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Write about historical topics
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, and Journal entry
Criteria
Use a writing process
Employ primary and secondary sources
Present arguments that focus directly on historical issues and topics
Construct historical arguments supported by appropriate and relevant evidence and examples
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Explore research, multiple/conflicting viewpoints, and perspectives about modern American history
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, Journal Entry and/or Presentation
Criteria
Identify continuities and discontinuities in modern American history and explain how they have changed/remained the same over time
Analyze and evaluate primary and secondary sources to better understand their positions and perspective
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Develop historical empathy
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Interpret the American past in context and analyze the past on its own terms
Compare past developments in modern American history with the present
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Analyze the African American Civil Rights movement from 1865 to the present
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Explore how African Americans responded to legal, political, and violent methods to deny them their civil rights
Identify the different approaches, strategies, and tactics to achieve civil rights advanced by civil rights organizations, prominent leaders, and rank-and-file activists from 1865 to the present
Explain how the African American Civil Rights movement has pushed the United States to live up to its constitutional ideals regarding liberty and equality
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Examine resistance and civil rights movements among historically underrepresented communities in the United States since 1865
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Examine how underrepresented groups responded to discrimination and violence from 1865 to the present
Describe immigrant responses to legal policies that called for deportation or encouraged “voluntary” deportation
Study how Indigenous Americans have fought to retain their sovereignty and culture when pressured to assimilate
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Examine immigration and immigrant experiences in modern American history
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Identify changes and continuities in immigration to the United States since 1865
Examine differences and similarities in how immigrants have interacted with “host” communities in the United States since 1865
Explain immigrant contributions to American culture, economics, politics, and society
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Examine gender roles in the United States since 1865
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Analyze how women’s and men’s cultural, political, and social roles have changed over time
Explore women’s efforts to secure equal rights and change their legal status
Identify the historical developments that helped change views concerning masculinity and femininity
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Investigate the creation of local, state, and federal policies that have discriminated against underrepresented populations in the United States since 1865
Assessment Strategies
Written Product, Essay, Critique, Journal Entry, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Examine how policies have restricted and constricted residential and social mobility
Trace the development of laws and regulations that restricted voting rights
Analyze the role of law enforcement in strengthening inequalities and oppression of marginalized groups
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Collaborate with peers
Assessment Strategies
Ungraded Oral Response, Written Product, and/or Presentation
Criteria
Show interest in the ideas of others
Develop useful suggestions
Create questions related to modern American history
Refer to the specific ideas of peers