Social+Studies

=Sixth Grade Social Studies Standards=

Students will continue to use skills of historical and geographical analysis as they examine American history since 1877. The standards for this course relate to the history of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction era to the present. Students should continue to learn fundamental concepts in civics, economics, and geography within the context of United States history. Political, economic, and social challenges facing the nation reunited after civil war will be examined chronologically as students develop an understanding of how the American experience shaped the world political and economic landscape. The study of history must emphasize the intellectual skills required for responsible citizenship. Students practice these skills as they extend their understanding of the essential knowledge defined by all of the standards for history and social science.

 USII.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis, including the ability to  a) analyze and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase understanding of events and life United States history from 1877 to the present; b)  make connections between past and present; c) sequence events in United States history from 1877 to the present; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">d)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">e)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">evaluate and debate issues orally and in writing; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">f)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">analyze and interpret maps that include major physical features; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">g)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">use parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude to describe hemispheric location; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">h)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">interpret patriotic slogans and excerpts from notable speeches and documents. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Optima-Bold','sans-serif'"> **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Optima-Bold','sans-serif'">Geography ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USII.2 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, and tables for <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> a) explaining how physical features and climate influenced the movement of people westward; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">b)  explaining relationships among natural resources, transportation, and industrial development after 1877; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">c) locating the 50 states and the cities most significant to the historical development of the United States. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USII.3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The student will demonstrate knowledge of how life changed after the Civil War by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> a) identifying the reasons for westward expansion; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">b) explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, new inventions, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">and challenges arising from this expansion; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">c)  describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Americans in the post-Reconstruction South; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">d) explaining the rise of big business, the growth of industry, and life on American farms; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">e)  describing the impact of the Progressive Movement on child labor, working conditions, the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">rise of organized labor, women’s suffrage, and the temperance movement. **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Optima-Bold','sans-serif'">Turmoil and Change: 1890s to 1945 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USII.4 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> The student will demonstrate knowledge of the changing role of the United States from the late nineteenth century through World War I by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">a) explaining the reasons for and results of the Spanish-American War; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> b) explaining the reasons for the United States’ involvement in World War I and its leadership <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">role at the conclusion of the war. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USII.5 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> The student will demonstrate knowledge of the social, economic, and technological changes of <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">the early twentieth century by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">a) explaining how developments in transportation (including the use of the automobile), <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">communication, and electrification changed American life; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">b) describing the social changes that took place, including Prohibition, and the Great Migration <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">north; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> c) examining art, literature, and music from the 1920s and 1930s, emphasizing Langston <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Hughes, Duke Ellington, and Georgia O’Keeffe and including the Harlem Renaissance; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> d) identifying the causes of the Great Depression, its impact on Americans, and the major <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">features of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USII.6 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> The student will demonstrate knowledge of the major causes and effects of American involvement in World War II by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">a) identifying the causes and events that led to American involvement in the war, including the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">attack on Pearl Harbor; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">b) describing the major events and turning points of the war in Europe and the Pacific; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">c) describing the impact of World War II on the home front. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USII.7 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> The student will demonstrate knowledge of the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of World War II and the present by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">a) describing the rebuilding of Europe and Japan after World War II, the emergence of the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">United States as a superpower, and the establishment of the United Nations; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">b) describing the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">c) identifying the role of America’s military and veterans in defending freedom during the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Cold War, including the wars in Korea and Vietnam, the Cuban missile crisis, the collapse <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">of communism in Europe, and the rise of new challenges; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">d) describing the changing patterns of society, including expanded educational and economic <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">opportunities for military veterans, women, and minorities. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">USII.8 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> The student will demonstrate knowledge of the key domestic issues during the second half of the twentieth century by <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">a) examining the Civil Rights Movement and the changing role of women; <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">b) describing the development of new technologies and their impact on American life.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Optima-Bold','sans-serif'">Skills **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Optima-Bold','sans-serif'">Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America: 1877 to the Early 1900s **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Optima-Bold','sans-serif'">The United States since World War II **