Roots of the United States
Government

By Bryan Oelerich

Roots of the US Government

In Defense of Liberty Shilling Note

In Defense of Liberty Form

Locke Excerpt

Magna Carta

O'Connor Breyers Interview Transcript

We the People Supplement

Appendix

USI.2 Explain the historical and intellectual influences on the American Revolution and the formation and framework of the American government.
B.  the political theories of such European philosophers as Locke and Montesquieu
Seminal Primary Documents to Consider: John Locke’s Treatises of Civil Government (1690)
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the U.S. Constitution
USI.9 Explain the reasons for the passage of the Bill of Rights.
A. the influence of the British concept of limited government
B. the particular ways in which the Bill of Rights protects basic freedoms, restricts government power, and ensures rights to persons accused of crimes
Seminal Primary Documents to Consider: Magna Carta (1215)

Power, Equality, and Democracy in the US Constitution

By Pamela Foss

PowerEquality and Democracy

USI.7 Explain the roles of various founders at the Constitutional Convention. Describe the major debates that occurred at the Convention and the “Great Compromise” that was reached.
Founders
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Alexander Hamilton
C. James Madison
D. George Washington
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the U.S. Constitution
USI.14Explain the characteristics of American democracy, including the concepts of popular sovereignty and constitutional government, which includes representative institutions, federalism, separation of powers, shared powers, checks and balances, and individual rights.

of citizenship and describe how a democracy provides opportunities for citizens to participate in the political process through elections, political parties, and interest groups.
USI. 21 Describe how decisions are made in a democracy, including the role of legislatures, courts, executives, and the public.

The Constitutional Convention:  Conflicts and Compromise

By Kara Pigeon

Constitutional Convention

USI.6 Explain the reasons for the adoption of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, including why its drafters created a weak central government; analyze the shortcomings of the national government under the Articles; and describe the crucial events (e.g., Shays’s rebellion) leading to the Constitutional Convention.
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the Northwest Ordinance (1787)
USI.7 Explain the roles of various founders at the Constitutional Convention. Describe the major debates that occurred at the Convention and the “Great Compromise” that was reached.
Major Debates

1. the distribution of political power
2. the rights of individuals
3. the rights of states
4. slavery

Founders

1. Benjamin Franklin
2. Alexander Hamilton
3. James Madison
4. George Washington

Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the U.S. Constitution
USI.8 Describe the debate over the ratification of the Constitution between Federalists and Anti-Federalists and explain the key ideas contained in the Federalist Papers on federalism, factions, checks and balances, and the importance of an independent judiciary.
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: Federalist Paper Number 10
Seminal Primary Documents to Consider: Federalist Papers numbers 1, 9, 39, 51, and 78

Bill of Rights.
A. the influence of the British concept of limited government
B. the particular ways in which the Bill of Rights protects basic freedoms, restricts government power, and ensures rights to persons accused of crimes
Standards in Historical Thinking: 

The Foundations of Government and Free Speech

By Thomas Sangermano

Foundations of Government

Schenckv United States

Writing Student Briefs

USI.3 Explain the influence and ideas of the Declaration of Independence and the political
Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson.
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the Declaration of Independence (1776)
USI.9 Explain the reasons for the passage of the Bill of Rights.
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the Bill of Rights (1791)
A. The influence of the British concept of limited government
B. The particular ways in which the Bill of Rights protects basic freedoms, restricts
Government power, and ensures rights to person’s accused of crimes
Standards in Historical Thinking: 
1. Chronological Thinking  2. Historical Comprehension  3. Historical Analysis and Interpretation 

Massachusetts Slavery and the Call for Independence

By Joseph Jussaume

USI.3  Explain the influence and ideas of the Declaration of Independence and the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson.
USI.5 Explain the role of Massachusetts in the Revolution, including important events that took place in Massachusetts and important leaders from Massachusetts.

The United States Constitution

By Gary d’Entremont

USI.7 Explain the roles of various founders at the Constitutional Convention.  Describe the major debates that occurred and the “Great Compromise” that was reached. 
USI.8  Describe the debate over ratification of the Constitution between Federalists and Anti-Federalists and explain the key ideas contained in the Federalist Papers.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner:  Teaching the Constitutional Convention

By Brian Carr and Kevin Riley

Guess Whos Coming to Dinner

USI.6 Explain the reasons for the adoption of the Articles of Confederation in 1781, including why its drafters created a weak central government; analyze the shortcomings of the national government under the Articles; and describe the crucial events (e.g., Shays’s rebellion) leading to the Constitutional Convention.
USI.7 Explain the roles of various founders at the Constitutional Convention. Describe the major debates that occurred at the Convention and the “Great Compromise” that was reached
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the U.S. Constitution
USI.8 Describe the debate over the ratification of the Constitution between Federalists and Anti-Federalists and explain the key ideas contained in the Federalist Papers on federalism, factions, checks and balances, and the importance of an independent judiciary.
Seminal Primary Documents to Consider: Federalist Papers numbers 1, 9, 10, 39, 51, and 78

Constitution and Citizenship Day

By Ken Hughes

Constitution and Citizenship Day

U.S I. 11  Describe the purpose and function of Government
U.S I. 13 Explain why the United States government is classified as a democratic       government
U.S I. 19 Explain the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and describe how a democracy provides opportunities for citizens to participate in the political process through elections, political parties, and interest groups.

Exploring the Bill of Rights

by Kathryn Clark

Exploring the
Bill of Rights

USI.9 Explain the reasons for the passage of the Bill of Rights
B. the particular ways in which the Bill of Rights protects basic freedoms, restricts government power, and ensures rights to persons accused of crimes
Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the Bill of Rights (1791)
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Research Capabilities
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

The Bill of Rights:  Supreme Court Cases, Individuals Rights, and the Roles Individuals Play in Shaping the Constitution  

By Stephen D. Szecskas

Lesson Plan
Photo Analysis
Pamphlet
Mock Trial 

USI.9 Explain the reasons for the passage of the Bill of Rights.

1. the influence of the British concept of limited government
2. the particular ways in which the Bill of Rights protects basic freedoms, restricts government power, and ensures rights to persons accused of crimes

Seminal Primary Documents to Read: the Bill of Rights (1791)
USI.12 Explain and provide examples of different forms of government, including democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy, and autocracy.
USI.13 Explain why the United States government is classified as a democratic government.
USI.14 Explain the characteristics of American democracy, including the concepts of popular sovereignty and constitutional government, which includes representative institutions, federalism, separation of powers, shared powers, checks and balances, and individual rights.
USI.21 Describe how decisions are made in a democracy, including the role of legislatures, courts, executives, and the public.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Research Capabilities 5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Paul Revere….and Twitter?

By Jean Acciavatti

USI.5 Explain the role of Massachusetts in the Revolution, including important events that took place in Massachusetts and important leaders from Massachusetts.
C.  the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1.  Chronological Thinking
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Research Capabilities
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

The Battles of Lexington and Concord

By Christopher Cook

USI.5Explain the role of Massachusetts in the Revolution, including important events that took place in Massachusetts
C.  the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation

A Bostonian’s Facebook Page on the Eve of Revolution

By Kerry Gallagher

Web site

USI.4 Analyze how Americans resisted British policies before 1775 and analyze the reasons for the American victory and the British defeat during the Revolutionary war.
USI.5 Explain the role of Massachusetts in the Revolution, including important events that took place in Massachusetts and important leaders from Massachusetts.
B. the Boston Tea Party
C. the Battles at Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
Standard 3: Historical Analysis
Standard 5: Historical Issues- Analysis and Decision-Making

Three Days with Paul Revere

By Joe Jussaume

USI.4-Analyze how Americans resisted British policies before 1775 and analyze the reasons for the American victory and British defeat during the Revolutionary War.
USI.5-Explain the role of Massachusetts in the Revolution, including important events that took place in Massachusetts and important leaders from Massachusetts.  C. The Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2: Historical Comprehension
3: Historical Analysis
4.  Historical Research Capabilities

Revolution in Boston:  A Community Effort

By Andrew Moody

PDF

USI.1 Explain the political and economic factors that contributed to the American
Revolution.
USI.4 Analyze how Americans resisted British policies before 1775 and analyze the
reasons for the American victory and the British defeat during the Revolutionary
war.
USI.5 Explain the role of Massachusetts in the revolution, including important
events that took place in Massachusetts and important leaders from Massachusetts.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2: Historical Comprehension
3: Historical Analysis

The Realities of Slavery

By Debbie Costello

The Realities of Slavery

Slavery:  An American Institution

By Erin Murphy

Slavery An American Institution

USI.29  Describe the rapid growth of slavery in the South after 1800 and analyze slave life and resistance on plantations and farms across the South, as well as the impact of the cotton gin on the economics of slavery and Southern agriculture.

In Their Own Words:
Analysis of Letters Written
by Sarah Grimké and Lucretia Mott 

By Mariann Illingworth

A Lesson for English Language Learners

USI.33   Analyze the goals and effect of the antebellum women's suffrage movement.  A. The 1848 Seneca Falls convention  D. Lucretia Mott E.  Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1.  Chronological Thinking
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Research Capabilities

“One Women Our Vote:”  A Film Guide for One Woman, One Vote (PBS)

By Pamela Foss

One Woman Our Vote
OWOV Portrait Guide
OWOV Note Guide

USI. 14 Explain the characteristics of American democracy, including the concepts of popular sovereignty and constitutional government, which includes representative institutions, federalism, separation of powers, shared powers, checks and balances, and individual rights.
USI. 33 Analyze the goals and effects of the antebellum women’s suffrage movement.
USII. 8 Analyze the origins of Progressivism and important Progressive leaders, and summarize the major accomplishments of Progressivism.
USII 9 Analyze the post-Civil War struggles of African Americans and women to gain basic civic rights.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 1. Chronological Thinking: 
Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation.
Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
Standard 5: Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Film Teaching Guide: 
One Woman, One Vote (PBS, 1995)

By Amy Shine Jones

Film Guide

USII.8 Analyze the origins of Progressivism and important Progressive leaders, and summarize the major accomplishments of Progressivism.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation

Film Guide: One Woman One Vote

By Christopher Cook

Film Guide

USI.24 Describe the election of 1828, the importance of Jacksonian democracy, and Jackson’s actions as President.
USI.25 Trace the influence and ideas of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall and the importance of the doctrine of judicial review as manifested in Marbury v. Madison (1803).
USI.26 Describe the causes, course, and consequences of America’s westward expansion and its growing diplomatic assertiveness. Use a map of North America to trace America’s expansion to the Civil War, including the location of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities

One Woman One Vote Film Guide

By Erin Kehoe

Film Guide

USI.33 Analyze the goals and effect of the antebellum women’s suffrage movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
Standard 5 : Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

The Women’s Movement:  Bringing Seneca Falls to Today

by Caroline Allison

LessonPlans
Assessment and Rubric
Handouts

USI.33 Analyze the goals and effect of the antebellum women’s suffrage movement.

1. the 1848 Seneca Falls convention
2. Susan B. Anthony
3. Margaret Fuller
4. Lucretia Mott
5. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Sharecropping:  Development and Protest

By Caroline Allison

Sharecropping
1
2
3
4
5
6

USI.41 Explain the policies and consequences of Reconstruction.  
E. the accomplishments and failures of Radical Reconstruction
USII.9 Analyze the post-Civil War struggles of African Americans and women to gain basic civil rights.
STANDARDS IN HISTORICAL THINKING:  2.  Historical Comprehension
5.  Historical Issues Analysis and Decision Making

Reconstruction and Its Impact on Society

by Amy Campobasso

Reconstruction Project
Republican Reign of Power Comes to an End
Plans for Reconstruction

USI.41 Explain the policies and consequences of Reconstruction. (H, C)
A. Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction
B. the impeachment of President Johnson
C. the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
D. the opposition of Southern whites to Reconstruction
E. the accomplishments and failures of Radical Reconstruction
F. the election of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction
G. the rise of Jim Crow Laws
H. the Supreme Court Case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Issues Analysis and Decision-Making

8-11,
US History I

Examining Dissent in the Civil War

By Caroline Allison

USI.38 Analyze Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), his views on slavery, and the political obstacles he encountered.  
USI.39 Analyze the roles and policies of various Civil War leaders and describe the important Civil War battles and events.
USI.40 Provide examples of the various effects of the Civil War.
A. physical and economic destruction
B. the increased role of the federal government
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1.  Chronological Thinking
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Research Capabilities
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Feeling the Effects:  The American Civil War

By Erin Kehoe

USI.35 Describe how different economies and cultures of the North and South contributed to the growing importance of sectional politics in the early 19th century.
USI.40 Provide examples of the various effects of the Civil War.
A. Physical and economic destruction
B. The increased role of the federal government
C. The greatest loss of life on a per capita basis of any U.S. war before or since

Immigrant Sentiment

By David Buckhoff

USII.9             Analyze the post-Civil War struggles of African-Americans… to gain basic civil rights. 
USII.10 Describe how the battle between traditionalism and modernity manifested itself in the major historical trends and events after World War I and throughout the 1920s.
C. Racial and ethnic tensions
USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking: 
2. Historical Comprehension
3. Historical Analysis and Interpretation

Teaching Race Realities of Early 20th Century America
with On the Laps of Gods by Robert Whitaker
By Jim DeBenedictis

USII.9             Analyze the post-Civil War struggles of African-Americans… to gain basic civil rights. 
USII.10 Describe how the battle between traditionalism and modernity manifested itself in the major historical trends and events after World War I and throughout the 1920s.
C. Racial and ethnic tensions
USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking: 
2. Historical Comprehension
3. Historical Analysis and Interpretation

The Bread and Roses Strike (1912)

By Amy Jones

Bread & Roses

Bread and Roses PPT

USII.1  Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution
USII.2  Explain the important consequences of the Industrial Revolution
USII.3  Describe the causes of immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans, Chinese,
Koreans, and Japanese to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and describe the major roles of these immigrants in the industrialization of America.
USII.5  Explain the formation and goals of unions as well as the rise of radical political
parties during the Industrial era.

Book Synopsis and Classroom Applications:   Philip Dray’s At the Hands of Persons Unknown: 
The Lynching of Black America

by Jim DeBenedictis

Book Review

USII.9   Analyze the post-Civil War struggles of Africans-Americans and women to gain basic civil rights
USII.10 Describe how the battle between traditionalism and modernity manifested itself in the major historical trends and events after World War I and throughout the 1920s.
C. racial and ethnic tensions
USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Civil Liberties in an American Territory: Treatment of Filipinos after the U.S. Purchase of the Philippines

By Kathleen Murphy and Thomas Sangermano

USII.6 Analyze the causes and course of America’s growing role in world affairs from the Civil War to World War I.
A. the influence of the ideas associated with Social Darwinism
D. the Spanish-American War
E. U.S. expansion into Asia under the Open Door policy

Over a Century of Struggle: The Fight Against Segregation

By Kathleen Murphy

USI.41 Explain the policies and consequences of Reconstruction
H. the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896).
USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
USII.26 Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.

Book Synopsis and Classroom Applications:  Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa by Jacques Levy written by David Buckhoff

Book Review

USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.

Standards in Historical Thinking:
2. Historical Comprehension 
3. Historical Analysis and Interpretation 
5. Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Japanese Internment: A Case Study in the Denial of American Rights

By Maura Tucker

Lesson Plan

USII.17 Explain important domestic events that took place during the war.
D. The internment of West Coast Japanese-Americans in the U.S. and Canada
Standards in Historical Thinking:

“Civil Rights Activism: Memories and Perspectives:”  A Book Synopsis with Classroom Applications of Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights by authors: Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due

By Ruth Harrington

USI.41 Explain the Policies and Consequences of Reconstruction.
USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
USII.26 Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2: Historical Comprehension
3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4: Historical Research Capabilities

The Prom:  A Mirror into Civil Rights?  A Lesson Plan Using Prom Night in Mississippi (a film produced by Morgan Freeman)

by Jean Acciavatti

USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
People

1. Robert Kennedy
2. Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. Thurgood Marshall
4. Rosa Parks
5. Malcolm X

Institution
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Events:  Brown v. Board of Education (1954
USII.26 Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
A.  the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act
B.  the growth of the African American middle class, increased political power, and declining rates of African American poverty
Standards in Historical Thinking
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation

Movements Change History:  A Book Synopsis of Like a Hurricane:  The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee
By Authors:  Paul Chaat Smith and Robert Allen Warrior

By Joseph W. Jussaume

Book Synopsis

U.S.II 28-Analyze the important domestic policies and events that took place during the presidencies of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon.  (Sadly, there are almost no historical standards that address American Indians other than the removal policies of the 1800's)
Standards in Historical Thinking
2:  Historical Comprehension
3:  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
5:  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision Making

“A Fresh Look at Civil Rights: Bayard Rustin and the Black Freedom Movement:”  A Film Guide for Use with Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

By Kathleen Murphy

A Fresh Look at Civil Rights

Bayard Rustin Timeline Instructions for Students

USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the civil rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
Standard 5: Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Film Guide for Brother Outsider – The Life of Bayard Rustin

By Thomas Sangermano

Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking
2:  Historical Comprehension
3:  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
5:  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision Making

Book Synopsis with Classroom Applications:  Freedom in the Family: A Mother – Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights by Tananarive Due and Patricia Stephens Due

By Kenneth Hughes

Hughes

USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
USII.26 Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1:  Chronological Thinking
2:  Historical Comprehension
3:  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4:  Historical Research
5:  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision Making

“Wounded Knee” from We Shall Remain (PBS) Film Guide

By Michael Maloney

USII.25 Analyze the origins, goals, and key events of the Civil Rights movement.
USII.26 Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
Standard 5 : Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Vietnam War Protest

By Michael Saucier

USII.28 Analyze the important domestic policies and events that took place during the presidencies of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.
C. Johnson’s Great Society Programs
D. Nixon’s appeal to “the silent majority”
E. the anti-war and counter-cultural movements
Standards in Historical Thinking:
Standard 1: Chronological Thinking
Standard 2: Historical Comprehension
Standard 3: Historical Analysis and Interpretation
Standard 4: Historical Research Capabilities
Standard 5 : Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Modern America and the World Wars (1914 – 1945)

The Reaction of Minorities to American Entry into World War II

By John Craven

USII.17 Explain important domestic events that took place during the war.
D. The internment of West Coast Japanese-Americans in the U.S. and Canada.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation

Teaching Japanese-American Internment with Double Victory by Ronald Takaki and Photographs by Ansel Adams & Dorothea Lange

By James DeBenedictis

Book assignment

USI.14 Explain the characteristics of American democracy, including the concepts of popular sovereignty and constitutional government, which includes representative institutions, federalism, separation of powers, shared powers, checks and balances, and individual rights.  
US II.17 Explain important domestic events that took place during the war.
D. the internment of West Coast Japanese-Americans in the U.S. and Canada
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1.  Chronological Thinking
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Designing a Smithsonian Exhibition on the U.S. Dropping of the Atomic Bomb Simulation

By Tracey Kassin

PPT

US. II 16.   Explain the reasons for the dropping of the atom bomb on Japan and its short and long-term effects.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1.  Chronological Thinking
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Research Capabilities
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

National Security versus Liberty: The Internment of the Japanese

By Michael Schiazza

lesson plan

USII.14 Explain the strength of American isolationism after World War I and analyze its impact on U.S. foreign policy.
USII.15 Analyze how German aggression in Europe and Japanese aggression in Asia contributed to the start of World War II and summarize the major battles and events of the war.
USII.17 Explain important domestic events that took place during the war.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1.  Chronological Thinking
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation
4.  Historical Research Capabilities
5.  Historical Issues-Analysis and Decision-Making

Using Oral History to Study the Vietnam War

By Michael Kinney

USII.19 - Analyze the sources and, with a map of the world, locate the areas of Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
USII.20 - Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Vietnam War and summarize the diplomatic and military policies of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon.
Standards in Historical Thinking:
1.  Chronological Thinking
2.  Historical Comprehension
3.  Historical Analysis and Interpretation