African
  • Native
  • Asian
  • Hispanic

2. The student applies the methods of social science investigation to compare and contrast interpretations of historical events.

• 2.1 Utilizes primary and secondary sources, as well as charts, maps, tables, photographs and interviews to interpret the subtleties and complexities of United States history.
• 2.2 Separates fact from opinion; discerns bias (separates relevant from irrelevant information in persuasive materials; distinguishes verifiable information)
• 2.3 Interprets major events in United States history by synthesizing and evaluating information.
• 2.4 Applies reasoned logic in comparing and contrasting interpretations of historical events
• 2.5 Analyzes the impact of the individual on society and historical events.

3. The student understands the origin and impact of ideas and technological developments on history and social change.

• 3.1 Analyzes and evaluates the way differing ideologies and philosophies impact the history of the United States.
  • Political philosophies
  • Religious philosophies
  • Economic philosophies
  • Cultural philosophies
• 3.2 Studies and interprets the consequences of how technological developments impacted people and their relationship to their society.
  • Communication
  • Transportation
  • Industrialization
  • Inventions
  • Military