Huntsville City Schools
Instructional Guide
Course: American History 1877 to present
Grade: 11
*Additional resources to be used with the 11th grade curriculum can be found on
the Huntsville City Schools website. They are categorized by topics. Please
review these resources before presenting them to your class to assure they meet
your personal preferences. These were provided by the pacing guide committee.
Standard
“I Can” Statements *
1st Nine weeks
40 instructional days
ALCOS 1:
Explain the transition of the
United States from an agrarian
society to an industrial nation
prior to World War I.
ACT Quality Core C.1.A.
Evaluate the impact of new
inventions and technologies of
the late nineteenth century.
ACT Quality Core C.1.B.
Identify and evaluate the
I can
*analyze the factors that led to
industrialization and explain how
inventions changed American lives.
*assess the problems of 1800’s
workers and the impact of labor
unions and strikes on big business.
*identify the push/pull factors of
immigration and the challenges
associated with the immigrant.
*explain the causes of urban growth
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3 test days
Pearson text:
Chapter 4-6
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influences on business and
industry in the late nineteenth
and early twentieth centuries.
ACT Quality Core C.1.C.
Identify labor and workforce
issues of the late nineteenth
century, including perspectives
of owners/managers and Social
Darwinists.
ACT Quality Core C.1.D.
Explain the challenges and
contributions of immigrants of
the late nineteenth century.
ACT Quality Core C.1.E.
Explain the causes and impact
of urbanization in the late
nineteenth century.
ACT Quality Core C.1.G.
Identify and evaluate the
influences on the development
of the American West.
ACT Quality Core C.1.H.
Analyze significant events for
Native American Indian tribes,
and their responses to those
events, in the late nineteenth
century.
in the late 1800’s and how
technology improved life.
*describe the African-American
impact in the South and how the
southern economy changed during
the late 1800’s.
*evaluate the differences in
responses between Native
Americans and settlers to events in
the late 1800’s.
*assess the impact of the railroad on
the West.
*summarize the impact of the Indian
wars on the West.
ALCOS 2:
Evaluate social and political
origins, accomplishments, and
limitations of Progressivism.
ACT Quality Core C.1.F.
I can
*describe the experiences of African
Americans in the changing South.
*explain the system of segregation
that evolved in the late nineteenth
Pearson text:
Chapter 7-8
8
Compare and contrast the
experiences of African
Americans in various U.S.
regions in the late nineteenth
century.
ACT Quality Core C.2.A.
Identify and explain significant
issues and components of the
Populist movement and their
impacts.
ACT Quality Core C.2.B.
Explain the origins and
accomplishments of the
Progressive movement.
ALCOS 3:
Explain the United States'
changing role in the early
twentieth century as a world
power.
ACT Quality Core C.2.D.
Evaluate, take, and defend
positions on the various U.S.
foreign policies in the late
nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries.
ACT Quality Core C.2.E.
Analyze the causes and
consequences of the Spanish-
century.
*describe the experiences of African
Americans in the North in the late
nineteenth century.
*analyze the problems farmers faced
in the late nineteenth century and
describe the groups they formed to
address these problems.
*assess the goals and impact of the
Populist party.
*identify the causes of the
Progressive Movement.
*explain the issues addressed by the
Progressive Movement and analyze
the need for change.
*analyze how Progressives
advocated for change.
*analyze the accomplishments of the
Progressive Movement and evaluate
the legacy of the Progressive Era.
I can
*identify the key factors that
encouraged America to expand
during the age of imperialism.
*analyze the U.S. decision to annex
Hawaii.
*analyze the causes of the SpanishAmerican War.
*evaluate the consequences of the
Spanish-American War.
*evaluate the viewpoints of
Imperialists and Anti-Imperialists.
*examine U.S. Imperialism in East
Asia and analyze the effects of the
Pearson text:
Chapter 9
12
American War.
ACT Quality Core C.2.F.
Identify and evaluate the
factors that influenced U.S.
imperialism in the late
nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries and the
ensuing debate over
imperialism.
Open Door Policy.
*analyze the effects of Roosevelt’s
“big stick” diplomacy.
*evaluate the foreign policies of
Woodrow Wilson regarding
Imperialism.
2nd nine weeks
40 instructional days
ALCOS 4:
Describe causes, events, and the
impact of military involvement
of the United States in World
War I, including mobilization
and economic and political
changes
ACT Quality Core D.1.A.
Identify and analyze the causes
and significant events of World
War I and their impact; evaluate
the impact of the Treaty of
Versailles.
I can
*identify the causes of World War I.
*explain the reasons why the U.S.
entered the war on the side of the
Allies.
*describe the characteristics of
trench warfare.
*analyze how the American
government mobilized the public to
support the war effort.
*describe how World War I affected
Americans on the home front.
*explain how the U.S. military
contributed to the Allied victory in
the war.
*describe the goals of Wilsons’
Fourteen Points.
*analyze the decisions made at the
Paris Peace Conference and evaluate
the impact of the Treaty of
4 test days
Pearson text:
Chapter 10
14
ALCOS 5:
Evaluate the impact of social
changes and the influence of
key figures in the United States
from World War I through the
1920s, including Prohibition,
the passage of the Nineteenth
Amendment, the Scopes Trial,
limits on immigration, Ku Klux
Klan activities, the Red Scare,
the Harlem Renaissance, the
Great Migration, the Jazz Age,
Susan B. Anthony, Margaret
Sanger, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, W. C. Handy, and
Zelda Fitzgerald. (Alabama)
ACT Quality Core C.2.C.
Analyze the efforts to achieve
women’s suffrage in the early
twentieth century.
ACT Quality Core D.1.B.
Describe and evaluate the
impact of scientific and
technological innovations of the
1920s.
ACT Quality Core D.1.C.
Identify and evaluate the
impact of new cultural
movements on American
Versailles.
*explain the reasons why the United
States Senate refused to ratify the
treaty ending World War I.
*evaluate the tactics women used to
win the passage of the Nineteenth
Amendment.
*explain the impact of Henry Ford
and the automobile on American
society.
*describe and evaluate the impact of
scientific and technological
innovations of the 1920’s.
*compare economic and cultural life
in rural America to that in urban
America.
*analyze the clash of traditional and
modern values that occurred in
America during the 1920’s.
*explain the successes and failures
of the Eighteenth Amendment.
*analyze the racial and economic
policies of Marcus Garvey.
*describe and evaluate the new
popular culture that evolved in
American society during the 20’s.
*describe the significant people and
accomplishments of the Harlem
Renaissance.
*analyze the themes explored by
writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
Pearson text:
Chapter 11
10
society in the 1920s.
ACT Quality Core D.1.D.
Identify the characteristics of
social conflict and social change
that took place in the early
1920s.
ALCOS 6:
Describe social and economic
conditions from the 1920s
through the Great Depression
regarding factors leading to a
deepening crisis, including the
collapse of the farming
economy and the stock market
crash of 1929
ACT Quality Core D.1.E.
Identify and explain the economic
factors that contributed to the
stock market crash of 1929 and
the Great Depression.
ALCOS 7:
Explain strengths and
weaknesses of the New Deal in
I can
*explain the weaknesses of the
U.S. economy during the 1920’s.
*explain how the stock market
crash contributed to the coming of
the Great Depression.
*examine the spread of
unemployment in America.
*evaluate the impact of the Great
Depression on rural America.
*explain the human and
geographical factors that created
the Dust Bowl.
*explain and evaluate President
Hoover’s response to the Great
Depression.
I can
*analyze the impact Franklin D.
Roosevelt had on the American
Pearson text:
Chapter 12
8
6
managing problems of the
Great Depression through
relief, recovery, and reform
programs.
ACT Quality Core D.1.F.
Explain the economic,
environmental, and social
impact of the Great Depression
on American society.
ACT Quality Core D.1.G.
Evaluate the impact of the New
Deal on various elements of
American society (e.g., social,
political, environmental,
economic).
people after being elected.
*describe the problems that were a
part of the First New Deal and their
immediate impact.
*identify and evaluate critical
responses to the New Deal.
*discuss the programs of social and
economic reform in the second New
Deal.
*describe the impact of Roosevelt’s
court-packing plan on the course of
the New Deal.
*describe how the New Deal affected
different groups in American society.
*evaluate the legacy of the New
Deal.
3rd nine weeks
40 instructional days
ALCOS 8:
Summarize events leading to
World War II, including the
militarization of the Rhineland,
Germany's seizure of Austria
and Czechoslovakia, Japan's
invasion of China, and the Rape
of Nanjing.
ACT Quality Core E.1.A.
Describe circumstances at home
and abroad prior to U.S.
involvement in World War II.
I can
*summarize the major events
leading to WWII.
*analyze the impact of Nazism,
Fascism and Communism on the
conflicts in Europe.
*evaluate the changes in U.S.
foreign policy after the bombing of
Pearl Harbor.
*describe the roles of the significant
leaders of WWII.
*analyze the British policy of
appeasement and the role of the
policy in the invasion of Poland.
I can
*describe significant battles of
WWII.
ALCOS 9:
Describe the significance of
major battles, events, and
3 test days
Pearson text:
Chapter 14
10 days
Pearson text:
Chapter 15
10 days
consequences of World War II
campaigns, including North
Africa, Midway, Normandy,
Okinawa, the Battle of the
Bulge, Iwo Jima, and the Yalta
and Potsdam Conferences.
ACT Quality Core E.1.B.
Identify the significant military
and political aspects of World
War II.
ACT Quality Core E.1.C.
Analyze dimensions of the
Holocaust and the Allies’
response to the Holocaust and
war crimes.
*locate the major battles of WWII
on a globe.
*describe the major military
strategies of WWII.
*evaluate the reasons for and the
results of the atomic bomb drop.
*identify the war crimes of WWII
and the consequences resulting from
the crimes.
ALCOS 10:
Describe the impact of World
War II on the lives of American
citizens, including wartime
economic measures, population
shifts, growth in the middle
class, growth of
industrialization, advancements
in science and technology,
increased wealth in the AfricanAmerican community, racial
and ethnic tensions,
Servicemen's Readjustment Act
of 1944 (G. I. Bill of Rights),
and desegregation of the
military.
ACT Quality Core E.1.D.
I can
*evaluate the impact of the G.I. Bill
on the post-war economy.
*describe the impact of WWII on the
post-war economy, population,
technology and racial tensions.
Evaluate the social, political,
and economic impacts of World
War II on the home front.
ACT Quality Core E.1.E.
Identify and evaluate the
scientific and technological
developments in America
during and after World War II.
I can
*explain Cold War policies and
issues.
*locate areas of conflict during the
Cold War from 1945-1960.
*describe the international role of
the U.S. during the Cold War era.
Pearson text:
Chapter 16
14
I can
ALCOS 12:
Describe major initiatives of the *describe the major foreign events
of the Kennedy administration.
John F. Kennedy and Lyndon
Pearson text:
Chapter 19
10
ALCOS 11:
Describe the international role
of the United States from 1945
through 1960 relative to the
Truman Doctrine, the Marshall
Plan, the Berlin Blockade, and
the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO).
ACT Quality Core E.1.F.
Analyze the social, cultural, and
economic changes at the onset
of the Cold War era.
ACT Quality Core E.1.G.
Analyze the origins of the Cold
War, foreign policy
developments, and major
events of the administrations
from Truman to present.
B. Johnson Administrations.
*explain the foreign policy of the
Johnson administration.
*analyze the causes and effects of
the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban
Missile Crisis and the Berlin Crisis.
4th nine weeks
40 instructional days
5 test days
ALCOS 13:
Trace the course of the
involvement of the United
States in Vietnam from the
1950s to 1975, including the
Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the
Tet Offensive, destabilization of
Laos, secret bombings of
Cambodia, and the fall of
Saigon.
ACTQualityCoreE.1.H.
Describe and evaluate the
political and social impact of the
Vietnam War.
ALCOS 14:
Trace events of the modern
Civil Rights Movement from
post-World War II to 1970 that
resulted in social and economic
changes, including the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, the
desegregation of Little Rock
Central High School, the March
on Washington, Freedom Rides,
the Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church bombing, and the
I can
*analyze the course of U.S.
involvement in Vietnam from the
1950’s-1975.
*explain the creation of North and
South Vietnam.
Pearson text:
Chapter 20
7
I can
*evaluate the role of the federal
government in the modern Civil
Rights Movement.
*explain the contributions of
individuals and groups in the
modern Civil Rights Movement (i.e.,
NAACP; MLK, Jr.; Thurgood Marshall;
SCLC; CORE; James Meredith).
*describe the impact of African
American entrepreneurs on the
modern Civil Rights Movement.
Pearson text:
Chapter 18
14
Selma-to-Montgomery March.
(Alabama)
ACT Quality Core E.2.C.
Identify the events and
influential individuals of the
civil rights, human rights, and
counterculture movements and
assess their impact.
ALCOS 15:
Describe changing social and
cultural conditions in the
United States during the 1950s,
1960s, and 1970s.
I can
*assess the causes and effects of the
feminist movement, recession, the
Arab oil embargo and the technical
revolution.
Pearson text:
Chapter 21
7
ALCOS 16:
Describe significant foreign and
domestic issues of presidential
administrations from Richard
M. Nixon to the present.
ACT Quality Core E.2.A.
Analyze major domestic issues
and responses of the
administrations from Truman to
present.
ACT Quality Core E.2.B.
Evaluate the impact of
innovations in technology and
communication on American
society.
ACT Quality Core E.2.D.
I can
*analyze Nixon’s policy of détente’,
the Watergate scandal and the
pardon of Nixon.
*assess the Iranian hostage crisis,
Reaganomics, and the end of the
Cold War.
*evaluate the impact of the
impeachment proceedings against
President Bill Clinton.
*analyze the terrorist attack of 9-112001.
*discuss the election of the first
African American president.
Pearson text:
Chapter 22-24
7
Evaluate the impact of changes in
the national economy on
contemporary American society.
ACT Quality Core E.2.E.
Identify the major contemporary
social, environmental, and
political issues (e.g., immigration,
global warming,
terrorism), the groups involved,
and the controversies engendered
by those issues.
ACT Quality Core E.2.F.
Assess increasing global
interdependence, the potential for
conflict, and the U.S. role in
world events in the present and
future.
* To be completed by school teams for English and Math