A planbook is now available. The schedule of lessons is subject to change.

 Here is the Interactive Student Notebook table of Contents for US History

The following is a list of topics covered by the 7th Grade Social Sciences curriculum for the state of Virginia.
Source: Loudoun County Public Schools Website: http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/50990419143248/lib/50990419143248/09-10_Social_Sci_Middle_School_Syllabi.pdf (PDF Format)

This table is under construction.

Topic	Lessons and Activities	Estimated time frame 2010-2011 School year
Geography Skills and American History (1877-Present)	Six Themes of Geography US Map and regions of the United States Electronic Atlas of the US	1 week 9/7-9/14
Geography of the USA and the World	The Relationship between History and Geography Continental maps: Key Features, nations, essential historical trends History of the World up to the American Revolution (BC and AD) Latitude and Longitude Regions of the United States Economic and Cultural contributions of US Cities and States	3 weeks 9/15-10/6
Analysis of Primary Sources	Analysis of the Civil War Amendments, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's Second Inaugural	1 week 10/7-10/14
Westward Expansion and the 50 States	The Great Plains: Physical Features and Economic Activities Map analysis and use of primary documents Special Purpose Map: Native Americans in the West The Impact of Westward Expansion on Native Americans: Cultural Impact, Military events, Citizenship status	2 weeks 10/18-10/29
Immigration, Industrialization, Urbanization	Explain relationships among natural resources, transportation, and industrial development after 1865 Causes and Impact of increased immigration after the Civil War. Conditions in the Cities: Effects of Urbanization Inventions in the wake of the Industrial Revolution from Agrarian to Industrial nation The Rise of Big Business	2 weeks 11/4-11/17
Segregation in the Wake of Reconstruction	Reconstruction Policies and their impact on the North and South Restrictions on Southern governments The Freedmen's Bureau The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws The Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877. The contributions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass	3 weeks 11/29-12/13
Progressive Movement	Negative effects of industrialization The rise of organized labor Progressive Movement workplace reforms Women’s suffrage and the passage of the 19th Amendment The Temperance Movement and the 18th Amendment	2 weeks 12/14-12/22
US Expansionism	Reasons for and Results of the Spanish American War The Roosevelt Corollary The Impact of American Imperialism	1 week 1/3-1/10
WW I: At Home and in Europe	Reasons for United States involvement in World War I The Allied Powers against the Central Powers United States leadership as the war ended Wilson's Fourteen Points and the League of Nations United States Senate fails to ratify the Treaty of Versailles.	2 weeks 1/11-1/21
Transportation, Great Migration, Prohibition	Transportation and the automobile Growth of transportation-related industries (road construction, oil, steel, automobile) The Growth of Suburbia The airplane and the Wright Brothers The assembly line and mechanization Changes in Communication: the telephone,  movies, radio and broadcast industries. Prohibition and the Constitution African Americans and the Great Migration	3 weeks 1/24-2/14
Harlem Renaissance	Cultural climate of the 1920s and 1930s: Art, Literature, and Music The Harlem Renaissance: Art, Literature, and Music	1 week 2/15-2/18
The Great Depression and the New Deal	Causes of the Great Depression: Overspeculation on stocks, failure of the Federal Reserve, and high tariffs. Impact on Americans: banks failed, unemployment, deflation. The New Deal:  Social Security, federal work programs, environmental improvement programs, farm assistance programs, increased rights for labor.	2 weeks 2/22-3/8
Pearl Harbor and WW II: Atlantic, Pacific, at Home	Causes of World War II Effects of  World War I Rise of Fascism: Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Hideki Tojo (Japan). The Allies vs The Axis Powers. War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor Major events and turning points of World War II The Holocaust America and the Home Front	4 weeks 3/9-4/1
Postwar Rebuilding and UN Formation	Rebuilding After World War II: the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe The Partitioning of Germany Japan's defeat and demilitarization Establishment of the United Nations	2 weeks 4/5-4/15
Cold War Conflicts	Post War Economic Growth Origins of the Cold War Major conflicts in the post-World War II era:  South Korea and the United States resisted Chinese, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam Collapse of communism in Europe New Challenges and Changes in America's Economy The GI Bill, the Baby Boom, and globalization	3 weeks 4/25-5/13
Civil Rights Movement and Women’s Rights	Civil Rights Movement: From Plessy v. Ferguson to Brown v. Board Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I have a dream…” speech, Rosa Parks, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965. Changing role of women: National Organization for Women (NOW) Federal legislation to force colleges to give women equal athletic opportunities The Equal Rights Amendment	3 weeks 5/16-6/3
Technology and American Life	Industries benefiting from new technologies: Airline industry (jet engine) Automobile industry and interstate highway system Entertainment and news media industries Exploration of space Computer industry Satellite systems, telecommunications (pagers, cell phones, television) Internet Impact of new technologies on American life	2 weeks 6/6-6/15

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