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The Factual & Interpretative Nature of History

SS-HS-5.1.1

Students will use a variety of tools (e.g., primary and secondary sources, data, artifacts) to analyze perceptions and perspectives (e.g., gender, race, region, ethnic group, nationality, age, economic status, religion, politics, geographic factors) of people and historical events in the modern world (1500 A.D. to present) and United States History (Reconstruction to present).

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SS-HS-5.1.2

Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.

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The History of the United States

SS-HS-5.2.1

Students will compare and contrast the ways in which various Reconsruction plans were approached and evaluate the outcomes of Reconstruction.

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SS-HS-5.2.2

Students will explain how the rise of big business, factories, mechanized farming, and the labor movement impacted the lives of Americans.

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SS-HS-5.2.3

Students will explain the impact of massive immigration (e.g., new social patterns, conflicts in ideas about national unity amid growing cultural diversity) after the Civil War.

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SS-HS-5.2.4

Students will explain and evaluate the impact of significant social, political, and economic changes during the Progressive Movement (e.g., industrial capitalism, urbanization, political corruption, initiation of reforms) World War I (e.g., imperialism to isolationism, nationalism), and the Twenties (e.g., economic prosperity, consumerism, women's suffrage).

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SS-HS-5.2.5

Students will evaluate how the Great Depression, New Deal policies, and World War II transformed America socially and politically at home (e.g., stock market crash, relief, recovery, reform initiatives, increased role of government in business, influx of women into workforce, rationing) and reshaped its role in world affairs (e.g., emergence of U.S. as economic and political superpower).

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SS-HS-5.2.6

Students will explain and give examples of how after World War II, America experienced economic growth (e.g., suburban growth), struggles for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties (e.g., desegregation, Civil Rights Acts), and conflict over political issues (e.g., McCarthyismm, U.S. involvement in Vietnam).

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SS-HS-5.2.7

Students will analyze how the United States participates in the global community to maintain and restore world peace (e.g., League of Nations, United Nations, Cold War politics, Persian Gulf War) and evaluate the impact of these efforts.

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