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Established Goals:
NJCCCS 6.4 (12) J.5
World War II (1929-1945)
Compare and contrast key events and people involved with the causes, course, and
consequences of World War II.
Understandings:
Students will understand that…
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The war created a number of
opportunities and hardships for
Americans at home and abroad.
The military and political strategies
that the United States, and her
Allies, employed to defeat the Axis
Powers.
Students will know…
Key terms, people, and events. For
example:
 Axis Powers
 Allied Forces
 Pearl Harbor
 Yalta Conference
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Could World War II have been
prevented?
Did the United States learn from
past mistakes at the end of World
War II?
What were the causes of World War
II?
Students will be able to…
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Cite examples of aggression and
appeasement and compare them
with important events leading up to
World War II.
Analyze key content to understand
the effect of World War II on
Americans.
Learn and use key content terms.
Established Goals:
NJCCCS 6.4 (12) J.6
Describe the political background leading to American involvement in World War II, the
course of the war in Europe and Asia, the mobilization of women and African Americans
into the military and related industries, the segregated military, the use of the Atom
Bomb, and the founding of the United Nations.
Understandings:
Students will understand that…
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The military established auxiliary
branches for women.
Women worked many jobs
typically held by men.
The army air corps established its
first black combat unit, the
Tuskegee Airmen.
Students will know…
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Essential Questions:
Key terms, people, and events
associated with the content.
Racism was still a powerful force in
American society.
Women often faced hostility on the
job.
Labor unions did not support
women workers.
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What kinds of opportunities and
hardships did the war create for
Americans?
Would allowing women into
fighting units, or desegregating the
military have altered the outcome of
the war? How?
Students will be able to…
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Analyze key content to understand
the effect of World War II on
Americans.
Learn and use key content terms.
Established Goals:
NJCCCS 6.4 (12) K.4
Analyze United States foreign policy during the Cold War period (Harry Truman to
Richard Nixon), including US/USSR relations, United States reaction to the Soviet
subjugation of Eastern Europe, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Korean and
Vietnam Was, and relations with China.
Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that…
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The United States waged the Cold
War in different areas of the world.
The United States used varying
methods to fight communism
around the world.
The United States and Soviet
Union had ideological differences
Students will know…
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About some of the dangers in the
clandestine operations of the
United State’s CIA during the Cold
War.
Key terms, people, and events
associated with the content.
The ideological and historical
origins of the Cold War
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Were the methods used by the
United States to contain communism
justified?
Did the United States compromise
the civil liberties of the people
involved in during the Cold War?
How did the United States and
Soviet Union become enemies?
Students will be able to…
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Annotate maps with locations and
events around the world where the
Cold War was fought.
Learn and use key content terms.
Established Goals:
NJCCCS 6.4 (12) K.5
Analyze domestic policies in post war America, including major United States Supreme
Court decisions and the administrations of Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John
F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson
Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that…
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The House Un-American Activities
Committee, McCarthyism, and the
Federal Civil Defense
Administration affected Americans
lives.
There were certain effects
associated with living during the
atomic age.
Students will know…
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How people viewed the
anticommunist hysteria and fear of
nuclear destruction.
Key terms, people, and events
associated with the content.
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How did the anxieties raised by the
Cold War affect life in the United
States?
How did some Americans rebel
against conformity in the 1950s?
Were Civil Liberties compromised?
Students will be able to…
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Learn how political accusations
created suspicion and fear during
the Cold War era.
Learn and use key content terms.
Established Goals:
NJCCCS 6.4 (12) K.6
Analyze the Civil Rights and Women’s Movements, including the Montgomery Bus
Boycott, The Civil Rights Act (1957 and 1964), the Little Rock Schools Crisis, the
Voting Rights Act, Brown v. Board of Education, the formation of the National
Organization for Women (NOW), and the passing of Title IX.
Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that…
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Drastic legal changes occurred such
as the executive order to
Desegregation of the Armed Forces
in 1948 and the Brown v. Board of
Education decision of 1954.
Key figures in history such as
Booker T. Washington, W.E.B.
DuBois, and Thurgood Marshall
contributed to the fight for civil
rights.
Students will know…
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Important events of the civil rights
movement and the methods of civil
rights activists such as nonviolence.
Key terms, people, and events
associated with the content.
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How did segregation affect
American life in the postwar
period?
How did civil rights activists
advance the ideals of liberty,
equality, and opportunity for
African Americans?
Students will be able to…
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Sequence important events of the
civil rights movement on a timeline.
Learn and use key content terms.
Established Goals:
NJCCCS 6.4 (12) L.1,4
Contemporary America (1968-present)
Examine the domestic policies of American presidents, beginning with President Richard
M. Nixon and continuing to George W. Bush, as a means to analyze political and
economic issues in contemporary America, including domestic policy, NAFTA,
affirmative action, labor and women’s movements, conservatism v. liberalism, and the
post-industrial economy.
Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that…
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Analyzing a chronology of Richard
Nixon’s early political career
forecast how his past successes and
failures affected his presidency.
The important accomplishments
and controversies of the Nixon
administration.
The Regan Revolution is a debate
as to whether or not its domestic
policies were good for the country
Students will know…
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How to analyze the content from
the chapter to sequence important
events of the Nixon administration.
How to interpret a graph of
Nixon’s presidential approval
ratings to make conclusions about
the causes of his successes and
failures
Identifying liberal and conservative
viewpoints on domestic policies of
the Regan administration
Key domestic policies of Bush,
Clinton, and Bush
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What events influenced Richard
Nixon’s rise to and fall from
power?
How should historians
characterize the 1970s?
Students will be able to…
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Analyze written information,
political cartoons, and graphs for
specifics to draw informed
conclusions.
Learn to use key concept terms.
Established Goals:
NJCCCS 6.4 (12) L.5
Compare and contrast key events and people associated with foreign policy (President
Carter to George W. Bush), including the fall of communism and the Soviet Union and
the end of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, United States involvement in Haiti,
Somalia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Kosovo, the Iran Hostage Crisis, and the war on
terrorism.
Understandings:
Essential Questions:
Students will understand that…
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President Regan’s foreign policy
actions included efforts to contain
communism and end the Cold War.
American foreign policy dealt with
issues of ethnic conflict,
humanitarianism, terrorism, and
globalization in the post-Cold War
era.
Students will know…
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The lengths the U.S. government
went to prevent other nations from
spreading undemocratic political
and economic systems around the
world.
About foreign relations and the
issues facing the world’s nations in
the post-Cold War era.
Key foreign policies of Carter,
Regan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush
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Were the effects of President
Regan’s foreign policy actions
mostly positive or mostly negative?
How well did U.S. foreign policy
decisions meet the challenges of the
post-Cold War era?
Students will be able to…
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Examine the acts of presidential
administrations to prevent the
spread of communism.
Debate foreign policy decisions
made during the post-Cold War era.
Learn and use key content terms.
United States History 2
Perth Amboy Accelerated High School
Adapted by: Mr. Michael Somers