Curriculum Map

7th Grade Social Studies

Cactus Canyon Jr. High

2014 (Quarters 3 & 4)

Quarter 3:

This unit will focus on the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the United States

and how citizens began to demand change in response to those impacts.

Weeks 1 & 2: Technological Improvements & Innovation

- Communication

- Transportation

- Industry

Weeks 3,4,5: Impacts of Industrialization

- Advancements change the labor needs

- Impacts on quality of life

- Immigration

- Challenges immigrants faced

- Influence of immigrants on USA

- Economic growth and it’s impact

Weeks 6,7,8: Need for Reform

- Social Issues

- Approaches used for reform

- Political & Economic Issues

- Political & Economic Reforms

- Democratic ideals in Constitutional changes

Week 9: Unit Enduring Understanding(s) Unit Essential Question(s)

- Technology changes quality of life.

- Immigration causes cultural and economic

changes.

- Individuals and groups can bring about

social change through collective efforts.

- In what ways did technology change the

quality of life for people living in the USA?

- How did immigration affect the culture and

economy of the United States?

- How can individuals and groups bring

about social change?

Essential Vocabulary:

- Technology

- Competition

- Urban/Urbanization

- Monopoly

- Union

- Strike

- Corruption

- Assemble/Assembly

- Industry

- Labor

- Regulation

- Charity

Enrichment Vocabulary:

- Assimilation

- Dynamic

- Oppression

- Prosperity

- Quota

- Suffrage

- Ethnic

Factual Content:

- transatlantic telegraph

- telephone

- transcontinental railroad

- automobiles

- airplanes

- Wright brothers

- Assembly lines

- Interchangeable parts

- Bessemer process

- Electricity

- Light bulbs

- Steel

- Carnegie

- Textiles

- Hanes

- Tobacco  

- Oil

- Rockefeller

- Furniture

- High Point

- America’s economy grew

by more than 400%

between 1860 and 1900

Impacts of

Industrialization:

- Decrease in need for

skilled craftsmen

- Decrease in need for

farmers

- Increase in need for

unskilled laborers

- Labor needs in rural areas

declined

- Labor needs in urban

areas increased

- Increase in the need for

labor results in children

entering labor force

- Family Structure changes

- Social Structure changes

- Technology improved lives

of middle class

- Working class faced long

hours, poor working and

living conditions, low

wages

- Industry leaders and other

elite became very wealthy

and lived in luxury

- Mobility increased as result

of transportation

advancements

- Urbanization changed the

way people lived

Social Reforms:

- Labor issues

- Women’s suffrage

- Temperance

- Food Safety

- Environmental

Preservation- Pisgah

National Forest, US Forest

Service

- Education

- Race Issues

- Demonstrations/Protests

- Strikes

- Organizations that worked

to bring issues to public

eye

- Rallies

- Marches

- Speeches

- Journalism

- Political corruption

- “Boss Tweed”

- Spoils system

- Monopolies

- Voting Reforms

- Muckrakers

- Trust-busting

- Civil Service Commission

- Business regulations

Applications & Literacy:

- Key Vocabulary LO: SWBAT define and explain the terms monopoly, union, strike, and

corruption.

- Language Functions LO: SWBAT explain how new technology changed the lives of

Americans.

- Language Skills:   read two passages about the use of labor unions and

identify the similarities and differences between the two. (Reading passages should be

chosen/modified in accordance with the  students’ zone of proximal development).

- Grammar and Language:   use comparatives in writing assignments (more than,

less than, greater, shorter, longer, etc.) by comparing the lives of two different immigrants.

- Lesson Tasks:  read and summarize an account of the working conditions in

factories and explain this summary to a group.

- Language Learning Strategy:  develop a cause/effect graphic organizer

analyzing and identifying the causes and effects of various laws developed due to

industrialization.  

Quarter 4:

Much that defines the modern United States emerged during the late 1800s and early 1900s. This unit explores imperialism, the 1920s, and the Great Depression through the conceptual lenses of change, imperialism, and standard of living.

Weeks 1, 2: Imperialism- Expansion of American Power

- Industrialization created a need for markets and raw materials

- Annexation of territories

- Spanish-American War

Weeks 3,4: World War I

- American neutrality questioned as economic activities led to involvement in the war

- American home front during the war

- New technologies change the face of warfare

- Debate & negotiation to end WWI

Weeks 5,6,7: Roaring 20’s

- Prosperity of America

- Conflict between traditional and modern values

- Prosperity was not experienced by all Americans equally

Weeks 8,9,10: Great Depression

- Personal financial choices of the 1920’s create perfect environment for Stock Market

Crash of 1929

- Economic circumstances of the Great Depression

- Hoover’s response

- Great Depression changed American society

- Dust Bowl

- Impact of Roosevelt’s decisions

Unit Enduring Understanding(s) Unit Essential Question(s)

- New technology often changes warfare.

- Rapid economic growth can cause

economic instability.

- A nation’s economy affects citizens’

standard of living.

- How did the introduction of new military

technology change warfare during WWI?

- How did rapid economic growth in the

1920’s cause economic instability in the

US?

- How did the nation’s economy affect the

standard of living for Americans in the

1920’s and 1930’s?

Essential Vocabulary:

- Imperialism

- Traditional

- Modern

- Prohibit

- Credit

- Indicator

- “Standard of Living”

- Prosper/Prosperity

- Finance

- Stability/Instability

- Depression

- Scarce/Scarcity

- Neutrality

- Rough Riders

- Panama Canal

- Platt Amendment

- Selective Service Act

- U-boat

- Scopes Monkey Trial

- Speakeasy

- Organized Crime

- Charles Lindbergh

- “Talkies”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

- Specific New Deal Programs (i.e. FDIC,

TVA, WPA, CCC, etc.)

- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

- Diplomacy

- Allies/Alliance

- Bonds

- Annex/Annexation

- Stocks

Essential Questions:

Imperialism-

Expansion of

American Power

-How did competition

influence American

imperialism and what

were the impacts?

World War I

-How were debate and

negotiation used as

nations sought an end to

WWI?

-How did new technologies

impact warfare during

WWI?

-How did American

economic and political

decisions lead to the US

involvement in WWI?

Roaring 20’s

-What created the

prosperity of America in

the 1920’s?

-How did the conflict

between traditional and

modern values change

the culture of America in

the 1920’s?

The Great

Depression

-How did personal

economic decisions of the

1920’s set the stage for

the stock market crash in

1929?

-How did the US

government respond to the

Great Depression?

How did the Great

Depression change

American society?