VA.SS.USII.3.b
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will describe the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South and North.
Essential Understandings:
The Reconstruction policies were harsh and created problems in the South.
Reconstruction attempted to define the means by which all Southerners could live together equally.
Advanced Academic Extension: Analyze the three Reconstruction policies (Lincoln, Johnson, and Radical Republicans) from multiple perspectives of people in the time period. (Practice)
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VA.SS.USII.3.a
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will analyze the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America and how they changed the meaning of citizenship.
Essential Understandings:
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America address the issues of slavery and guarantee equal protections under the law for all citizens.
Advanced Academic Extension: Analyze the factors contributing to success or failure of the implementation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. (Practice)
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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.
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.USII.1.b
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will analyze and interpret geographic information to determine patterns and trends in United States history.
Experiences may include but are not limited to:
Understand that the physical geography of a location had a direct impact on the lives of people in the United States and how they adapted to their environment.
Analyze the relationship between physical and human geography.
Examine maps of a location before and after a major conflict to discuss how the conflict impacted the social, political and economic landscape of an area.
Use maps to explain how the location of resources influences the patterns, trends and migrations.
Degree of Alignment:
Not Rated
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VA.SS.USII.1.c
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will interpret charts, graphs, and pictures to determine characteristics of people, places, or events in United States History.
Experiences may include but are not limited to:
Use historical maps to analyzes changes in population over time
Gather information to explain the resettlement of the American Indian population
Use primary source images to show how new inventions changed life in America
Interpret photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. Discuss the photographer potential bias. Discuss the potential bias of the audience. Discuss the potential bias the photographs might cause.
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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)
Degree of Alignment:
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VA.SS.USII.1.f
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard:
Indicator: The student will be able to determine relationships with multiple causes or effects in United States history.
Experiences may include but are not limited to:
Determine how the choices of selected people/groups impacted United States history.
Determine the role diversity played in affecting social, economic and political structure of the United States.
Determine how people respond to and resolve conflicts in a variety of ways resulting in relationships that have many causes and differing outcomes.
Degree of Alignment:
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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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