Integrated Curriculum Map H6/E6

Here's the second semester. Please let me or Mr. Williams know if you have questions or comments.

Alex

February
Content and Skills	Interdisciplinary Suggestions
Principal Themes:	Principal Text(s):
What factors drove immigrants to the United States in the 2nd half of the 19th century?	The Jungle (Con't)
How did Americans respond to the needs of a multicultural population?	Secondary Texts:
What did political machines offer to new immigrants, and what did they receive from them in return?	My Antonia - Willa Cather
	Five Points - Tyler Anbinder OR Gangs of New York - Herbert Asbury
	Plunkitt of Tammany Hall - William Riordon
A. Immigration
1. Distinguish between the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd waves of immigration to the United States
2. Delineate between and describe the "push" and "pull" factors that brought immigrants to the USA
B. Political Machines
1. Identify prominent political machines, including Tammany Hall
2. Describe the workings of Tammany, including who supported them, how they supported them, and what they received in return
3. Evaluate the importance of the political cartoons of Thomas Nast to Tammany's downfall
C. Regents Strategies
March
Content and Skills	Interdisciplinary Suggestions
Principal Themes:	Principal Text(s):
What were the principal objectives of Progressive reformers?	Macbeth - William Shakespeare
How can economic, political, and military considerations drive American foreign policy?	Secondary Texts:
What factors drove the outbreak of war in Europe?	How the Other Half Lives - Jacob Riis
	Twenty Years at Hull House - Jane Addams
	All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
A. Progressive Era
1. Define Progressivism
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of Muckrakers like Riis, Nast, and Sinclair
3. Identify the groups that received the most assistance from progressive reformers
4. Describe the effects of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire on how Americans viewed the excesses of big business
B. American Imperialism
1. Compare imperialism to colonialism
2. Name the three principal reasons that drove the USA to adopt imperialist policies
3. Describe the events that led to conflict between the United States and Spain
4. Evaluate the rationale of "yellow journalism" as used by Hearst during the Spanish-American war
C. World War I
1. Describe the principal causes of World War I in Europe
2. Compare American isolationism as practiced by Wilson in 1914 with Washington's Farewell Address.
3. Contrast patriotism and nationalism.
D. Regents Strategies
April
Content and Skills	Interdisciplinary Suggestions
Principal Themes:	Principal Text(s):
How do economic considerations drive foreign policy?	Literature Circle: The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) OR To Kill a Mockingbird (H. Lee) OR Of Mice and Men (J. Steinbeck)
What responsibilities does government have to its citizens?	Secondary Texts:
How did unfinished business from World War I lead to World War II?	All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
A. World War I
1. Describe the reasons the United States finally decided to enter WWI
2. Evaluate Wilson's motivation for his 14 Points speech.
3. Debate the fallout from the Treaty of Versailles and describe how German resentment of the Treaty contributed to WWII
B. Great Depression
1. Describe the causes of the Great Depression
2. Describe the initial effects of the Great Depression on Americans
C. New Deal
1. Compare the actions taken by Hoover and FDR in response to the Great Depression
2. State the principal objectives of FDR's New Deal, as well as the mechanisms for action
3. Evaluate FDR's court-packing plan in light of the Supreme Court's rulings against New Deal legislation
E. Regents Strategies
May
Content and Skills	Interdisciplinary Suggestions
Principal Themes:	Principal Text(s):
Why does the United States begin to take on the role of global police force?	The Pearl - John Steinbeck
How was the Cold War an ideological conflict?	Secondary Texts:
When is war legitimate, and who decides?	Hiroshima - John Hirshey
	Red Scarf Girl - Ji-li Jiang
	Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
	The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
	The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
	Fallen Angels - Walter Dean Meyers
A. World War II
1. Describe the events that led to the second World War in Europe
2. Investigate the rise of totalitarianism in Europe
3. Describe why the United States got involved in another global conflict
4. Evaluate the effects of the use of nuclear weapons on Japan
B. Cold War
1. Compare and contrast the American foreign policies of isolationism and containment
2. Explore the differences between American-style capitalism and Soviet-style communism
3. Evaluate the impact of nuclear exchange on the relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States
C. Regents Strategies
June
Content and Skills	Interdisciplinary Suggestions
Principal Themes:	Principal Text(s):
Should the federal government be able to force states to obey national laws?	A Raisin in the Sun - L. Hansberry
What are civil rights? How are they obtained?	Secondary Texts:
What strategies and techniques characterized the civil rights movement?	Warriors Don't Cry - Melba Patillo Beals
	Letter from a Birmingham City Jail - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A. Civil Rights Movement
1. Explain the legal foundation for the decision in Brown v. Board of Education
2. Evaluate the conflict between the federal government and states which were resistant to the enforcement of federal laws
3. Compare and contrast the strategies used by MLK and the SCLC with those used by Malcolm X and the Black Panthers
4. Interpret the successes and failures of the civil rights movement in light of the Vietnam War
B. Regents Review