Grade: 11th Grade US History
Topic: Post-War Prosperity (3.3)
Included Standards: SS.912.A.7.1, SS.912.A.7.2, SS.912.A.7.3, SS.912.A.7.4, SS.912.A.7.13, SS.912.A.7.17, LACC.1112.RH.1.1,
LACC.1112.RH.1.2, LACC.1112.RH.1.3, LACC.1112.RH.2.4, LACC.1112.RH.2.5, LACC.1112.RH.2.6, LACC.1112.RH.3.7, LACC.1112.RH.3.8,
LACC.1112.RH.3.9, LACC.1112.RH.4.10, LACC.1112.WHST.1.1, LACC.1112.WHST.1.2, LACC.1112.WHST.2.4, LACC.1112.WHST.2.5
LACC.1112.WHST.2.6, LACC.1112.WHST.3.7, LACC.1112.WHST.3.8, LACC.1112.WHST.3.9, LACC.1112.WHST.4.10
Score 4.0
In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.
Score 3.0
Students will understand that in the aftermath of World War II, the United States was greatly
affected by economic prosperity and new cultural developments.
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Justify the use of public policy to address social issues.
Performs complex skills:
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Score 2.0
Evaluate how demobilization and government policies contributed to post-WWII prosperity
Analyze the social, political, and economic factors that contributed to post-WWII prosperity
Compare the relative prosperity between different ethnic groups and social classes in the post-World War II
period
Analyze the attempts to extend New Deal legislation through the Great Society and the successes and failures of
these programs to promote social and economic stability
The student exhibits no major errors or omissions regarding the score 3.0 content.
The student:
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Recognizes or recalls specific terminology:
Baby Boom, Beatnik movement, birth rate, Equal Rights Amendment, GI Bill of Rights, Great Society, Head Start,
Interstate Highway System, Medicaid, Medicare, nuclear proliferation, religious revivalism (e.g., Billy Graham and
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen), suburbs, War on Poverty, women in the workforce, youth culture
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Performs basic skills:
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Score 1.0
Score 0.0
Identify the limitations of post-WWII prosperity
Examine the social, political, ethnic, racial, and cultural groups that were unaffected by post-WWII prosperity
Examine the changing status of women in the United States after World War II
Examine post-war domestic economic affairs including the effects of the GI Bill and the Interstate Highway
System
Identify the Great Society initiatives of the 1960’s
Identify key events and people in Florida during this time period as they relate to US history
No major errors or omissions regarding the score 2.0 content.
With help, I know some of 2.0 and 3.0.
Even with help, I am unable to understand.