Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning -- Grade 6

United States History: 1877 to the Present

6.1 The student will explain how, following the Civil War, massive immigration, combined with the rise of big business, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed American life, with emphasis on:

Western settlement and changing federal policy toward the Indians;
• Closing the Frontier AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.asp
  
• Western Folkways AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  

Why various immigrant groups came to America, some of the obstacles they faced, and the important contributions they made; and
• The Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• The New Tycoons: Andrew Carnegie
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1c.asp
  
• Eugene V. Debs and American Socialism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2e.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• Corruption Runs Wild
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3d.asp
  
• Education
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4a.asp
  
• Women in the Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4c.asp
  
• Victorian Values in a New Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4d.asp
  
• Old Values vs. New Values
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12.asp
  
• The Red Scare
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12a.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  
• America -- Land of Opportunity? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam12/2.asp
  

The growth of American cities, including the impact of racial and ethnic conflict and the role of political machines.
• The Northern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11c.asp
  
• Radical Reconstruction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12b.asp
  
• Rebuilding the Old Order
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12d.asp
  
• The Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Organized Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• Corruption Runs Wild
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3d.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Old Values vs. New Values
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12.asp
  
• The Red Scare
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12a.asp
  
• The Monkey Trial
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12b.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  
• Books and Movies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12d.asp
  
• Surmounting Cultural, Racial, and Gender Barriers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/9.asp
  

6.2 The student will analyze and explain Americans' responses to industrialization and urbanization, with emphasis on:

Muckraking literature and the rise of the Progressive Movement;
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  
• Muckrakers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7b.asp
  
• Progressives in the White House AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8.asp
  
• Upton Sinclair and the Novel of Social Outrage
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/12a.asp
  

Women's suffrage and temperance movements, and their impact on society;
• Women's Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3c.asp
  
• Women in the Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4c.asp
  
• Victorian Values in a New Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4d.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Women's Suffrage at Last
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7c.asp
  
• Flappers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11d.asp
  
• The Evolution of Women's Spheres
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/10.asp
  

Child labor, working conditions, and the rise of organized labor;
• New Attitudes Toward Wealth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1e.asp
  
• Labor vs. Management
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2b.asp
  
• Early National Organizations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2c.asp
  
• American Federation of Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2d.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• Education
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4a.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  
• Muckrakers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7b.asp
  
• Progressives in the White House
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8.asp
  
• The Election of 1912
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8f.asp
  
• Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8g.asp
  
• The Invention of the Teenager
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11c.asp
  
• FDR's Alphabet Soup
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2e.asp
  

Political changes at the local, state, and national levels;
• Politics of the Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1f.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• Corruption Runs Wild
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3d.asp
  
• Life on the Reservations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5d.asp
  
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• The Election of 1896
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6e.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Progressives in the White House AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8.asp
  
• The Fight Against 'Demon Rum'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11b.asp
  
• Domestic and International Politics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12e.asp
  

Improvements in standards of living, life expectancy, and living conditions.
• Organized Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• The Great Upheaval
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2a.asp
  
• Labor vs. Management
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2b.asp
  
• Early National Organizations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2c.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• The Election of 1912
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8f.asp
  
• Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8g.asp
  
• The Decade That Roared AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11.asp
  

6.3 The student will describe and analyze the changing role of the United States in world affairs between 1898 and 1930, with emphasis on:

The Spanish-American War;
• 'Remember the Maine!'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9c.asp
  
• The Spanish-American War and Its Consequences
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9d.asp
  

The Panama Canal;
• The Panama Canal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9g.asp
  

Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick Diplomacy;"
• The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9e.asp
  
• Reaching to Asia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9f.asp
  
• The Panama Canal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9g.asp
  

The United States' role in World War I;
• America in the First World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  

The League of Nations;
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10d.asp
  

Tariff barriers to world trade.
• Hawaiian Annexation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9b.asp
  
• Reaching to Asia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9f.asp
  
• The Panama Canal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9g.asp
  

6.4 The student will describe the ideas and events of the 1920's and 1930's, with emphasis on:

Literature, music, dance, and entertainment;
• The Decade That Roared
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11.asp
  
• Radio Fever
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11g.asp
  
• Fads and Heroes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11h.asp
  
• Books and Movies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12d.asp
  
• Hawthorne and Melville
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/5.asp
  
• The Emergence of American Poetry AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/6.asp
  

The Harlem Renaissance;
• The Harlem Renaissance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11e.asp
  
• The Emergence of American Poetry AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/6.asp
  

Impact of the automobile;
• The Age of the Automobile
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11a.asp
  

Prohibition, speakeasies, and bootlegging;
• The Fight Against 'Demon Rum'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11b.asp
  

The impact of women's suffrage;
• Women's Suffrage at Last
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7c.asp
  
• Flappers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11d.asp
  

Racial tensions and labor strife; and
• Old Values vs. New Values
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12.asp
  

Urban and rural electrification.
• The New Deal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• The Farming Problem
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2c.asp
  
• FDR's Alphabet Soup
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2e.asp
  

6.5 The student will explain the Great Depression and its effects, with emphasis on:

Weaknesses in the economy, the collapse of financial markets in the late 1920's, and other events that triggered the Great Crash;
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  

The extent and depth of business failures, unemployment, and poverty;
• The Great Depression AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The New Deal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

The New Deal and its impact on the Depression and the future role of government in the economy; and
• The New Deal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

Personalities and leaders of the period, including Will Rogers, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, and Charles Lindbergh.
• Fads and Heroes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11h.asp
  
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• The Arsenal of Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3d.asp
  

6.6 The student will analyze and explain the major causes, events, personalities, and effects of World War II, with emphasis on:

The rise of Fascism, Nazism, and Communism in the 1930's and 1940's and the response of Europe and the United States;
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  

Aggression in Europe and the Pacific;
• The Road to Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• America in the Second World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  
• World War II
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8.asp
  

Failure of the policy of appeasement;
• War Breaks Out
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3c.asp
  
• The Arsenal of Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3d.asp
  
• Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3e.asp
  

The Holocaust;
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  
• Under Nazi Rule
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7b.asp
  
• Resistance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8c.asp
  
• The Holocaust
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8d.asp
  

Major battles of World War II and the reasons for Allied victory;
• Reactions to a Troubled World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3b.asp
  
• War Breaks Out
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3c.asp
  
• The Arsenal of Democracy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3d.asp
  
• Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3e.asp
  
• America in the Second World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• Wartime Strategy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4a.asp
  
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  
• War in the Pacific
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4d.asp
  
• The Manhattan Project
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4f.asp
  
• The Decision to Drop the Bomb
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4g.asp
  
• The Course of the War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8b.asp
  
• The End of the 'Thousand Year Reich'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8e.asp
  

Major changes in Eastern Europe, China, Southeast Asia, and Africa following the war.
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Europe Divided AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9.asp
  
• The Reconstruction of Western Europe AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/10.asp
  

6.7 The student will describe the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States since World War II, with emphasis on:

Segregation, desegregation, and the Civil Rights Movement;
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• Shaping a New America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  

The changing role of women in America;
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  
• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  
• Voices against Conformity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6f.asp
  
• Shaping a New America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• Modern Feminism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10a.asp
  
• The Fight for Reproductive Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10b.asp
  
• The Equal Rights Amendment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10c.asp
  
• Roe v. Wade and Its Impact
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10d.asp
  

The technology revolution and its impact on communication, transportation, and new industries;
• The Manhattan Project
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4f.asp
  
• The Cold War Erupts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5a.asp
  
• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  
• Land of Television
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6c.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  
• Environmental Reform
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10e.asp
  
• Life in the 1980s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12d.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Toward a New Millennium
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  

The consumer economy and increasing global markets;
• The Sickened Economy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11b.asp
  
• 'Morning in America'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12a.asp
  
• Reaganomics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12b.asp
  
• Life in the 1980s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12d.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Living in the Information Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13d.asp
  
• The European Union and European Identity
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12d.asp
  
• Comparative Political and Economic Systems
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/13.asp
  

Increases in violent crime and illegal drugs;
• Shaping a New America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• Flower Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10h.asp
  
• Life in the 1980s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12d.asp
  
• Toward a New Millennium
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13.asp
  
• The End of the American Century
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13e.asp
  

Effects of increased immigration;
• Others Demand Equality
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10f.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  

The impact of governmental, social and economic programs and the Cold War on the growth of federal income tax revenues and government spending and the role of the Federal Reserve System;
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• The Reagan Years AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12.asp
  
• Policy Making: Political Interactions AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11.asp
  

Effects of organized religious activism;
• Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7h.asp
  
• Roe v. Wade and Its Impact
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10d.asp
  
• The New Right
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11e.asp
  

Political leaders of the period, trends in national elections, and differences between the two major political parties.
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• McCarthyism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6a.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Politics from Camelot to Watergate AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  
• A Time of Malaise AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11.asp
  
• The Reagan Years AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12.asp
  
• Toward a New Millennium
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13.asp
  
• A Baby Boomer in the White House
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13b.asp
  
• Republicans vs. Democrats
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13c.asp
  

6.8 The student will describe United States foreign policy since World War II, with emphasis on:

The Cold War and the policy of communist containment;
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Europe Divided
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  

Confrontations with the Soviet Union in Berlin and Cuba;
• The Berlin Airlift and NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5d.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• The Occupation of Berlin
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9c.asp
  

Nuclear weapons and the arms race;
• Postwar Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Cold War Erupts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5a.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

McCarthyism and the fear of communist influence within the United States;
• Postwar Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• The Cold War Erupts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5a.asp
  
• McCarthyism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6a.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  

NATO and other alliances, and our role in the United Nations;
• The United Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5b.asp
  
• Containment and the Marshall Plan
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5c.asp
  
• The Berlin Airlift and NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5d.asp
  
• NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9d.asp
  
• The United Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9e.asp
  
• Foreign Policy: What Now?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11a.asp
  

Military conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East;
• The Korean War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5e.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

The collapse of communism in Europe and the rise of new challenges.
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• Toward a New Millennium AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13.asp
  
• Europe Reunited AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12.asp
  

6.9 The student will interpret patriotic slogans and excerpts from notable speeches in United States history since 1877 including:

"Ask not what your country can do for you, . .,"
• Politics from Camelot to Watergate
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9.asp
  
• Kennedy's New Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9b.asp
  

"…December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy,"
• Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3e.asp
  

"I have a dream...,"
• Martin Luther King Jr.
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7f.asp
  

and "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  

6.10 The student will develop skills for historical analysis, including the ability to:

Identify, analyze, and interpret primary sources (artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, art, documents, and newspapers) and contemporary media (computer information systems) and to make generalizations about events and life in United States history since 1877;

Beyond Books links provide primary documents and contemporary media that students can use to meet this standard.


Recognize and explain how different points of view have been influenced by nationalism, race, religion, and ethnicity; Distinguish fact from fiction by examining documentary sources;

Beyond Books links provide documentary resources that students can use to meet this standard.


Construct various time lines of United States history since 1877 including landmark dates, technological and economic changes, social movements, military conflicts, and presidential elections;

• The Gilded Age to the Depression PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/index.asp
  
• From the Depression to the New Millennium PROGRAM
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/index.asp
  

Locate on a United States map all 50 states, the original 13 states, the states that formed the Confederacy, and the states that entered the Union since 1877.

6.11 The student will develop skills in discussion, debate, and persuasive writing by evaluating different assessments of the causes, costs, and benefits of major events in recent American history such as:

World War I,
• America in the First World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  
• The War to End All Wars AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6.asp
  

The New Deal,
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

World War II,
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• America in the Second World War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• World War II AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8.asp
  

The Korean War,
• The Korean War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5e.asp
  

the Conservative Movement,
• The 1950s: Happy Days
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6.asp
  
• The New Right
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11e.asp
  

The Civil Rights Movement,
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  

The War on Poverty,
• Politics from Camelot to Watergate
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  

The Vietnam War.
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp