Merrillville High School
Course Scope & Sequence
Department: / Social StudiesU.S. History II / Instructor: / Mr. T. Stewart
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Course Description
TOPICS IN HISTORY:AMERICAN HISTORY FROM 1920 Through the 1960’S (US 2)
Topics in Historyprovide students with the opportunity to study specific historical eras, events, or concepts.Development of historical research skills using primary and secondary sources is emphasized.This course focuses on American history from 1920 to the beginning of the Cold War.This is a survey course to be taken by ALL students.
·Grade level: 11 – 12
·Prerequisites:US History I
·Credits: 1 trimester course for 1 credit.
·Fulfills one credit the US History requirement of the General, Core 40, Core 40 with Academic Honors, and Core 40 with Technical Honors diplomas
·A Career Academic Sequence or Flex Credit course
`Week / Standards / Instructional Content / Activities, Readings, Labs,Interactive Notes, Assignments, etc. / Assessments / Other
1 / USH 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 / Introduction to U.S. History
Topic 12.4-12.8 1920’s/Harlem Renaissance / 1. Rules/Regulations
2. Interactive Notebook
3. Teapot Dome Act.
4. Chapter 11 SGP/Notes / 1. U.S. History II Diagnostic Test
2. Bellringer Quizzes
3. Interactive Binder
2 / " " / Topic 12.4-12.8: 1920’s/Harlem Renaissance / 1. Chapter 11 SGP/Notes
2. Case Study: 18th Amendment
3. Interactive NB / 1. Case Study Packet
2. Bellringer Quizzes
3. Topic 12.4-12.8 Exam
4. Interactive Binder / 1. Topic 12.4-12.8 Checklist
3 / USH 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9 / Topic 13.1-13.3: Great Depression / 1. Topic 13 SGP/Notes
2. “Where Did It All Go?”
3. Fireside Chat Transcripts
4. Interactive NB / 1. Daily Bellringer Quizzes
2. Interactive Binder
3. Hooverville Letters to President Hoover
4 / “ “ / Topics 13.4-13.6: The New Deal / 1. Alphabet Soup Paired Activity
2. Interactive NB / 1. Movie Packet / 1. Cinderella Man movie
2. Topic 13 Checklist
5 / USH 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 / Topics 14.1-14.3: Coming of War / 1. Topic 14 SGP/Notes
2. Fascism vs. Communism Venn
3. Interactive NB / 1. Timed Reading #1
2. Daily Bellringer Quizzes
3. Dictator Bio
6 / “ “ / Topics 14.1-14.3: The Coming of War / 1. Pearl Harbor Alternate Ending
2. Primary Document Case Study: 4 Freedoms Speech
3. Topic 14 SGP/Notes
4. Interactive NB / 1. Timed Reading #2
2. Daily Bellringer Quizzes / 1. Pearl Harbor Documentary Analysis Exercise
7 / Ch. 14.1-14.3: The Coming of War / 1. Topic 14 SGP/Notes
2. Mapping the War in the Pacific
3. Interactive NB / 1. Topics 14.1-14.3 Exam / 1. Topic 14 Checklist
2. Saving Private Ryan permission slip
8 / USH 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 9.1, 9.2, 9.4 / Topics 14.4-14.8: WWII / 1. Topic 14 SGP/Notes
2. DDay Invasion Map
3. Atomic Bomb Aftermath: Case Study4. Interactive NB / 1. Daily Bellringer Quizzes / 1. Saving Private Ryan movie
9 / Topics 14.4-14.8: WWII / 1. Topic 14.3-14.8 SGP/Notes
2. Holocaust Primary Document
3. Nuremburg Trials
4. Interactive NB / 1. Daily Bellringer Quizzes
2. Ch.14.3-14.8 Exam / 1.Topic 14 Checklist
10 / USH 5.8, 5.9, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 / Topic15: The Cold War / 1. American vs. Soviet Goals
2. Topic 15 SGP/Notes
3. Mapping Europe
4. Interactive NB / 1. Daily Bellringer Quizzes
2. Timed Reading #3 / 1. Topic 15 Checklist
11 / USH 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 9.3 / Topic 15: The cold War / 1. Topic 15 SGP/Notes
2. Interactive NB / 1. Topic 15 Exam / 1. Final Exam Study Guide
12 / ALL / Topic 12.4-15 / 1. Final SGP Review / 1. Final Exam / 1. Final Binder Check