Term 6 Social Studies Standards

Now that the term 5 assessments are complete, we can now look towards the term 6 standards.  I will quickly be covering the BASICS so students will have the facts they need to answer the CRCT questions correctly.  However, as we move through the term, students will have a final Social Studies project and a week long economics activity.  These two projects will be done concurrently with the Exhibition project and individual grade repair projects.   

Here are the standards and I've included links to videos and documents that students should preview.  Most of them are short and students who watch them will have a head start when we complete our activities in class.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

SS5H7 The student will discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War.

a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.”  (personal account - read WITH parents)

b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

c. Identify Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev.

SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975.

a. Discuss the importance of the CubanMissile Crisis and the Vietnam War.

b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Malcolm X isn't part of the standard, BUT understanding his philosophy gives students a greater understanding of American History)

c. Describe the impact on American society of the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

d. Discuss the significance of the technologies of television and space exploration.

SS5H9 The student will trace important developments in America since 1975.

a. Describe U. S. involvement in world events; include efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism in response to September 11, 2001.

b. Explain the impact the development of the personal computer and the Internet has had on American life.