COLLEGE AND CAREER READY GOALS IN SOCIAL STUDIES
Key Ideas and Details
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Craft and Structure
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.*
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Key Ideas and Details
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Craft and Structure
Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.*
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Unit Objectives
Concept 9: PostWar United States
PO 1. Describe the following origins of the Cold War:
a. Western fear of communist expansion
b. Soviet fear of capitalist influences
c. development of nuclear weapons
d. Truman Doctrine
PO 2. Describe the impact of the Cold War on the United States:
a. McCarthyism
b. arms race
c. space race
d. Cuban Missile Crisis
e. creation of the CIA
PO 3. Identify the role of the United States in the Korean War:
a. Communist containment
b. military involvement
c. resolution of conflict
PO 4. Identify the role of the United States in the Vietnam Conflict:
a. containment of Communism ˙
ã Domino Theory
b. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c. Tet Offensive
d. anti-war protests
e. Vietnam Peace Accords
PO 5. Describe life (e.g., transportation, communication, technology, medical, entertainment, growth of suburbs) in the U.S. during the Post War period.
PO 6. Describe the importance of the following civil rights issues and events:
a. Jim Crow Laws
b. nonviolent protests
c. desegregation
d. Civil Rights Act of 1964
e. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Monday
Cold War Powerpoint
Civil Rights
Tuesday
Soundtrack for a Revolution 5 minutes 54 seconds to 50 minutes and 49 seconds
Wednesday
Finish Soundtrack
Louisiana Literacy Test
Thursday
MLK Close Read
Friday - No School
Study for Year Long Test
GAME NUMBER ONE
GAME NUMBER TWO
Friday NO SCHOOL
PO 1. Describe the following origins of the Cold War:
a. Western fear of communist expansion
b. Soviet fear of capitalist influences
c. development of nuclear weapons
d. Truman Doctrine
PO 2. Describe the impact of the Cold War on the United States:
a. McCarthyism
b. arms race
c. space race
d. Cuban Missile Crisis
e. creation of the CIA
PO 3. Identify the role of the United States in the Korean War:
a. Communist containment
b. military involvement
c. resolution of conflict
PO 4. Identify the role of the United States in the Vietnam Conflict:
a. containment of Communism ˙
ã Domino Theory
b. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
c. Tet Offensive
d. anti-war protests
e. Vietnam Peace Accords
PO 5. Describe life (e.g., transportation, communication, technology, medical, entertainment, growth of suburbs) in the U.S. during the Post War period.
PO 6. Describe the importance of the following civil rights issues and events:
a. Jim Crow Laws
b. nonviolent protests
c. desegregation
d. Civil Rights Act of 1964
e. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Monday
Cold War Powerpoint
Civil Rights
Tuesday
Soundtrack for a Revolution 5 minutes 54 seconds to 50 minutes and 49 seconds
Wednesday
Finish Soundtrack
Louisiana Literacy Test
Thursday
MLK Close Read
Friday - No School
Study for Year Long Test
GAME NUMBER ONE
GAME NUMBER TWO
Friday NO SCHOOL