Social Studies Level 10
Late US History
SS10.01.01 Examines the rise of the Industrial Revolution in America and identifies key figures
SS10.01.02 Describes daily life during the Gilded Age and working conditions that led to organized labor movements
SS10.01.03 Examines major strikes of the late 1800s
SS10.02.01 Explains the primary causes of WWI
SS10.02.02 Describes the aims of Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the League of Nations
SS10.02.03 Analyzes changes in the home front during WWI
SS10.03.01 Examines the Women’s Movement
SS10.03.02 Explains the causes and effects of Prohibition and identifies key figures and ideas
SS10.04.01 Explains the causes of WW II
SS10.04.02 Explains the changing role of Women during WWII
SS10.04.03 Explains the contributions of African-Americans and Native Americans during WWII
SS10.04.04 Examines the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII
SS10.04.05 Examines Alaska’s role in WWII
SS10.05.01 Compares and contrasts two decades from the Cold War
SS10.05.02 Examines the Cuban Missile Crisis and identifies key figures
SS10.05.03 Examines the causes of the Vietnam War and the growth of the anti- war/counterculture movement in America in the 1960s and 1970s
SS10.05.04 Examines the rise of Republicanism and the end of the Cold War
SS10.05.05 Identifies and explains significance of key figures of the Civil Rights Movements
SS10.05.06 Identifies and explains significance of key figures of the Modern Era
SS10.06.01 Uses census data from 1790-1940 to describe population changes
SS10.06.02 Creates a timeline of the major inventions of the Industrial Revolution
SS10.06.03 Creates a timeline of U.S. Imperialism and expansionism
SS10.06.04 Maps the area known as the Dust Bowl
SS10.06.05 Analyzes the Holocaust
SS10.06.06 Creates a timeline of the major events of the Cold War
SS10.06.07 Compares and contrasts the coming home of at least two groups of Veteran’s
SS10.06.08 Describes major acts of Terrorism
SS10.07.01 Describes major trends in urban and industrial transformation in America
SS10.07.02 Compares and contrasts the changes in political boundaries before and after World War I
SS10.07.03 Maps the participating countries during WWII
SS10.07.04 Maps countries in East and Southeast Asia reflecting post WWII political boundaries
SS10.08.01 Compares and contrasts the Monroe Doctrine with Roosevelt’s “big stick” diplomacy
SS10.08.02 Explains the Manhattan Project and the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb
SS10.08.03 Compares and contrasts treaties after WWI and after WWII
SS10.08.04 Describes the effects of the assassination of JFK and the presidential succession
SS10.08.05 Compares and contrasts Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education
SS10.08.06 Explains the significance of Watergate
SS10.08.07 Explains the consequences of 9/11
SS10.09.01 Defines and describes the concepts of horizontal and vertical integration and its relation to monopolies
SS10.09.02 Describes the economic factors that led to the Industrial Revolution in America
SS10.09.03 Explains the push and pull factors that effected immigration from 1870 to 1910
SS10.09.04 Explains the causes of the Great Depression and the Government’s response to help alleviate the problems
SS10.09.05 Analyzes issues of supply and demand during WWII
SS10.09.06 Analyzes the growth of internet business
Resources for All of Level 10
Core Resource: Pearson, United States History Digital Resources: Exam View, Teacher Express, Witness History, http://www.phschool.com
U.S. Online Textbook - http://dev.ushistory.org/us/index.asp
Teacher Created Resource: ss_10_operation_orohs.docx
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - https://www.gilderlehrman.org/
National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/
Plessy v. Ferguson - http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/plessy_v_ferguson#Tab=Overview
Brown v. Board of Education - http://landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/brown_v_board_of_education
Watergate Explained - http://www.dummies.com/education/history/american-history/president-richard-nixon-and-the-watergate-scandal/
The Manhattan Project - http://www.ushistory.org/us/51f.asp
US Holocaust Museum - https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143
Native Americans in WWII - http://armedforcesmuseum.com/the-role-of-native-americans-during-world-war-ii/
Navajo Code Talkers - http://navajocodetalkers.org
Social Studies and Film - http://www.teachwithmovies.org/us-history-culture-subject-list.htm