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Fairfax County Public Schools
Social Studies Program of Studies:
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Suggested time for instruction: three weeks
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the emerging role of the United States in world affairs and key domestic events after 1890 by
- Explaining the changing policies of the United States toward Latin America and Asia and the growing influence of the United States in foreign markets.
- Evaluating the United States involvement in World War I, including Wilson’s Fourteen Points, the Treaty of Versailles, and the national debate over treaty ratification and the League of Nations.
- Explaining the causes of the Great Depression, its impact on the American people, and the ways the New Deal addressed it.
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- In what ways did imperialism expand and change the territorial, diplomatic, and military power of the United States?
- What were the reasons for United States intervention in World War I?
- What was the impact at home and abroad of United States involvement in World War I?
- In what ways did cultural and economic change redefine American ideas and society in the post-war years?
- What were the causes of, and the social, political, and economic responses to the Great Depression?
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NOTE: Red Bolded content in the indicators is considered essential and must be taught in all classrooms. Content which is not bolded goes beyond the scope and sequence of the state standards.
Benchmark 9.1: The student analyzes the causes and effects of American foreign policy at the turn of the 20th century.
9.1 Performance Indicators
Students reach this benchmark when they are able to:
- Explain why the United States abandoned its traditional isolationist policy and began to emerge as a world power.
- Analyze the causes and results of the Spanish-American War (annexation of the Philippines, Platt Amendment, Cuba).
- Identify the change in American foreign policy in Latin America and Asia (Open Door Policy, Dollar Diplomacy, Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal, Hawaii).
- Describe the economic and political consequences of American foreign policy in Latin America and Asia.
Benchmark 9.2: The student analyzes and examines the significance of World War I.
9.2 Performance Indicators
Students reach this benchmark when they are able to:
- Examine the importance of nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and alliances as underlying causes of World War I.
- Examine the reasons for US involvement in WWI (unrestricted submarine warfare, sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman note, Wilsonian ideals).
- Evaluate Wilson’s 14 Points, his negotiations at the Versailles Treaty talks, and the national debate over treaty ratification and US participation in the League of Nations.
Benchmark 9.3: The student understands social tensions and their consequences in the postwar era.
9.3 Performance Indicators
Students reach this benchmark when they are able to:
- Assess state and federal government reactions to the growth of radical political movements.
- Examine rising racial and ethnic tensions with regard to the resurgence of the KKK, Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti, Scottsboro Trial.
- Examine the rise of religious fundamentalism and the clash between traditional moral values and changing ideas as exemplified in the controversy over prohibition and the Scopes trial.
- Analyze how the emergence of the “New Woman” challenged Victorian values.
- Examine the contributions of artists and writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
Benchmark 9.4: The student analyzes the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American society.
9.4 Performance Indicators
Students reach this benchmark when they are able to:
- Analyze the causes of the Great Depression and the consequences of the stock market crash of 1929 (over speculation, overproduction/Dust Bowl, available credit, failure of the banking system, high protective tariffs/Hawley-Smoot).
- Explain the global context of the depression and the reasons for the worldwide economic collapse.
- Analyze the impact of the Great Depression on the American people (unemployment, homelessness, bank closings, farm foreclosures, “Hoovervilles,” Bonus Army March).
- Contrast the background and leadership abilities of Franklin D. Roosevelt with those of Herbert Hoover.
- Evaluate the successes and failures of the relief, reform, and recovery measures of the New Deal (Works Progress Administration, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Social Security, Tennessee Valley Authority, Securities and Exchange Commission).
- Examine the extent to which the New Deal expanded the role of government in the economy.
- Recognize the impact of federal policies on encouraging the preservation of historical records and the promotion of the arts.
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