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Topic 1: SS5H1 Describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
a. Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail.
SS5G1 Locate important places in the United States.
a. Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL.
SS5E1 Use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events.
b. Explain how price incentives affect people’s behavior and choices (e.g., decisions to participate in cattle trails because of increased beef prices).
Vocabulary
turn of the century, cattle trails, cowboys, railroads, territories, 19th century
Topic 2: SS5H1 Describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
d. Describe the reasons people immigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.
Vocabulary
emigration, immigration, settlement, ethnic group, factors, migration, upheaval, religious, political, persecution, economic instability, opportunities, “push” and “pull” factors, harsh, discrimination, civil unrest, unemployment, famine, transcontinental railroad, Angel Island, Ellis Island, settlement house
Topic 3: SS5H1 Describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
b. Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).
SS5G1 Locate important places in the United States.
a. Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL.
Vocabulary
Wright Brothers, George Washington Carver, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, flight, scientific, inventor, contribution, aviation, scientist, agriculture, research, crop rotation, nutrient, depletion, replenish, telephone, device, affordable, communication, telephone operator, design, inventions, credited, filament, phonograph, motion pictures, enhancing, businessman, marketer, manufacturer, genius, creation, significance, railroad lines, markets, railroad hubs, manufacturing, steel, proximity, powered, sustained, naval fleet, massive, wreckage, memorial, discrimination, resistance, segregation, hub, industrial, stockyards, meatpacking plants, laborers, department store, catalog, stadiums, accommodate, laborer, settlement house
Topic 4: SS5H1 Describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
c. Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America's role in the world;include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal.
Vocabulary
expansion, role, imperialism, colonization, overseas, empire, military, engaged, sensationalize, yell0w journalism, bias, expansionism, canal, volunteer, calvary men, heroism, policy, intervention, construction, beneficial, Rough Riders.
Topic 5: SS5H1 Describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
c. Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America's role in the world;include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal.
SS5E1 Use the basic economic concepts of trade, opportunity cost, specialization, productivity, and price incentives to illustrate historical events.
d. Describe how trade and voluntary exchange promotes economic activity (e.g., how the Panama Canal increased trade among countries).
Vocabulary
expansion, role, imperialism, colonization, overseas, empire, military, engaged, sensationalize, yellow journalism, bias, expansionism, canal, volunteer, calvary men, heroism, policy, intervention, construction, beneficial, Rough Riders, trade, voluntary exchange, good, service, shipping
Topic 6: SS5G1 Locates important places in the United States.
a. Locate important man-made places; include the Chisholm Trail; Pittsburgh, PA; Kitty Hawk, NC; Pearl Harbor, HI; Montgomery, AL.; and Chicago, IL.
SS5G2 Explain the reasons for the spatial patterns of economic activities.
a. Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations between the end of the Civil War and 1900 and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources have influenced these areas (e.g., Pittsburgh’s rapid growth in the late nineteenth century).
b. Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations since the turn of the 20th century and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources have influenced these areas (e.g., Chicago’s rapid growth at the turn of the century).
Vocabulary
Chisholm Trail, Pittsburgh, PA, Kitty Hawk, NC, Pearl Harbor, HI, Montgomery, AL., and Chicago, IL, significance, railroad lines, markets, railroad hubs, manufacturing, steel, proximity, powered, sustained, naval fleet, massive, wreckage, memorial, discrimination, resistance, segregation, hub, industrial, stockyards, meatpacking plants, laborers, department store, catalog, stadiums, accommodate, laborer, settlement house
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