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Longfellow Middle School

Longfellow Middle School . Inspiring excellence and. Meeting the needs of all learners. US History 1865 - Present. Content Process Skills Procedural Knowledge. Core: FCPS Program of Studies Students will:. Demonstrate how geography has influenced the history of the United States

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Longfellow Middle School

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  1. Longfellow Middle School Inspiring excellence and Meeting the needs of all learners

  2. US History 1865 - Present • Content • Process Skills • Procedural Knowledge

  3. Core: FCPS Program of StudiesStudents will: • Demonstrate how geography has influenced the history of the United States • Be able to analyze how events after Reconstruction influenced the lives of African Americans • Demonstrate an understanding of how the settlement of the West transformed the United States

  4. Students will: • Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of industrialization on the United States from the late 1800s into the early 1900s • Be able to describe the effects of immigration and urbanization on the United States • Be able to analyze and explain responses to industrialization and urbanization in the United States • Be able to analyze the emergence of the United States as a world power since the late 1800s

  5. Students will: • Be able to identify and analyze significant individuals, issues, and events during the 1920s • Be able to identify and analyze the political, social, and economic impact of the Great Depression on the United States • Be able to analyze and explain the major causes, events, personalities, and outcomes of World War II. • Be able to describe and explain United States involvement in world affairs since 1945.

  6. Students will: • Be able to describe the social, political, and economic changes that transformed the United States since 1945 • Be able to discuss recent developments in contemporary American society.

  7. Core: FCPS Process SkillsStudents will: • Be able to acquire information from a variety of sources • Be able to organize information in a variety of forms • Be able to analyze information • Be able to interpret information • Be able to communicate in a variety of written forms • Be able to communicate orally • Be able to communicate using technologies

  8. Core: FCPS Procedural Knowledge StandardsStudents will: • Be able to make and evaluate historical decisions • Be able to apply historical understanding and historical thinking skills to other areas of knowledge • Be able to use interpersonal group skills to promote collaborative decision making and problem solving

  9. Longfellow Middle School • Our goal is to inspire excellence while meeting the needs of all learners • Students are pre-assessed to determine readiness and • Foundations are built (as needed) • Extensions, enrichment, and accommodations are provided as needed • Each class is designed to insure acquisition of the core curriculum and opportunities to move on a continuum from the “who, what, where….to the how and why” of American history.

  10. Geography • Where is the “South?” • What distinguishes it from the “North?” • When did their differences lead to conflict?

  11. Geography • How did the “South” become a place instead of a direction? • How did/does this country deal with regionalism? • How does the South differ from the North? Economically, culturally, environmentally, politically? • How did westward expansion affect the regional conflicts between the North and the South?

  12. Geography • Why is the “South” as much a cultural designation as a geographic one? • Why did the “South” fear control by the new federal government? • Why did the United States believe that expanding West was our destiny?

  13. Prosperity to Despair “ity” • What caused the “boom” of the 1920s? • Who was responsible for the mass production of the invention that changed the way Americans live, and ultimately where they live? • Where did the majority Americans live by the 1920s? • When did the economy begin to crash?

  14. Prosperity to Despair “ity” • How did the economy in the US change after WWI? • How did the automobile change the way Americans live? • How did the advances in technology affect the rural areas of America? • How did the “boom” economy lead to the depression?

  15. Prosperity to Despair “ity” • Why did technology improve after WWI? • Why did Henry Ford make cars cheap enough to be affordable for so many? • Why did so many people leave the farms to move to the cities after the turn of the century? • Why were so many people unemployed after the stock market crashed?

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