Standards

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.
• Using data, events in history can be analyzed from multiple perspectives.
• Societies are diverse and change over time.
• 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.

• What reasons were used as justification for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
• What was the impact of the counterculture and anti-war protests in American culture?
• What are the significant events of the Civil Rights movement?
• How can events from the Civil Rights era be viewed from multiple perspectives?
• What actions occurred to facilitate change within society?

Standards and Benchmarks

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 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.

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

• Unit 11: The Vietnam War
• Unit 12: Civil Rights Movement

Parent Resources

As your high school student explores the content in this class, it will open up opportunities to share and discuss your political beliefs, opinions, and personal experiences. Student  will be guided to a deeper understanding of history by identifying the underlying philosophies and beliefs that led to historic events. Notice the Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions listed for each unit. They provide opportunities for discussion with your young adult.