US History

Block Pacing Guide

FIRST 4-1/2 WEEKS
Content / Standards to be Tested / SOL / Resources
Early America / - Early conflicts and claims
- Interaction among Europeans, Africans and American Indians
- Slave trade / VUS 1a-1h
VUS.2
VUS.3 / Chapter 1, Section 5 through Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapters 5 and 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Revolutionary War / -Political ideas of John Locke, Patrick Henry
- Declaration of Independence
- Patriots
- Loyalists
- Reasons for colonial victory / VUS 1a-1h
VUS 4a-4c
A New Nation / - Constitution
- Articles of Confederation
- Roles of James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington
- Bill of Rights
- Federalists
- Anti-Fed’s
- Va. Declaration of Rights and Grenanos
- Va. Statue for Religious Freedom
-War of 1812 / VUS 5a-d
VUS 1a-1h
Young Republic / -Territorial expansion
-Era of Good Feelings
- Banking industry
-Judicial nationalism
- Monroe Doctrine
- Early industry
- Southern economy
Use of cotton
- Missouri Compromise
- Slavery / VUS 6a-c
Growing Sectionalism / - Jacksonian Democracy
- Nullification
- Policies of Native America
- Political parties
- Immigration / VUS 6b-c
Reform / - Temperance Movement
- Prison reform
- Women’s Movement
- Abolitionist Movement / VUS. 6c
Manifest Destiny / - Heading West
- Independence for Texas
- Battles
- Mexican War / VUS 6c
SECOND 4-1/2 WEEKS
Content / Standards to be Tested / SOL / Resources
Sectional Conflict / - Slavery and western expansion
- Popular sovereignty
- Compromise of 1850
- Wilmot Proviso
- Fugitive Slave Act
- Underground Railroad
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Bleeding Kansas
- Republican Party
- Know Nothings
-Dred Scott
- Lincoln/Douglas Debates
-John Brown
-Election of 1860 / VUS 6c / Chapter 10
Chapters 10 and 11
Chapter 10-11
Chapter 12
Civil War / - Succession
- FortSumpter
- Generals
- Govt. (North vs. South)
- Strategies
- Anaconda Plan
-War at Sea
- War in West
-War in East
- Emancipation
-Economy
-African Americans
-Women
-Andersonville
- Battles
- South Surrenders / VUS 6c – 7a-c
Reconstruction / - Plans for Recon.
-13, 14, 15 Amendments
- Wade-Davis Bill
- Freedman’s Bureau
- Lincoln’s Assassination
- Black Codes
- Military Reconstruction Act
- Carpetbaggers/
Scalawags
- KKK
- Southern Resistance
- Collapse of Reconstruction
- Compromise of 1877
- New South / VUS 7c
THIRD 4-1/2 WEEKS
Content / Standards to be Tested / SOL / Resources
Emergence of Modern America / - Moving West
- Mining
- Ranching
- Homestead Act
- Native Americans / VUS 8a / Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapters 22-23
Industrialization / - Rise of Industry
- Inventions
- Free Enterprise
- Railroads
-Entrepreneurs
- Land Grant
-Economy
-Labor Unions / VUS 8b
Urban America / - Immigration
- Nationism
- Urbanization / VUS 8c-d
Politics and Reform / - Pendleton Act
- Segregation / VUS 8c
Imperialism / - Latin America
- Hawaii
- Spanish American War
- Open Door Policy
- Panama Canal
- Roosevelt Corrolary / VUS 9a
Progressive Movement / - Suffrage Movement
- Child Labor Laws / VUS 8d
World War I / -Wilson’s 14 Points
- Mexican Revolution
-Treaty of Versailles
- League of nations / VUS 9b
Great Depression / - Causes of Depression
- Impact on Americans
- New Deal / VUS 10a,b,c,d
FOURTH 4-1/2 WEEKS
Content / Standards to be Tested / SOL / Resources
World War II / - Dictators
- Pearl Harbor
- Battles
- Minority Military Units
- Holocaust
- Geneva Convention
- Effects on Homefront
-contributions of women and minorities
-internment of Japanese-Americans
-role of media in the war effort / VUS 11a,b,c,d,e
VUS 12 a,b,c,d / Chapters 24-25
Chapters 26 – 33
Chapter 29
Chapters 31-34
Cold War / -Boundaries
- Marshall Plan
- Truman Doctrine
- Korea
- Vietnam
- NATO
- Ronald Reagan
-impact of Presidents on foreign policy since 1988 / VUS 13 a, b, c, d,e
Civil Rights Movement / - Brown vs. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall
- NAACP
- Oliver Hill
- Civil Rights Acts
- Assassinations of Kennedy, King, Malcolm X / VUS 14a,b
ContemporaryU. S. / - Women in U. S.
-Role of Supreme Court
(i.e. Roe vs. Wade)
- Affirmative Action
- Science and Technology
- Presidents
- Conservation
- role of U.S. on international terrorism / VUS 15

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