VA.SS.USII.1.a
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will analyze and interpret artifacts and primary and secondary sources to understand events in United States history.
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VA.SS.USII.4.c
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will describe racial segregation, the rise of Jim Crow and other constraints faced by African Americans and other groupsin the post-Reconstruction South.
Essential Understandings:
Discrimination against African Americans and minority groups continued after Reconstruction.
Jim Crow laws institutionalized a system of legal segregation.
African Americans differed in their responses to discrimination and Jim Crow.
Advanced Academic Extension: Demonstrate an awareness of how experiences create perspective which influences people attitudes, beliefs and actions and affected the events in the South including racial segregation and Jim Crow laws. (Connections)
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VA.SS.USII.1.d
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will use evidence to draw conclusions and make generalizations.
Experiences may include but are not limited to:
After reading about an historical event, use a Somebody Wanted But So What? chart or a similar graphic organizer to draw conclusions and make generalizations about a point of view.
Use media and images to evaluate sources for drawing conclusions and making generalizations
Draw conclusions about propaganda used during a time period.
Make generalizations using political cartoons to explain historical events.
Documents Based Questions (DBQs)
History Assessments of Thinking (HATs)
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VA.SS.USII.1.e
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will be able to compare and contrast historical, cultural, and political perspectives in United States history.
Experiences may include but are not limited to:
Use images to compare and contrast the Hoover and Roosevelt presidential response to the Great Depression.
Use maps to compare and contrast areas invaded by European dictators.
Use media clips to compare and contrast opposing sides of a the Civil Rights Movement.
Use images to illustrate similarities and differences between the new technology at the beginning of the 20th century and the 21st century.
Create a graphic organizer to compare and contrast political perspectives of two leaders in United States history.
Create a graphic organizer to analyze information about the different movements in United States history.
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VA.SS.USII.1.g
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will be able to explain connections across time and place.
Experiences may include but are not limited to:
Create a graphic organizer to explain how industrialization changed life for people during the early 20th Century.
Use images to determine how the physical or cultural landscape changed in the United States after a major event such as industrialization, Harlem Renaissance or World War II.
Create a timeline to explain how the role of women in the early 20th century has changed compared to today due to significant events in United States History
Create a graphic organizer using a variety of images and documents to explain the development and uses of communication technology in the 20th and 21st century.
Create a timeline that depicts the development of transportation in the United States from 1865 to the present.
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