Pennsylvania

8.1 Historical Analysis and Skills Development

• Continuity and Change over Time

  • 8.1.U.A Evaluate patterns of continuity and change over time, applying context of events.

    • 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)
    • 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)
    • Prohibition (US-J.1)
    • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)
    • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.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)
    • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

• Fact/Opinion and Points of View

  • 8.1.U.B Evaluate the interpretation of historical events and sources, considering the use of fact versus opinion, multiple perspectives, and cause and effect relationships.

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

• Research

  • 8.1.U.C Analyze, synthesize and integrate historical data, creating a product that supports and appropriately illustrates inferences and conclusions drawn from research.

    • Read and create timelines (US-Q.3)

8.2 Pennsylvania History

• Contributions of Individuals and Groups

  • 8.2.U.A Evaluate the role groups and individuals from Pennsylvania played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development of the U.S.

• Historical Documents, Artifacts, and Places

  • 8.2.U.B Evaluate the importance of various historical documents, artifacts, and places in Pennsylvania which are critical to the U.S.

  • 8.2.U.C Evaluate continuity and change in Pennsylvania are interrelated to the U.S.

    • Belief systems and religions

    • Commerce and industry

    • Technology

    • Politics and government

    • Physical and human geography

    • Social organizations

• Conflict and Cooperation

  • 8.2.U.D Evaluate how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations in Pennsylvania have influenced the growth and development of the U.S.

    • Ethnicity and race

    • Working conditions

    • Immigration

    • Military conflict

    • Economic stability

8.3 United States History

• Contributions of Individuals and Groups

  • 8.3.U.A Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development of the U.S.

    • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
    • The Civil War: part I (US-E.)
    • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
    • 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)
    • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
    • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
    • Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)
    • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

• Historical Documents and Artifacts

  • 8.3.U.B Compare the impact of historical documents, artifacts, and places which are critical to the U.S.

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

• Impact of Continuity and Change on US History

  • 8.3.U.C Evaluate how continuity and change have impacted the United States.

    • Belief systems and religions

    • Commerce and industry

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

    • Technology

      • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
      • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)

    • Politics and government

      • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
      • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)
      • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
      • 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)
      • Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)
      • Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)
      • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

    • Physical and human geography

      • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
      • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
      • 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)

    • Social organizations

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

• Conflict and Cooperation

  • 8.3.U.D Evaluate how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have influenced the growth and development of the U.S.

    • Ethnicity and race

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

    • Working conditions

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

    • Immigration

    • Military conflict

      • The Civil War: part I (US-E.)
      • 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)

    • Economic stability

      • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
      • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)
      • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)