AZ.SS08-S1 Strand: American History

• SS08-S1C1. Concept / Standard: Research Skills for History

  Historical research is a process in which students examine topics or questions related to historical studies and/or current issues. By using primary and secondary sources effectively students obtain accurate and relevant information.

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Construct charts, graphs, and narratives using historical data.

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Interpret historical data displayed in graphs, tables, and charts.

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Construct timelines (e.g., presidents/world leaders, key events, people) of the historical era being studied.

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Formulate questions that can be answered by historical study and research.

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe the difference between a primary source document and a secondary source document and the relationships between them.

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Determine the credibility and bias of primary and secondary sources

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Analyze cause and effect relationships between and among individuals and/or historical events.

  • SS08-S1C1- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Analyze two points of view on the same historical event.

• SS08-S1C2. Concept / Standard:

  Early Civilizations

  • SS08-S1C2- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    No performance objectives at this grade.

• SS08-S1C3. Concept / Standard:

  Exploration and Colonization

  • SS08-S1C3- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    No performance objectives at this grade.

• SS08-S1C4. Concept / Standard: Revolution and New Nation 1700s - 1820

  The development of American constitutional democracy grew from political, cultural and economic issues, ideas and event.

  • SS08-S1C4- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Analyze the following events which led to the American Revolution

    a) Tea Act; b) Stamp Act; c) Boston Massacre; d) Intolerable Acts; e) Declaration of Independence.

  • SS08-S1C4- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe the significance of key events of the Revolutionary War

    a) major battles (e.g., Lexington, Saratoga, Trenton); b) aid from France; c) surrender at Yorktown.

  • SS08-S1C4- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe the impact of the following key individuals on the Revolutionary War

    a) Benjamin Franklin; b) Thomas Jefferson; c) George Washington; d) Patrick Henry; e) Thomas Paine; f) King George III.

  • SS08-S1C4- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe the significance of the following documents

    a) Declaration of Independence; b) Articles of Confederation; c) Constitution; d) Bill of Rights.

  • SS08-S1C4- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Explain the influence of the following individuals in the establishment of a new government

    a) Thomas Jefferson; b) James Madison; c) John Adams; d) Benjamin Franklin.

  • SS08-S1C4- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe how one nation evolved from thirteen colonies

    a) Constitutional Convention; b) George Washington's presidency; c) creation of political parties (e.g., Federalists, Whigs, Democratic-Republicans).

• SS08-S1C5. Concept / Standard:

  Westward Expansion

  • SS08-S1C5- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    No performance objectives at this grade.

• SS08-S1C6. Concept / Standard:

  Civil War and Reconstruction

  • SS08-S1C6- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    No performance objectives at this grade.

• SS08-S1C7. Concept / Standard:

  Emergence of the Modern United States

  • SS08-S1C7- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    No performance objectives at this grade.

• SS08-S1C8. Concept / Standard: Great Depression and World War II 1929 - 1945

  Domestic and world events, economic issues, and political conflicts redefined the role of government in the lives of U.S. citizens.

  • SS08-S1C8- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Review the impact of the Great Depression on the United States.

  • SS08-S1C8- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Explain how Pearl Harbor led to United States involvement in World War II.

  • SS08-S1C8- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Explain the impact of World War II on economic recovery from the Great Depression.

  • SS08-S1C8- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Explain how the following factors affected the U.S. home front during World War II

    a) war bond drives; b) war industry; c) women and minorities in the work force; d) rationing; e) internment of Japanese-, German-, and Italian -Americans.

  • SS08-S1C8- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe Arizona's contributions to the war effort

    a) Native American Code Talkers; b) Ira Hayes; c) mining; d) training bases; e) POW and internment camps.

  • SS08-S1C8- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Summarize the United States' role in the following events

    a) D-day invasion; b) battles of the Pacific; c) development and use of the atomic bomb; d) V-E Day /V-J Day.

  • SS08-S1C8- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Analyze the following individuals' significance to World War II

    a) Franklin D. Roosevelt; b) Dwight Eisenhower; c) George Patton; d) Douglas MacArthur; e) Harry Truman; f) Eleanor Roosevelt.

• SS08-S1C9. Concept / Standard: Postwar United States 1945 - 1970s

  Postwar tensions led to social change in the U.S. and to a heightened focus on foreign policy.

  • SS08-S1C9- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe the following origins of the Cold War

    a) Western fear of communist expansion; b) Soviet fear of capitalist influences; c) development of nuclear weapons; e) Truman Doctrine.

  • SS08-S1C9- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe the impact of the Cold War on the United States

    a) McCarthyism; b) arms race; c) space race; d) Cuban Missile Crisis; e) creation of the CIA.

  • SS08-S1C9- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Identify the role of the United States in the Korean War

    a) Communist containment; b) military involvement; c) resolution of conflict.

  • SS08-S1C9- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Identify the role of the United States in the Vietnam Conflict

    a) containment of Communism - Domino Theory; b) Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; c) Tet Offensive; d) anti-war protests; e) Vietnam Peace Accords.

  • SS08-S1C9- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe life (e.g., transportation, communication, technology, medical, entertainment, growth of suburbs) in the U.S. during the Post War period.

  • SS08-S1C9- Performance Objective / Proficiency Level: Describe the importance of the following civil rights issues and events

    a) Jim Crow Laws; b) nonviolent protests; c) desegregation; d) Civil Rights Act of 1964; e) Voting Rights Act of 1965.

• SS08-S1C10 Concept / Standard: Contemporary United States 1970s - Present

  Current events and issues continue to shape our nation and our involvement in the global community.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe events (e.g., opening of foreign relations with China, Watergate, resignation) of the presidency of Richard Nixon.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe events (e.g., succession to presidency, pardoning of Nixon) of the presidency of Gerald Ford.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe events (e.g., Camp David Peace Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis) of the presidency of Jimmy Carter.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe events (e.g., Star Wars, Iran-Contra Affair) of the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe events (e.g., Persian Gulf War, Berlin Wall falls) of the presidency of George H.W. Bush.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe events (e.g., economic growth, impeachment) of the presidency of William Clinton.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe events (e.g., September 11 Terrorist Attacks, Afghanistan, Iraq War) of the presidency of George W. Bush.

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe current events using information from class discussions and various resources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television, Internet, books, maps).

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Identify the connection between current and historical events and issues studied at this grade level using information from class discussions and various resources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television, Internet, books, maps).

  • SS08-S1C10 Performance Objective / Proficiency Level:

    Describe how key political, social, geographic, and economic events of the late 20th century and early 21st century affected, and continue to affect, the United States.

Course: United States History from Exploration through Reconstruction/h2>

Content Strand: Domestic Affairs

1. Understand the major events, actors and ideas that precipitated the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
   • a. Describe the relationship between the moral and political ideas of the Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, and Western Political philosophies and the development of revolutionary sentiment among the colonists. (DOK 2)
   • b. Analyze the philosophy of government expressed in the Declaration of Independence, with an emphasis on government as a means of protecting individual rights (e.g., phrases such as "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"). (DOK 3)
   • c. Explain major events (The Stamp Act, The Intolerable Acts, Boston Tea Party, First Continental Congress, etc.) that led to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. (DOK 2)
   • d. Compare and contrast the major documents and works (e.g., Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers, etc.) that laid the foundation for American democracy. (DOK 2)
   • e. Describe and explain the role of the Founding Fathers (e.g., Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson) and their impact on the development of America‘s political landscape. (DOK 2)
2. Understand how technology, geography, and social conflict has impacted the development of the United States.
   • a. Discuss the influence of industrialization and technological developments in the various regions of the U.S., including human changes to the landscape and how the physical geography affected human actions (e.g., growth of cities, deforestation, farming, mineral extraction). (DOK 2)
   • b. Cite evidence and evaluate the importance of improvements in transportation and communication (e.g., steamboats, railroads, canals, telegraph, etc.) in the development of American society. (DOK 3)
   • c. Describe the purpose, challenges, and economic incentives associated with westward expansion, including the concept of Manifest Destiny (e.g., the Lewis and Clark expedition, accounts of the removal of Indians, the Cherokees' "Trail of Tears," settlement of the Great Plains) and the territorial acquisitions that spanned numerous decades. (DOK 2)
   • d. Trace the origins and development of slavery; its effects on African Americans and on the nation‘s political, social, religious, economic, and cultural development; and identify the strategies that were tried to both overturn and preserve it. (DOK 2)
   • e. Analyze the causes, key events, and consequences of the Civil War. (DOK 3)
   • f. Evaluate and examine the Reconstruction Era (using primary and secondary sources such as political cartoons, documents, letters, etc.). (DOK 3)

Content Strand: Global Affairs

3. Understand how geography and politics have influenced the historical development of the United States in the global community.
   • a. Examine the exploration and colonization periods of the United States using social studies tools (e.g., timelines, time zones, maps, globes, graphs, political cartoons, tables, technology, etc.). (DOK 2)
   • b. Analyze how the American Revolution impacted other nations, (e.g. France, Canada, Spain, Mexico, etc.). (DOK 3)
   • c. Analyze U.S. foreign policy in the early period prior to reconstruction. (DOK 3)

Content Strand: Civil/Human Rights

4. Understand the impact of American ideals and institutions on the development of American democracy.
   • a. Analyze how conflict, cooperation, and interdependence (e.g., social justice, diversity, mutual respect, and civic engagement) among groups, societies, and nations influenced the writing of early historical documents. (DOK 3)
   • b. Study the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans who gained freedom in the North and founded schools and churches to advance their rights and communities. (DOK 2)
   • c. Examine the women‘s suffrage movement (e.g., biographies, writings, and speeches of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Fuller, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony). (DOK 2)
   • d. Research and analyze political and social impacts of civil rights movements throughout the history of the United States pre-Reconstruction era (e.g., slave revolts, abolitionist movement, protests over British taxation in the colonies, individual and group resistance, organizing efforts, and collective action/unity). (DOK 3)

Content Strand: Economics

5. Understand the interaction of individuals, families, communities (microeconomics), businesses, and governments (macroeconomics) and the potential costs and benefits to the United States economy.
   • a. Compare and contrast the economic factors that led to the development of America (e.g., exploration, colonization, immigration, sectionalism, industry in the North vs. agriculture in the South, tariffs, etc.). (DOK 2)
   • b. Analyze and evaluate the causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution, Westward Expansion, and immigration on the United States (e.g., inventions, railroads, canals, roads, gold rush, etc.). (DOK 3)

Content Strand: Culture

6. Understand the purposes and principles embodied in the ideals and values of American society.
   • a. Evaluate the value and the challenge of diversity in American life. (DOK 3)
   • b. Assess the importance of certain character traits in a democracy, such as civility, nationalism, freedom, authority, justice, equality, responsibility, etc. (DOK 3)
   • c. Examine how American society has been influenced culturally by exploration, immigration, colonization, sectionalism, religious and social movements, etc.
     (DOK 3)