Nevada

Disciplinary Skills

• Constructing compelling questions

  • SS.9-12.US.1 When constructing compelling questions, reference points of agreement and disagreement experts have about interpretations and applications of disciplinary concepts and ideas.

• Creating supporting questions

  • SS.9-12.US.2 Generate and answer supporting questions while explaining how they contribute to an inquiry and how new compelling and supporting questions emerge through the inquiry process.

• Gathering and evaluating sources

  • SS.9-12.US.3 Gather relevant information from multiple sources representing a wide range of views while using the sourcing, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources to guide the selection.

    • Identify primary and secondary sources (US-Q.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.4 Evaluate the credibility of a primary and secondary source.

    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)
    • Identify primary and secondary sources (US-Q.1)
    • Identify facts and opinions (US-Q.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.5 Seek multiple media sources when investigating current issues and evaluate the credibility and reliability of each.

    • Identify facts and opinions (US-Q.2)

• Developing claims and using evidence

  • SS.9-12.US.6 Identify evidence that draws information directly and substantively from multiple sources to detect inconsistencies in evidence in order to revise or strengthen claims.

    • Identify facts and opinions (US-Q.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.7 Refine claims and counterclaims; attending to precision, significance, and knowledge conveyed through the claim while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.

• Communicating and critiquing conclusions

  • SS.9-12.US.8 Construct arguments using precise and knowledgeable claims, with evidence from multiple sources, while acknowledging counterclaims and evidentiary weaknesses.

    • Identify facts and opinions (US-Q.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.9 Present adaptations of arguments and explanations that feature complex ideas and diverse perspectives on issues and topics to reach a range of audiences within and outside the classroom, using print, oral, and/or digital technologies.

  • SS.9-12.US.10 Participate in rigorous academic discussions emphasizing multiple viewpoints in which claims and evidence are acknowledged, critiqued, and built upon in order to create new understandings of complex historical or current issues.

• Taking informed action

  • SS.9-12.US.11 Use disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses to understand the characteristics and causes of contemporary issues at the local, regional, and global level.

  • SS.9-12.US.12 Apply a range of deliberative and democratic strategies and procedures to make decisions and take action regarding contemporary issues at the local, regional, and global level.

    • Rights and responsibilities of active citizenship (CG-G.1)

History

• Power and politics

  • SS.9-12.US.13 Investigate the causes and effects of diverse ideologies on politics, society, and culture.

    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)
    • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.14 Evaluate the impact of individuals and reform movements on the struggle for greater civil rights and liberties.

    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

• Identity

  • SS.9-12.US.15 Evaluate the factors that shape group and national identity and how the American identity has evolved.

    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.16 Interpret events from a variety of historical and cultural perspectives, including but not limited to: suffragettes, civil rights activists, nationalists, progressives, political activists, immigrant groups.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

• People and ideas

  • SS.9-12.US.17 Investigate the evolution of gender roles and equality within social and economic life in the U.S.

    • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.18 Examine the causes and effects of socio-economic diversity.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.19 Analyze the influence of religious, intellectual, and artistic changes.

    • Prohibition (US-J.1)

• Nevada history

  • SS.9-12.US.20 Explore how individuals and events in Nevada's history both influence and are influenced by the larger national context.

  • SS.9-12.US.21 Analyze the causes of changing migration and immigration patterns in Nevada from 1877 to today.

  • SS.9-12.US.22 Trace the evolution of Nevada's economy as it relates to national and global issues.

• International relations

  • SS.9-12.US.23 Evaluate conflict and diplomacy in international relations from a U.S. perspective.

    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.24 Analyze the causes, effects, and attitudes towards conflict and war from various points of view.

    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
    • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.25 Analyze the impacts of international relations as the U.S. and other governments interact and influence one another.

    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

Multicultural

• Social justice, consciousness, and action

  • SS.9-12.US.26 Examine how and why diverse groups have been denied equality and opportunity, both institutionally and informally.

    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.27 Analyze how resistance movements organized and responded to oppression and infringement of civil liberties, and evaluate the impact of the responses.

    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

• Respectful engagement with diverse people

  • SS.9-12.US.28 Examine how American culture is influenced and shaped by diverse groups and individuals.

    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.29 Investigate and apply the successful principles used by groups in U.S. history in order to create communities of respect, equity, and diversity at the school and local level.

    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

• Diverse contributions made by men and women from various racial and ethnic backgrounds, including, without limitation, information relating to contributions and impact

  • SS.9-12.US.30 Discuss the contributions of racially and ethnically diverse leaders to the advancement of the U.S.

    • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.31 Analyze the intellectual, cultural, religious, and artistic contributions of diverse individuals in U.S. to the modern world.

Civics

• Civic and political institutions

  • SS.9-12.US.32 Examine the changing roles, impact, and power of political leaders, parties, and voting blocs over time.

    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
    • Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.33 Compare the evolution of different political, civil, religious, and economic institutions and their influence on individuals, communities, and government policies.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
    • Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)

  • SS.9-12.US.34 Analyze the effects of media in shaping public perception and policies.

    • Role of the media (CG-I.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

• Civic dispositions and democratic principles

  • SS.9-12.US.35 Explain how American identity is shaped by founding documents, political participation, democratic institutions, and the interactions among diverse cultures.

    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
    • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.36 Explain the historical background of a current national issue and propose a course of action to solve it.

• Processes, rules, and laws

  • SS.9-12.US.37 Analyze major political policies and landmark Supreme Court cases and their impact on U.S. history.

    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • SS.9-12.US.38 Evaluate the social, political, and economic changes that influence the interpretation of the Constitution and evolution of law.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

Geography

• Geographic representations

  • SS.9-12.US.39 Create, interpret, and utilize maps that display and explain the geo-spatial patterns of cultural, economic, political, and environmental characteristics.

• Human environment interaction

  • SS.9-12.US.40 Analyze how and why the U.S. landscape changed as people adapted the environment to meet their needs.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)

• Human population, movement, and patterns

  • SS.9-12.US.41 Analyze how diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration and immigration patterns and the distribution of human population.

    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)

• Global interconnections

  • SS.9-12.US.42 Explain how global circumstances and interaction affect resources, land use, culture, and population distribution in the U.S.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
    • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)

Economics

• Exchange and markets

  • SS.9-12.US.43 Examine the effect of individuals, communities, businesses, and government on the economic policies and decisions of the U.S. over time.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)

• National economy

  • SS.9-12.US.44 Evaluate multiple factors that impact the U.S. economy over time, including but not limited to: trade, resources, labor, and monetary system.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)

• Global economy

  • SS.9-12.US.45 Evaluate the U.S. role and response to globalization and the impact on the U.S. economy – including trade policy, embargoes, exchange rates, and trade agreements.

    • Free trade and protectionism (CG-J.2)