Tennessee

Students will analyze the involvement of the United States during World War I, the cultural, economic, and political developments of the 1920s, and the causes and course of World War II.

• 5.42 Summarize the reasons for American entry into World War I, including submarine attacks on the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.

  • World War I: the road to war (5-L.1)

• 5.43 Locate and map the countries of the Central and Allied Powers during World War I.

  • World War I: the war begins (5-L.2)

• 5.44 Explain the roles of significant people and groups in World War I, including Herbert Hoover, John J. Pershing, doughboys, Lawrence Tyson, and Alvin C. York.

  • World War I: events of the war (5-L.3)

• 5.45 Refer to details and examples in a text to explain the aims of world leaders in the Treaty of Versailles and why the United States rejected Wilson's League of Nations.

  • World War I: the road to peace (5-L.4)

• 5.46 Evaluate the role of Tennessee as the "Perfect 36" and the work of Anne Dallas Dudley, Harry Burn, and Governor Roberts in the fight for women's suffrage and Josephine Pearson's opposition.

• 5.47 Make connections with the growth of popular culture of the "Roaring Twenties" with the following:

  • W.C. Handy, Bessie Smith

  • automobiles, radios, and nickelodeons

  • Harlem Renaissance

  • WSM, Grand Ole Opry

  • Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis

  • mass production, "just in time" inventory, appliances

• 5.48 Determine the meaning and use of economic terms credit, interest, and debt and the role these played in the economy of the 1920s.

  • The Great Depression: part II (5-M.2)

• 5.49 Analyze the events that caused the Great Depression and its impact on the nation and Tennessee, including mass unemployment, Hoovervilles, and soup kitchens.

  • The Great Depression: part I (5-M.1)
  • The Great Depression: part II (5-M.2)
  • The New Deal (5-M.3)

• 5.50 Use specific textual evidence from primary and secondary source to summarize the success, failures, and challenges of President Roosevelt's New Deal policies, including:

  • Social Security

    • The Great Depression: part II (5-M.2)
    • The New Deal (5-M.3)

  • Civilian Conservation Corps

    • The Great Depression: part II (5-M.2)
    • The New Deal (5-M.3)

  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

    • The Great Depression: part II (5-M.2)
    • The New Deal (5-M.3)

  • Tennessee Valley Authority

    • The Great Depression: part II (5-M.2)
    • The New Deal (5-M.3)

  • Cumberland Homesteads

  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park

• 5.51 Compare and contrast a first hand and second hand account of the impact of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s.

• 5.52 Using a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the rise of fascism, totalitarianism, and Nazism in Europe and Japan, the leaders and the goals of the Germany, Italy, and Japan.

• 5.53 Compare and contrast different stories from media, and informational text regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor and its impact on the United States, including the USS Arizona and USS Tennessee and America's entry in the war.

  • World War II: global events (5-N.2)

• 5.54 Evaluate the constitutionality of Japanese internment during the war.

• 5.55 Locate the Axis and Allied Powers and the major theaters of war on a map.

  • World War II: global events (5-N.2)

• 5.56 With supporting facts and details provide reasons for rationing, victory gardens, the design of The Rosie the Riveter ideal (Avco jobs for Tennessee women) and the Women Airforce Service Pilots-Cornelia Fort.

• 5.57 Write an informative text about the Holocaust and its impact.

• 5.58 Clarify the reasons for the German surrender and reasons for the European division of Germany.

• 5.59 Describe the role of the Manhattan Project and Oak Ridge, Tennessee in ending World War II and the decision to drop the atom bomb on Japan.

• 5.60 Explain the purpose of the formation of the United Nations and the role of Cordell Hull.