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VA.SS.CE.Civics and Economics
SkillsCE.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:CE.1.f. Determining multiple cause-and-effect relationships that impact political and economic events.
CE.11. The student will apply social science skills to understand how economic decisions are made in the marketplace by:CE.11.a. Explaining that because of scarcity, consumers, producers, and governments must make choices, understanding that everyone’s choice has an opportunity cost.
CE.11.b. Comparing and contrasting how traditional, free market, command, and mixed economies decide how to allocate their limited resources.
CE.12. The student will apply social science skills to understand the United States economy by:CE.12.a. Describing the characteristics of the United States economy, including limited government, private property, profit, markets, consumer sovereignty, and competition.
CE.12.b. Describing how in a market economy supply and demand determine prices.
CE.13. The student will apply social science skills to understand the role of government in the United States economy by:CE.13.e. Describing how governments regulate to protect consumers, labor, the environment, competition in the marketplace, and property rights.
CE.2. The student will apply social science skills to understand the foundations of American constitutional government by:CE.2.a. Explaining the fundamental principles of consent of the governed, limited government, rule of law, democracy, and representative government.
CE.2.b. Examining and evaluating the impact of the Magna Carta, charters of the Virginia Company of London, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on the C
CE.2.c. Describing the purposes for the Constitution of the United States as stated in its Preamble.
CE.2.d. Describing the procedures for amending the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States.
CE.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand citizenship and the rights, duties, and responsibilities of citizens by:CE.3.a. Describing the processes by which an individual becomes a citizen of the United States.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration
CE.3.b. Describing the First Amendment freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, and the rights guaranteed by due process and equal protection of the laws.
CE.3.c. Describing the duties of citizenship, including obeying the laws, paying taxes, defending the nation, and serving in court.
CE.3.d. Examining the responsibilities of citizenship, including registering and voting, communicating with government officials, participating in political campaigns, keeping informed about current issues, and respecting differing opinions in a diverse society.
CE.3.e. Evaluating how civic and social duties address community needs and serve the public good.
CE.4. The student will demonstrate personal character traits that facilitate thoughtful and effective participation in civic life by:CE.4.e. Practicing patriotism.
CE.5. The student will apply social science skills to understand the political process at the local, state, and national levels of government by:CE.5.a. Describing the functions of political parties.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
CE.5.b. Comparing and contrasting political parties.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
CE.5.c. Analyzing campaigns for elective office, with emphasis on the role of the media.
CE.5.d. Evaluating and explaining the role of campaign contributions and costs.
CE.5.e. Examining the history of and requirements for voter registration, and participating in simulated local, state, and/or national elections.
CE.5.f. Describing the role of the Electoral College in the election of the president and vice president.
CE.6. The student will apply social science skills to understand the American constitutional government at the national level by:CE.6.a. Describing the structure and powers of the national government.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
CE.6.b. Explaining the principle of separation of powers and the operation of checks and balances.
CE.6.c. Explaining and/or simulating the lawmaking process.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
CE.6.d. Describing the roles and powers of the executive branch.
CE.7. The student will apply social science skills to understand the American constitutional government at the state level by:CE.7.a. Describing the structure and powers of the state government.
CE.7.c. Explaining and/or simulating the lawmaking process.
CE.7.d. Describing the roles and powers of the executive branch and regulatory boards.
CE.8. The student will apply social science skills to understand the American constitutional government at the local level by:CE.8.a. Describing the structure and powers of the local government.
CE.8.b. Explaining the relationship of local government to the state government.
CE.8.c. Explaining and/or simulating the lawmaking process.
CE.9. The student will apply social science skills to understand the judicial systems established by the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States by:CE.9.a. Describing the organization of the United States judicial system as consisting of state and federal courts with original and appellate jurisdiction.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
CE.9.c. Comparing and contrasting civil and criminal cases.
VA.SS.GOVT.Virginia and United States Government
Virginia and United States Government
SkillsGOVT.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:GOVT.1.c. Comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives.
GOVT.1.f. Explaining how cause-and-effect relationships impact political and economic events.
GOVT.10. The student will apply social science skills to understand the federal judiciary by:GOVT.10.a. Describing the organization, jurisdiction, and proceedings of federal courts.
GOVT.10.c. Describing how the Supreme Court decides cases.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
GOVT.10.e. Investigating and evaluating how the judiciary influences public policy by delineating the power of government and safeguarding the rights of the individual.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
GOVT.11. The student will apply social science skills to understand civil liberties and civil rights by:GOVT.11.a. Examining the Bill of Rights, with emphasis on First Amendment freedoms.
GOVT.11.d. Investigating and evaluating the balance between individual liberties and the public interest.
GOVT.11.e. Examining how civil liberties and civil rights are protected under the law.
GOVT.12. The student will apply social science skills to understand the role of the United States in a changing world by:GOVT.12.c. Examining the relationship of Virginia and the United States to the global economy, including trends in international trade.
GOVT.13. The student will apply social science skills to understand how world governments and economies compare and contrast with the government and the economy in the United States by:GOVT.13.a. Describing the distribution of governmental power.
GOVT.13.b. Explaining the relationship between the legislative and executive branches.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
GOVT.13.c. Comparing and contrasting the extent of participation in the political process.
GOVT.13.d. Comparing and contrasting economic systems.
GOVT.14. The student will apply social science skills to understand economic systems by:GOVT.14.b. Comparing the characteristics of traditional, free market, command, and mixed economies, as described by Adam Smith and Karl Marx.
GOVT.15. The student will apply social science skills to understand the role of government in the Virginia and United States economies by:GOVT.15.b. Describing government’s establishment and maintenance of the rules and institutions in which markets operate, including the establishment and enforcement of property rights, contracts, consumer rights, labor-management relations, environmental protection,
GOVT.15.c. Investigating and describing the types and purposes of taxation that are used by local, state, and federal governments to pay for services provided by the government.
GOVT.15.e. Describing the effects of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy on price stability, employment, and the economy.
GOVT.16. The student will apply social science skills to understand that in a democratic republic, thoughtful and effective participation in civic life is characterized by:GOVT.16.c. Serving as a juror.
GOVT.16.d. Participating in the political process and voting in local, state, and national elections.
GOVT.16.j. Practicing patriotism.
GOVT.2. The student will apply social science skills to understand the political philosophies that shaped the development of Virginia and United States constitutional government by:GOVT.2.e. Analyzing the natural rights philosophies expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
GOVT.2.f. Evaluating and explaining George Mason’s Virginia Declaration of Rights, Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and James Madison’s leadership role in securing adoption of the Bill of Rights by the First Congress.
GOVT.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand the concepts of democracy by:GOVT.3.a. Recognizing the fundamental worth and dignity of the individual.
GOVT.3.b. Recognizing the equality of all citizens under the law.
GOVT.3.c. Recognizing what defines a citizen and how noncitizens can become citizens.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration
GOVT.3.d. Recognizing majority rule and minority rights.
GOVT.4. The student will apply social science skills to understand the Constitution of the United States by:GOVT.4.a. Examining the ratification debates and The Federalist.
GOVT.4.b. Evaluating the purposes for government stated in the Preamble.
GOVT.4.c. Examining the fundamental principles upon which the Constitution of the United States is based, including the rule of law, consent of the governed, limited government, separation of powers, and federalism.
GOVT.4.d. Defining the structure of the national government outlined in Article I, Article II, and Article III.
GOVT.4.e. Analyzing and explaining the amendment process.
GOVT.5. The student will apply social science skills to understand the federal system of government described in the Constitution of the United States by:GOVT.5.a. Evaluating the relationship between the state government and the national government.
GOVT.6. The student will apply social science skills to understand local, state, and national elections by:GOVT.6.a. Describing the nomination and election process, including the organization and evolving role of political parties.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
GOVT.6.b. Examining campaign funding and spending, including the impact of Supreme Court decisions, the nationalization of campaign financing, and the role of issue groups.
GOVT.6.e. Describing how amendments have extended the right to vote.
GOVT.7. The student will apply social science skills to understand the organization and powers of the national government by:GOVT.7.a. Examining the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide U.S. Senate
GOVT.7.b. Analyzing the relationships among the three branches in a system of checks and balances and separation of powers.
GOVT.8. The student will apply social science skills to understand the organization and powers of the state and local governments described in the Constitution of Virginia by:GOVT.8.a. Examining the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
GOVT.8.b. Examining the structure and powers of local governments (county, city, and town).
GOVT.8.c. Analyzing the relationship between state and local governments and the roles of regional authorities, governing boards, and commissions.
GOVT.9. The student will apply social science skills to understand the process by which public policy is made by:GOVT.9.a. Defining public policy and determining how to differentiate public and private action.
GOVT.9.b. Examining different perspectives on the role of government.
GOVT.9.d. Describing how the state and local governments influence the public agenda and shape public policy.
GOVT.9.e. Investigating and evaluating the process by which policy is implemented by the bureaucracy at each level.
VA.SS.USI.United States History to 1865
United States History to 1865
Expansion and Reform: 1801 to 1861USI.8. The student will apply social science skills to understand westward expansion and reform in America from 1801 to 1861 by:USI.8.a. Describing territorial expansion and how it affected the political map of the United States, with emphasis on the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the acquisitions of Florida, Texas, Oregon, and California.
USI.8.b. Explaining how geographic and economic factors influenced the westward movement of settlers.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
USI.8.c. Explaining the impact of westward expansion on American Indians.
USI.8.d. Describing the impact of inventions, including the cotton gin, the reaper, the steamboat, and the steam locomotive, on life in America.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
USI.8.e. Explaining the main ideas of the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
Exploration to Revolution: Pre-Columbian Times to the 1770sUSI.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand how early cultures developed in North America by:USI.3.b. Locating where the American Indians lived, with emphasis on the Arctic (Inuit), Northwest (Kwakiutl), Plains (Lakota), Southwest (Pueblo), and Eastern Woodlands (Iroquois).
USI.3.c. Describing how the American Indians used the resources in their environment.
USI.4. The student will apply social science skills to understand European exploration in North America and West Africa by:USI.4.a. Describing the motivations for, obstacles to, and accomplishments of the Spanish, French, Portuguese, and English explorations.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
USI.4.b. Describing cultural and economic interactions between Europeans and American Indians that led to cooperation and conflict, with emphasis on the American Indian and European concept of land.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
USI.5. The student will apply social science skills to understand the factors that shaped colonial America by:USI.5.b. Describing life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
USI.5.c. Describing specialization of and interdependence among New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
USI.5.d. Describing colonial life in America from the perspectives of large landowners, farmers, artisans, merchants, women, free African Americans, indentured servants, and enslaved African Americans.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration
USI.5.e. Explaining the political and economic relationships between the colonies and Great Britain.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
SkillsUSI.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:USI.1.a. Analyzing and interpreting artifacts and primary and secondary sources to understand events in United States history.
USI.1.e. Comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, and political perspectives in United States history.
USI.1.f. Determining relationships with multiple causes or effects in United States history.
USI.1.g. Explaining connections across time and place.
Civil War: 1861 to 1865USI.9. The student will apply social science skills to understand the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War by:USI.9.a. Describing the cultural, economic, and constitutional issues that divided the nation.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
USI.9.b. Explaining how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased sectional tensions.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
USI.9.d. Describing the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and Frederick Douglass in events leading to and during the war.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
USI.9.e. Describing critical developments in the war, including the location of major battles.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
USI.9.f. Describing the effects of war from the perspectives of Union and Confederate soldiers (including African American soldiers), women, and enslaved African Americans.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
Revolution and the New Nation: 1770s to the Early 1800sUSI.6. The student will apply social science skills to understand the causes and results of the American Revolution by:USI.6.a. Explaining the issues of dissatisfaction that led to the American Revolution.
USI.6.b. Describing how political ideas shaped the revolutionary movement in America and led to the Declaration of Independence.
USI.6.c. Describing key events and the roles of key individuals in the American Revolution, with emphasis on George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and the Marquis de Lafayette.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
USI.6.d. Explaining reasons why the colonies were able to defeat Great Britain.
USI.7. The student will apply social science skills to understand the challenges faced by the new nation by:USI.7.a. Explaining the weaknesses and outcomes of the government established by the Articles of Confederation.
USI.7.b. Describing the historical development of the Constitution of the United States.
USI.7.c. Describing the major accomplishments of the first five presidents of the United States.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
GeographyUSI.2. The student will interpret maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables to:USI.2.a. Locate the seven continents and five oceans.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geography
VA.SS.USII.United States History: 1865 to the Present
United States History: 1865 to the Present
Turmoil and Change: 1890s to 1945USII.5. The student will apply social science skills to understand the changing role of the United States from the late nineteenth century through World War I by:USII.5.a. Explaining the reasons for and results of the Spanish-American War.
USII.5.b. Describing Theodore Roosevelt’s impact on the foreign policy of the United States.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal
USII.5.c. Evaluating and explaining the reasons for the United States’ involvement in World War I and its international leadership role at the conclusion of the war.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I
USII.6. The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century by:USII.6.a. Explaining how developments in factory and labor productivity, transportation (including the use of the automobile), communication, and rural electrification changed American life and standard of living.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
USII.6.b. Describing the social and economic changes that took place, including prohibition and the Great Migration north and west.
USII.6.c. Examining art, literature, and music from the 1920s and 1930s, with emphasis on Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Georgia O’Keeffe, and the Harlem Renaissance.
USII.6.d. Analyzing the causes of the Great Depression, its impact on Americans, and the major features of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA
USII.7. The student will apply social science skills to understand the major causes and effects of American involvement in World War II by:USII.7.a. Explaining the causes and events that led to American involvement in the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
USII.7.b. Locating and describing the major events and turning points of the war in Europe and the Pacific.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
Reconstruction: 1865 to 1877USII.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand the effects of Reconstruction on American life by:USII.3.a. Analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and how they changed the meaning of citizenship.
USII.3.c. Describing the legacies of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
SkillsUSII.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:USII.1.i. Identifying the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the ethical use of material or intellectual property.
The United States since World War IIUSII.8. The student will apply social science skills to understand the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of World War II and the present by:USII.8.a. Describing the rebuilding of Europe and Japan after World War II, the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers, and the establishment of the United Nations.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
USII.8.e. Evaluating and explaining the impact of international trade and globalization on American life.
USII.9. The student will apply social science skills to understand the key domestic and international issues during the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries by:USII.9.a. Examining the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the changing role of women on all Americans.
Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America: 1877 to the Early 1900sUSII.4. The student will apply social science skills to understand how life changed after the Civil War by:USII.4.a. Examining the reasons for westward expansion, including its impact on American Indians.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
USII.4.b. Explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, and challenges arising from this expansion.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
USII.4.c. Describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African Americans and other groups in the post-Reconstruction South.
USII.4.d. Explaining the impact of new inventions, the rise of big business, the growth of industry, and the changes to life on American farms in response to industrialization.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
USII.4.e. Evaluating and explaining the impact of the Progressive Movement on child labor, working conditions, the rise of organized labor, women’s suffrage, and the temperance movement.
GeographyUSII.2. The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables for:USII.2.a. Explaining how physical features and climate influenced the movement of people westward.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
USII.2.b. Explaining relationships among natural resources, transportation, and industrial development after 1865.
USII.2.c. Locating the 50 states and the cities most significant to the development of the United States and explaining what makes those cities significant.
VA.SS.VS.Virginia Studies
Civil War and Postwar ErasVS.7. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the issues that divided our nation and led to the Civil War by:VS.7.a. Explaining the major events and the differences between northern and southern states that divided Virginians and led to secession, war, and the creation of West Virginia.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
Colonization and Conflict: 1607 through the American RevolutionVS.3. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the first permanent English settlement in America by:VS.3.a. Explaining the reasons for English colonization.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.3.b. Describing the economic and geographic influences on the decision to settle at Jamestown.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.3.c. Describing the importance of the charters of the Virginia Company of London in establishing the Jamestown settlement.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.3.d. Identifying the importance of the General Assembly (1619) as the first representative legislative body in English America.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.3.e. Identifying the impact of the arrival of Africans and English women to the Jamestown settlement.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.3.f. Describing the hardships faced by settlers at Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure survival.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.3.g. Describing the interactions between the English settlers and the native peoples, including the role of the Powhatan in the survival of the settlers.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.4. The student will demonstrate an understanding of life in the Virginia colony by:VS.4.a. Explaining the importance of agriculture and its influence on the institution of slavery.
VS.5. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role of Virginia in the American Revolution by:VS.5.a. Identifying the reasons why the colonies went to war with Great Britain, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence.
VS.5.b. Identifying the various roles of American Indians, whites, enslaved African Americans, and free African Americans in the Revolutionary War era, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, the Marquis de Lafayette, and James Lafayette.
VS.5.c. Identifying the importance of the American victory at Yorktown.
SkillsVS.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:VS.1.c. Interpreting charts, graphs, and pictures to determine characteristics of people, places, or events in Virginia history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.1.d. Recognizing points of view and historical perspectives.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.1.e. Comparing and contrasting ideas and cultural perspectives in Virginia history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.1.f. Determining relationships with multiple causes or effects in Virginia history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VS.1.g. Explaining connections across time and place.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
Political Growth and Western Expansion: 1781 to the Mid 1800sVS.6. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the role of Virginia in the establishment of the new American nation by:VS.6.a. Explaining why George Washington is called the “Father of our Country” and James Madison is called the “Father of the Constitution”.
Virginia: The Physical Geography and Native PeoplesVS.2. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between physical geography and the lives of the native peoples, past and present, of Virginia by:VS.2.f. Describing how archaeologists have recovered new material evidence at sites including Werowocomoco and Jamestown.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VA.SS.VUS.Virginia and United States History
Virginia and United States History
Emergence of Modern America and World ConflictsVUS.10. The student will apply social science skills to understand key events during the 1920s and 1930s by:VUS.10.a. Analyzing how popular culture evolved and challenged traditional values.
VUS.10.b. Assessing and explaining the economic causes and consequences of the stock market crash of 1929.
VUS.10.c. Explaining the causes of the Great Depression and its impact on the American people.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA
VUS.10.d. Evaluating and explaining how Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal measures addressed the Great Depression and expanded the government’s role in the economy.
VUS.11. The student will apply social science skills to understand World War II by:VUS.11.a. Analyzing the causes and events that led to American involvement in the war, including the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the American response.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
VUS.11.b. Describing and locating the major battles and key leaders of the European theater.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
VUS.11.c. Describing and locating the major battles and key leaders of the Pacific theater.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
VUS.11.e. Analyzing the Holocaust (Hitler’s “final solution”), its impact on Jews and other groups, and the postwar trials of war criminals.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
VUS.11.f. Evaluating and explaining the treatment of prisoners of war and civilians by the Allied and Axis powers.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust
VUS.9. The student will apply social science skills to understand the emerging role of the United States in world affairs during the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by:VUS.9.a. Explaining changes in foreign policy of the United States toward Latin America and Asia and the growing influence of the United States, with emphasis on the impact of the Spanish-American War.
VUS.9.b. Evaluating the United States’ involvement in World War I, including Wilson’s Fourteen Points.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I
VUS.9.c. Evaluating and explaining the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, with emphasis on the national debate in response to the League of Nations.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
Civil War and ReconstructionVUS.7. The student will apply social science skills to understand the Civil War and Reconstruction eras and their significance as major turning points in American history by:VUS.7.a. Describing major events and the roles of key leaders of the Civil War era, with emphasis on Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
VUS.7.b. Evaluating and explaining the significance and development of Abraham Lincoln’s leadership and political statements, including the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the principles outlined in the Gettysburg Address.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
VUS.7.c. Evaluating and explaining the impact of the war on Americans, with emphasis on Virginians, African Americans, the common soldier, and the home front.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
VUS.7.e. Evaluating and explaining the political and economic impact of the war and Reconstruction, including the adoption of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
Revolution and the New NationVUS.4. The student will apply social science skills to understand the issues and events leading to and during the Revolutionary Period by:VUS.4.a. Describing the results of the French and Indian War.
VUS.4.c. Explaining how conflicting loyalties created political differences among the colonists concerning separation from Great Britain.
VUS.4.d. Analyzing the competing factors that led to colonial victory in the Revolutionary War.
VUS.4.e. Evaluating how key principles in the Declaration of Independence grew in importance to become unifying ideas of American political philosophy.
VUS.5. The student will apply social science skills to understand the development of the American political system by:VUS.5.a. Examining founding documents to explore the development of American constitutional government, with emphasis on the significance of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in the framing of the Bill of Rights.
VUS.5.b. Describing the major compromises necessary to produce the Constitution of the United States, with emphasis on the roles of James Madison and George Washington.
SkillsVUS.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:VUS.1.a. Synthesizing evidence from artifacts and primary and secondary sources to obtain information about events in Virginia and United States history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales
VUS.1.d. Constructing arguments, using evidence from multiple sources.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales
VUS.1.e. Comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives in Virginia and United States history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
VUS.1.f. Explaining how indirect cause-and-effect relationships impact people, places, and events in Virginia and United States history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
VUS.1.g. Analyzing multiple connections across time and place.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
VUS.1.h. Using a decision-making model to analyze and explain the incentives for and consequences of a specific choice made.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Panama Canal Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
VUS.1.i. Identifying the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and ethical use of material and intellectual property.
VUS.1.j. Investigating and researching to develop products orally and in writing.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Iroquois Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Tall Tales
The United States since World War IIVUS.12. The student will apply social science skills to understand the United States’ foreign policy during the Cold War era by:VUS.12.c. Analyzing the efforts of the United States to protect Western Europe, including the role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
VUS.12.d. Analyzing the changing role of the United States in Asia, including Korea, Vietnam, and China.
VUS.12.g. Evaluating and explaining the factors that caused the collapse of communism in Europe and how it changed American foreign policy, including the role of Ronald Reagan.
VUS.13. The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, political, and cultural movements and changes in the United States during the second half of the twentieth century by:VUS.13.c. Explaining how the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the 1963 March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) had an impact on all Americans.
VUS.14. The student will apply social science skills to understand political and social conditions in the United States during the early twenty-first century by:VUS.14.c. Evaluating the evolving and changing role of government, including its role in the American economy.
IndustrializationVUS.8. The student will apply social science skills to understand how the nation grew and changed from the end of Reconstruction through the early twentieth century by:VUS.8.a. Explaining the westward movement of the population in the United States, with emphasis on the role of the railroads, communication systems, admission of new states to the Union, and the impact on American Indians.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
VUS.8.b. Analyzing the factors that transformed the American economy from agrarian to industrial and explaining how major inventions transformed life in the United States, including the emergence of leisure activities.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
VUS.8.c. Examining the contributions of new immigrants and evaluating the challenges they faced, including anti-immigration legislation.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
VUS.8.d. Analyzing the impact of prejudice and discrimination, including “Jim Crow” laws, the responses of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and the practice of eugenics in Virginia.
VUS.8.e. Evaluating and explaining the social and cultural impact of industrialization, including rapid urbanization.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Urbanization
VUS.8.f. Evaluating and explaining the economic outcomes and the political, cultural and social developments of the Progressive Movement and the impact of its legislation.
ExpansionVUS.6. The student will apply social science skills to understand major events in Virginia and United States history during the first half of the nineteenth century by:VUS.6.a. Explaining territorial expansion and its impact on the American Indians.
VUS.6.b. Describing the political results of territorial expansion.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Pioneer Life
VUS.6.c. Assessing the political and economic changes that occurred during this period, with emphasis on James Madison and the War of 1812.
VUS.6.d. Analyzing the social and cultural changes during the period, with emphasis on “the age of the common man” (Jacksonian Era).
VUS.6.e. Evaluating the cultural, economic, and political issues that divided the nation, including tariffs, slavery, the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements, and the role of the states in the Union.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
VUS.6.f. Explaining how Manifest Destiny and President James K. Polk’s policies impacted the nation.
VUS.6.g. Evaluating and explaining the multiple causes and compromises leading to the Civil War, including the role of the institution of slavery.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Civil War
Early America: Settlement and ColonizationVUS.2. The student will apply social science skills to understand the impact of the Age of Exploration by:VUS.2.a. Describing the characteristics of early exploration and evaluating the impact of European settlement in the Americas.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
VUS.2.b. Analyzing the cultural interactions among American Indians, Europeans, and Africans.
VUS.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand early European colonization by:VUS.3.a. Evaluating the economic characteristics of the colonies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VUS.3.b. Analyzing how social and political factors impacted the culture of the colonies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Colonization
VUS.3.c. Explaining the impact of the development of indentured servitude and slavery in the colonies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Immigration
VA.SS.WG.World Geography
SkillsWG.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:WG.1.b. Using geographic information to determine patterns and trends to understand world regions.
WG.1.c. Creating, comparing, and interpreting maps, charts, graphs, and pictures to determine characteristics of world regions.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Map Skills
WG.1.e. Using maps and other visual images to compare and contrast historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives.
WG.1.f. Explaining indirect cause-and-effect relationships to understand geospatial connections.
WG.17. The student will apply social science skills to analyze the impact of globalization by:WG.17.b. Describing ways that economic and social interactions change over time.
WG.17.c. Mapping, describing, and evaluating economic unions.
WG.18. The student will apply social science skills to analyze how forces of conflict and cooperation affect the division and control of Earth’s surface by:WG.18.a. Explaining and evaluating reasons for the creation of different political divisions.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WG.18.b. Describing ways cooperation among political jurisdictions is used to solve problems and settle disputes.
WG.2. The student will analyze how physical and ecological processes shape Earth’s surface by:WG.2.a. Explaining regional climatic patterns and weather phenomena and their effects on people and places.
WG.2.b. Describing how humans influence the environment and are influenced by it.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide TVA
WG.2.c. Explaining how technology affects one’s ability to modify and adapt to the environment.
WG.3. The student will apply the concept of a region by:WG.3.a. Explaining how characteristics of regions have led to regional labels.
WG.3.b. Describing how regional landscapes reflect the physical environment and the cultural characteristics of their inhabitants.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geography
WG.3.c. Analyzing how cultural characteristics, including the world’s major languages, ethnicities, and religions, link or divide regions.
WG.4. The student will apply social science skills to evaluate the significance of natural, human, and capital resources by:WG.4.a. Comparing the distribution of major natural resources throughout world regions.
WG.4.b. Showing the influence of resources on patterns of economic activity and land use.
WG.4.c. Evaluating perspectives regarding the use of resources.
WG.5. The student will analyze the characteristics of the regions of the United States and Canada by:WG.5.a. Identifying and analyzing the location of major geographic regions and major cities on maps and globes.
WG.5.b. Describing major physical and environmental features.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Geography
WG.5.d. Recognizing cultural influences and landscapes.
VA.SS.WHI.World History and Geography to 1500 A.D. (C.E.)
World History and Geography to 1500 A.D. (C.E.)
Regional Interactions, 1000 to 1500 A.D. (C.E.)WHI.13. The student will apply social science skills to understand the major civilizations of the Western Hemisphere, including the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan, by:WHI.13.a. Locating early civilizations in time and place and describing major geographic features.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHI.13.b. Explaining the development of social, political, economic, religious, and cultural patterns in the civilizations of the Americas.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHI.13.c. Evaluating and explaining the European interactions with these societies, with emphasis on trading and economic interdependence.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHI.14. The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and political changes and cultural achievements in the high and late medieval periods by:WHI.14.d. Evaluating and explaining the preservation and transfer to Western Europe of Greek, Roman, and Arabic philosophy, medicine, and science.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
Classical Civilizations and Rise of Religious Traditions, 1000 B.C. (B.C.E.) to 500 A.D. (C.E.)WHI.5. The student will apply social science skills to understand ancient Greece in terms of its impact on Western civilization by:WHI.5.a. Locating Greek civilizations in time and place and describing their major geographic features.
WHI.5.b. Describing the social and religious structure of ancient Greece.
WHI.5.c. Describing the cultural development of Athens and Sparta, with emphasis on the significance of citizenship and the development of democracy.
WHI.5.d. Evaluating the political and economic development of Greece, with emphasis on the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.
WHI.5.e. Evaluating the significance of the conquest of Greece by Macedonia and the formation and spread of Hellenistic culture by Alexander the Great.
WHI.5.f. Citing and explaining contributions in drama, poetry, history, sculpture, architecture, science, mathematics, and philosophy, with emphasis on Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
WHI.6. The student will apply social science skills to understand ancient Rome from about 700 B.C. (B.C.E.) to 500 A.D. (C.E.) in terms of its impact on Western civilization by:WHI.6.a. Locating Roman civilizations in time and place and describing their major geographic features.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
WHI.6.b. Describing the social and religious structure of ancient Rome.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
WHI.6.c. Describing the social structure and cultural development of the Roman Republic.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
WHI.6.d. Describing and evaluating the political and military structure of the Roman Republic under the rule of Julius Caesar.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
WHI.6.e. Describing and evaluating the political structure of the Roman Empire under the rule of Augustus Caesar.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
WHI.6.f. Assessing the economic structure of Rome, Rome’s imperial conquests, and the Pax Romana.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
WHI.6.g. Evaluating the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the Germanic invasions.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
SkillsWHI.1. The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by:WHI.1.b. Using geographic information to determine patterns and trends to understand world history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome
WHI.1.e. Comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives in world history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology
WHI.1.f. Explaining how indirect cause-and-effect relationships impacted people, places, and events in world history.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology
WHI.1.g. Analyzing multiple connections across time and place.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ancient Rome Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Archaeology
Postclassical Civilizations, 300 to 1000 A.D. (C.E.)WHI.10. The student will apply social science skills to understand Western Europe during the Middle Ages from about 500 to 1000 A.D. (C.E.) in terms of its impact on Western civilization by:WHI.10.d. Describing the social, religious, and cultural patterns of the Vikings.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHI.10.e. Evaluating and explaining the development of feudalism and the manor system.
Human Origins and Early Civilizations, Prehistory to 1000 B.C. (B.C.E.)WHI.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand the ancient river valley civilizations, including those of Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus River Valley, and China and the civilizations of the Hebrews and Phoenicians, by:WHI.3.a. Locating these civilizations in time and place and describing their major geographic features.
WHI.3.b. Describing the development of social, political, and economic patterns, including slavery.
WHI.3.c. Explaining the development and interactions of religious traditions.
WHI.3.e. Explaining the development of language and writing.
VA.SS.WHII.World History and Geography: 1500 A.D. (C.E.) to the Present
World History and Geography: 1500 A.D. (C.E.) to the Present
Age of Revolutions and ImperialismWHII.8. The student will apply social science skills to understand the changes in European nations between 1800 and 1900 by:WHII.8.a. Explaining the roles of resources, capital, and entrepreneurship in developing an industrial economy.
WHII.8.b. Analyzing the effects of the Industrial Revolution on society and culture, with emphasis on the evolution of the nature of work and the labor force, including its effects on families and the status of women and children.
WHII.8.c. Describing how industrialization affected economic and political systems in Europe, with emphasis on the slave trade and the labor union movement.
WHII.8.d. Assessing the impact of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna on political power in Europe.
WHII.9. The student will apply social science skills to understand global interactions between 1800 to about 1900 by:WHII.9.a. Locating the United States of America, describing its expansion between 1776 and 1900, and assessing its changing role in the world.
WHII.9.c. Describing the political and social challenges faced by Latin American nations, with emphasis on the Monroe Doctrine.
SkillsWHII.2. The student will apply social science skills to understand the political, cultural, geographic, and economic conditions in the world about 1500 A.D. (C.E.) by:WHII.2.d. Analyzing major trade patterns.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHII.2.e. Citing major technological and scientific exchanges in the Eastern Hemisphere.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
The Modern EraWHII.10. The student will apply social science skills to understand World War I and its worldwide impact by:WHII.10.a. Explaining economic and political causes and identifying major leaders of the war, with emphasis on Woodrow Wilson and Kaiser Wilhelm II.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I
WHII.10.b. Describing the location of major battles and the role of new technologies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I
WHII.10.c. Analyzing and explaining the terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the actions of the League of Nations, with emphasis on the mandate system.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War I Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WHII.10.f. Examining the rise of totalitarianism.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WHII.11. The student will apply social science skills to understand World War II and its worldwide impact by:WHII.11.b. Describing the leaders of the war, with emphasis on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, and Hirohito.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WHII.11.c. Describing the major events, including major battles and the role of new technologies.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WHII.11.d. Examining the Holocaust and other examples of genocide in the twentieth century.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WHII.11.e. Examining the effects of the war, with emphasis on the terms of the peace, the war crimes trials, the division of Europe, plans to rebuild Germany and Japan, and the creation of international cooperative organizations and the Universal Declaration of HumaQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Holocaust Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide World War II
WHII.12. The student will apply social science skills to understand the conflicts during the second half of the twentieth century by:WHII.12.b. Describing the major leaders and events of the Cold War, including the location of major conflicts.
WHII.12.d. Examining the political and economic shifts that led to the end of the Cold War, with emphasis on Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Ronald Reagan.
WHII.13. The student will apply social science skills to understand the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of independence movements and development efforts by:WHII.13.b. Describing Africa’s independence movements, including Jomo Kenyatta’s leadership of Kenya and Nelson Mandela’s role in South Africa.
WHII.14. The student will apply social science skills to understand the global changes during the early twenty-first century by:WHII.14.c. Describing economic interdependence, including the rise of multinational corporations, international organizations, and trade agreements.
Emergence of a Global Age, 1500 to 1800 A.D. (C.E.)WHII.3. The student will apply social science skills to understand the Reformation in terms of its impact on Western civilization by:WHII.3.c. Describing how the Reformation led to changing cultural values, traditions, and philosophies, and assessing the role of the printing press.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
WHII.4. The student will apply social science skills to understand the impact of the European Age of Exploration by:WHII.4.a. Explaining the political and economic goals of European exploration and colonization.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHII.4.b. Describing the geographic expansion into Africa, Asia, and the Americas.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHII.4.c. Comparing and contrasting the social and cultural influences of European settlement on Africa, Asia, and the Americas.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Exploration
WHII.4.e. Defining and describing how the Scientific Revolution led to social and technological changes that influenced the European view of the world.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inventors
WHII.5. The student will apply social science skills to understand the political, cultural, geographic, and economic conditions in Europe and Russia from about 1500 A.D. (C.E) to about 1800 A.D. (C.E) by:WHII.5.e. Explaining the causes and effects of the American and French Revolutions.