UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
AUGUST 2015
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Unit 1:
Foundations: Background to
American History
This three-part unit includes a
review of three documents that
have greatly influenced the
development of our nation—the
Declaration of Independence,
Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
Students will also learn about key
individuals that participated in the
Revolution, and the values
Americans forged in these years.
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New Teacher Orientation
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Campus Staff
Development
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District Staff
Development
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Staff Work Day
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Campus Staff
Development
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Campus Staff
Development
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First Day of
School
Unit 1 – 1A, 1B, 1C, 9A, 14C, 21B, 22A, 23C, 26E
Foundations: Background to American History
(5 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 2
(9 days @
50 minutes)
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
SEPTEMBER 2015
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Unit 2:
Industrialization and the “Gilded
Age”
This two part unit examines
industrialization and the Gilded
Age. New inventions and
organizing skills of America’s
greatest entrepreneurs vastly
increased the country’s industrial
capacity. The spread of railroad
lines and telegraph wires helped
lead to the emergence of a national
market.
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Unit 2 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 3B, 3C, 15B, 24B, 26A, 27A
Industrialization and the “Gilded Age”
(9 days @ 50 minutes)
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Patriots Day
TX 1st Responders
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Labor Day
Unit 2 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 3B, 3C, 15B, 24B, 26A, 27A
Industrialization and the “Gilded Age”
(9 days @ 50 minutes)
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Constitution Day
Dr. Hector P. Garcia
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Unit 3:
American Society in Transition
This unit examines how
industrialization affected American
society in the late nineteenth
century. People migrated from
countryside to city, and people
from other countries came to the
United States. Technological
change made it possible to
transform the physical geography
of the Great Plains. Native
Americans were forced onto
Reservations, the buffalo were
killed and new settlers built
ranches and farms.
Fri
Celebrate Freedom Week/Election Procedures
1A, 1B, 1C, 9A, 14C, 21B, 22A, 23C, 26E
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Unit 3 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 12A, 13A, 13B, 14A, 15A, 15C, 23B, 26B
American Society in Transition
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 3
American Society in Transition
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
OCTOBER 2015
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Unit 3:
American Society in Transition
This unit examines how industrialization
affected American society in the late
nineteenth century. People migrated
from countryside to city, and people from
other countries came to the United
States. Technological change made it
possible to transform the physical
geography of the Great Plains. Native
Americans were forced onto
Reservations, the buffalo were killed and
new settlers built ranches and farms.
Unit 4:
The Progressive Era
This unit examines how Americans
adopted important reforms to meet new
problems posed by industrialization and
urbanization. Progressive reformers
sought to remedy the social problems
caused by industrialization. Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard
Taft, Woodrow Wilson introduced
Progressive reforms at the national level.
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Early Release
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Campus Staff Dev.
Unit 3 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 12A,
13A, 13B, 14A, 15A, 15C, 23B, 26B
American Society in Transition
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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End of 1st
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Unit 4 – 3A, 3C, 5A, 5B, 5C, 9A, 14B, 15B, 15E, 23B, 25A, 26A, 26D
The Progressive Era
(13 days @ 50 minutes)
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District Staff
Development
Unit 5:
America Builds an Empire
This unit investigates the reasons why the
United States went to war with Spain in
1898. It also examines how the United
States acquired a colonial empire. The
acquisition of this colonial empire had a
dramatic effect on U.S. foreign policy.
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District Staff
Development
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Unit 4 – 3A, 3C, 5A, 5B, 5C, 9A, 14B, 15B, 15E,
23B, 25A, 26A, 26D
The Progressive Era
(13 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 4 – 3A, 3C, 5A, 5B, 5C, 9A, 14B, 15B, 15E, 23B, 25A, 26A, 26D
The Progressive Era
(13 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 5 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 4A, 4B, 12A, 12B, 15C, 15D
America Builds an Empire
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
NOVEMBER 2015
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Unit 5:
America Builds an Empire
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Unit 5 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 4A, 4B, 12A, 12B, 15C, 15D
America Builds an Empire
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
This unit investigates the reasons
why the United States went to war
with Spain in 1898. It also examines
how the United States acquired a
colonial empire. The acquisition of
this colonial empire had a dramatic
effect on U.S. foreign policy.
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Early Release
Unit 6 – 2A, 2B, 2D, 4A, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, 4G, 15D, 19B, 26F
America in World War I
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
Unit 6:
America in World War I
This unit examines American
foreign policy leading up to and
post-World War I. The study will
include major battles, technological
advancements, and important
individuals involved in this turning
point in American history.
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End of 2nd
6 Wks
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Unit 6 – 2A, 2B, 2D, 4A, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, 4G, 15D, 19B, 26F
America in World War I
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Fall Break
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Fall Break
Fall Break
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Unit 7 –
The Roaring
Twenties
(10 days @
50 minutes)
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
DECEMBER 2015
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Unit 7:
The Roaring Twenties
This unit examines how Americans
entered and new age of prosperity
in the Roaring Twenties.
Automobiles, telephones, and
electricity made life more
comfortable than ever before.
Americans generally focused on
making money and enjoying
themselves. The real significance of
the decade was less in tis politics
than in the birth of new values.
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Unit 7 – 5A, 6A, 6B, 13A, 15C, 16A, 19C, 25A, 25B, 26D, 27C
The Roaring Twenties
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 7 – 5A, 6A, 6B, 13A, 15C, 16A, 19C, 25A, 25B, 26D, 27C
The Roaring Twenties
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Early Release
Campus Staff Dev.
Unit 8:
The Great Depression
This unit examines the events
leading up to the Great Depression
and Herbert Hoover’s delay in the
Federal government’s response to
alleviate some of the hardships
faced by Americans.
Unit 8 – 2D, 12A, 15E, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 19A, 19B, 20B, 26D
The Great Depression and the New Deal
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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Winter Break
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
JANUARY 2016
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Unit 8:
The Great Depression
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This unit examines the events
leading up to the Great Depression
and Herbert Hoover’s delay in the
Federal government’s response to
alleviate some of the hardships
faced by Americans. Students will
examine President Roosevelt’s
response to the Great Depression,
and the federal government’s
massive intervention to revitalize
the economy.
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Winter Break
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Unit 8 – 2D, 12A, 15E, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 19A, 19B, 20B, 26D
The Great Depression and the New Deal
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Early Release
Campus Staff Dev.
Unit 9:
America in World War II
End of 3rd
6 Wks
SEMESTER REVIEW AND EXAMS
This unit examines dictatorships
that came to power in Italy,
Germany, Spain, and Japan and
how their aggressive policies led to
the outbreak of war in Asia and
Europe. World War II was fought
both overseas and on the home
front. America helped secure an
allied victory in the most
destructive conflict in human
history.
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Campus Staff
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Unit 9 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, 7G, 17A, 19B, 26F,
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America in World War II
(14 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 9 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, 7G, 17A, 19B, 26F, 27B
America in World War II
(14 days @ 50 minutes)
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
FEBRUARY 2016
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Unit 9:
America in World War II
This unit examines dictatorships
that came to power in Italy,
Germany, Spain, and Japan and
how their aggressive policies led to
the outbreak of war in Asia and
Europe. World War II was fought
both overseas and on the home
front. America helped secure an
allied victory in the most
destructive conflict in human
history.
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Unit 9 – 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, 7G, 17A, 19B, 26F, 27B
America in World War II
(14 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 10 – 2D, 8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9C, 9E, 9F, 9G, 9H, 9I, 12B, 17B, 17D, 21A, 23A, 24B, 27B
America in the Cold War and Civil Rights Years
(15 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 10:
America in the Cold War and Civil
Rights Years
This unit examines the United
States in the post-war years.
Americans became in a global
struggle to stop the spread of
Communism. At home, the 1950s
saw the birth of the Civil Rights
Movement. African-American used
the courts to end racial segregation
in public schools and other public
places.
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Unit 10 – 2D, 8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9C, 9E, 9F, 9G, 9H, 9I, 12B, 17B, 17D, 21A, 23A, 24B, 27B
America in the Cold War and Civil Rights Years
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Unit 10 – 2D, 8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9C, 9E, 9F, 9G, 9H, 9I, 12B, 17B, 17D, 21A, 23A, 24B,
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America in the Cold War and Civil Rights Years
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Unit 11
(10 days @
50 minutes)
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MARCH 2016
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Unit 11:
The Sixties: A Decade of Protest and
Change
This unit examines advances in Civil
Rights spreading from African
Americans to other minority groups
and women. JFK took office
announcing the “torch was being
passed to a new generation.”
Johnson dreamed of ending poverty.
United States became involved in the
Vietnam War, and a new generation
of young Americans began to
question conformity of the 1950s,
spawning protest movements across
the U.S.
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Unit 11 – 2D, 6A, 7G, 8A, 8D, 8E, 8F, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9F, 9I, 17D, 19B, 20A, 21A, 23A,
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The Sixties: A Decade of Protest and Change
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 11 – 2D, 6A, 7G, 8A, 8D, 8E, 8F, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9F, 9I, 17D, 19B, 20A, 21A, 23A, 23B,
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The Sixties: A Decade of Protest and Change
(10 days @ 50 minutes)
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Spring Break
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Spring Break
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Spring Break
Unit 12:
Crisis and Resurgence, 1969-2000
This unit examines American society
in the last thirty years of the
twentieth century. Under President
Nixon the United States withdrew
from Vietnam and opened diplomatic
relations with China. In the 1970s,
U.S. prestige suffered from
Watergate and Iran hostage crisis.
Under Presidents Reagan and Bush
America towards greater
conservatism. Under Clinton,
Americans saw and end to the cold
War and an enjoyed economic
prosperity.
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Bad
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Make-up
Unit 12 – 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F, 11A, 11B, 13A, 14B, 17C,
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(9 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 12
Crisis and Resurgence, 1969-2000
(9 days @ 50 minutes)
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
APRIL 2016
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Unit 12:
Crisis and Resurgence, 1969-2000
This unit examines American
society in the last thirty years of
the twentieth century. Under
President Nixon the United States
withdrew from Vietnam and
opened diplomatic relations with
China. In the 1970s, U.S. prestige
suffered from Watergate and Iran
hostage crisis. Under Presidents
Reagan and Bush America towards
greater conservatism. Under
Clinton, Americans saw and end to
the cold War and an enjoyed
economic prosperity.
Unit 13:
America in the New Millennium
This unit focuses on American
society in the new millennium—the
21st century. Under Presidents
George W. Bush and Barrack H.
Obama, America faced several
challenges to both its security and
economic well-being.
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Unit 12
(9 days @
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Unit 13 – 2D, 10C, 10F, 11A, 11D, 11E, 12A, 13B, 18B, 19B, 19D, 20B, 25A, 25C, 25D,
26C, 26D, 27A, 27B, 27C, 28A, 28C
America in the New Millennium
(9 days @ 50 minutes)
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Bad
Weather
Make-up
Unit 13 – 2D, 10C, 10F, 11A, 11D, 11E, 12A, 13B, 18B, 19B, 19D,
20B, 25A, 25C, 25D, 26C, 26D, 27A, 27B, 27C, 28A, 28C
America in the New Millennium
(9 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 14
EOC Review
(11 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 14
EOC Review
(11 days @ 50 minutes)
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MAY 2016
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Unit 14
EOC Review
(10 days @ 50
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Unit 14
EOC Review
(10 days @ 50
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STAAR EOC
U.S. History
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Unit 15
Current Events Analyses/Projects
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Unit 15
Current Events Analyses/Projects
(11 days @ 50 minutes)
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Unit 15
Current Events Analyses/Projects
(11 days @ 50 minutes)
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Memorial Day
Student/Staff
Holiday
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FINAL
EXAMS
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
JUNE 2016
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Staff Work Day
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Discretionary
Prof Dev. Day
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UNITED STATES HISTORY SINCE 1877
JULY 2016
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