Major Concepts/Content: The United States history course at the eleventh grade level is designed to be a required one-year course, with emphasis on our nation's history from Reconstruction to the present. Both basic and advanced social studies skills receive emphasis. This course builds on the eighth grade history course that concentrated on the pre-Columbian period to reconstruction. The first quarter is used to review, reinforce, and expand the student's knowledge of pre-civil War United States. The remaining quarters concentrate on post-Reconstruction to the present, influences of and relations with the host nation during these periods are explored as part of the course. 

Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities that enable students to make comparisons of the United States during specific periods of history will be emphasized. Students will examine immigration and migration in the United States, present oral and written reports, visit museums, design diagrams, and construct graphs and maps to Describe migration and patterns of settlement. 

Major Evaluative Techniques: Evaluation will be comprised of tests on content material, group activity presentations, essay tests, cause and effect analysis, and assessment of student projects. Written and oral reports should include visual illustrations/representations. Unit and end-of-chapter tests will be used to assess student achievement of content objectives. 

Essential Objectives: Upon completion of the United States history course, students should be able to: 

• Survey U.S. history from 1776 to 1865.
• Examine immigration and migration in the United States.
• Compare the U.S. role in both World Wars.
• Compare the post-war periods after the World Wars.
• Describe economic patterns of modern U.S. history.
• Examine modern relationships among the three branches of government.
• Describe major social movements in the U.S.
• Review treatment of minorities and women in the U.S.
• Identify current problems and national priorities.
• Identify major events of U.S. history.

Last Revised: July 21, 2005