DEPARTMENT: ESOL
DRAFT – Aaron Madamba
CIP#: 55. 02610
COURSE TITLE: Reading and Writing in the Social Studies: US History
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on reading and writing in social studies
and provides students with interrupted or limited formal schooling the basic skills and
background preparation to enable them to successfully complete required social studies
content courses. The domains of reading and writing are integral to academic success
in the social studies content courses and students must learn to develop both active and
critical inferential skills to ensure academic success in the social studies content
courses. This course is appropriate for students at CPL levels 3-4.
HALL COUNTY COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is to be taken concurrently with
ELL United States History. This course will focus on the acquisition of social and
instructional language across the WIDA Standards. The course supports and enhances
literacy and listening skills necessary for success in the content area as well as general
study skills. Guiding the course are the WIDA Standard Five with particular emphasis on
vocabulary, speaking, listening, and reading skills in social sciences. The content
addresses the social sciences skills matrices; the enduring and recurring themes while
grounded within the five WIDA standards. The suggested proficiency level of the
student is CPL 3 – 5.
I. COURSE OBJECTIVES
WIDA
1. Writing: To engage in written communication in a variety of purposes and audiences.
a. Social and Instructional
1. L4: Edit, revise or rephrase written language based on feedback.
2. L5: Expand and elaborate written language as directed.
b. Language Arts
1. L4: Product outlines and summary paragraphs from lecture notes.
2. L5: Produce essays based on notes from lectures.
c. Math
1. L4: Draw conclusions related to data from graphs, tables, or charts from everyday
sources.
2. L5: Provide a rationale and explain use of data presented in graphs, tables, and charts.
d. Science
1. L4: Produce lab reports from outlines or learning logs based on science experiments.
2. L 5: Produce narrative lab reports based on grade level science experiments.
e. Social Studies
1. L4: Develop, analyze, and plot results of surveys related to social studies, and
summarize responses to
interview questions (in small groups).
2. L5: Develop, analyze, and plot results of surveys related to social studies, summarize
and explain results (in small groups).
GPS at the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. The learner will identify, evaluate, and use the methods and tools
valued by historians, and trace the themes of history.
2. The learner will analyze the development of European
settlements in North America.
3. The learner will investigate significant events, people, and
conditions that led to the American Revolution, as well as the
development of the US government.
4. The learner will assess the growth and development of the
United States in the following ways: political, economic, territorial,
population, and social.
5. The learner will analyze the causes and results of the Civil War,
including the time period of Reconstruction.
6. The learner will investigate causes and effects of the Industrial
Revolution and the subsequent Progressive Reforms.
7. The learner will consider the causes and effects of US
imperialism, including WWI, and the return to isolationist policies.
8. The learner will analyze the effects of isolationism, uncontrolled
economic speculation, and the era of fascism, as well as their
subsequent results, including the establishment of the US as a
world superpower.
9. The learner will analyze the economic, social, and political effects
of domestic and foreign events throughout the 1950s to 1970s.
10. The learner will assess the influence of ideals, values, beliefs,
and traditions on current global events and issues.
II.
EVALUATION
Final Exam …………………………………………………………15%
Course Content ……………………………………………………85%
Tests/Projects……………...................40%
Daily Assignments…………………….45%
(actual percentages may vary per school/teacher)
III.
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES (Pacemaker® is series of textbooks and
educational materials that are employed in the ESOL Sheltered Classroom in lieu of
the adopted regular education text book. The text materials included in the Classroom
Resource Binder, and the student Workbook have been designed specifically for
English Language Learner and other at-risk students who may be classified as having
a reading proficiency level profoundly below grade level.)
Pacemaker® United States History Fourth Edition
Pacemaker® United States History 4th edition ESL/ELL Teacher's Guide
Supplemental Resources
Pacemaker® United States History 4th edition Classroom Resource Binder
Pacemaker® United States History Workbook
*Kapit, Geography Coloring Book, 3rd Edition
AP College Board DBQ Resource Binder
Hip-Hop U.S. History, Blake Harrison and Alex Rappaport
NYSED Regents Exam, United States History and Government
Appendix A - Sample Student Syllabus
Course Description:
The high school United States history course provides students with a comprehensive, intensive
study of major events and themes in United States history. Beginning with early European
colonization, the course examines major events and themes throughout United States history. The
course concludes with significant developments in the early 21st century. (GPS)
Textbook to be used:
Pacemaker® United States History 4th edition Classroom Resource Binder
Pacemaker® United States History Workbook
** Bring your textbook to class EVERY DAY unless informed otherwise.
Materials needed:
 Textbook
 Three Ring Binder (at least 2 inches with a Clear Plastic Cover)
 Loose Leaf Paper
 Tab Dividers
 Pens
 PENCILS (I suggest mechanical pencils, but they are not required)
 Native Language to English Dictionary
Main Objectives*-at the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. The learner will identify, evaluate, and use the methods and tools
valued by historians, and trace the themes of history.
2. The learner will analyze the development of European settlements in
North America.
3. The learner will investigate significant events, people, and conditions
that led to the American Revolution, as well as the development of the
US government.
4. The learner will assess the growth and development of the United States
in the following ways: political, economic, territorial, population, and
social.
5. The learner will analyze the causes and results of the Civil War,
including the time period of Reconstruction.
6. The learner will investigate causes and effects of the Industrial
Revolution and the subsequent Progressive Reforms.
7. The learner will consider the causes and effects of US imperialism,
including WWI, and the return to isolationist policies.
8. The learner will analyze the effects of isolationism, uncontrolled
economic speculation, and the era of fascism, as well as their
subsequent results, including the establishment of the US as a world
superpower.
9. The learner will analyze the economic, social, and political effects of
domestic and foreign events throughout the 1950s to 1970s.
10. The learner will assess the influence of ideals, values, beliefs, and
traditions on current global events and issues.
Classroom Rules:
1. RESPECT: Respect yourselves and each other – do not interrupt people when
they are speaking, NO BULLYING, No sarcastic remarks, etc.
2. Do everything you can to learn. If you do everything you can to learn you will
be successful in this class, but more importantly, you will be successful in life.
3. When in doubt, see Rules 1 and 2
Discipline:
See the your student AGENDA
Detentions - All detentions must be served when assigned, failure to serve
detention will result in an administrative referral.
Student Agenda:
1. If you are late – it must be signed by a teacher or administrator
2. Record all assignments (test, quiz, project due dates, homework, etc.)
Pacing Guide:
Unit I: European Settlements of North America (August)
Unit II: Revolution to Constitution (August - September)
Unit III: Growth of a Nation (September – October)
Unit IV: A Nation Divided (October – November)
Unit V: A Growing Nation (November – December)
Unit VI: Reform and Imperialism (January)
Unit VII: WW I – New Deal (January – February)
Unit VIII: WWII, the Cold War and Containment (February – March)
Unit IX: Years of Change (March)
Unit X: Forward to the Future (April)
Grading Policy:
Final Exam
Semester Average
Tests/Projects
Daily Work
= 15%
= 85%
= 40%
= 45%
Syllabus Revision:
The instructor reserves the right to adjust any part of this syllabus as appropriately
needed. Students will be notified on a timely manner of all revisions.
Appendix B
Curriculum Map for United States History
Standards: 1, 2
Chapters: 1, 2, 3
Standards: 3, 4, 5
Chapters: 4, 5
Standards: 6, 7, 8d
Chapters: 6, 7, 8
Unit One focus: European
Settlement of North America
Unit Two focus: Revolution to
Constitution
Unit Three focus: Growth of a
Nation
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Early relations with Native Americans
(1a,b)
Religious tensions (1b)
International conflict over colonies
(1c,d)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Imperialism and revolution (3a)
British actions leading to the revolution
(3b)
French alliance (4b)
End of revolutionary war (4d)
Events leading up to the Constitution
and creation of the Constitution
(5a,b,c,d)
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Reform movements (7c,d)
CULTURE
Great awakening (2d)
Social norms (2c)
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
Early legislatures (1a; 1b)
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Important people of the era (2c)
LOCATION
Importance of location to settlements
(1)
MOVEMENT/MIGRATION
Free vs. forced migration (1; 2b)
Trans-Atlantic trade (2a,b)
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Important documents expressing ideals
(3c; 4a)
Federalists/Anti-federalists (5b)
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Important people of the era (3c;
4a,b,c,d; 5b,d)
RULE OF LAW
Key features of Constitution and Bill of
Rights (5c,d)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Growing national identify (6c,e; 7e)
War with Mexico (8d)
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Important people of the era (6b; 7a,d)
MOVEMENT/ MIGRATION
Territorial growth (6a,b; 7b)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Erie Canal, New York, Infrastructure
(6d)
Industrial revolution, cotton gin (7a)
Standards: 8, 9, 10
Standards: 11, 12
Chapters: 9, 10, 11
Chapters: 12, 13
Unit Four focus: A Nation Divided
Unit Five Focus: A Growing
Nation
End of Fall Semester
Semester Review
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Slavery concerns (8a)
Nullification crisis (8c)
Lincoln’s actions (9b,c)
Reconstruction issues (10a,b,d,e)
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Industrial Unrest (12b, d)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Westward Expansion (11b; 12c)
Labor Unions (12b, d)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Pre-civil war compromises (8b, d, e)
Acts/cases related to slavery (9a)
Important battles of the civil war (9d)
Constitutional changes (10c)
INDIVIDUAL, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Trusts/Monopolies (11c)
Labor groups (12b,d)
INDIVIDUAL, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Important people of the era (9c)
MOVEMENT/MIGRATION
Immigration issues (12a)
Westward expansion (12c)
PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, &
CONSUMPTION
Economic disparities (9f)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Impact of Railroads (11a,b)
Inventions (11d)
Semester Exam
Standards: 13 – 14
Chapters: 12 – 16
Standards: 15 – 18
Chapters: 17 – 20
Standards: 19 – 20
Chapters: 21 – 23
Unit Six focus: Reform and
Imperialism
Unit Seven focus: WW I – New
Deal
Unit Eight focus: WWII, the Cold
War and Containment
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Changing role of women (13b)
Reform movements (13a,d,e)
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Ideals vs. reality (15a,c)
Meeting needs of citizens (18a,b,c)
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Influence of events on ideals (20a)
McCarthyism (20b)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Emergence of NAACP (13c)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
WWI in the US (15b)
Women’s movements (15d)
Economic changes (17a,b,c)
Political changes (18e)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
WWII related issues (19b,c,d)
Containment issues (20a)
Korea and McCarthyism (20b)
Cuba (20c)
Vietnam (20d)
MOVEMENT/MIGRATION
Immigration issues (14a)
US involvement beyond our borders
(14b, c)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Impact of Railroads (14a)
Panama Canal (14c)
CULTURE
Expressions (16d)
INDIVIDUAL, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Taking a stand (18d)
MOVEMENT/ MIGRATION
Changing patterns (15b; 16a)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
The affordable auto (16b)
Entertainment (16c)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
Los Alamos (19e)
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Civil rights (19a)
Standards: 21; 22; 23; 24
Chapters: 24 – 28
Standards: 21a; 24; 25
Chapters: 27, 29 – 32
EOCT Review
EOCT
Unit focus: Years of Change
Unit focus: Forward to the Future
Final Project
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Personal rights (23a)
Meeting needs of citizens (23c)
Individual choice (23d)
BELIEFS & IDEALS
Rise of conservatism (24f)
Importance of individual rights (25b)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Role government in integration (22a)
Civil rights (22c,e; 23b; 24a,c)
CONFLICT & CHANGE
Women’s movements (24b)
Political changes (25a,d, e)
CULTURE
Baby boom and impact (21a)
CULTURE
New Right (21a)
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Civil rights (22b,d)
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
Who decides? (25f)
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
The affordable auto (21a)
Entertainment (21b,c)
International (21d)
INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS &
INSTITUTIONS
Taking a stand (24d,e)
Impact of individuals on globalization
(25a,b,c,d)
Individual choice (25b)
Appendix C
Key Vocabulary and Basic Pacing Guide
11. Key ELL Vocabulary
Unit I: European Settlements of North America
nomad
glacier
civilization
empire
colony
navigator
compass
geography
astronomy
conquer
mission
barter
import
common
political rights
jury
mercantilism
regulate
tax
ally
cede
proclamation
(August)
convert
joint-stock company
charter
cash crop
indentured servant
treaty
debtor
economy
expert
frontier
representative
repeal
declaration
revolution
militia
blockade
Loyalist
Patriot
neutral
Unit II: Revolution to Constitution (August - September)
political rights
jury
mercantilism
regulate
tax
declaration
revolution
militia
blockade
ally
Loyalist
Patriot
treaty
representative
repeal
neutral
cede
proclamation
Unit III: Growth of a Nation (September – October)
constitution
territory
impressment
spoils systems
ratify
amendment
Cabinet
alliance
elector
embargo
nationalism
doctrine
industry
textile
interchangeable parts
mass production
canal
mountain man
forty-niner
ranch
cotton gin
overseer
tariff
rural
urban
immigrant
famine
equal rights
suffrage
reformer
temperance
Unit IV: A Nation Divided (October – November)
free state
slave state
sectionalism
fugitive
abolitionist
Underground Railroad
veteran
Reconstruction
black codes
civil rights
impeach
segregation
extremist
secede
civil war
border state
martial law
assassinate
scalawag
freedman
sharecropping
poll tax
carpetbagger
popular sovereignty
Unit V: Industrial Growth and Progressive Reforms (November – December)
transcontinental
homesteader
Tradition
boom town
Pollution
Monopoly
labor union
prairie
reservation
prospector
patent
corporation
company town
strike
Ghetto
Skyscraper
Exclusion
Racism
civil service
Capitalism
trust
tenement
nativism
migration
bribe
kickback
muckraker
income tax
Unit VI: Becoming a World Power (January)
annex
imperialism
isthmus
Arms race
stalemate
ambassador
Bond
Prohibition
protectorate
yellow journalism
foreign policy
Corollary
Terrorist
propaganda
armistice
isolationist
Assembly line
Mass media
Renaissance
deport
victory garden
communism
Installment plan
Jazz
Inflation
Unit VII: National Crises (January – February)
Stock market
Foreclose
Migrant worker
New Deal
Liberal
Dictator
Appeasement
Cash and carry policy
Mobilize
Superpower
Depression
Bonus
Public works
Fireside Chat
Soap opera
Fascist
Militarism
Rationing
satellite
McCarthyism
Default
Drought
relief
conservative
Anti-Semitism
Lend-lease-plan
Siege
Genocide
isolationism
Internment camp
Atomic bomb
Amphibious landing
Holocaust
Internment camp
Atomic bomb
Amphibious landing
Holocaust
Iron curtain
Unit VIII: Years of Change (February – March)
Cold war
Demilitarized zone
Fall out
Generation gap
Baby boom
Integrate
Cosmonaut
Astronaut
Technology
Containment
Blacklist
Space race
Interstate highway
system
Consumer
Service industry
executive order
Boycott
Desegregate
Civil disobedience
Exile
Medicare
Black panther party
Lobby
Nisei
Guerilla warfare
Agent orange
Vietnamization
New Frontier
Quarantine
Medicaid
Gender
Bilingual
Domino theory
Depose
Conscientious objector
Workfare
Electoral vote
Global warming
Unit IX: Years of Change (March)
détente
ratify
corrupt
commune
guerilla
refugee
minority
Acid rain
Executive privilege
Dissident
National debt
Glasnost
Recession
Normalize
Human rights
Federal deficit
Life expectancy
Glasnost
Stagflation
sanction
Unit X: Forward to the Future (April)
Perjury
Hostage
Contra
Primary
Grand jury
Underclass
Popular vote
Special prosecutor
Ethnic cleansing
Downsize
Revenue sharing
Executive privilege
Revenue sharing
apartheid
curfew
Zionism
hostile
traitor
terrorist
hostage
Budget surplus
Coalition
Millennium
Resolution
recycling
Budget surplus
Coalition
Millennium
Resolution
recycling
Dissident
Refuge
nonrenewable
Affirmative action
12.
Key U.S. History Vocabulary
The following vocabulary list will be the core Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) vocabulary
in a non-modified/unsheltered learning environment. However, although the following
vocabulary will be mandatory within the sheltered classroom also, a greater degree of emphasis
will be placed on the ELL vocabulary list in order for the ELL to successful close and language
gaps, thus gaining and reinforcing entry level vocabulary that will be utilized in comprehending
the core vocabulary, but also in future social studies courses. (NOTE: Much of the core GPS
vocabulary and Key ELL Vocabulary overlap.)
Unit I: European Settlements of North America
colony, charter, joint stock company, royal colony, legislature, House of Burgesses, indentured servant,
Bacon’s Rebellion, New England Colonies, Puritan, persecute, Pilgrim, Mayflower Compact, religious
tolerance, Salem Witch Trials, King Philip’s War, Middle Colonies, diversity, proprietary colony,
Quaker, haven, Southern Colonies, trustee, mercantilism, balance of trade
Unit II: Revolution to Constitution
duty, itinerant, dissent, salutary neglect, staple crop, triangular trade, gentry, apprentice, indigo, selfsufficient, Middle Passage, immigrant, Great Awakening, Powhatan, Massachusetts settlement,
individualism, privateer French and Indian War, 1763 Treaty of Paris, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act,
Intolerable Acts, Sons of Liberty, Daughters of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence, Thomas Paine,
Common Sense, Declaration of Independence, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, George Washington,
Crossing the Delaware River, Valley Forge, Benjamin Franklin, Marquis de Lafayette, General Charles
Cornwallis, Battle of Yorktown, 1783 Treaty of Paris, U.S. Constitution, Articles of Confederation,
Shays’s Rebellion, Great Compromise, Slavery, Separation of Powers, Limited Government, Executive
Branch, Checks and Balances, Federalists, Anti-Federalists, The Federalist, James Madison, Alexander
Hamilton, States’ Rights, Bill of Rights, George Washington, Whiskey Rebellion, Political Parties,
Factions, John Adams
Unit III: Growth of a Nation
Territorial and population growth; Northwest Ordinance; westward migration & its effects on America;
Thomas Jefferson’s diplomacy; Louisiana Purchase; Lewis and Clark expedition; War of 1812; Erie
Canal; rise of New York City; national infrastructure; Monroe Doctrine, Nat Turner’s Rebellion,
abolitionism, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Grimke Sisters, Missouri Compromise,
Nullification Crisis, states’ rights, John C. Calhoun, sectionalism, War with Mexico
Unit IV: A Nation Divided
Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, popular sovereignty, Dred Scott case, John
Brown’s Raid, Lincoln’s 2nd inaugural address, Gettysburg speech, habeas corpus, Ulysses S. Grant,
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman, Jefferson Davis, Fort Sumter, Vicksburg,
Gettysburg, Battle for Atlanta, Emancipation Proclamation, Northern advantages, Southern
disadvantages, Presidential Reconstruction, Radical Republican Reconstruction, Morehouse College,
Freedmen’s Bureau, Civil War Amendments, Black Codes, KKK, Andrew Johnson’s impeachment
Unit V: A Growing Nation
Big Business, John D. Rockefeller, Standard Oil Company, Trusts, Monopolies, Transcontinental
Railroad, Samuel Gompers, Pullman Strike, Chinese Laborers, Sitting Bull, Wounded Knee, Thomas
Edison, Electric Light Bulb, Phonograph, Motion Pictures,
Unit VI: Reform and Imperialism
Railroad Industry, Steel Industry, Ellis Island, American Federation of Labor, Muckrakers, Upton
Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Hull House, Initiative, Referendum, Recall Direct Election of Senators, Jim Crow,
Plessy v. Ferguson, NAACP, Anti-immigrant Sentiment, Chinese Exclusion Act, Spanish-American
War, American Expansion, Philippine-American War, Roosevelt Corollary, Panama Canal,
Unit VII: WW I – New Deal
U.S. Neutrality, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Great Migration, Espionage Act, Eugene V. Debs, 18th
Amendment, 19th Amendment, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, Communism, Socialism, Red Scare,
Immigration Restrictions, Radio, Movies, Jazz, Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Louis Armstrong,
Tin Pan Alley, Irving Berlin, Mass Production, Henry Ford, Stock Market Crash, Great Depression, Dust
Bowl, Hoovervilles, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Second New Deal, Wagner Act, Industrial
Unionism, Social Security Act, Eleanor Roosevelt, Huey Long, Neutrality Acts, Court Packing Bill
Unit VIII: WWII, the Cold War and Containment
Allied Powers, Axis Powers, A. Philip Randolph, Pearl Harbor, Internment, Mobilization, Wartime
Conservation, Rationing, Lend-Lease, Battle of Midway, D-Day, Battle of Berlin, Atom Bomb, Los
Alamos, Marshall Plan, Containment, Truman Doctrine, Korean War, Chinese Civil War, McCarthyism,
Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Tet Offensive,
Unit IX: Years of Change
Baby Boom, Levittown, Interstate Highway Act, Kennedy/ Nixon Presidential, Debates, TV News
Coverage of Civil Rights Movement, Personal Computer, Cellular Telephone, Sputnik I, Jackie Robinson,
Harry Truman, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, I
Have a Dream, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Warren Court, Miranda v. Arizona,
Assassination of President Kennedy, Great Society, Medicare, Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, 1968 Democratic National Convention, Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC), Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Sit-Ins, Freedom
Rides, Anti-Vietnam War Movement
Unit X: Forward to the Future
Women’s Movement, National Organization of Women (NOW), United Farm Workers, Movement,
César Chávez, Environmental Movement, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, Earth Day, Environmental
Protection, Agency (EPA), Conservative Movement, Barry Goldwater, Richard M. Nixon, Roe v. Wade,
Regents of University of California v. Bakke, Richard Nixon, Nixon’s Visit to China, Watergate Scandal,
Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Camp David Accords, Iranian Revolution, Iranian Hostage Crisis, Ronald
Reagan, Reaganomics, Iran-Contra Scandal, Collapse of Soviet Union, Bill Clinton, North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Impeachment of Bill Clinton, Electoral College, George W. Bush, Operation
Enduring Freedom, War on Terrorism, Operation Iraqi Freedom