Curriculum Map for High School U.S. History
Teacher: Erik Berkley
School: Girard High School
Month
Aug. –
Sept.
Content
Sect. 1 Ch.4 The French and
Indian
Sect.2 Ch.4 Issues Behind
the Revolution
Sect.3 Ch.4 Ideas Behind
the Revolution
Sect.4 Ch.4 Fighting for
Independence
Sect.5 Ch.4 Winning
Independence
Sect.1 Ch.5 Govt. By the
States
Sect.2 Ch.5 The
Constitutional Convention
Sect.3 Ch.5 Ratifying the
Constitution
Sect.4 Ch.5 The New
Government
Skills
Learn about the causes
of the French and
Indian War.
Find out how the
British won.
See how war
weakened the
relationship between
the colonists and
British.
See how and why
British policies in the
colonies changed after
1763.
See what ideas and
arguments are
presented in the
Declaration of
Independence.
Find out about the
strengths and
weaknesses of the
British and American
forces.
See how American
victories in the West
and South led to the
end of the war.
Discover the impact of
the revolution.
Assessment
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
Essential Questions
How did the French and Indian
War impact the British policies
in the colonies?
What were the causes and
effects of the war for
independence?
How did the Constitutional
Convention help to frame the
government of the United
States?
What is the significance of the
Preamble and the Bill of
Rights?
What were the causes and
effects of the War of 1812?
Standards
Sect. 1 Ch.6 Liberty Versus
Order in the 1790’s
Sect.2 Ch.6 The Election of
1800
Sect.3 Ch.6 The Jefferson
Administration.
Sect.4 Ch.6 Native
Describe the early
government of the
United States.
State the reasons for
the Articles of
Confederation.
Learn the causes of
Shay’s Rebellion.
Describe the
significant events of
the Constitutional
Convention.
Learn the positions of
the Federalists and
Anti-Federalists.
Find out the arguments
for and against the Bill
of Rights.
Learn about George
Washington and the
first Cabinet.
Learn the significance
of the Preamble, Bill
of Rights, and
Amendments 11-27 in
the United States
Constitution.
Learn about Alexander
Hamilton’s program
for dealing with
national and state debt.
Find out what actions
John Adams took as
President.
Have an understanding
of Jefferson’s
October
American Resistance
Sect.5 Ch.6 The War of
1812
administration.
Find out what led to
war between the
United States and
Native Americans in
the Old Northwest.
Find out the cause and
effects of the War of
1812.
Sect.1 Ch.7 Cultural, Social,
and Religious Life
Sect.2 Ch.7 Trails to the
West
Sect.3 Ch.7 The Great
Plains and the Southwest
Sect.1 Ch.8 Inventions and
Innovations
Sect. 2 Ch.8 The Northern
Section
Sect.3 Ch.8 The Southern
Section
Sect.4 Ch.8 The Growth of
Nationalism
Sect.5 Ch.8 The Age of
Jackson
Find out how
Americans tried to
advance the culture of
the new nation.
Know the reasons that
Americans expanded
across the
Appalachians to the
Pacific Ocean.
Learn how the lives of
Plains Indians changed
from the 1500’s to the
1800’s
Find out how the
Industrial Revolution
arrived and spread in
the U.S.
Understand the
farming,
industrialization,
growth of cities, etc. in
the North
Find out why the
economy of the South
remained agricultural
Learn the signs of new
nationalism after the
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
What were the cultural,
social, and religious advances
when our nation was formed?
How did the Industrial
Revolution begin in the U.S.
and impact our nation?
Nov.
Sect.1 Ch.9 Reforming
Society
Sect.2 Ch.9 The Antislavery
Movement
Sect.3 Ch.9 The Movement
for Women’s Rights
Sect.4 Ch.9 Growing
Divisions
Sect.1 Ch.10 Two Nations
Sect.2 Ch.10 The Mexican
War and Slavery Extension
Sect.3 Ch.10 New Political
Parties
Sect.4 Ch.10 The System
Fails
Sect.5 Ch.10 A Nation
Divided Against Itself
Sect.1 Ch.11 From Bull Run
to Antietam
Sect.2 Ch.11 Life Behind
the Lines
Sect.3 Ch.11 The Tide of
the War Turns
Sect.4 Ch.11 Devastation
and New Freedom
War of 1812
How did American
government change
under Andrew Jackson
Find out why
reformers launched
many movements in
the 1800’s
Learn how the
antislavery movement
grew
Find out about private
roles and changes in
public roles of women
Understand why
reform movements
heightened tensions
between the North and
South
Understand the
important differences
between the North and
South
Learn why the U.S.
went to war with
Mexico
How did political
parties change in the
1850’s
Why did violence
erupt in Kansas
What event(s) led to
the start of the Civil
War
What was the
significance of the
First Battle of Bull
What reforms began in the
!800’s?
Why did the Civil War begin
between the North and
South?
Run
What kinds of
hardships befell the
North and South
during the Civil War
How did the Battles of
Gettysburg and
Vicksburg turn the tide
of the Civil War
What was General
Grant’s strategy for
defeating the South
Dec.Jan.
Sect.1 Ch.12 Presidential
Reconstruction
Sect.2 Ch.12 Congressional
Reconstruction
Sect.3 Ch.12 Birth of the
“New South”
Sect.4 Ch.12 The End of
Reconstruction
Sect.1 Ch.13 A
Technological Revolution
Sect.2 Ch.13 The Growth of
Big Business
Sect.3 Ch.13 Industrializatin
and Workers
Sect. 4 Ch.13 The Great
Strikes
Sect.1 Ch.14 Moving West
Sect.2 Ch.14 Conflict With
Native Americans
Sect. 3 Ch.14 Mining
Ranching, and Farming
Sect.4 Ch.14 Populism
How were Lincoln’s
and Johnson’s
Reconstruction plans
similar
Understand how
Congressional
Reconstruction
differed from
Johnson’s plan
Explore the changes in
the South’s economy
after the Civil War
Find out how
Reconstruction ended
Find out how advances
in power and
communication
affected Americans in
the late 1800’s
Why were
industrialists called
“robber barons” and
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
What were the conditions and
changes in the South after the
Civil War?
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
How did the technological
revolution impact Americans
in the late 1800’s?
Why did the frontier shift
westward in the late 1800’s?
“captains of industry”
What was factory
work like at the turn of
the 19th century
What were the causes
and outcomes of the
major strikes in the
late 1800’s
Learn the conditions
that lured people to the
West
Study the factors that
caused change in the
life of the Plains
Indians
Learn how mining,
ranching, and farming
helped shape the West
Discover the
Populists’ key goals
Jan.
Sect.1 Ch.15 Politics in the
Gilded Age
Sect. 2 Ch.15 People on the
Move
Sect.3 Ch.15 The Challenge
of the Cities
Sect.4 Ch.15 Ideas for
Reform
Sect.1 Ch.16 The Expansion
of Education
Sect.2 Ch.16 New Forms of
Entertainment
Sect.3 Ch.16 The World of
Jim Crow
Sect.4 Ch.16 The Changing
Learn the effects the
spoils system,
depression, and
prosperity had on the
U.S. Govt. during the
Gilded Age
Learn an
understanding of
experiences that
immigrants had in the
late 1800’s/early
1900’s
Understand how living
conditions in cities
changed during the
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
How did business influence
politics during the Gilded
Age?
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
What were the experiences of
immigrants in the late 1800’s
and early 1900’s?
Roles of Women
Feb.
Sect.1 Ch.17 The Pressure
to Expand
Sect.2 Ch.17 The SpanishAmerican War
Sect.3 Ch. 17 A New
Foreign Policy
Sect.4 Ch. 17 Debating
America’s New Role
Sect.1 Ch. 18 The Origins
of Progressivism
Sect.2 Ch.18 Progressive
Legislation
Sect.3 Ch.18 Progressivism
Under Taft and Wilson
late1800’s/early
1900’s
Understand reforms
for the immigrants and
needy in the late
1800’s/early 1900’s
Learn how and why
public schools
expanded during the
late 1800’s
Discover the new
forms of entertainment
during the late 1800’s
Have an understanding
of African American
discrimination and
resistance to it
Examine how women
began to work outside
of the home during the
late 1800’s/early
1900’s
Find out about the
factors that led to the
growth of imperialism
Learn the events
leading up to and
during the SpanishAmerican War
Understand T.
Roosevelt’s “big
stick” diplomacy
Examine arguments
made by antiimperialists
Understand the
What were areas of reform
for women and the needy
during the late 1800’s and
early 1900’s?
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
What factors led to the
growth of imperialism in the
late 1800’s?
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
How did American actions
start a war with Spain in
1898?
Sect.4 Ch.18 Suffrage at
Last
Sect.1 Ch.19 The Road to
War
Sect.2 Ch.19 The United
States Declares War
Sect.3 Ch.19 Americans on
the European Front
Sect.4 Ch.19 Americans on
the Home Front
Sect.5 Ch.19 Global
Peacemaker
development of the
Progressive Movement
Know municipal,
state, and federal
reforms of the
Progressives
Understand the
conflicts and policies
of President’s Taft and
Wilson
Know the factors that
led to final victory for
women’s suffrage
Identify the main
causes of World War I
Find the steps the
United States took
toward war in early
1917
Analyze the
preparations of the
United States for
World War I
Find out how the war
changed the lives of
Americans on the
home front
Understand the
provisions of the Paris
Peace Conference
What Progressive ideas were
implemented between 1890
and 1920?
Why did the U.S. declare war
in 1917?
March
MarchApril
Sect.1 Ch.20 Society in the
1920’s
Sect.2 Ch.20 Mass Media
and the Jazz Age
Sect.3 Ch.20 Cultural
Conflicts
Sect. 1 Ch.21 A Republican
Decade
Sect.2 Ch.21A Business
Boom
Sect.3 Ch.21The Economy
in the Late 1920’s
Learn how women’s
roles changed in the
1920’s
Learn how the mass
media helped create
common cultural
experiences
Learn why the 1920’s
are called the Jazz Age
Understand
Prohibition, racism,
and the Scopes Trial
Learn the Harding and
Coolidge presidential
policies/issues
Understand how
industrial growth
affected the economy
in the 1920’s
Learn the danger signs
of the U.S. economy
in the late 1920’s
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
Sect.1 Ch.22 The Stock
Market Crash
Sect. 2 Ch.22 Social Effects
of the Depression
Sect.3 Ch.22 Surviving the
Great Depression
Sect.4 Ch.22 The Election
of 1932
Learn the events that
led to the stock
market’s Great Crash
in 1929
Learn how poverty
caused other problems
during the Great
Depression
Understand the ways
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
What were the social changes
after World War I between
1920 and 1929?
How did the economy boom
and then bust in the late
1920’s?
What caused the Stock
Market Crash in 1929?
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
How did poverty impact
American life during the
Great Depression?
Americans pulled
together to survive the
Great Depression
Understand the
significance of the
election of 1932
April
Sect.1 Ch.23 Forging a New
Deal
Sect.2 Ch.23 The New
Deal’s Critics
Sect.3 Ch.23 Last Days of
the New Deal
Sect.1 Ch.24 The Rise of
Dictators
Sect.2 Ch.24 Europe Goes
to War
Sect.3 Ch.24 Japan Builds
an Empire
Sect.4 Ch.24 From
Isolationism to War
Sect.1 Ch.25 Mobilization
Sect.2 Ch.25 Retaking
Europe
Sect.3 Ch.25 The Holocaust
Sect.4 Ch.25 War in the
Pacific
Sect.5 Ch.25 The Social
Impact of the War
Sect.1 Ch.26 Origins of the
Cold War
Sect.2 Ch.26 The Cold War
Heats Up
Sect 3 Ch. 26 The Korean
War
Sect.4 Ch.26 The Continued
Cold War
Learn the major New
Deal Programs
Understand the
complaints of FDR’s
New Deal
Examine the effects
attributed to the New
Deal
See how Hitler rose to
power.
Understand the
German invasion of
Poland.
Discover the causes
and effects of Japan’s
growing military
power.
See how American
involvement in the
European conflict
grew from 1939-1941.
Find out how
Roosevelt mobilized
the armed forces.
Find out how the
Allies regained control
in Europe.
See how Germany’s
policies toward Jews
developed from
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
What were the main New
Deal programs designed to
bring our nation out of the
Great Depression?
How did World War II bring
our nation out of the Great
Depression?
Why did Germany develop a
policy of genocide against the
Jews?
Why was 1945 a critical year
in foreign policy for the U.S.?
murder to genocide.
See which Allied
victories turned the
tide of the war in the
Pacific.
Learn how Americans
experienced the war
here at home.
Learn about U.S.
postwar goals and the
Soviet Iron Curtain.
Realize how
Communist advances
affected American
foreign policy.
Learn who fought in
the Korean War and
the war’s three stages.
See how the Cold War
was waged in
Southeast Asia, the
Middle East, and Latin
America during the
1950’s.
May
Sect.1 Ch.28 Demands for
Civil Rights
Sect.2 Ch.28 Leaders and
Strategies
Sect.3 Ch.28 The Struggle
Intensifies
Sect.4 Ch.28 The Political
Response
Sect.5 Ch.28 The
Movement Takes a New
Turn
Sect.1 Ch.31 The War
See how minorities
began to demand civil
rights in the 1960’s.
Find out how early
groups laid the
foundation for the civil
rights movement.
Learn about Freedom
Rides, Integration, and
other practices that
changed our nation’s
attitude toward the
What policy did our nation
take in Asia concerning
communist aggression?
Quiz: oral or multiple
choice, matching, terms
How did leaders respond to
demands for Civil Rights in
the 1960’s?
Chapter Test: multiple
choice, matching,
essay/short answer
What political and military
responses were made in
Vietnam from 1950-1975?
Unfolds
Sect.2 Ch.31 Fighting the
War
Sect.3 Ch.31 Political
Divisions
Sect.4 Ch.31 The End of the
War
civil rights movement.
Learn about President
Kennedy’s approach
to civil rights.
Find out how violence
and tragic events in
1968 changed the
nation.
Learn about the events
that led to war
between North and
South Vietnam.
Be able to describe the
course of the war
between 1965 and
1968.
Learn why President
Johnson decided not to
seek reelection.
Learn how President
Nixon’s policies led to
American withdrawal
from Vietnam.
Erik Berkley World
History Curriculum
Map
Aug.Sept.
Content
Skills
Assessment
Essential Questions
Standards
Sect.1 Ch.1 Understanding
our Past
Sect.2 Ch.1 The Dawn of
History
Sect.3 Ch.1 Beginnings of
Civilization
How are geography
and history linked?
How do historians try
to reconstruct the past?
What advances did
people make during
the Old Stone Age?
How did the first cities
emerge?
Sect.1 Ch.2 Ancient
Kingdoms of the Nile
Sect.2 Ch.2 Egyptian
Civilization
Sect.3 Ch.2 City-States of
Ancient Sumer
Sect.4 Ch.2 Invaders,
Traders, and Empire
Builders
Sect.5 Ch.2 Roots of
Judaism
How did trade and
warfare affect Egypt
and Nubia?
How was Egyptian
society organized?
What were the main
features of Sumerian
civilization?
How did the Persians
unite a huge empire?
What were the main
events in the early
history of the
Israelites?
Worksheet over sect.1
and oral questions.
How did conditions in some
river valleys favor the rise of
early civilizations?
Quiz over Sect.1,2 ch.1
Oral questions
Worksheet over Sect.3
and oral questions
Ch.1 test
Sect.1 Worksheet
Sect.1,2 Quiz
Sect.3 Worksheet
Sect.3,4 Quiz
Sect.5 Worksheet
Ch.2 Test
Oral questioning
Class Discussion
Explain the moral and ethical
beliefs of the Egyptians and
Sumerians.
Sect.1 Ch.3