Social Studies 1 ) Explain the impact of industrialization, urbanization, communication, and cultural changes on life in the United States from the late nineteenth century to World War I.
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Explain the impact of industrialism, urbanization, communication, cultural changes on life in the US from the late 19th Century to World War I. Teacher Vocabulary:
industrialization
urbanization
WWI Knowledge:
Students know:
How industrialization, urbanization, communication, and cultural changes in the United States from the late nineteenth century to World War I have effected the lives of Americans. Skills:
Students are able to:
Explain the impact of industrialism on life in the US from the late 19th Century to World War I.
Explain the impact of urbanization on life in the US from the late 19th Century to World War I.
Explain the impact of communication on life in the US from the late 19th Century to World War I.
Explain the impact of cultural changes on life in the US from the late 19th Century to World War I. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Industrialization, urbanization, communications and cultural changes in the United States from the late nineteenth century to World War I have impacted the lives of Americans.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 4 ) Identify cultural and economic developments in the United States from 1900 through the 1930s.
• Describing the impact of various writers, musicians, and artists on American culture during the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age
Examples: Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Andrew Wyeth, Frederic Remington, W. C. Handy, Erskine Hawkins, George Gershwin, Zora Neale Hurston (Alabama)
• Identifying contributions of turn-of-the-century inventors
Examples: George Washington Carver, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Alva Edison, Wilbur and Orville Wright (Alabama)
• Describing the emergence of the modern woman during the early 1900s
Examples: Amelia Earhart, Zelda Fitzgerald, Helen Keller, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Washington, suffragettes, suffragists, flappers (Alabama)
• Identifying notable persons of the early 1900s
Examples: Babe Ruth, Charles A. Lindbergh, W. E. B. Du Bois, John T. Scopes (Alabama)
• Comparing results of the economic policies of the Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover Administrations
Examples: higher wages, increase in consumer goods, collapse of farm economy, extension of personal credit, stock market crash, Immigration Act of 1924
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Identify cultural developments in the US from 1900 through the 1930s by describing the impact of various writers, musicians, and artists on American culture during the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age.
Identify contributions of turn-of-the century inventors.
Describe the emergence of the modern woman.
Identifying notable persons of the early 1900s.
Compare results of various administrative economic policies of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. Teacher Vocabulary:
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Age
suffragettes
suffragists
flappers
personal credit
stock market crash
Immigration Act of 1924 Knowledge:
Students know:
The cultural and economic developments of the early 1900s. Skills:
Students are able to:
Characterize the impact of notable people and events that shape our world.
Compare multiple points of view to explain economic policies. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Major cultural and economic changes took place in the US during the early 1900's. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
