Illinois Learning Standards for Social Science

State Goal 14:Understand political systems, with an emphasis on the United States.

Middle/Junior High School

14.A.3 Describe how responsibilities are shared and limited by the United States and Illinois Constitutions and significant court decisions.
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Creation of the Federal Courts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/9a.asp
  
• The Power of the Federal Courts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/9e.asp
  
• State and Local Governments AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/12.asp
  

14.A.4 Analyze how local, state and national governments serve the purposes for which they were created.
• The Purposes of Government
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1a.asp
  
• Types of Government
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1b.asp
  
• What Is a Democracy?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1c.asp
  
• Congress: The People's Branch? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/6.asp
  
• The Presidency: The Leadership Branch? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/7.asp
  
• The Bureaucracy: The Real Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/8.asp
  
• The Judicial Branch AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/9.asp
  
• State and Local Governments AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/12.asp
  

14.A.5 Analyze ways in which federalism protects individual rights and promotes the common good and how at times has made it possible for states to protect and deny rights for certain groups.
• Radical Reconstruction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12b.asp
  
• Showdown in Little Rock
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7c.asp
  
• Federalism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3.asp
  

B. Understand the structures and functions of the political systems of Illinois, the United States and other nations.

Middle/Junior High School

14.B.3 Identify and compare the basic political systems of Illinois and the United States as prescribed in their constitutions.
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Powers of Congress
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/6a.asp
  
• The Evolution of the Presidency
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/7a.asp
  
• The Creation of the Federal Courts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/9a.asp
  

14.B.4 Compare the political systems of the United States to other nations.
• Europe Reunited AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12.asp
  
• Comparative Political and Economic Systems AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/13.asp
  

14.B.5 Analyze similarities and differences among world political systems (e.g., democracy, socialism, communism).
• Europe Reunited AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12.asp
  
• Comparative Political and Economic Systems AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/13.asp
  

C. Understand election processes and responsibilities of citizens.

Middle/Junior High School

14.C.3 Compare historical issues involving rights, roles and status of individuals in relation to municipalities, states and the nation.
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• The Bonus March
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1c.asp
  
• Japanese-American Internment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4e.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• Democratic Values -- Liberty, Equality, Justice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1d.asp
  
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  
• Measuring Public Opinion
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4c.asp
  
• Civil Liberties and Civil Rights AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10.asp
  

14.C.4 Describe the meaning of participatory citizenship (e.g., volunteerism, voting) at all levels of government and society in the United States.
• Participating in Government
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4d.asp
  
• Voting: A Forgotten Privilege?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4e.asp
  
• Interest Groups
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5c.asp
  

14.C.5 Analyze the consequences of participation and non-participation in the electoral process (e.g., women's suffrage, voter registration, effects of media).
• Participating in Government
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4d.asp
  
• Voting: A Forgotten Privilege?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4e.asp
  
• The Media
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5d.asp
  
• The Internet in Politics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5e.asp
  

D. Understand the roles and influences of individuals and interest groups in the political systems of Illinois, the United States and other nations.

Middle/Junior High School

14.D.3 Describe roles and influences of individuals, groups and media in shaping current Illinois and United States public policy (e.g., general public opinion, special interest groups, formal parties, media).
• How Do Citizens Connect With Their Government? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5.asp
  

14.D.4 Analyze roles and influences of individuals, groups and media in shaping current debates on state and national policies.
• What Factors Shape Political Attitudes?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4b.asp
  
• How Do Citizens Connect With Their Government? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5.asp
  

14.D.5 Interpret a variety of public policies and issues from the perspectives of different individuals and groups.
• What Factors Shape Political Attitudes?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/4b.asp
  
• How Do Citizens Connect With Their Government? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5.asp
  

E. Understand United States foreign policy as it relates to other nations and international issues.

Middle/Junior High School

14.E.3 Compare the basic principles of the United States and its international interests (e.g., territory, environment, trade, use of technology).
• The End of the American Century
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13e.asp
  

14.E.4 Analyze historical trends of United States foreign policy (e.g., emergence as a world leader - military, industrial, financial).
• Negotiating with the Superpowers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7b.asp
  
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• Farewell to Isolation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10a.asp
  
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10d.asp
  
• Domestic and International Politics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12e.asp
  
• 1930s Isolationism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3a.asp
  
• Reactions to a Troubled World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3b.asp
  
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

14.E.5 Analyze relationships and tensions among members of the international community.
• The Cold War Erupts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5a.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the American Century
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13e.asp
  

F. Understand the development of United States political ideas and traditions.

Middle/Junior High School

14.F.3a Analyze historical influences on the development of political ideas and practices as enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Illinois Constitution.
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10g.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1a.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• Democratic Values -- Liberty, Equality, Justice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1d.asp
  
• Foundations of American Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2.asp
  

14.F.3b Describe how United States political ideas and traditions were instituted in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
• Drafting the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• Ratifying the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• Democratic Values -- Liberty, Equality, Justice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1d.asp
  
• Foundations of American Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2.asp
  

14.F.4a Determine the historical events and processes that brought about changes in United States political ideas and traditions (e.g., the New Deal, Civil War).

All areas of Beyond Books American History programs recount historical events and processes as a basis for understanding changing political ideas and traditions in the United States.

14.F.4b Describe how United States' political ideas, practices and technologies have extended rights for Americans in the 20th century (e.g., suffrage, civil rights, motor-voter registration).

• Women's Suffrage at Last
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7c.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• The Fight for Reproductive Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10b.asp
  
• The Equal Rights Amendment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10c.asp
  
• Others Demand Equality
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10f.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  

14.F.5 Interpret how changing geographical, economic, technological and social forces affect United States political ideas and traditions (e.g., freedom, equality and justice, individual rights).
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• The Importance of the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9a.asp
  
• Social Change and National Development AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  
• The Rise of American Industry AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2.asp
  
• An Explosion of New Thought AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3.asp
  
• The Crowning of King Cotton
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4a.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• New Attitudes Toward Wealth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1e.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  
• Teddy Roosevelt: The Rough Rider in the White House
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8a.asp
  
• The Decade That Roared AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11.asp
  
• The Great Depression AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• Japanese-American Internment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4e.asp
  
• The 1950s: Happy Days AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  
• The End of the American Century
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13e.asp
  

State Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.

Middle/Junior High School

16.A.3a Describe how historians use models for organizing historical interpretation (e.g. biographies, political events, issues and conflicts).

All areas of Beyond Books American history programs can be used to create lessons that teach students how to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.


16.A.3b Make inferences about historical events and eras using historical maps and other historical sources.

All areas of Beyond Books American history programs can be used to create lessons that teach students how to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.


16.A.3c Identify the differences between historical fact and interpretation.

All areas of Beyond Books American history programs can be used to create lessons that teach students how to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

16.A.4a Analyze and report historical events to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

All areas of Beyond Books American history programs can be used to create lessons that teach students how to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.


16.A.4b Compare competing historical interpretations of an event.

All areas of Beyond Books American history programs can be used to create lessons that teach students how to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

16.A.5a Analyze historical and contemporary developments using methods of historical inquiry (pose questions, collect and analyze data, make and support inferences with evidence, report findings).

All areas of Beyond Books American history programs can be used to create lessons that teach students how to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.


16.A.5b Explain the tentative nature of historical interpretations.

All areas of Beyond Books American history programs can be used to create lessons that teach students how to apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

B. Understand the development of significant political events

Middle/Junior High School

16.B.3a (US) Describe how different groups competed for power within the colonies and how that competition led to the development of political institutions during the early national period.
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• The Southern Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5.asp
  
• The Events Leading to Independence AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  
• Making Rules AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2.asp
  
• Drafting the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• Ratifying the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4.asp
  

16.B.3b (US) Explain how and why the colonies fought for their independence and how the colonists' ideas are reflected in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
• Constitutional Democracy Stirs AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/7.asp
  
• The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3a.asp
  
• Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3e.asp
  
• Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4b.asp
  
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• America's Place in the Global Struggle AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8.asp
  
• The Events Leading to Independence AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  
• The American Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11.asp
  
• A Revolution in Social Law
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12b.asp
  
• 'Republican Motherhood'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12d.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1a.asp
  
• Making Rules
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2.asp
  
• State Constitutions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2a.asp
  
• Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2b.asp
  
• Evaluating the Congress
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2c.asp
  
• Drafting the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• Ratifying the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• The Nature of Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1.asp
  
• Foundations of American Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2.asp
  

16.B.3c (US) Describe the way the Constitution has changed over time as a result of amendments and Supreme Court decisions.
• Women's Suffrage at Last
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7c.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• A Federalist Stronghold: John Marshall's Supreme Court
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8e.asp
  
• The Expansion of the Vote: A White Man's Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11b.asp
  
• The Dred Scott Decision
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9a.asp
  
• The Emancipation Proclamation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11a.asp
  
• Reconstruction AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  
• American Government PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/index.asp
  The entire GOV91 program may be used in this context.
  

16.B.3d (US) Describe ways in which the United States developed as a world political power.
• America's Place in the Global Struggle AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8.asp
  
• The American Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11.asp
  
• American and British Strengths and Weaknesses
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11a.asp
  
• The Battle of Saratoga
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11g.asp
  
• The French Alliance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11h.asp
  
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• America in the First World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  
• Domestic and International Politics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12e.asp
  
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• America in the Second World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

16.B.3a (W) Compare the political characteristics of Greek and Roman civilizations with non-Western civilizations, including the early Han dynasty and Gupta empire, between 500 B.C.E. and 500 CE.
• Rise of City-States: Athens and Sparta
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5a.asp
  
• Democracy Is Born
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5b.asp
  
• Thinkers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/5f.asp
  
• The Roman Republic
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6a.asp
  
• The Pax Romana
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6c.asp
  
• Han Dynasty -- Cultural Heights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9c.asp
  
• The Gupta Period of India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8e.asp
  

16.B.3b (W) Identify causes and effects of the decline of the Roman empire and other major world political events (e.g., rise of the Islamic empire, rise and decline of the T'ang dynasty, establishment of the kingdom of Ghana) between 500 CE and 1500 CE
• Ancient Rome AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/6.asp
  
• Tang Dynasty -- The Golden Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/9d.asp
  
• Kingdom of Ghana
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7a.asp
  
• Birth of Christianity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4h.asp
  

16.B.3c (W) Identify causes and effects of European feudalism and the emergence of nation states between 500 CE and 1500 CE.
• The Holy Roman Empire
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/4e.asp
  
• The Thirty Years' War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/4f.asp
  

16.B.3d (W) Describe political effects of European exploration and expansion on the Americas, Asia, and Africa after 1500 CE.
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• Britain in the New World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• New World Conquest
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2d.asp
  
• The Effects of Exploration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2e.asp
  
• Later Explorers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2f.asp
  
• African Americans in the British New World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6.asp
  
• West African Society at the Point of European Contact
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6a.asp
  
• 'The Middle Passage'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6b.asp
  
• The Growth of Slavery
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6c.asp
  
• Benin and Its Royal Court
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7c.asp
  
• The Age of Atlantic Revolutions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1h.asp
  

16.B.4 (US) Identify political ideas that have dominated United States historical eras (e.g., Federalist, Jacksonian, Progressivist, New Deal, New Conservative).
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• The Election of 1896
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6e.asp
  
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• The Great Depression AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• The New Right
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11e.asp
  
• The Reagan Years
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12.asp
  
• Republicans vs. Democrats
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13c.asp
  
• Jacksonian Democracy and Modern America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11f.asp
  
• The Nature of Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1.asp
  

16.B.4a (W) Identify political ideas that began during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment and that persist today (e.g., church/state relationships).
• Old Values vs. New Values AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12.asp
  
• The Monkey Trial
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12b.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  
• The New Right
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11e.asp
  
• The House of Burgesses
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2f.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4b.asp
  
• City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4c.asp
  
• Maryland - The Catholic Experiment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5a.asp
  
• Societal Impacts of the American Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• The Nature of Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1.asp
  

16.B.4b (W) Identify political ideas from the early modern historical era to the present, which have had worldwide impact (e.g., nationalism/Sun Yat-Sen, non-violence/Ghandi, independence/Kenyatta).
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10d.asp
  
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• Eugene V. Debs and American Socialism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2e.asp
  
• Organized Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• The Great Upheaval
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2a.asp
  
• Martin Luther King Jr.
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7f.asp
  
• Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4b.asp
  
• The Nature of Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1.asp
  
• Foundations of American Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2.asp
  

16.B.5a (US) Describe how modern political positions are affected by differences in ideologies and viewpoints that have developed over time (e.g., political parties' positions on government intervention in the economy).
• New Attitudes Toward Wealth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1e.asp
  
• Politics of the Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1f.asp
  
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• The Election of 1896
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6e.asp
  
• The Election of 1912
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8f.asp
  
• The Red Scare
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12a.asp
  
• Domestic and International Politics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12e.asp
  
• The Great Depression AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

16.B.5b (US) Analyze how United States political history has been influenced by the nation's economic, social and environmental history.
• The Gilded Age to the Depression PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/index.asp
  
• From the Depression to the New Millennium PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/index.asp
  
• From British Arrival through British Departure PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/index.asp
  
• The Creation of a New Nation PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/index.asp
  
• American Government PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/index.asp
  

16.B.5a (W) Analyze worldwide consequences of isolated political events, including the events triggering the Napoleonic Wars and World Wars I and II.
• The Age of Napoleon AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/12.asp
  
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• America in the First World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  

16.B.5b (W) Describe how tensions in the modern world are affected by different political ideologies including democracy and totalitarianism.
• New Attitudes Toward Wealth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1e.asp
  
• Politics of the Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1f.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• The Reagan Years
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• The Nature of Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1.asp
  

16.B.5c (W) Analyze the relationship of an issue in world political history to the related aspects of world economic, social and environmental history.
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• America in the First World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  

C. Understand the development of economic systems.

Middle/Junior High School

16.C.3a (US) Describe economic motivations that attracted Europeans and others to the Americas, 1500-1750.
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The New England Colonies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3a.asp
  
• William Bradford and the First Thanksgiving
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3b.asp
  
• Massachusetts Bay -- 'The City Upon a Hill'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3c.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• New Netherland to New York
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4a.asp
  
• Indentured Servants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5b.asp
  
• Creating the Carolinas
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5c.asp
  
• Debtors in Georgia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5d.asp
  
• Life in the Plantation South
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5e.asp
  
• Smuggling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7d.asp
  

16.C.3b (US) Explain relationships among the American economy and slavery, immigration, industrialization, labor and urbanization, 1700-present.
• African Americans in the British New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6.asp
  
• Indentured Servants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5b.asp
  
• Debtors in Georgia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5d.asp
  
• Organized Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• The New Tycoons: Andrew Carnegie
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1c.asp
  
• New Attitudes Toward Wealth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1e.asp
  
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• Corruption Runs Wild
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3d.asp
  
• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  

16.C.3c (US) Describe how economic developments and government policies after 1865 affected the country's economic institutions including corporations, banks and organized labor.
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• Life on the Farm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6c.asp
  
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• The Election of 1896
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6e.asp
  
• The Trust Buster
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8b.asp
  
• A Helping Hand for Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8c.asp
  
• The Election of 1912
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8f.asp
  
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The Market Crashes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1a.asp
  
• Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1b.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• Domestic Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5f.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• The Sickened Economy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11b.asp
  
• Reaganomics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12b.asp
  

16.C.3a (W) Describe major economic trends from 1000 to 1500 CE including long distance trade, banking, specialization of labor, commercialization, urbanization and technological and scientific progress.
• Africa AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7.asp
  
• Central and South American Empires AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/11.asp
  
• A Path to India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2b.asp
  

16.C.3b (W) Describe the economic systems and trade patterns of North America, South America and Mesoamerica before the encounter with the Europeans.
• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  
• Africa AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7.asp
  

16.C.3c (W) Describe the impact of technology (e.g., weaponry, transportation, printing press, microchips) in different parts of the world 1500 - present.
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• The Print Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4e.asp
  
• The Manhattan Project
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4f.asp
  
• The Decision to Drop the Bomb
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4g.asp
  
• The Age of the Automobile
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11a.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  

16.C.4a (US) Explain how trade patterns developed between the Americas and the rest of the global economy, 1500 - 1840.
• The Effects of Exploration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2e.asp
  
• Clash of Cultures: Two Worlds Collide
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/11e.asp
  

16.C.4b (US) Analyze the impact of westward expansion on the United States economy.
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Western Folkways AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  

16.C.4c (US) Describe how American economic institutions were shaped by industrialists, union leaders and groups including Southern migrants, Dust Bowl refugees, and agricultural workers from Mexico and female workers since 1914.
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The Market Crashes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1a.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• The Bonus March
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1c.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• Modern Feminism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10a.asp
  
• The Equal Rights Amendment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10c.asp
  
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  
• The Farming Problem
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2c.asp
  
• Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1e.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  

16.C.4a (W) Describe the growing dominance of American and European capitalism and their institutions after 1500.
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• The Market Crashes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1a.asp
  

16.C.4b (W) Compare socialism and communism in Europe, America, Asia and Africa after 1815 CE.
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• The Bonus March
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1c.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

16.C.4c (W) Describe the impact of key individuals/ideas from 1500 - present, including Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.
• New Attitudes Toward Wealth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1e.asp
  
• Organized Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• The Bonus March
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1c.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• The Nature of Government AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1.asp
  

16.C.5a (US) Analyze how and why the role of the United States in the world economy has changed since World War II.
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• The Sickened Economy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11b.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  

16.C.5b (US) Analyze the relationship between an issue in United States economic history and the related aspects of political, social and environmental history.

Students can use the content from all American history programs to help achieve this standard.


16.C.5a (W) Explain how industrial capitalism became the dominant economic model in the world.

• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  

16.C.5b (W) Describe how historical trends in population, urbanization, economic development and technological advancements have caused change in world economic systems.

Students can use the content from all American history programs to help achieve this standard.


16.C.5c (W) Analyze the relationship between an issue in world economic history and the related aspects of political, social and environmental history.

Students can use the content from all American history programs to help achieve this standard.

D. Understand Illinois, United States and world social history.

Middle/Junior High School

16.D.3a (US) Describe characteristics of different kinds of communities in various sections of America during the colonial/ frontier periods and the 19th century.
• Western Folkways AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  

16.D.3b (US) Describe characteristics of different kinds of families in America during the colonial/frontier periods and the 19th century.
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• Religious Revival: The 'Social Gospel'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3e.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• Western Folkways AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  

16.D.3 (W) Identify the origins and analyze consequences of events that have shaped world social history including famines, migrations, plagues, and slave trading.
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• Closing the Frontier AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.asp
  

16.D.4a (US) Describe the immediate and long-range social impacts of slavery.
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  
• The Peculiar Institution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4.asp
  
• Abolitionist Sentiment Grows AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/5.asp
  
• An Uneasy Peace AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7.asp
  
• 'Bloody Kansas' AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8.asp
  
• From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9.asp
  
• A House Divided AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10.asp
  
• The War Behind the Lines AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11.asp
  
• Reconstruction AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  

16.D.4b (US) Describe unintended social consequences of political events in United States history (e.g., Civil War/emancipation, National Defense Highway Act/decline of inner cities, Vietnam War/anti-government activity).

Civil War:


• A House Divided AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10.asp
  
• The War Behind the Lines AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11.asp
  
• Reconstruction AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  Vietnam War/ protests:
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  
• Student Activism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10g.asp
  
• Flower Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10h.asp
  

16.D.4 (W) Identify significant events and developments since 1500 that altered world social history in ways that persist today including colonization, Protestant Reformation, industrialization, the rise of technology and human rights movements.
• The Protestant Reformation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/3.asp
  
• Closing the Frontier AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.asp
  
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• America in the First World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  
• Farewell to Isolation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10a.asp
  
• Over There
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10b.asp
  
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Old Values vs. New Values
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12.asp
  
• The Red Scare
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12a.asp
  
• The Monkey Trial
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12b.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  

16.D.5 (US) Analyze the relationship between an issue in United States social history and the related aspects of political, economic and environmental history.

All American history programs are useful for meeting this standard.


16.D.5 (W) Analyze the relationship between an issue in world social history and the related aspects of political, economic and environmental history.

All American history programs are useful for meeting this standard.

E. Understand Illinois, United States and world environmental history.

Middle/Junior High School

16.E.3a (US) Describe how early settlers in Illinois and the United States adapted to, used and changed the environment prior to 1818.

None of this is Illinois-specific; USH81 6d could do a better job of addressing this


• Native American Resilience and Violence in the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6e.asp
  
• The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812 AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9.asp
  
• Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8c.asp
  

16.E.3b (US) Describe how the largely rural population of the United States adapted, used and changed the environment after 1818.
• George Washington AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5.asp
  
• Unsettled Domestic Issues AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6.asp
  
• A New National Capital: Washington, D.C.
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8d.asp
  

16.E.3c (US) Describe the impact of urbanization and suburbanization, 1850 - present, on the environment.
• From the Countryside to the City AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  

16.E.3a (W) Describe how the people of the Huang He, Tigris-Euphrates, Nile and Indus river valleys shaped their environments during the agricultural revolution, 4000 - 1000 BCE.
• Life in Sumer
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/4a.asp
  
• Ancient Egypt AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/3.asp
  
• Egyptian Painting
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/art11/2b.asp
  
• Early Civilization in the Indus Valley
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/8a.asp
  

16.E.3b (W) Explain how expanded European and Asian contacts affected the environment of both continents, 1000 BCE - 1500 CE.
• A Path to India
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2b.asp
  

16.E.4a (US) Describe the causes and effects of conservation and environmental movements in the United States, 1900 - present.
• Preserving the Wilderness
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8d.asp
  

16.E.4b (US) Describe different and sometimes competing views, as substantiated by scientific fact, that people in North America have historically held towards the environment (e.g., private and public land ownership and use, resource use vs. preservation).
• Western Folkways
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  
• The Mining Boom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6a.asp
  
• The Ways of the Cowboy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6b.asp
  
• Life on the Farm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6c.asp
  

16.E.4a (W) Describe how cultural encounters among peoples of the world (e.g., Colombian exchange, opening of China and Japan to external trade, building of Suez canal) affected the environment, 1500 - present.
• Europeans Explore AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2.asp
  
• East Meets West: Opium Wars, Open Doors, and Boxers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/4d.asp
  

16.E.4b (W) Describe how migration has altered the world's environment since 1450.

16.E.5a (US) Analyze positive and negative aspects of human effects on the environment in the United States including damming rivers, fencing prairies and building cities.
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• Western Folkways
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  
• The Mining Boom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6a.asp
  
• The Ways of the Cowboy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6b.asp
  
• Life on the Farm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6c.asp
  

16.E.5b (US) Analyze the relationship between an issue in United States environmental history and the related aspects of political, economic and social history.
• Preserving the Wilderness
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8d.asp
  

16.E.5a (W) Analyze how technological and scientific developments have affected human productivity, human comfort and the environment.
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• The Print Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4e.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  
• Life on the Farm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6c.asp
  

16.E.5b (W) Analyze the relationship between an issue in world environmental history and the related aspects of political, economic and social history.
• Life on the Desert
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/7e.asp