Georgia Quality Core Curriculum Standards for Social Studies Grades 9-12 (U.S. History)

1 Topic: Colonization

Standard: Identifies and describes the native inhabitants the Europeans found in the New World.

• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  
• New World Conquest
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2d.asp
  
• Central and South American Empires AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/wcu81/11.asp
  

2 Topic: Colonization

Standard: Identifies the factors that led to the colonization of the continent of North America

- national rivalry (example: defeat of Spanish Armada 1588)
• Britain in the New World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• Early Ventures Fail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2a.asp
  

- religious persecution
• The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3a.asp
  
• Massachusetts Bay -- 'The City Upon a Hill'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3c.asp
  
• New Netherland to New York
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4a.asp
  
• Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4b.asp
  

- economic opportunity, and
• Early Ventures Fail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2a.asp
  
• Joint-Stock Companies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2b.asp
  
• Jamestown Settlement and the 'Starving Time'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2c.asp
  
• New Netherland to New York
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4a.asp
  
• Later Explorers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2f.asp
  

- political unrest.
• Creating the Carolinas
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5c.asp
  
• Debtors in Georgia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5d.asp
  

3 Topic: Colonization

Standard: Identifies and analyzes the social, political, religious and economic patterns that developed in the American colonies.

• Jamestown Settlement and the 'Starving Time'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2c.asp
  
• The Growth of the Tobacco Trade
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2d.asp
  
• War and Peace with Powhatan's People
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2e.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
  
• 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 Growth of Slavery
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6c.asp
  
• Slave Life on the Farm and in the Town
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6d.asp
  
• Free African Americans in the Colonial Era
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6e.asp
  
• A New African-American Culture
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6g.asp
  
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  

4 Topic: Colonial Rivalry

Standard: Explains the causes and effects of the French and Indian War.

• America's Place in the Global Struggle AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8.asp
  
• The Royal Proclamation of 1763
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9a.asp
  
• The Stamp Act Controversy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9b.asp
  

5 Topic: Independence

RETURN TO TOP

Standard: Explains the causes of the American Revolution (1763-1775).

• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• The Events Leading to Independence AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  

6 Topic: Independence

Standard: Identifies and analyzes the Declaration of Independence

- basis for self-evident truths and inalienable rights
• The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7a.asp
  
• Thomas Paine's Common Sense
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10f.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
  
• Democratic Values -- Liberty, Equality, Justice
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/1d.asp
  
• Foundations of American Government
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2.asp
  
• Independence and the Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2b.asp
  

- obtain support of the uncommitted Americans, and
• E Pluribus Unum AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1a.asp
  

- gain foreign support.
• 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
  

7 Topic: Revolutionary War

Standard: Describes the major events, military campaigns and influential persons of the American Revolution. Develops a beliefs and values profile, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

• George Washington's Background and Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8c.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
  
• George Washington AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5.asp
  

8 Topic: Constitutionalism

Standard: Discusses the limitations of the Articles of Confederation and the reasons for the calling of the Constitutional Convention.

• Making Rules AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2.asp
  
• Drafting the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• Independence and the Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2b.asp
  

9 Topic: Compromise

Standard: Summarizes the debates and resulting compromises of the Constitutional Convention.

- large v. small states
• A Cast of National Superstars
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3b.asp
  
• The Tough Issues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3c.asp
  

- Hamilton and Madison, and
• The Tough Issues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3c.asp
  
• Federalists
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4a.asp
  
• After the Fact: Virginia, New York, and 'The Federalist Papers'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4d.asp
  
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  

- north-south division
• The Tough Issues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3c.asp
  
• Constitution Through Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3d.asp
  

10 Topic: Ratification

Standard: Summarizes the Constitutional ratification process.

- role of the Federalist Papers
• After the Fact: Virginia, New York, and 'The Federalist Papers'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4d.asp
  
• The Founders and Federalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3a.asp
  

- foundations of political parties

- the Bill of Rights, and

• The Antifederalists' Victory in Defeat
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4e.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  

- Anti-Federalist arguments.
• Antifederalists
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4b.asp
  
• Federalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3.asp
  
• The Founders and Federalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3a.asp
  

11 Topic: Individual Rights

Standard: Identifies the Bill of Rights as the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and states their importance.

• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  

12 Topic: Presidential Leadership Party System

Standard: Explains the importance of Washington's and John Adams' administrations

- cabinet appointments
• The First Administration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5c.asp
  
• The Adams Presidency
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7d.asp
  

- federal judiciary completed / judicial review
• The Alien and Sedition Acts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7e.asp
  
• A Federalist Stronghold: John Marshall's Supreme Court
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8e.asp
  

- Hamilton's financial system
• Hamilton's Financial Plan
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6b.asp
  
• Growing Opposition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6c.asp
  

- first American party system
• Growing Opposition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6c.asp
  

- Whiskey Rebellion
• U.S. Military Defeat; Indian Victory in the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6d.asp
  

- Neutrality Proclamation
• Negotiating with the Superpowers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7b.asp
  

- "Farewell Address"
• Farewell Address
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5d.asp
  

- "XYZ" Affair, and
• The Adams Presidency
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7d.asp
  

- Virginia and Kentucky resolutions.
• The Alien and Sedition Acts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7e.asp
  

13 Topic: Territorial Expansion

Standard: Traces and describes the growth of a nation.

- Louisiana Purchase
• Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8c.asp
  

- War of 1812
• The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9.asp
  
• Diplomatic Challenges in an Age of European War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9c.asp
  
• Native American Resistance in the Trans-Appalachian West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9d.asp
  
• The Second War for American Independence
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9e.asp
  
• Claiming Victory from Defeat
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9f.asp
  

- Convention of 1818
• 54° 40' or Fight
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6b.asp
  

- Florida acquired (Adams-Onis Treaty)
• Social Change and National Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  

- The Monroe Doctrine, and
• Social Change and National Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  

- Trail of Tears
• Jacksonian Democracy and Modern America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11f.asp
  
• The Trail of Tears -- The Indian Removals
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/1f.asp
  

14 Topic: Party Formation

Standard: Traces the development of political parties in the United States.

- the era of Good Feelings/Nationalism
• The Era of Good Feelings and the Two-Party System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11a.asp
  

- election of 1824
• The 1824 Election and the 'Corrupt Bargain'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11d.asp
  

- formation of the modern-day Democratic party and the Whig party
• Jacksonian Democracy and Modern America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11f.asp
  

- Clay's American System, and
• Jackson vs. Clay and Calhoun
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/1e.asp
  

- Jacksonian Democracy
• The Age of Jackson AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/1.asp
  

15 Topic: Manifest Destiny

Standard: Examines the concept "Manifest Destiny" as it applies to U.S. history between 1830-1860

- Texas and Oregon
• The Lone Star Republic
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6a.asp
  
• 54° 40' or Fight
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6b.asp
  
• 'American Blood on American Soil'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6c.asp
  
• The Mexican-American War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6d.asp
  

- election of 1844
• 54° 40' or Fight
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6b.asp
  

- Mexican War
• The Mexican-American War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6d.asp
  

- California gold rush of 1849, and
• The Mexican-American War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6d.asp
  

- Gadsen Purchase

16 Topic: National Reform

Standard: Identifies the intellectual, cultural and social movements between 1830-1860.

- Transcendentalism
• Transcendentalism, An American Philosophy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3f.asp
  
• Transcendentalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/2d.asp
  
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/2e.asp
  
• Henry David Thoreau
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/2f.asp
  

- Second Great Awakening
• Religious Revival
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3a.asp
  
• Manifest Destiny
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6.asp
  

- Abolitionist Movement
• Abolitionist Sentiment Grows AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/5.asp
  
• Perspectives on Slavery and Abolition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/3b.asp
  

- Women's Movement, and
• Women's Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3c.asp
  
• Writers for Women's Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/3d.asp
  

- Nativist Movement.
• Irish and German Immigration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2f.asp
  
• Manifest Destiny
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6.asp
  

• Women's Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3c.asp
  
• Transcendentalism, An American Philosophy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3f.asp
  
• African-American Abolitionists
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/5b.asp
  
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/2e.asp
  
• Perspectives on Slavery and Abolition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/3b.asp
  

17 Topic: Economic Development

Standard: Identifies and examines the industrial and transportation improvements from 1820-1860.

• The Rise of American Industry
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2.asp
  
• The Canal Era
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2a.asp
  
• Early American Railroads
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2b.asp
  
• Inventors and Inventions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2c.asp
  
• The First American Factories
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2d.asp
  

18 Topic: Sectionalism

Standard: Identifies and analyzes the causes and events leading to the Civil War:

- compromises of 1820, 1833, 1850
• The Missouri Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11c.asp
  
• Three Senatorial Giants: Clay, Calhoun and Webster
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7c.asp
  
• The Compromise of 1850
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7d.asp
  
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8a.asp
  

- Kansas - Nebraska Act
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8a.asp
  
• Border Ruffians
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8b.asp
  
• The Sack of Lawrence
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8c.asp
  

- formation of the present day Republican Party
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8a.asp
  

- Dred Scott Decision
• The Dred Scott Decision
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9a.asp
  

- Lincoln-Douglas Debate
• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9b.asp
  

- John Brown's raid
• The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8d.asp
  
• From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9.asp
  
• John Brown's Raid
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9c.asp
  

- Lincoln's Election, and
• The Election of 1860
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9d.asp
  

- secession of South Carolina.
• The South Secedes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9e.asp
  

19 Topic: Leadership

Standard: Examines the values and beliefs of major Civil War personalities, including Lincoln and Lee.

• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9b.asp
  
• The Election of 1860
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9d.asp
  
• Fort Sumter
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10a.asp
  
• Of Generals and Soldiers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10f.asp
  
• The Road to Appomattox
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10i.asp
  
• The War Behind the Lines AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11.asp
  
• Perspectives on Slavery and Abolition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/3b.asp
  

20 Topic: Civil War

Standard: Discusses and analyzes reasons for the military defeat of the Confederacy

- Southern advantages and disadvantages
• Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10b.asp
  
• The Northern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11c.asp
  
• The Southern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11d.asp
  

- Southern victories from Bull Run to Chancellorsville
• Fort Sumter
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10a.asp
  
• First Blood and Its Aftermath
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10c.asp
  
• Of Generals and Soldiers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10f.asp
  

- Emancipation Proclamation
• The Emancipation Proclamation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11a.asp
  

- Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg
• Gettysburg: High Watermark of the Confederacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10g.asp
  

- Sherman's capture of Atlanta and "March to the Sea," and
• Northern Plans to End the War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10h.asp
  

- Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10i.asp

21 Topic: Reconstruction

Standard: Analyzes the social, political and economic results of Reconstruction.

• Reconstruction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  

22 Topic: Industrial Revolution

Standard: Traces the development of the Industrial Revolution in the United States

- population shifts from rural
• The First American Factories
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2d.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
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  

- problems of urbanization
• The Emergence of 'Women's Sphere'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2e.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
  
• Corruption Runs Wild
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3d.asp
  
• Religious Revival: The 'Social Gospel'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3e.asp
  

- entrepreneurship and the growth of business
• The Emergence of 'Women's Sphere'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2e.asp
  
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  

- problems of monopolies, and
• The Trust Buster
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8b.asp
  

- rise of labor unions
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• A Helping Hand for Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8c.asp
  

23 Topic: Expansion

Standard: Traces the Westward Expansion from 1865-1900.

- transcontinental railroads
• The Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• Closing the Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.asp
  

- defeat of the Plains Indians, and
• Closing the Frontier AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.asp
  

- homesteading on the Plains
• The End of Resistance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5c.asp
  
• Western Folkways
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  
• The Ways of the Cowboy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6b.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
  

24 Topic: Social Change

Standard: Describes and analyzes the social changes in the United States from 1870-1910.

- "Jim Crow" laws in the South
• Booker T. Washington
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7d.asp
  
• W. E. B. DuBois
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7e.asp
  
• Separate No Longer?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7a.asp
  
• Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10a.asp
  

- The New Immigration
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  

- Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), and
• Booker T. Washington
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7d.asp
  
• Separate No Longer?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7a.asp
  
• Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10a.asp
  

- W.E.B. DuBois opposes views of Booker T. Washington.
• Booker T. Washington
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7d.asp
  
• W. E. B. DuBois
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7e.asp
  
• Booker T. Washington
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/9e.asp
  
• W.E.B. Du Bois
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/9f.asp
  

25 Topic: Political Reform

Standard: Describes and analyzes the political reforms in the United States from 1870-1910

- Greenback Party (silver issue) and
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  

- Populist Movement
• Western Folkways
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• The Election of 1896
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6e.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  

26 Topic: Imperialism

Standard: Traces and analyzes the developments that led to United States emerging as a world power

- international trade
• America in the First World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  
• Farewell to Isolation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10a.asp
  

- rise of world imperialism
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  
• The New Imperialism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/4.asp
  

- US expansionist sentiment, and
• Manifest Destiny
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6.asp
  
• Seeking Empire AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9.asp
  

- Spanish-American War and resulting territorial acquisitions
• 'Remember the Maine!'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9c.asp
  
• The Spanish-American War and Its Consequences
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9d.asp
  
• The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9e.asp
  

27 Topic: Progressivism

Standard: Identifies and states the significance of the national reforms of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson during the Progressive Era.

- antitrust legislation
• Western Folkways
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  
• The Ways of the Cowboy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6b.asp
  
• Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8g.asp
  

- "Square Deal"

- conservation movement, and

• Preserving the Wilderness
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8d.asp
  
• The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9e.asp
  

- the New Freedom.
• Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8g.asp
  

28 Topic: Interventionism

Standard: Evaluates the foreign policies of Teddy Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson

- Panama Canal
• The Panama Canal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9g.asp
  

- Big Stick diplomacy in Latin America
• The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9e.asp
  

- "Dollar Diplomacy" (Taft), and

- Wilson's "Missionary Diplomacy" in Haiti and Mexico.

29 Topic: World War

Standard: Explains American entry into World War I and describes the impact of the war on life in the United States

- sinking of the Lusitania
• Farewell to Isolation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10a.asp
  
• Home Fronts in Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6d.asp
  

- U-Boat / Zimmerman note
• Farewell to Isolation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10a.asp
  
• The War to End All Wars
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6.asp
  

- women and blacks enter the arms industries
• Over Here
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10c.asp
  

- suppression of pacifists and dissenters
• Over Here
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10c.asp
  

- 18th (prohibition) and 19th (womens' suffrage) amendments ratified
• Women's Suffrage at Last
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7c.asp
  
• The Fight Against 'Demon Rum'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11b.asp
  
• Flappers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11d.asp
  

- rejection of Wilson's League of Nations, and
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10d.asp
  

- isolationism vs. interventionist.
• America in the First World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  
• Farewell to Isolation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10a.asp
  

30 Topic: Social Change

Standard: Analyzes social upheavals in the United States in the 1920's and 1930's

- Scopes Trial
• The Monkey Trial
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12b.asp
  

- rise of KKK
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  

- anti-foreign sentiment
• The Red Scare
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12a.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  

- women suffrage
• Women's Suffrage at Last
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7c.asp
  
• Flappers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11d.asp
  

- prohibition and gangsterism, and
• The Fight Against 'Demon Rum'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11b.asp
  

- changes in lifestyles.
• The Decade That Roared AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11.asp
  
• Books and Movies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12d.asp
  

31 Topic: Economic Depression

Standard: Analyzes the causes and effects of the Great Depression.

• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  

32 Topic: New Deal Reforms

Standard: Analyzes the development and implementation of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's programs and relates their impact on present day social and economic policies.

• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

33 Topic: Global Conflict

Standard: Analyzes the causes and results of America's participation in World War II

- rise of dictatorships
• Reactions to a Troubled World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3b.asp
  
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  

- totalitarian aggressions and extermination policies of Hitler
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  
• Hitler's Rise to Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7a.asp
  
• Under Nazi Rule
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7b.asp
  

- Fall of France, Battle of Britain
• The Arsenal of Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3d.asp
  
• World War II
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8.asp
  
• Blitzkrieg
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8a.asp
  

- Pearl Harbor
• Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3e.asp
  

- women and minorities in the military and defense jobs
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  

- rationing of resources to support war effort
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  

- U.S. military contributions to allied victory
• America in the Second World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• Wartime Strategy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4a.asp
  
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  
• War in the Pacific
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4d.asp
  
• The Manhattan Project
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4f.asp
  
• The Decision to Drop the Bomb
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4g.asp
  

- creation of the United Nations, and
• The United Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5b.asp
  

- Nuremburg war trials.
• Postwar Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Holocaust
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8d.asp
  

34 Topic: Cold War

Standard: Traces the causes and effects of the Cold War period 1945-1960

- Berlin Airlift
• The Berlin Airlift and NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5d.asp
  
• The Occupation of Berlin
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9c.asp
  

- NATO vs. Warsaw Pacts
• The Berlin Airlift and NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5d.asp
  
• NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9d.asp
  

- Nuclear Arms Race
• Domestic Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5f.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  

- Space Race
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  

- Korean War, and
• The Korean War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5e.asp
  

- McCarthyism.
• McCarthyism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6a.asp
  

35 Topic: Foreign Relations

Standard: Analyzes United States foreign relations from 1961 to present:

- Cuba (Bay of Pigs, Missile Crisis)
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  

- Latin America (Panama, Nicaragua-Contras)
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  

- Mexico and Canada (Trade Agreements, immigration)
• The End of the American Century
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13e.asp
  

- Vietnam and Southeast Asia (Vietnam War: origins, issues, results)
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  

- Middle East (oil embargoes, Iranian hostage crisis, Gulf War)
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

- U.S. S.R.
• 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
  

- Israel Relations (Camp David Accords)
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  

- China (Nixon policies), and
• Undoing a President
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11a.asp
  

- Africa (Apartheid).

36 Topic: Social Protest

Standard: Evaluates social protest movements and the demand for reforms in the post-World War II period to the present.

- rock-n-roll
• America Rocks and Rolls
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6d.asp
  
• Flower Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10h.asp
  

- Counter cultures
• The Antiwar Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8d.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
  

- Feminist movement, and
• Modern Feminism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10a.asp
  
• The Fight for Reproductive Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10b.asp
  
• The Equal Rights Amendment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10c.asp
  
• Roe v. Wade and Its Impact
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10d.asp
  

- Environmentalism.
• Environmental Reform
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10e.asp
  

37 Topic: Civil Rights

Standard: Traces the events and identifies the influential personalities of the Civil Rights Era from 1947 to the present.

- Integration of military
• Separate No Longer?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7a.asp
  

- Brown vs. Board of Education 1954 (Plessy vs. Ferguson)
• Separate No Longer?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7a.asp
  

- Montgomery bus boycott
• Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7b.asp
  

- Central High, Little Rock
• Showdown in Little Rock
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7c.asp
  

- Freedom Rides and sit-ins
• The Sit-In Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7d.asp
  

- Selma
• Martin Luther King Jr.
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7f.asp
  

- Washington March, "I Have a Dream" Speech
• Gains and Pains
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7e.asp
  

- Rosa Parks
• Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7b.asp
  

- Malcolm X
• Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7h.asp
  

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• A New Civil Rights Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7b.asp
  
• The Sit-In Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7d.asp
  
• Gains and Pains
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7e.asp
  
• Martin Luther King Jr.
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7f.asp
  
• Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7h.asp
  
• Black Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7i.asp
  

- Jesse Jackson, and

- Farakhan

38 Topic: Role of Government in the Economy

Standard: Analyzes how conflicting philosophies affect the US government's role in solving domestic problems

- fiscal and monetary policy
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• Hoover's Last Stand
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1d.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• Domestic Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5f.asp
  
• The Sickened Economy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11b.asp
  
• Reaganomics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12b.asp
  

- impact of the Great Society
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  

- debate on the welfare state
• Reaganomics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12b.asp
  
• Social and Regulatory Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11d.asp
  

- debate over social issues, and
• Social and Regulatory Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11d.asp
  

- 1994 Congressional "revolution"
• Republicans vs. Democrats
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13c.asp
  
• Federal-State Relations Today: Back to States' Rights?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3c.asp
  

39 Topic: Technological Advancement Economics

Standard: Evaluates the impact of technological changes in the post-World War II period to the present.

• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  
• Land of Television
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6c.asp
  
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  
• The Fight for Reproductive Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10b.asp
  
• Reaganomics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12b.asp
  
• Life in the 1980s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12d.asp
  
• Toward a New Millennium
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  

40 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Locates and explains the location and expansion of the original colonies.

Traces the advance of the frontier and the territorial expansion of the United States and explains how it was influenced by the physical environment.

Locates new states as they were added to the union.

• Jamestown Settlement and the 'Starving Time'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2c.asp
  
• The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3a.asp
  
• Massachusetts Bay -- 'The City Upon a Hill'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3c.asp
  
• Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3e.asp
  
• Reaching to Connecticut
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3f.asp
  
• New Netherland to New York
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4a.asp
  
• Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4b.asp
  
• Maryland - The Catholic Experiment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5a.asp
  
• Creating the Carolinas
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5c.asp
  
• Debtors in Georgia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5d.asp
  
• The Treaty of Paris (1763) and Its Impact
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8d.asp
  
• The Royal Proclamation of 1763
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9a.asp
  
• U.S. Military Defeat; Indian Victory in the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6d.asp
  
• Native American Resilience and Violence in the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6e.asp
  
• Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8c.asp
  
• The Importance of the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9a.asp
  
• Exploration: Lewis and Clark
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9b.asp
  
• Social Change and National Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  
• The Missouri Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11c.asp
  
• The Rise of the Common Man
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/1a.asp
  
• The Canal Era
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2a.asp
  
• Early American Railroads
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2b.asp
  
• Manifest Destiny AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6.asp
  
• The Compromise of 1850
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7d.asp
  
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8a.asp
  
• From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9.asp
  
• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9b.asp
  

41 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Compares patterns of agricultural and industrial development in different regions as they relate to natural resources, markets, and trade.

• Shays' Rebellion
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3a.asp
  
• U.S. Military Defeat; Indian Victory in the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6d.asp
  
• The Importance of the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9a.asp
  
• Social Change and National Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  
• Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10a.asp
  
• Cotton and African-American Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10b.asp
  
• The Rise of American Industry
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2.asp
  
• The Canal Era
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2a.asp
  
• Early American Railroads
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2b.asp
  
• Inventors and Inventions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2c.asp
  
• The First American Factories
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2d.asp
  
• The Crowning of King Cotton
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4a.asp
  
• The Northern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11c.asp
  
• The Southern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11d.asp
  
• The Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• Closing the Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.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
  
• Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1b.asp
  

42 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Analyzes the political, social, and economic implications of demographic changes in the nation over time.

• The Importance of the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9a.asp
  
• Social Change and National Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  
• Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10a.asp
  
• Cotton and African-American Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10b.asp
  
• The First American Factories
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2d.asp
  
• Irish and German Immigration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2f.asp
  
• Manifest Destiny
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6.asp
  
• Gold in California
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6e.asp
  
• Organized Labor
  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
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.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
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  
• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  

43 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Interprets the significance of excerpts from famous speeches and documents in U.S. history, including "The Letter from Birmingham Jail," "Speak softly and carry a big stick...," "The Gettysburg Address," and "The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom."

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10f.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10g.asp
  
• 'Republican Motherhood'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12d.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1a.asp
  
• State Constitutions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2a.asp
  
• Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2b.asp
  
• Farewell Address
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5d.asp
  
• The Emergence of 'Women's Sphere'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2e.asp
  
• African-American Abolitionists
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/5b.asp
  
• 'American Blood on American Soil'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6c.asp
  
• Canefight! Preston Brooks and Charles Sumner
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8e.asp
  
• The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9b.asp
  
• Sacred Beliefs
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10d.asp
  
• The Emancipation Proclamation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11a.asp
  
• Booker T. Washington
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7d.asp
  
• 'Remember the Maine!'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9c.asp
  
• The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9e.asp
  
• Over Here
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10c.asp
  
• The Arsenal of Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3d.asp
  
• Domestic Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5f.asp
  
• Gains and Pains
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7e.asp
  
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• The Colonial Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2a.asp
  
• First Amendment Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10b.asp
  
• Crime and Due Process
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10c.asp
  
• Revolutionary Voices
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/1e.asp
  
• Perspectives on Slavery and Abolition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/3b.asp
  

44 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Formulates historical questions and defends findings based on inquiry and interpretation. Analyzes documents, records, and data (such as artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, journals, newspapers, historical accounts, etc.).
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45 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Communicates findings orally, in brief analytical essays, and in a comprehensive paper.
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46 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Develops skills in discussion, debate, and persuasive writing with respect to enduring issues and determines how divergent viewpoints have been addressed and reconciled. Such issues include:

- civil disobedience vs. the rule of law

- slavery and its impact

- the relationship of government to the individual in economic planning and social programs

- freedom of the press vs. the right to a fair trial

- the tension between majority rule and minority rights

- problems of intolerance toward racial, ethnic, and religious groups in American society

- the evolution of rights, freedoms, and protections through political and social movements.

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47 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Translates dates into centuries.
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48 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Makes timelines sequencing a series of events.
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49 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Uses annotated timelines to relate people and events.
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50 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Uses flow chart, to show cause/effect, to show origin and completion of a cycle, and to show change over time.
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51 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Formulates generalizations and conclusions about time in studying the development of U.S. history.
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52 Topic: Skill Development

Standard: Relates past to present in the study of change and continuity in U.S. history.
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