Social+Studies

**in room 252 and out**

1877 to the 21st Century

Your text book: [|ClassZone.com]




 * = [[image:pyramidhouse:Smithsonian_Institution_timeline.gif width="320" height="73" link="http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_Si/nmah/timeline.htm"]] ||= [[image:pyramidhouse:timeline_pic.jpg width="141" height="81" link="http://http//www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html"]] ||

This resource was developed to help teachers and students use the vast online collections of the Library of Congress. The links to the right will lead you to sets of selected primary sources on a variety of topics in United States History. The sets are arranged by chronological period. The primary source excerpts were chosen because they deal with important and interesting topics in U.S. history. Each excerpt is linked to the complete primary source in American Memory from which is has been drawn. The excerpts are thus also intended to help students and teachers delve more deeply into the primary sources provided online by the Library of Congress.

[]

Safe Search Engine []

**__ Chapter 5: __**


 * Chapter 6: **

Create a Crossword Puzzle using the Vocabulary from Chapter 6 Section 1

__Vocabulary__ Petroleum Patent Business cycle Bessemer steel process Generator Thomas Edison Alexander Graham Bell Centennial Exhibition

Create a Crossword Puzzle using the Vocabulary from Chapter 6 Sections 2-4



Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10: WWI

The Countries of Europe 1914 Game: []

WWI Maps of Europe: []

Flipcard Activity - Chapter 10

 Chapter 11: The Great D epression


 * Watch the [|www.brainpop.com] on
 * Causes of the Great Depression
 * Life during the Great Depression,
 * Stocks and Shares
 * The Stock Market

media type="custom" key="6684537"

** Chapter 12 **

**Chapter 12 Assessment Study Guide:**

__Chapter 13: WWII__


 * ABC Planning Sheet for WWII**


 * PowerPoint Template for WWII ABC Book (save as ABC_WWII_with your name)**


 * Project Rubric / Checklist**

Directions for Correctly Printing Your WWII Mini-Book



Film footage and radio broadcasts of the bombing of Pearl Harbor Click on "Radio Newscasts" or "Film Footage of the Attack".

View an animated account of the attack on Pearl Harbor Click on "Attack Map".

Read about Pearl Harbor and the effect it had on US attitudes to the War Click on the links for letters, photos, videos and maps.

Books

Lowry, Lois. //Number The Stars//. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books, 1990.
 * Ten-year-old Annemarie Hohansen and her best friend, Ellen Rosen, have to deal with the terrors and dangers associated with the Nazi Party, and food shortages. Ellen, a Jew, moves in with the Johansen family and pretends to be a part of the family, when the Nazis start "relocating" Jews in Denmark. Lois Lowry has been awarded a Newbery Medal for this novel, which is a major accomplishment. I remember reading this novel when I was in fifth grade, which was about twelve years ago. For me, this novel is still a great read, very compelling, and I will never forget this story. Everyone should read this novel!

Yolen, Jane. //The Devil’s Arithmetic//. New York: Puffin, 1990. *In this novel, Yolen attempts to answer those who question why the Holocaust should be remembered. Hannah, 12, is tired of remembering, and is embarrassed by her grandfather, who rants and raves at the mention of the Nazis. During a Passover Seder, Hannah is chosen to open the door to welcome the prophet Elijah. As she does so, she is transported to a village in Poland in the 1940s, where everyone thinks that she is Chaya, who has just recovered from a serious illness. She is captured by the Nazis and taken to a death camp, where she is befriended by a young girl named Rivka, who teaches her how to fight the dehumanizing processes of the camp and hold onto her identity. Through Hannah, with her memories of the present and the past, Yolen does a fine job of illustrating the importance of remembering. She adds much to children's understanding of the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history always.

Frank, Anne. //The Diary of A Young Girl//. New York: Bantam, 1993.
 * The journal of a Jewish girl in her early teens describes both the joys and torments of daily life, as well as typical adolescent thoughts, throughout her two years spent in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

__Chapter 14__ 1945-1960 The Cold War and the American Dream



Chapter 15
 * ** Features or Structures of Expository Text: ** ||
 * # titles || # page numbers in parenthesis ||
 * # captions under the pictures || # italics ||
 * # semantic web || # dates ||
 * # bold type || # definitions ||
 * # columns || # definitions in the margin ||
 * # introductory paragraph || # Chapter Tag on the bottom/footer ||
 * # Questions || # dash before a definition ||
 * # charts || # diagrams ||
 * # photographs || # illustrations ||
 * # index || # table of contents ||
 * # headings || # objectives ||
 * # instructions || # glossary ||
 * # maps || # timelines ||
 * The //purpose// of the features and structures of expository text are to help us understand the information better. They aid in comprehension. ||
 * Expository text is informative writing……….it gives specific information about a specific subject. There are three purposes for writing: PIE= persuasive, informative, and entertainment. ||



media type="custom" key="6684023"

http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/index.html

**DOCUMENTS:** [|Document 1.] //Code of the City of Montgomery, Alabama//. Charlottesville: Michie City Publishing Co., 1952. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. [|Document 2.] //Montgomery Advertiser// article, 12/06/55, Alabama Department of Archives and History Public Information Subject Files - General File, Bus Boycott, SG6945, folder 305b. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. [|Document 3.] //Montgomery Advertiser// article, 12/9/55, Alabama Department of Archives and History Public Information Subject Files - General File, Bus Boycott, SG6945, folder 305b. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. [|Document 4.] "Negroes' Most Urgent Needs," Inez Jessie Baskin Papers, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. [|Document 5.] "Western Union Telegram: Diamond Brothers," Judge Eugene Carter Papers, Box 11, folder1. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. [|Document 6.] //Montgomery Advertiser// editorial, 4/26/56. Alabama Department of Archives and History Public Information Subject Files - General File, Bus Boycott, SG6945, folder 305b. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. [|Document 7.] "Integrated Bus Suggestions," Inez Jessie Baskin Papers, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

Civil Rights Era Mug Shots

[|**http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/**]

**"I Have a Dream" Speech, Video, Audio and Print**
media type="file" key="American Rhetoric Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have a Dream.mp3" width="240" height="20" Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "I Have A Dream" speech.

Chapter 16 The Vietnam War Years (1954 - 1975)

This chapter discusses the developments that lead to U.S. involvement in Vietnam, from the decision to aid the French forces there in the early 1950s to the decision to send American combat troops in the mid-1960s. It also describes the growing opposition to the war, and the deep divisions developing within American society.

**Objective:** Students will understand the development (causes) and implications (results or outcomes) of the Vietnam War

**16-1** **Cold War Roots of the Conflict** USSR over missiles in Cuba. (Cuban Missle Crisis) Viet Cong
 * U.S. aids France, which is trying to retain control of Vietnam
 * Communist North Vietnamese forces invade South Vietnam.
 * Trying to contain communism, the U.S. aids South Vietnam and challenges the
 * Ngo Dinh Diem, French Indochina, Ho Chi Minh (trail), domino theory,

Agent Orange, Tet offensive
 * 16-2** **War Expands in Vietnam**
 * As the war escalates, the number of American troops there grows.
 * Despite superior technology, U.S. forces cannot win decisive victories.
 * As the war drags on, American morale sinks.
 * Gulf of Tonkin resolution, William Westmoreland, guerilla warfare, napalm,


 * 16-3** **The Vietnam War Ends**
 * Antiwar movement challenges both the war and the draft
 * Richard Nixon first escalates the war and then withdraws U.S. troops
 * Vietnam War leaves a legacy of distrust and division
 * doves, hawks, Vietnamization, Cambodia, 26th Amendment, War Powers Act

media type="custom" key="6684485"

**__Chapter 17 – Years of Doubt (1969-1981)__** The chapter traces the Nixon presidency from its peak of foreign successes through the gradual revelation of the extent of the Watergate scandal. It describes the administrations of Presidents Ford and Carter and the Reagan victory in 1981.

BS-C3 Understands how groups and institutions influence people, events, and the cultures in contemporary settings


 * 17-1** **Nixon Confronts Problems**
 * Nixon has difficulty with Congress
 * the nation’s economy stalls
 * Nixon has success in foreign relations, especially with China and the Soviet Union
 * Henry Kissinger, revenue sharing, détente, SALT


 * 17-2** **Watergate Brings Down Nixon**
 * Republicans burgle the Democratic campaign headquarters
 * Nixon denies involvement
 * As investigations reveal wrongdoing, Nixon resigns rather than face impeachment
 * Committee to Reelect the President, Watergate scandal


 * 17-3** **Issues of the Seventies**
 * Vice-President Gerald Ford becomes president in 1974
 * President Carter has difficulty with Congress
 * The Iran hostage crisis contributes to Reagan’s victory in 1980
 * Camp David Accords, environmentalism, Rachel Carson


 * __Chapter 18 – Entering a New Millennium (1981 – present)__**

This chapter traces the many changes in American life in recent times. It discusses the conservative administrations of Reagan and Bush and describes Clinton’s difficulty in accomplishing his goals. It describes America’s newest residents.

BS-C3 Understands how groups and institutions influence people, events, and the cultures in contemporary settings


 * 18-1** **Conservatives Reshape Politics**
 * Reagan’s administration deals with the Iran-Contra affair
 * War erupts in the Persian Gulf and Kosovo (Persian Gulf War)
 * Bill Clinton is impeached but acquitted
 * supply-side economics, George H.W. Bush, NAFTA, George W. Bush


 * 18-2** **Technological and Economic Changes**
 * Computers and technology transform American life
 * Changes in the economy have positive and negative effects
 * A global economy and scientific breakthroughs bring change
 * internet, e-commerce, service economy, information revolution, downsizing


 * 18-3** **The New Americans**
 * New immigrants increase diversity
 * Some Americans think that immigrants take jobs and that too many enter illegally
 * Recent immigrants make many contributions
 * Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

1. Your birthday on HistoryChannel.com or Mybirthdayinhistory.com Find an event that you find interesting and put it down. This one can be from any time period, not just the 80’s and 90’s.


 * __The 80’s and 90’s – find the following:__**
 * Movies
 * Actors and Actresses
 * Music or Songs
 * Science or Health
 * World Leaders or Political Leaders does not have to be U.S.
 * Fashion and Clothing
 * Sports Events
 * Fads
 * Two events of your choice

media type="custom" key="3498448"