Social Studies Unit 1: Connecting Themes
Beliefs and Ideals
Conflict and Change
Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Location
Movement and Migration
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Scarcity
Technology Innovation
Social Studies Unit 2: Citizenship, Economics, and the Government
Beliefs and Ideals
Due Process
The Amendment Process
Protection of Voting Rights through Constitutional Amendments
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Four sectors of the U.S. economy
How people earn income by selling their labor to businesses
Social Studies Unit 3: Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nation
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
Black Cowboys of TX
How McKinley & T. Roosevelt expanded America’s role in the world
U.S. immigration
Movement/Migration
Locations influenced by population, transportation, and resources
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Voluntary exchange promotes economic activity
Technology Innovation
Flight (Wright Bros), Science (GWC), Communication (Bell), Electricity (Edison)
Social Studies Unit 4: War and Prosperity: World War 1 and the Roaring 20s
Conflict & Change
U.S. involvement in WWI
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
Cultural contributors: Jazz Age, Harlem Renaissance, Baseball
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
How specialization improves standard of living and productivity
Technology Innovation
Automobile-Henry Ford
Trans-Atlantic Flight-Lindbergh
Social Studies Unit 5: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Conflict & Change
Stock Market Crash
Dust Bowl & Soup Kitchens
New Deal Programs: CCC, WPA, and TVA
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
Hoover & FDR
Cultural Contributors: Duke Ellington, Margaret Mitchell, Jesse Owens
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Government function in the economy
Earning income by selling labor
Social Studies Unit 6: Another World War (WW2)
Conflict & Change
German aggression in Europe & Japanese aggression in Asia
Major events in WWII
Atomic Bomb
United Nations formation
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
WWII Leaders
Rosie the Riveter
Tuskegee Airmen
Production, Distribution, and Consumption
Opportunity costs in the context of WWII rationing
Social Studies Unit 7: War Turns Cold
Conflict & Change
Iron Curtain
U.S. attempts to stop the spread of communism
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
Korean War
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
Joseph McCarthy
Nikita Khrushchev
Technology Innovation
Television
Space Exploration
Social Studies Unit 8: Civil Rights Address Civil Wrongs
Conflict & Change
Brown v. Board of Education
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
Civil Rights Act
Voting Rights Act
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
Jim Crow Laws and practices
Thurgood Marshall
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cesar Chavez
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leader Assassinations
Social Studies Unit 9: U.S. from 1975 to the Digital Age
Conflict & Change
Collapse of the Soviet Union
September 11, 2001
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
Ronald Reagan
Technology Innovation
Personal Computers
Internet
Social Studies Unit 10: Personal Finance
Elements of a personal budget
Personal spending and saving decisions