Content Standard(s):
Social Studies 3 ) Identify causes and consequences of World War I and reasons for the United States' entry into the war.
Examples: sinking of the Lusitania , Zimmerman Note, alliances, militarism, imperialism, nationalism
• Describing military and civilian roles in the United States during World War I
• Explaining roles of important persons associated with World War I, including Woodrow Wilson and Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Analyzing technological advances of the World War I era for their impact on modern warfare
Examples: machine gun, tank, submarine, airplane, poisonous gas, gas mask
• Locating on a map major countries involved in World War I and boundary changes after the war
• Explaining the intensification of isolationism in the United States after World War I
Example: reaction of the Congress of the United States to the Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, and Red Scare
• Recognizing the strategic placement of military bases in Alabama (Alabama)
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:
Identify how the sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman Note, alliances, imperialism, militarism and nationalism led to U.S. entry into WWI.
Describe the various roles of military and civilians in WWI.
Explain Woodrow Wilson and Archduke Franz Ferdinand and their association to WWI.
Analyze machine guns, tanks, submarines, airplanes, poison gas, and gas masks and their contributions to advancing modern warfare during WWI.
Use map skills to locate key countries involved in WWI and boundary changes post WWI.
Explain reactions to the Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations and the Red Scare pertaining to the intensification of isolationism in the United States after WWI.
Recognize military bases of Alabama and their strategic placement. Teacher Vocabulary:
WWI
Lusitania
Zimmerman Note
alliances
militarism
imperialism
nationalism
modern warfare
isolationism
Treaty of Versailles
League of Nations
Red Scare Knowledge:
Students know:
The causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in WWI (sinking of the Lusitania, the Zimmerman Note, Alliance System, Militarism, Imperialism, and Nationalism).
The roles of military and civilians played in WWI.
Important people involved in WWI (Woodrow Wilson, Archduke Franz Ferdinand).
The impact of technological advances of WWI on modern warfare (machine guns, tanks, submarines, airplanes, poison gas, and gas masks).
How to locate countries involved in WWI on a map and boundary changes that occurred after WWI.
The factors contributing to isolationism in the United States after WWI (Treaty of Versailles debate, Red Scare, League of Nations).
Strategic locations of military bases in Alabama. Skills:
Students are able to:
Locate places on a map.
Read and interpret primary source documents.
Cite evidence to support historical events. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were many reasons for United States entry and involvement in World War I and there were causes and consequences of this involvement. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 7 ) Identify changes on the American home front during World War II.
Example: rationing
• Recognizing the retooling of factories from consumer to military production
• Identifying new roles of women and African Americans in the workforce
• Describing increased demand on the Birmingham steel industry and Port of Mobile facilities (Alabama)
• Describing the experience of African Americans and Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II, including the Tuskegee Airmen and occupants of internment camps (Alabama)
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:
Describe the types of rationing implemented and the reasons rationing was necessary.
Describe the shift in factory production from consumer to military during WWII.
Describe the changing role of women and ethnic minorities in the workplace.
Describe the industrial contributions of Alabama during WWII, including ports and facilities. Teacher Vocabulary:
internment camp
rationing
Birmingham steel industry
Port of Mobile
Tuskegee Airmen
retooling Knowledge:
Students know:
The types of rationing that occurred in the United States during WWII. Skills:
Students are able to:
Cite evidence to support changes on the home front using primary and secondary sources.
Evaluate the contributions of significant individuals and/or groups in the US during WWII. Understanding:
Students understand that:
Many changes occurred in the United States during WWII.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 9 ) Critique major social and cultural changes in the United States since World War II.
• Identifying key persons and events of the modern Civil Rights Movement
Examples: persons—Martin Luther King Jr.; Rosa Parks; Fred Shuttlesworth; John Lewis (Alabama)
events—Brown versus Board of Education , Montgomery Bus Boycott, student protests, Freedom Rides, Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March, political assassinations (Alabama)
• Describing the changing role of women in United States' society and how it affected the family unit
Examples: women in the workplace, latchkey children
• Recognizing the impact of music genres and artists on United States' culture since World War II
Examples: genres—protest songs; Motown, rock and roll, rap, folk, and country music
artists—Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Hank Williams (Alabama)
• Identifying the impact of media, including newspapers, AM and FM radio, television, twenty-four hour sports and news programming, talk radio, and Internet social networking, on United States' culture since World War II
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Explain how the use of boycotts and demonstrations led by various ethnic groups has resulted in social change in the United States.
Describe the changing role of women in the workplace and the impact on the family unit.
Describe the cultural effect of music genres, artists and media on influencing social practices and policies following World War II. Teacher Vocabulary:
Brown vs. Board of Education Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Rides
Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March
Motown
AM/FM radio
protest songs
demonstrations
genre
political assassinations
latchkey children
Civil Rights Movement Knowledge:
Students know:
The key figures involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
The major social and cultural changes that occurred in the United States post WWII. Skills:
Students are able to:
Critique multiple points of view to explain the ideas and actions of individuals and ethnic groups to gain equality.
Cite evidence to support changes in social and cultural traditions using primary and secondary sources.
Evaluate the contribution of technology and mass methods of communication to influence people, places, ideas, and events. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were important the social and cultural changes that occurred in the U.S. after WWII.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard: th Street Baptist Church bombing; identify culturally influential music from the post-World War II world including, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix.
