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Week One ☆ Dates: 1/5 - 1/9
Standard
Concepts
VietnamCuban Missile Crisis
Second half of Cold War
Bay of Pigs
S1C9 PO4
PO 4. 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
Cuban
Skills
Learning Targets
Describe
Indentify
- What are factors that led to the
Cuban Missile Crisis?
Describe
- How did America’s view on
communism result in our
involvement in Vietnam?
Invasion,
Missile Crisis,
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
Explain
Interpret
communism,
Resource book Unit 10
pg 71-137
- What was the Vietnamese view on
Americans being in their country?
Domino
United States Atlas
pg. 102-103
- What was our purpose for being in
Vietnam?
Theory, Ho Chi
Primary Source Kit: Cold War
pg. 55-58
Primary Source Kit: Vietnam
pg. 15-18, 31-34, 73
- To what extent was Vietnam
unique from previous wars?
containment of
American History: Chapter 29
pg. 909-913
S2C8 PO9 (D);PO12
Minh
PO9
d. Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh
PO 12. Describe how the
following impacted the Vietnam
War:
a. historical relationship ofChina
and Vietnam
b. French Indochina War
c. containment ofCommunism
d. Ho Chi Minh Trail
e. conflict resolution[1]
Week Two Dates: 1/12 - 1/16
Standard
Concepts
Skills
Learning Targets
Assessments
Resources
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Concepts
CFA
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam- Warfare
Resolution,
S1C9 PO4
PO 4. 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
Ho Chi Minh
Skills
Describe
Explain
Trial, Gorilla
Interpret
Warfare,
Learning Targets
Assessments
- How did the Gulf of Tonkin
resolution result in the U.S. getting
involved in the conflict in Vietnam?
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
- What were some of the reasons
Department
why Americans protested the war in meetings.
Vietnam?
- What were some of the changes
made to our constitution as a result
of the Vietnam War?
Agent Orange,
Q3
Resources
American History: Chapter 29
pg. 915-918
Primary Source Kit: Vietnam
pg. 19-20, 35-42, 47-50
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 71-137
United States Atlas
pg. 108-109
napalm, North
and South
S2C8 PO12
PO 12. Describe how the
following impacted theVietnam
War:
a. historical relationship of China
and Vietnam
b. French Indochina War
c. containment ofCommunism
d. Ho Chi Minh Trail
e. conflict resolution
Vietnam,
Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ),
escalation
supply
demand
Week Three ☆ Dates: 1/19 - 1/23
Standard
Concepts
Skills
Learning Targets
Assessments
Resources
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Anti-War
Protests, Ho
Vietnam- Protests at Home
Chi Minh
S1C9 PO4
PO 4. 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
Trial, Gorilla
Warfare,
Agent Orange,
napalm, TetOffensive,
-Why was the Tet-Offensive the
turning point in the war?
peace
movement
S2C8 PO12
PO 12. Describe how the
following impacted theVietnam
War:
a. historical relationship of China
and Vietnam
b. French Indochina War
c. containment ofCommunism
d. Ho Chi Minh Trail
e. conflict resolution
(counterculture),
-How did the medias’ portrayal of
the events in Vietnam shape public
opinion?
Describe
hawks, doves,
Explain
Vietnamization
business firms
labor unions
Identify
American History: Chapter 29
pg. 921-923
-How did the Vietnam War
experience make Americans more
reluctant to enter future war?
Common
Formative
Assessments
-How did the treatment of returning TBD in
Vietnam Veterans to America differ Department
meetings.
from Veterans from other wars?
Primary Source Kit: Vietnam
pg. 21-26, 43-46, 55-72, 74
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 71-137
Week Four ☆ Dates: 1/26 - 1/30
Standard
Concepts
Skills
Learning Targets
Assessments
Resources
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CFA
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
Vietnam
Describe
*Containment
S1C9 PO4
*Communism
PO 4. Identify the role of the
*Domino
Compare
United States in the Vietnam
Theory
Conflict:
Gulf of Tonkin
a. containment of Communism – Resolution
Domino Theory
Tet Offensive
Interpret
b. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
anti-war
c. Tet Offensive
protests
d. anti-war protests
Vietnam Peace
e. Vietnam Peace Accords
Accords
Q3
Resources
American History: Chapter 29
pg. 924-927
Primary Source Kit: Vietnam
pg. 27-28, 51-54
Resource book Unit 10
S2C8 PO9 (D);PO12
PO9
d. Vietnam – Ho Chi Minh
*China
*Vietnam
PO 12. Describe how the
*historical
following impacted the Vietnam relationship
War:
French
a. historical relationship ofChina Indochina War
and Vietnam
containment
b. French Indochina War
communism
c. containment ofCommunism
Ho Chi Minh
d. Ho Chi Minh Trail
Trail
e. conflict resolution
conflict
resolution
graphs
charts
tables
Week Five Dates: 2/2 - 2/6
Standard
Concepts
Skills
Learning Targets
Assessments
Resources
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Presidency
- Nixon
- Ford
S1C10 PO1 PO2
PO 1. Describe events (e.g.,
opening of foreign relations
with China, Watergate,
resignation) of the presidency of Watergate,
Richard Nixon.
scandal,
PO 2. Describe events (e.g.,
succession to presidency,
impeachment,
pardoning of Nixon) of the
presidency of Gerald Ford.
resignation,
pardon,
- Why did Nixon resign?
Identify
- How did the Watergate Scandal
lead to Nixon’s resignation?
Describe
- What were some of Nixon’s
foreign policy successes?
Compare
- How did Ford’s pardon of Nixon
affect his presidency?
S3C2 PO3 PO5
Salt Treaty,
PO 3. Explain the electoral
process (e.g., primary and
general elections, electoral
college).
Communism
PO 5. Describe the line of
graphs
succession to the presidency as charts
stated in the 25th Amendment.
tables
- What was Ford’s reasoning
behind pardoning Nixon?
Interpret
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
American History: Chapter 30
pg. 937-942
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 169-170
pg 175-176
Week Six: 2/9 - 2/13
Standard
Concepts
Skills
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Assessments
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Benchmark
PT Conferences
Early Dismissal
Presidency
- Carter
- Reagan
S1C10 PO3 PO4
PO 3. Identify the role of the
United States in the Korean War:
a. Communist containmentnment
of
b. military involvement
c. resolution of conflict
PO 4. Identify the role of the
United States in the Vietnam
Conflict:
a. containment of Communism –
DominoTheory
b. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c. Tet Offensive
d. anti-war protests
e. Vietnam Peace Accords
Inflation,
energy crisis,
Iranian
- In what way did the hostage crisis
ruin Carter’s presidency?
Hostage
- Why was Camp David President
Carter’s biggest success as
president?
Crisis, Trickle
down affect,
S2C8 PO14 (C)
- What were some of the major
ideas behind Reaganomics?
Iran-Contra
PO 14. Describe the following
events in the Middle East during Scandal,
the 20th and 21st centuries:
militarism,
c. Camp David Peace Treaty
Cold War
Identify
Describe
- How did Reagan’s philosophies
change American politics?
- In what ways did Reagan’s
attitude toward communism affect
the relationship with the USSR?
American History: Chapter 30
pg. 942-943
pg. 947-949
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 167-168, 177, 178-179
United States Atlas
pg. 110-11
Week Seven ☆ Dates: 2/16 - 2/20
Standard
Concepts
Skills
Learning Targets
Assessments
Resources
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Presidency
- George H. W. Bush
- Clinton
S1C10 PO5 PO6
PO 5. Describe life (e.g.,
transportation, communication,
technology, medical,
entertainment, growth of
suburbs) in the U.S. during the
Post War period.
PO 6. 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
S2C8 PO13, PO14 (D), PO16
PO 13. Examine the fall of
Communism and the unification
of European nations:
a. Germany –reunification, Berlin
Wall torn down
b. Russia – Gorbachev, Glasnost
and
Perestroika
c. Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics –
countries regained
independence
d. European Union formed
PO 14. Describe the
following events in the
Middle East during the 20th
and 21st centuries:
Persian
Gulf War,
collapse of
Identify
USSR, NAFTA,
Describe
welfare
reform,
Compare
-What was the purpose of the U.S.
getting involved in the Gulf War?
- How did the collapse of the Soviet
Union change the balance of power
in the world?
- What was the significance of
NAFTA?
Kosovo,
impeachment
Interpret
- How did the ideas of Reagan
influence Clinton’s welfare reform?
American History: Chapter 30
pg. 949-951
pg. 951-953
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 173-174
United States Atlas
pg. 112-113
b. Russia – Gorbachev, Glasnost
and
Perestroika
c. Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics –
countries regained
independence
d. European Union formed
PO 14. Describe
the
Standard
following events in the
Middle East during the 20th
and 21st centuries:
a. creation of Israel
b. conflicts between Israeli
and Palestinian
governments
c. Camp David Peace
Treaty
d. Persian Gulf War
e. Iraq War
PO 16. Examine human
rights issues during the 20th
century (e.g., Apartheid,
genocide, famine, disease).
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Persian
Skills
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Gulf War,
collapse of
Identify
USSR, NAFTA,
Describe
welfare
reform,
Compare
-What was the purpose of the U.S.
getting involved in the Gulf War?
- How did the collapse of the Soviet
Union change the balance of power
in the world?
- What was the significance of
NAFTA?
Kosovo,
impeachment
Interpret
- How did the ideas of Reagan
influence Clinton’s welfare reform?
American History: Chapter 30
pg. 949-951
pg. 951-953
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 173-174
United States Atlas
pg. 112-113
Week Eight ☆ Dates: 2/23 - 2/27
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Concepts
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Assessments
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CFA
Presidency
- George W. Bush
- Obama
S1C10 PO7 PO8
PO 7. Describe events (e.g.,
September 11 Terrorist Attacks,
Afghanistan, Iraq War) of the
presidency of George W. Bush.
PO 8. Describe current events
using information from class
discussions and various
resources (e.g., newspapers,
magazines, television, Internet,
books, maps).
S2C8 PO14 (E)
PO 14. Describe the following
events in the Middle East during
the 20th and 21st centuries:
e. Iraq War
S3C2 PO4
PO 4. Explain how a candidate
can be elected president (e.g.,
AdamsJackson, Hayes-Tilden,
Bush-Gore) without receiving a
majority of popular vote.
S4C2 PO3
- In what ways did the events of
9/11 change the course of Bush
and the U.S. Presidency?
9/11 (War on
Terror),
recession,
electoral
college, NCLB,
- Why was Bush’s election
controversial?
- Why is the Affordable Healthcare
Act considered so controversial?
Affordable Care
Act,
PO 3. Examine relationships and Osama bin
Laden
interactions (e.g., Middle East
Conflicts, NATO, European
Union) among regions.
Identify
- How has the economic crisis of
2008 affected Obama’s
presidency?
American History: Chapter 30
pg. 955-957
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 151-152, 171-172
United States Atlas
pg. 114-115
pg. 116-117
can be elected president (e.g.,
AdamsJackson, Hayes-Tilden,
Bush-Gore) without receiving a
majority of popular vote.
8th
- In what ways did the events of
9/11 change the course of Bush
and the U.S. Presidency?
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9/11 (War on
Terror),
Social
Studies
- Why was Bush’s election
S4C2 PO3
recession,
PO 3. Examine
relationships
and
electoral
Standard
Concepts
interactions (e.g., Middle East
college, NCLB,
Conflicts, NATO, European
Union) among regions.
Affordable Care
Act,
Skills
controversial?
Learning
Targets
- Why is the Affordable Healthcare
Act considered so controversial?
- How has the economic crisis of
2008 affected Obama’s
presidency?
Identify
Osama bin
Laden
Assessments
Common
Formative
Assessments
TBD in
Department
meetings.
Q3
American History: Chapter 30
pg. 955-957
Resources
Resource book Unit 10
pg. 151-152, 171-172
United States Atlas
pg. 114-115
pg. 116-117
Week Nine ☆ Dates: 3/2 - 3/5
Standard
Concepts
Skills
Learning Targets
Assessments
Resources
Assessments
Resources
General
Research Skills
-Catch-up, Review,
for History &
Project, Current Events
Current Events Describe
Week Ten ☆ Dates:
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Learning Targets
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