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United States History
Essential Outcomes
Fairview High School

United States History A

Industrial Development of the United States (1870-1900) Culture

  • Understand how the industrial development affected the United States culture.

  • Understand how the influx of immigrants after 1880 affected the United State.

Industrial Development of the United States (1870-1900) Economics

  • Investigate how the modernization of agriculture and capitalist industrial development affected the economy of the United States.

  • Understand the economic disparity between farmers and wage earners as compared to industrial capitalist.

Industrial Development of the United States (1870-1900) Geography

  • Recognize the geographical areas in which industrialism occurred.

  • Recognize areas affected by westward movement of the United States.

Industrial Development of the United States (1870-1900) Governance and Civics

  • Understand the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction on United States politics.

  • Understand the political issues and problems that affected the United States in the last half of the 19th century.

Industrial Development of the United States (1870-1900) History

  • Investigate the dynamics of the post-Reconstruction era and the people and events that influenced the country.

  • Identify the effect of big business upon the lives of farmers and wage earners.

Industrial Development of the United States (1870-1900) Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

  • Appreciate the diversity of various cultures and their influences on the Untied States.

  • Investigate the effect of big business on the lives of wage earners and farmers.

Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) Culture

  • Understand social tensions and their consequences after the turn of the century.

  • Understand the cultural changes in the early 20th century.

Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) Economics

  • Recognize how industrialization of World War I changed the United States economy.

  • Understand the economy of the United States in the 1920s.

Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) Geography

  • Identify the countries involved in World War I.

  • Understand the geographic scope of American Imperialism.

Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) Governance and Civics

  • Understand the reforms and changes in American politics and government as a result of the Progressive movement.

  • Understand the governmental policies that affected America and the world during the 1890s-1930s.

Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) History

  • Understand the role of the United States in world affairs.

  • Understand the causes for WWI and the reasons for America's entry into the war.

Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930) Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

  • Understand the effect of World War I on the American people.

  • Understand the moral, social, and cultural changes that occurred in the 1920s.

United State History B

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) Culture

  • Understand the effect of the Great Depression upon American society.

  • Understand the effects of World War II upon American society.

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) Economics

  • Understand the economic climate in the United States during the Depression Era.

  • Understand how World War II affected the American economy.

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) Geography

  • Identify the countries affected by totalitarian states and their acts of aggression and expansion considering geographical location.

  • Identify the various theatres of war during World War II.

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) Governance and Civics

  • Recognize the effects of the Great Depression on the United States political and judicial system.

  • Recognize the effects of political policies on civil liberties during World War II.

The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945) History

  • Investigate the causes, effects, and attempts to deal with the Great Depression.

  • Understand the changing dynamics of American life during World War II.

Post War World II Era (1945-1970s) Culture

  • Investigate the impact of the GI Bill of Rights on American society.

  • Investigate the effects of desegregation, the Civil Rights Movement, and the turbulent 1960s upon American society.

Post War World II Era (1945-1970s) Economics

  • Understand how demobilization and conversion to a peacetime economy affected the United States.

  • Understand how sustained growth led to an affluent society.

Post War World II Era (1945-1970s) Geography

  • Identify countries dominated and threatened by communism after World War II.

  • Identify the major areas of the world in which the United States was involved after 1945.

Post War World II Era (1945-1970s) Governance and Civics

  • Understand the causes, courses, and impact of the Civil Rights Movement.

  • Investigate Supreme Court decisions that affected the United States from 1945 to the early 1970s.

Post War World II Era (1945-1970s) History

  • Understand the causes, course, and impact of the Cold War.

  • Investigate and understand the active theatres of conflict during the Cold War.

Post War World II Era (1945-1970s) Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

  • Understand how the "baby boom" suburbanization, desegregation, and other social movements affected American society.

  • Understand how Cold War conformity conflicted with individual rights and self-expression.

  • Investigate how technological change transformed society and created popular culture.

The Contemporary United States (1968-present) Culture

  • Recognize how scientific and technological advances of the computer age influenced American culture.

  • Recognize the transition of minorities, women, and culture groups through history.

The Contemporary United States (1968-present) Economics

  • Investigate trends in the overall economic cycle since the 1970s.

  • Assess the impact of trade and overseas competition on the economy.

The Contemporary United States (1968-present) Geography

  • Investigate the ongoing population shifts from urban to suburban and the migration from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.

  • Identify areas of the world in which commercial and security interests involved the United States from 1968 to the present.

The Contemporary United States (1968-present) Governance and Civic

  • Investigate the impact of political turmoil on Americans attitudes toward the government since 1968.

  • Identify the impact of constitutional change, various civil rights movements, feminism, and the Reagan Revolution.

The Contemporary United States (1968-present) History

  • Understand the causes, the course, and the effects of the Vietnam War at home and abroad.

  • Investigate domestic and foreign policy trends since 1968.

The Contemporary United States (1968-present) Individuals, Groups, and Interactions

  • Understand the dynamics of the modern American family.

  • Understand the implications of the changing American society.

 

 

 

 

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