D11-DOI-Social Studies-10th Grade, Yearly Overview

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Social Studies

U.S. History Reconstruction to Present: Progressives

Course Number: SS.USHST3

Overview

View the Video Introduction. The growth of industry and cities created tremendous social problems. A small number of businessmen held a large proportion of the nation’s wealth while others fell into poverty. Big business increased the wealth of business owners while workers had long hours, dangerous conditions, poor pay, and an uncertain future. As the United States entered the 20th century, Progressive reformers organized to fight industrial monopolies, and to end political corruption. Progressive efforts influenced communication, education, cultural life, and future social justice efforts.

Career Connection: This course introduces students to the types of work performed by Sociologists and Historians.

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Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

Chronology organizes history and increases understanding of historical relationships.
Cause and effect relationships explain connections among people and events.
Using data, events is history can be analyzed from multiple perspectives.
Societies are diverse and change over time.
Economic, scientific and technological developments impact human interactions.
Political power has been used throughout history.
Religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

How did American imperialism impact changes in the meaning, use, location, distribution, and importance of resources throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries?
How did business practices in the economy impact society?
How and why did the Federal government begin regulating private businesses? How and why did voter participation expand in the Progressive Era?

District 11 curriculum is designed to prepare and equip students to be successful in the 21st Century. Curriculum resources and lessons included here have been aligned to the Colorado Standards for each content area. In addition, the entire program has been aligned with the knowledge, skills, and learner attributes the Partnership for 21st Century Skills promotes as necessary for success in the 21st Century. You will see the highlighted core values embedded in these lessons and activities.

A	Academic Preparedness: the foundation required for either higher education, or high-wage, high skills jobs
C	Cultural Competence: the ability to understand and interpret political and cultural events from multiple perspectives in a global society, a core competency in 21st Century Skills
H	High-Functioning Team Member Skills: collaboration is a core competency in 21st Century Skills
I	Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving Skills: a core competency for 21st Century Skills
E	Effective Use of Information Technology: a core competency for 21st Century Skills
V	Vital Participation in Civic Responsibility: "share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society" Standards for the 21st-Century Learner from American Library Assoc.
E	Effective Communication Skills: a core competency for 21st Century Skills

Standards and Benchmarks

Standard H1: Students understand the chronological organization of history and know how to organize events and people into major ears to identify and explain historical relationships.
Benchmark B: Students use chronology to organize historical events and people.
Benchmark C: Students use chronology to examine and explain historical relationships.
Standard H2: Students know how to use the processes and resources of historical inquiry.
Benchmark A: Students know how to formulate questions and hypotheses regarding what happened in the past and how to obtain and analyze historical data to answer questions and test hypotheses.
Benchmark B: Students know how to interpret and evaluate primary and secondary sources of historical information.
Benchmark C: Students apply knowledge of the past to analyze present day issues and events from multiple, historically objective perspectives.
Standard H3: Students understand that societies are diverse and change over time.
Benchmark A: Students know how various societies were affected by contracts and exchanges among diverse peoples.
Benchmark B: Students understand the history of social organization in various societies.
Standard H4: Students understand how science, technology and economic activity have developed, changed affected societies throughout history.
Benchmark A: Students understand the impact of scientific and technological developments on individuals and societies.
Benchmark B: Students understand how economic factors influenced historical events.
Standard H5: Students understand political institutions and theories that developed and changed over time.
Benchmark A: Students understand how democratic ideas and institutions in the United States have developed, changed, and/or maintained.
Benchmark C: Students know how political power has been acquired, maintained, used, and/or lost throughout history.
Benchmark D: Students know the history of relationships among different political powers and the development of international relations.
Standard H6: Students know that religious and philosophical ideas have been powerful forces throughout history.
Benchmark B: Students know how societies have been affected by religions and philosophies.
Benchmark C: Students know how various forms of expression reflect religious beliefs and philosophical ideas.
Standard G1: Students know how to use and construct maps, globes, and other geographic tools to locate and derive information about people, places, and environments.
Benchmark A: Students know how to ups maps, globes, and other geographic tools to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective.
Standard G2: Students know how the physical and human characteristics of places, and use this knowledge to define and study regions and their patterns of change.
Benchmark A: Students know the physical and human characteristics of places.
Standard G4: Students understand the economic, political, cultural, and social processes interact to shape patterns of human populations, interdependence, cooperation and conflict.
Benchmark D: Students know the process, patterns, and functions of human settlements.
Benchmark E: Students know how cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of earth's surface.
Standard G5: Students understand the effects of interactions between human and physical systems and changes in meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resource.
Benchmark B: Students know how physical systems affect human systems.
Benchmark C: Students know the changes that occur in the meaning, use, location, distribution, and importance of resources.

D-11 Social Studies Indicators

History

Chronology/Cause & Effect: Determine cause and effect relationships based on organizing major historical and/or current events chronologically.
Historical Inquiry: Utilizing multiple perspectives, analyze and question historical data from primary and secondary sources during major historical eras.
Diverse and Changing Societies: Evaluate the impact of interactions and contributions of diverse peoples and cultures on past and current societies.
Science, Technology, and Economic Activity: Evaluate the impact of economic, scientific and technological developments on human interactions.
Political Institutions and Theories: Analyze how political power has been acquired, maintained, used and/or lost among various cultures throughout history.
Religious and Philosophical Ideas: Determine how societies have been affected by religious and philosophical ideas.

Geography

Use and Construction of Geographic Tools: Analyze maps, globes, charts, graphs, and databases to acquire, process and report information about people, places and environments. [G1]
Characteristics of Place and Region: Use physical and human characteristics to define regions important in human history.[G2]
Patterns of Human Population and Interaction: Analyze the physical and cultural impact of human migration.[G4]
Human and Physical Systems: Evaluate how human and physical systems interact and impact one another.[G5]

Progressives Webquests	Progressives PowerPoints and Lessons
The Progressives Socialism Social Darwinism The Gilded Age and Progressivism The Gilded Age Timeline of Events Progressives Literature Connection: Lesson on The Jungle Editorial Cartoons During The Progressive Era Progressivism Links & Primary Source Documents The Progressive Era Progressive Era Webquest Introduction to Progressives	America Becomes an Imperial Power American Imperialism Gilded Age Politics Social Darwinism and Its Affect on Robber The Populist Party Populism and the Election of 1896 Lesson - Progressive Reforms Lesson - The Progressive Presidents (Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson) Lesson - Transporation Improves Lesson - Life in the Cities Improve Lesson - African Americans leaders during the Progressive Era
Progressives and Suffrage Movement	Progressives Videos
Women in the Progressive Era Women's Rights Women Suffrage Webquest Webquest for Women's Suffrage	Social Darwinism Political Parties Manifest Destiny

Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Era: The September 2008 issue of History Now, from the Gilder Lehrman Institute, provides new insights into the life of Theodore Roosevelt and the period of the Progressive Era. Scholars examine Mr. Roosevelt’s philosophy, political achievements, and his larger than life personality. The quarterly online journal is available at www.historynow.org. The website for the Gilder Lehrman Institute is gli@gilderlehrman.org.

Sample Units

District 11 Diamond Units/Lessons Overview - includes information about the purpose, goals and structure of these sample instructional units:

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