Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
(16) Economics. The student understands significant economic developments between World War I and World War II.
(17) Economics. The student understands the economic effects of World War II and the Cold War.
(19) Government. The student understands changes over time in the role of government.
(20) Government. The student understands the changing relationships among the three branches of the federal government.
16(D) compare the New Deal policies and Unit 5
Which New Deal
20th Amendment
Writing
its opponents' approaches to resolving the
Specificity
programs best
21st Amendment
Collaborative Groups
economic effects of the Great Depression;
reflect the goals of
New Deal
relief, recovery,
Relief, Recover, &
ELP Strategies:
SUPPORTING
16(E) describe how various New Deal
and reform?
Reform
3GPerspective
agencies and programs, including the
Public Works
1E list/sort/label
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the
Programs
3B Sentence Stem
Securities and Exchange Commission, and
How did the WWII Securities and
5C Word Knowledge
the Social Security Administration,
provide increased
Exchange
1ACornell Notes
continue to affect the lives of U.S. citizens.
opportunities for
Commission
4I Writing Scaffolds
women and
Social Security
4B Daily Oral
SUPPORTING
17(A) describe the economic effects of
minorities?
Administration
Language
World War II on the home front such as
the end of the Great Depression, rationing,
and increased opportunity for women and
minority employment; READINESS
19(A) evaluate the impact of New Deal
legislation on the historical roles of state
and federal government; READINESS
19(B) explain constitutional issues raised
by federal government policy changes
during times of significant events,
including … the Great Depression,
…READINESS
20(B) evaluate the impact of relationships
among the legislative, executive, and
judicial branches of government, including
Revised May 2016
Unit 5
Specificity
How did the Great
Depression
contribute to the
expansion of the
federal
government?
Entitlement
Deficit Spending
Court-packing
Checks and
Balances
Analyzing Primary
Sources (political
cartoons and articles)
ELP Strategies:
4D Scanning
1E list/sort/label
3B Sentence Stem
1ACornell Notes
4I Writing Scaffolds
Google Drive Folder –
1920’s and 30’s
Great Depression and
New Deal Notes
New Deal Critics
History Alive:
“My Deal: What Should
be done about the Great
Depression”
“Discovering the
Legacy of the New
Deal”
Internet resource:
http://newdeal.feri.org
The Last Will and
Testament of the New
Deal
Cartoons and
Information on FDR’s
Court Packing
Article on FDR and
Court Packing
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to increase
4B Daily Oral
FDR v. Supreme Court
the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices
Language
article
and the presidential election of 2000;
READINESS
(2) History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in U.S. history from 1877 to the present.
(7) History. The student understands the domestic and international impact of U.S. participation in World War II.
(12) Geography. The student understands the impact of geographic factors on major events
(17) Economics. The student understands the economic effects of World War II and the Cold War.
(19) Government. The student understands changes over time in the role of government.
(24) Citizenship. The student understands the importance of effective leadership in a constitutional role.
(25) Culture. The student understands the relationship between the arts and the times during which they are created.
(26) Culture. The student understands how people from various groups contribute to our national identity.
(27) Science, technology, and society. TS understands the impact of science, technology, the free enterprise system on the economic development of the US.
2(A) identify the major characteristics that Unit 6
What is the correct Era
Quickwrite over the
Google Drive Folder
define an historical era; SUPPORTING
Specificity
sequence of events
significance of World 1940’s
2(B) identify the major eras in U.S. history
during the World
War II as a turning
from 1877 to the present and describe their
War II era? What
point in American
World War II
defining characteristics; READINESS
are some of the
History.
Chronology
2(C) apply absolute and relative
important reference
chronology through the sequencing of
points?
Cardsort/Sequential
significant individuals, events, and time
Ordering activity
periods. SUPPORTING
over the major events
2(D) explain the significance of the
during the era.
following years as turning points19391945 (World War II), SUPPORTING
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A, 4I, 4B
7(A) identify reasons for U.S. involvement Unit 6
What influenced
Totalitarian
Interactive Lecture
World War II Notes
in World War II, including Italian,
Specificity
and provoked U.S.
dictatorship
Pearl Harbor: "A Date
German, and Japanese dictatorships and
involvement in
appeasement
Partner debate over
Which Will Live in
their aggression, especially the attack on
World War II?
Nazism
what was the most
Infamy"
Pearl Harbor; READINESS
fascism
important cause of
Revised May 2016
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
blitzkrieg
alliances
Maginot Line
7(D) analyze major issues of World War
II, including the Holocaust; the internment
of German, Italian, and Japanese
Americans and Executive Order 9066; and
the development of conventional and
atomic weapons; READINESS
Unit 6
Specificity
19 (B) explain constitutional issues raised
by federal government policy changes
during times of significant events,
including World War II. READINESS
Unit 6
Specificity
7(B) evaluate the domestic and
international leadership of Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Harry Truman during World
War II, including the U.S. relationship with
its allies and domestic industry's rapid
mobilization for the war effort;
Unit 6
Specificity
Revised May 2016
Compare and
Contrast the
internment of the
Japanese
Americans to the
Jewish
Concentration
Camps.
What
Constitutional
issues were raised
by the internment
of JapaneseAmericans during
WWII?
How did U.S.
participation in the
war abroad have an
impact
domestically?
SS resistance
Swastika
Eugenics
Concentration camp
Anti-semitism
Genocide
Liberation
US involvement in
WWII.
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A, 4I, 4B
Interactive Lecture
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A, 4I, 4B
History Alive! The
United States in World
War II
1.2 From Versailles to
Pearl Harbor
Nazis/Jews comparison
to US/Japanese
internees
Would You Drop It?
http://www.holocaustsu
rvivors.org/
Internment
SOAPS Activity over
Executive Order
9066
Mobilization
GI
Selective service
Total war
Office of War
Information
Interactive Lecture
Home front
simulation
“Modern Marvels- The
Manhattan Project”
History Alive Lesson
“The Decision to use
the Atomic Bomb”
Google Drive Folder
1940’s
History Alive! The
United States in World
War II
3.1 Newscasts from the
Home Front
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
SUPPORTING
7(C) analyze the function of the U.S.
Office of War Information;
SUPPORTING
7(D) analyze major issues of World War
II, including the Holocaust; the internment
of German, Italian, and Japanese
Americans and Executive Order 9066; and
the development of conventional and
atomic weapons; READINESS
7(G) explain the home front and how
American patriotism inspired exceptional
actions by citizens and military personnel,
including high levels of military
enlistment; volunteerism; the purchase of
war bonds; Victory Gardens; the bravery
and contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen,
the Flying Tigers, and the Navajo Code
Talkers; and opportunities and obstacles
for women and ethnic minorities.
READINESS
17(A) describe the economic effects of
World War II on the home front such as
the end of the Great Depression, rationing,
and increased opportunity for women and
minority employment; READINESS
25(A) describe how the characteristics and
issues in U.S. history have been reflected
in various genres of art, music, film, and
literature; SUPPORTING
Revised May 2016
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Assessment
How did American
leadership affect
the outcome of
World War II?
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
Black Market
Open city
Holocaust
War bonds
Victory gardens
Volunteerism
Tuskegee Airmen
Flying Tigers
Navajo Codetalkers
Newscasts from the
Home front
WWII in Europe and
North Africa map
ELP Strategies: 4D,
3J, 3G, 1E, 3B, 5C,
1A, 4I, 4B
WWII in Pacific map
Home Front Power
Point
Nazi Propaganda
Machine
Tuskegee Airmen:
History.com
Unit 6
Specificity
Hector Garcia
Vernon J. Baker
Unit 6
Specificity
How would
rationing affect
rural citizens
differently than
urban citizens?
What are some
examples of
different genres of
art being used as
propaganda during
WWII?
Rationing
genre
Interactive Lecture
ELP Strategies: 2F,
3J, 3G, 1E, 3B, 5C,
1A, 4I, 4B
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
4I, 4B
World War II Rationing
from the Ames
Historical Society
Boogie Woogie Bugle
Boy
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
26(D) identify the political, social, and
economic contributions of women such as
Frances Willard, Jane Addams, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Dolores Huerta, Sonia
Sotomayor, and Oprah Winfrey to
American society SUPPORTING
Unit 6
Specificity
7(E) analyze major military events of
World War II, including the Battle of
Midway, the U.S. military advancement
through the Pacific Islands, the Bataan
Death March, the invasion of Normandy,
fighting the war on multiple fronts, and the
liberation of concentration camps;
SUPPORTING
7(F) evaluate the military contributions of
leaders during World War II, including
Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower,
Douglas MacArthur, Chester A. Nimitz,
George Marshall, and George Patton
SUPPORTING
Unit 6
Specificity
Dwight
Eisenhower
George Marshall
Omar Bradley
George Patton
26(F) discuss the importance of
Congressional Medal of Honor recipients,
including individuals of all races and
genders such as Vernon J. Baker, Alvin
York, and Roy Benavidez. SUPPORTING
27(B) explain how specific needs result in
scientific discoveries and technological
innovations in agriculture, the military, and
medicine, including vaccines;
SUPPORTING
Unit 6
Specificity
Roy Benavidez
Revised May 2016
Evaluate the
contributions of
the military
leaders of WWII.
Unit 6
Specificity
Assessment
What are some
examples of
Eleanor
Roosevelt’s view
on race, social
reform, and
women’s issues?
-Why would Hitler
want a multiple
front war?
-Why was the
Battle of Midway
considered a
turning point?
Why is the
invasion of
Normandy
significant?
-How did the
Bataan Death
March affect the
Allied war effort?
What are some
reasons individuals
are awarded the
Congressional
Medal of Honor?
Do you think that
peacetime
technologies would
have been
developed without
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
ELP Strategies: 3J,
3G
The Eleanor Roosevelt
Story
Fronts
D-Day
Campaign
Theater of war
VE Day
VJ Day
GI
Campaign
Island-hopping
Armistice
Summit Conference
Demobilization
Occupation
Student created
quotes that describe
the military
contributions of the
leaders during WWII
Battles of WWIIEurope
History Alive! The
United States in World
War II
2.1 Winning World War
II
3.2 Evaluating the
Japanese Internment
During World War II
4.1 Facing the
Holocaust: Why
Genocide?
Recipient
Valor
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A, 4I, 4B
Vernon J. Baker Story
Innovations
Vaccines
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A
Google Drive Folder
1940’s
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A, 4I, 4B
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
the stimulus
provided by war?
Support your
answer.
12(B) identify and explain reasons for
Unit 6
How did World
Political Boundaries ELP Strategies: 2F,
Google Drive Folder
changes in political boundaries such as
Specificity
War II create
Human Geography
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
1940’s
those resulting from statehood and
changes in political
5C, 1A
international conflicts. SUPPORTING
boundaries?
19(E) evaluate the pros and cons of U.S.
Unit 6
Describe U.S.
Multinational
ELP Strategies: 2F,
Formation of NATO
participation in international organizations
Specificity
participation in
Collective Security
1A, 4I, 4B
and Warsaw Pact –
and treaties. SUPPORTING
international
History.com
organizations and
treaties after
United Nations
WWII. What were
formation lesson online
some positive and
negative effects of
this participation?
24(A) describe qualities of effective
Unit 6
How would you
ELP Strategies:
leadership; SE NOT INCLUDED IN
Specificity
define the traits and
3G,1E, 5C, 1A, 4I,
qualities of an
4B
ASSESSED CURRICULUM
effective leader?
(2) History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in U.S. history from 1877 to the present.
(8) History. The student understands the impact of significant national and international decisions and conflicts in the Cold War on the United States.
(20) Government. The student understands the changing relationships among the three branches of the federal government.
(26) Culture. The student understands how people from various groups contribute to our national identity.
(27) Science, technology, and society. TS understands the impact of science, technology, the free enterprise system on the economic development of the US.
2(A) identify the major characteristics that Unit 7
What is the correct Marshall Plan
Timeline of Cold
Google Drive Cold War
define an historical era; SUPPORTING
Specificity
sequence of events Iron Curtain
War Events
and the 1950’s Folder
2(B) identify the major eras in U.S. history
during the Cold
Berlin
History Alive: Cold
from 1877 to the present and describe their
War period? What Blockade/Airlift
Illustrated Cold War
War Terms
defining characteristics; READINESS
are some of the
Truman Doctrine
Terms
Containment
Cold War Timeline
Revised May 2016
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
2(C) apply absolute and relative
chronology through the sequencing of
significant individuals, events, and time
periods; SUPPORTING
(2D) explain the significance of the
following years as turning points: … 1957
(Sputnik launch ignites U.S.–Soviet space
race), SUPPORTING
8(A) describe U.S. responses to Soviet
aggression after World War II, including
the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan,
the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization…READINESS
8(B) describe how Cold War tensions
were intensified by the arms race, the space
race, McCarthyism, and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee (HUAC),
the findings of which were confirmed by
the Verona Papers; SUPPORTING
2(A) identify the major characteristics that
define an historical era; SUPPORTING
2(B) identify the major eras in U.S.
history from 1877 to the present and
describe their defining characteristics;
READINESS
2(C) apply absolute and relative
chronology through the sequencing of
Revised May 2016
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Assessment
important reference
points?
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
Sputnik
“Missile Gap”
ELPS:
4F
Cold War Notes
Cold War - Cicero
Unit 7
Specificity
What would be
the potential
problems left
after the end of
World War II?
What would be
the possible
consequences of
U.S.
involvement in
some of those
problems?
Unit 7
Specificity
The Fifties &
Sixties
1950 – 1969
Baby Boom
National
Integration
Why did Stalin
want to support
Communist
governments in
Eastern Europe?
What responses did
the United States
have for this
action?
Aggression
Credibility Gap
NATO
Berlin Airlift
McCarthyism
NASA
HUAC
Verona Papers
Interactive Lecture
What statement
best describes the
differences
between the
decades of the
1950’s and the
1960’s?
Atomic attack
Eisenhower and
conservativism
per capita income,
franchise,
GI Bill,
beatnik
mandate,
Presidents from the
Era; Graphic
Organizer – major
events and policies
for each president;
Eisenhower,
Kennedy, Johnson
and Nixon
Map of Iron Curtain
with NATO and
Warsaw Pact
countries
Google Drive Cold War
and the 1950’s Folder
Cold War ppt
ELPS: 2G
Clip from Moon
landing
Title IX webpage
History Alive 3.2 Great
Society War on Poverty
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
significant individuals, events, and time
periods; SUPPORTING
2(D) explain the significance of the
following years as turning points: …19681969 (Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
and U.S. lands on the moon),
SUPPORTING
8(B) describe how Cold War tensions
were intensified by the arms race, the
space race, McCarthyism, and the House
Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC), the findings of which were
confirmed by the Venona Papers;
SUPPORTING
8(D) explain reasons and outcomes for
U.S. involvement in foreign countries and
their relationship to the Domino Theory,
including the Vietnam War; READINESS
8(E) analyze the major issues and events
of the Vietnam War such as the Tet
Offensive, the escalation of forces,
Vietnamization, and the fall of Saigon; and
SUPPORTING
8 (F) describe the responses to the
Vietnam War such as the draft, the 26th
Amendment, the role of the media, the
credibility gap, the silent majority, and the
anti-war movement. READINESS
Revised May 2016
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Assessment
Space Race
Moon Landing
Sputnik
Great Society
Unit 7
Specificity
Society in the
1950's
Fallout shelters,
fear of the bomb
Red Scare
Senate
Hearings/Hollyw
ood
“Duck & Cover”
Unit 7
Specificity
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
Warren
Commission,
Headstart
School Lunches
Title IX
Assassination
How did
American’s anticommunist
thinking and fear of
the atomic bomb
affect US-Soviet
relations?
McCarthyism
How did the
domino theory
influence U.S.
involvement and
strategy in the
Vietnam War?
Domino theory
Tet Offensive
Vietnamization
Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution
26th amendment
JFK’s Assassination
& its impact on the
US; I AM Poem
ELP Strategies: : 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A, 4I, 4B
Evaluate the causes
for the “Red Scare”
and how propaganda
affected US Society,
flowchart
ELP Strategies: 2F,
4D, 3J, 3G, 1E, 3B,
5C, 1A, 4I, 4B, 4C,
1A
Video Clip of Senate
Hearings
Video Clip of Cold War
Propaganda school
video; “Duck & Cover”
Interactive lecture:
Vietnam Timeline
Google Drive Vietnam
War Folder
Analyze primary
sources: Protest
music
Vietnam Quick Guide Cicero
Vietnam War PPT
ELPS: 2F
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
20(A) describe the impact of events such
as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the
War Powers Act on the relationship
between the legislative and executive
branches of government; SUPPORTING
26(F) discuss the importance of
congressional Medal of Honor recipients,
including individuals of all races and
genders such as Vernon J. Baker, Alvin
York, and Roy Benavidez.
SUPPORTING
8(A) ,… and John F. Kennedy's role in the
Cuban Missile Crisis; READINESS
(B) describe how Cold War tensions were
intensified …and the House Un-American
Activities Committee (HUAC), the
findings of which were confirmed by the
Venona Papers SUPPORTING
8(D) explain reasons and outcomes for
U.S. involvement in foreign countries and
Revised May 2016
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Unit 7
Specificity
Vietnam War
1964-65: Gulf of
Tonkin
Resolutionincrease of
Presidential
Power
1973-War
Powers ActCongress limits
Presidential
Power to wage
war
Unit 7
Specificity
Unit 7
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
Who would most
likely oppose the
Gulf of Tonkin
resolution and who
might oppose the
War Powers Act?
Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution
Checks and
Balances
War Powers Act
What factors could
account for acts of
heroism? Explain
why Roy
Benavidez and
Vernon J Baker are
American Heroes.
How did the
various U.S.
responses to Soviet
aggression
demonstrate its
dedication to
defeating
communism?
What was the
Congressional
Medal of Honor
Interactive Lecture
Analyze primary
documents
Primary Source: Gulf
of Tonkin resolution
LBJ Gulf of Tonkin
incident.doc
ELPS: 2G
Create an Award
Plaque
Roy Benavides online
Vernon J Baker on PBS
ELPS: 4F
Cuban Missile
Crisis
Interactive lecture
Act/react: Cuban
Missile crisis options
Quarantine
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile
Crisis
Domino Theory
ELPS: 3D Speak
using grade level
vocabulary in context
(response triads)
History Alive: Cold
War
The Cold War Expands
The Cold War Expands
Guide
Social Studies
Course: US History from 1877 to the Present
Unit 5: Great Depression and New Deal
Unit 6 World War II
Unit 7 Early Cold War and 1950’s/60’s
TEKS
their relationship to the Domino Theory,
including the Vietnam War; READINESS
27(B) explain how specific needs result in
scientific discoveries and technological
innovations in agriculture, the military, and
medicine, including vaccines;
SUPPORTING
8(C) explain reasons and outcomes for
U.S. involvement in the Korean War and
its relationship to the containment policy;
READINESS
Revised May 2016
Guiding Questions &
Specificity
Unit 7
Specificity
JFK & The New
Frontier
Gemini
Moon challenge
Unit 7
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Grading Period: 4th Grading Period
Days to teach: (5) Great Depression and New Deal
(6) World War II
(5) 1950s
Vocabulary
Instructional
Resources
Strategies
outcome of the
responses?
How did the Cold
War influence
American
technology and
innovations?
Describe how U.S.
involvement in the
Korean War was an
example of
carrying out the
policy of
“containment”.
38th parallel
Create a poster that
represents the
different plans and
goals of the space
program
Google Drive Folder
1960’s
Space Poster;
Interactive lecture
Korean War Map and
Korean War pdf.
ELPS: 2C
Korean War Map