Social Studies

Curriculum Map

Unit 1: Connecting Themes

• Beliefs & Ideals
• Conflict & Change
• Individuals, Groups & Institutions
• Location
• Movement/Migration
• Production, Distribution & Consumption
• Technological Innovation

Unit 2: Citizenship, Business, and the Government

• Citizen’s Rights & Responsibilities
• The Amendment Process
• The Sectors of the Economy
• Consumers and Producers in the Economy

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATE: August 23

Unit 3: Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nation

• Cowboys & Cattle Trails
• The US Becomes a World Power
• Flight, Phones, Electricity, and Science Advances
• Immigration
• The Panama Canal
• Economics and Price Industrialization

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATE: September 6

Unit 4: War and Prosperity: World War 1 and the 1920s

• World War I
• The Jazz Age
• The Harlem Renaissance
• Baseball, Flight, and the Automobile

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATE: October 4

Unit 5: The Great Depression and the New Deal

• Stock Market Crash
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal Programs
• Music, Literature, and Sports in America
• The Dust Bowl

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DATE: October 25

Unit 6: Another World War

• Causes of World War II
• Leaders of World War II
• Major Events World War II
• Women and African Americans during the War
• Eleanor Roosevelt & the UN

Unit 7: War Turns Cold

• The Rise of Communism and the Iron Curtain
• Wars to Stop the Spread of Communism
• Important Events to Stop Communism and Protect America
• Important Figures During the Cold War
• NATO

Unit 8: Civil Rights Address Civil Wrongs

• Jim Crow Laws
• Important Civil Rights Events
• Important Civil Rights Leaders
• Assassinations of Important American Figures
• Technology Advances in Space and Entertainment

Unit 9: United States from 1975 to the Digital Age

• Ronald Reagan and the Collapse of the Soviet Union
• September 11th, 2001
• The Computer and the Internet

Unit 10: Building a Budget

• Creating a Budget
• Income, Saving, and Expenses