Social Science US History Unit __________________

Helix Charter High School2000 2001 2002 2003 2004captured Jan 4, 2004

US History Unit: America Becomes a World Power Industrialization & Expansion/ Sutton
Competencies	Demonstration Performance/Standards
Students will be able to evaluate the causes as well as the affects of the Industrial Revolution upon society and its impact upon the growth of theUnited States. Students will be able to describe the philosophy of the "Gospel of Wealth" and "Social Darwinism,"its impact on society as well astheir major advocates. Students will be able to describe the variuos responses to Industrization and its relationship to American expansion. Students will be able to list the major causes and arguments, as well as the proponents for and against and American expansion in the between 1890-1900. Students will be able to identify the major areas of American expansion. Students will be able to describe the major foreign policy implementations practiced by the United States between 1890-1900. Students will be able to demonstrate the importance of people, places and ideas from his unit. Students will analyze and evaluate information taken from a variety formats and be able to apply this information within the writing process. People, places and terms you will be expected to master for Industrialization Laissez-faire, Social Darwinism, "The Gospel of Wealth," The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, The Knights of Labor, The American Federation of Labor, Eugene Debs, Samuel Gompers, The 17th Amendment, Blacklisting Wobblies, "Guilded Age," Progressives, reform, recall, referendum, ane Addams, Susan B Anthony, Hull House, Willa Cather, Strikes, Boycotts, Scabs, Company Stores, Company Towns, Yellow Dog Contracts, Injunctions, Haymarket Riot, The Homestead Strike, The Pullman Strike Andrew Carnegie, John D Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Xenophobia, Nativism,	Students will pass an objective test, at a minimum proficiency of 60%. Students will complete a written exam, according to the Helix Writing Rubric at a level of 3 or better. Other Possible Assessments Tools Students will take a position on judging if the "Captains of Industry" were either Heroes or Villains" and defend their position via a speech, and pass with a 3 or better according to the Helix Charter High School, Speech Rubric. Students will create posters from two of the following: a captain of Industry an anti-Lasseiz-Faire advocate an Imperialist an Anti-Imperialist and pass with a 3 or better according to the Helix Charter High School, US History's Poster Rubric Students will take on the role of an Expnsionist or a Anti-Imerialist and write a letter to the President sharring their point of view Helix Charter High School, Rubric. People, places and terms you will be expected to master for American Expansion American Expansion , the Spanish American War, The USS Maine, Jose Marti, William Randolph Hearst, Joseph Pulitzer, Yellow Journalism, De Lome's Letter, Teller Amendment, Rough Riders, Albert Beveridge, Platt Amendment, Boxer Rebellion, Teddy Roosevelt, Admiral Dewey, Charles Young, Queen Liliuokalaini, Open Door Policy, McKinley Hawaii, Philippines, Cuba, Philippines Government Act, The Butcher, Panama Canal, Imperialism, Isolationism, Josiah Strong, Expansionists Colonial Expansion, Manifest Destiny, Monroe Doctrine