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Muskingum Valley ESC Standards-Based Social Studies Course of Study
GRADE 10 – AMERICAN HISTORY
WORLD WAR I UNIT
LEARNING TARGETS
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS:
1. World War I, its causes and conclusion (including the United States becoming a world power and communism) led to, or can be traced
directly to World War II, the Cold war, Civil rights, and most conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries.
2. The government can limit its citizen’s rights if national security appears to be threatened.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. What were two provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
2. How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to WWII?
3. Why are individual rights not absolute in the US?
4. How were Japanese-American citizen’s rights limited?
Benchmarks
History D:
Connect developments
related to World War I
with the onset of World
War II.
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Citizenship B:
Explain how individual
rights are relative, not
absolute, and describe
the balance between
individual rights, the
rights of others and the
common good
Grade Level Indicators and Sub-Indicators
a.10.6 Trace the development of the United States as a world power
with emphasis on:
a. the decision to enter into World War I;
b. President Wilson's Fourteen Points;
c. the Treaty of Versailles;
d. the decision of the United States not to participate in the League
of Nations.
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f.10.4 Analyze instances in which the rights of individuals were
restricted including; a. conscientious objectors in World War I. b.
immigrants during the Red Scare, c. intellectuals and artists during
the McCarthy Era, d. African-Americans during the civil rights
movement.
Key Vocabulary
imperialism
nationalism
alliance system
militarism
14 points
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
conscientious
objector
clear and present
danger
national security
mobilization
armistice
reparations
self determination
neutrality
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f.10.3 Explain the considerations and criteria commonly used in
determining what limits should be placed on specific rights including:
a. clear and present danger;
b. compelling government interest;
c. national security;
d. libel or slander;
e. public safety;
f. equal opportunity.
diplomacy
ratification
Schenck vs U.S.
clear and present
danger
Espionage and
Sedition Acts
national security
libel
slander
public safety
equal opportunity
Red Scare
conscientious
objectors
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