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AH.B Behavioral Sciences

• AH.B.1 Evaluate American identity in terms of perspective, change, and continuity.

  • AH.B.1.1 Critique multiple perspectives of American identity in terms of American exceptionalism.

    • The Southern Colonies (US-A.)
    • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
    • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)

  • AH.B.1.2 Critique multiple perspectives of American identity in terms of opportunity, prosperity, and crisis.

    • The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)

  • AH.B.1.3 Critique multiple perspectives of American identity in terms of oppression, stereotypes, diversity, inclusion, and exclusion.

    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • 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)

  • AH.B.1.4 Critique multiple perspectives of American identity in terms of individualism and conformity.

    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
    • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)

  • AH.B.1.5 Explain how various immigrant experiences have influenced American identity.

    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)

  • AH.B.1.6 Explain how the experiences and achievements of minorities and marginalized peoples have contributed to American identity over time in terms of the struggle against bias, racism, oppression, and discrimination.

    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
    • 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)

  • AH.B.1.7 Explain how slavery, xenophobia, disenfranchisement, and intolerance have affected individual and group perspectives of themselves as Americans.

    • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

• AH.B.2 Analyze the relationship of tradition and progress in terms of scientific, technological, intellectual and cultural development.

  • AH.B.2.1 Differentiate among scientific and technological innovations in terms of how they have reinforced and redefined American values and beliefs.

    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)

  • AH.B.2.2 Distinguish religious beliefs and human reasoning in terms of their influence on American society and culture.

    • Source analysis: the Federalist Papers (CG-B.5)
    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)

AH.C&G Civics and Government

• AH.C&G.1 Evaluate the relationship between the American people and the government in terms of freedom, equality, and power.

  • AH.C&G.1.1 Explain how various views on freedom and equality contributed to the development of American political thought and system of government.

    • Source analysis: the Federalist Papers (CG-B.5)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
    • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
    • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • AH.C&G.1.2 Critique the extent to which various levels of government used power to expand or restrict the freedom and equality of American people.

    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)

  • AH.C&G.1.3 Explain how various individuals and groups strategized, organized, advocated, and protested to expand or restrict freedom and equality.

    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • AH.C&G.1.4 Explain how racism, oppression, and discrimination of indigenous peoples, racial minorities, and other marginalized groups have impacted equality and power in America.

    • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
    • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)

• AH.C&G.2 Analyze the American political system in terms of conflict, compromise, and consequence.

  • AH.C&G.2.1 Distinguish decisions by executive, legislative, and judicial leaders in terms of resolving conflict and establishing compromise.

    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • AH.C&G.2.2 Explain the development and realignment of political parties as reflected in key elections.

    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

  • AH.C&G.2.3 Deconstruct changes in balance of power between local, state, and federal government in terms of conflict and compromise.

    • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

AH.E Economics

• AH.E.1 Analyze the American economic system in terms of affluence, poverty, and mobility.

  • AH.E.1.1 Deconstruct multiple perspectives of American capitalism in terms of affluence, poverty, and mobility.

    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)

  • AH.E.1.2 Explain how the relationships between entrepreneurship, management, labor, and consumers have impacted the quality of life in American society.

    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
    • Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)

  • AH.E.1.3 Explain the causes of economic expansion and retraction and the impacts on the American people.

    • The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
    • Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)

  • AH.E.1.4 Compare how some groups in American society have benefited from economic policies while other groups have been systematically denied the same benefits.

    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)

  • AH.E.1.5 Distinguish the role women and racial minorities have played in contributing to the economic prosperity of American society in terms of equity, equality, and mobility.

    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

AH.G Geography

• AH.G.1 Understand how movement, settlement, and expansion influenced American development.

  • AH.G.1.1 Explain how environmental, technological, cultural, and economic factors influenced population distribution and patterns of migration and immigration.

    • The Southern Colonies (US-A.)
    • The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)

  • AH.G.1.2 Explain how geographic conditions and expansion have presented both opportunities and challenges in the development of America.

    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)

  • AH.G.1.3 Explain the reasons for and effects of forced and voluntary migration on societies, individuals, and groups over time.

    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)

  • AH.G.1.4 Explain how slavery, forced migration, immigration, reconcentration, and other discriminatory practices have changed population distributions and regional culture.

    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)

AH.H History

• AH.H.1 Understand the reasons for American involvement in conflicts and the domestic and foreign impacts.

  • AH.H.1.1 Explain the causes and effects of various domestic conflicts in terms of race, gender, and political, economic, and social factors.

    • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)
    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

  • AH.H.1.2 Explain the causes and effects of various international conflicts/wars in terms of political, economic, and social factors.

    • 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)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)

  • AH.H.1.3 Differentiate the experience of war on groups and individuals in terms of contribution, sacrifice, and opposition.

• AH.H.2 Evaluate the relationship between America and other nations in terms of national interests and global interdependence.

  • AH.H.2.1 Explain how economic, social, and political interests have influenced the direction of American foreign policy.

    • 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)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

  • AH.H.2.2 Critique the extent to which American interaction with other nations has achieved national and global economic, social, and political goals.

    • The War of 1812 (US-C.2)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

  • AH.H.2.3 Distinguish the extent to which American foreign policy has advanced the interests of historically privileged groups over the interests of historically marginalized groups.

    • The War of 1812 (US-C.2)
    • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
    • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

• AH.H.3 Analyze various turning points in American history in terms of perspective, causation, and change.

  • AH.H.3.1 Deconstruct various turning points in terms of multiple causation.

    • The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
    • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
    • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • 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)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)
    • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)

  • AH.H.3.2 Use historical empathy and contextualization to deconstruct multiple perspectives of individuals and groups within various turning points.

  • AH.H.3.3 Critique the extent to which economic, social, cultural, geographic, and political factors of various turning points changed the American historical narrative.

    • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
    • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
    • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
    • 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)
    • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

  • AH.H.3.4 Compare how competing historical narratives of various turning points portray individuals and groups including marginalized people.

    • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
    • Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)