US/WORLD STUDIES II
1ST SEMESTER, QUARTER 1

Aggression and Response in Europe and Asia

Understand how the United States and other nations responded to aggression in Europe and Asia during the first half of the 20th century.

Understand Japanese expansion overseas and the consequences for Japan and Asia during the 20th century.

Understand how various forms of government function in different situations.

Compare and contrast how various forms of government function in similar and different situations

World War II

Understand how the terms of the Versailles Treaty and the social and economic challenges of the postwar decade set the stage for World War II.

Understand isolationism and the military and economic mobilization of the United States prior to and during WorldWar II, and its impact on American society.

Understand the character of the war in Europe and the Pacific, and the role of inventions and new technology on the course of the war.

The Holocaust

Understand the systemic campaign of terror and persecution in Nazi Germany.

Understand the response of the world community to the Nazis and to the Holocaust.

Geography infused

Understand and use geographic information using a variety of scales, patterns of distribution, and arrangement.

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using various geographic representations to depict and solve geographic problems.

Interpret and evaluate information using complex geographic representations.

Use a variety of geographic representations to analyze information and draw conclusions about geographic issues.

Locate and identify places, regions, and geographic features that have played prominent roles in historical or contemporary issues and events.

Locate, identify and explain changes in countries over time.

Locate and identify places and regions most prominent in contemporary events in Oregon, the United States, and the world.

Analyze changes in the physical and human characteristics of places and regions, and the effects of technology, migration, and urbanization on them.

Apply geographic tools to identify change in a place over time, and to infer reasons for the change.

US/WORLD STUDIES II
1ST SEMESTER, QUARTER 2

Cold War

Understand the division of Europe after WWII leading to the Cold War.

Understand the impact of the Cold War on individuals, groups and nations.

Understand how various forms of government function in different situations.

Compare and contrast how various forms of government function in similar and different situations

Chinese Revolution

Understand the impact of the Chinese Revolution of 1911, and the cause of China’s Communist Revolution in 1949.

Korean War

Understand the causes and impact of the Korean War.

Geography infused

Understand and use geographic information using a variety of scales, patterns of distribution, and arrangement.

Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using various geographic representations to depict and solve geographic problems.

Interpret and evaluate information using complex geographic representations.

Use a variety of geographic representations to analyze information and draw conclusions about geographic issues.

Locate and identify places, regions, and geographic features that have played prominent roles in historical or contemporary issues and events.

Locate, identify and explain changes in countries over time.

Locate and identify places and regions most prominent in contemporary events in Oregon, the United States, and the world.

Analyze changes in the physical and human characteristics of places and regions, and the effects of technology, migration, and urbanization on them.

Apply geographic tools to identify change in a place over time, and to infer reasons for the change.

US/WORLD STUDIES II
2nd SEMESTER, QUARTER 1

America in the 1950’s

Understand the changes that created the economic boom after World War II.

Vietnam

Understand the causes and impact of the Vietnam War.

The Civil Rights Movement

Understand how government policies and decisions have been influenced and changed by individuals, groups, and international organizations.

Understand how U.S. political parties have influenced government policy and decisions.

Understand the causes, course, and impact of the civil rights/equal rights movements.

Understand the Constitutional changes that resulted from major events in the 20th century.

Understand the role of the courts and of the law in protecting the rights of U.S. citizens

Understand how U.S. political parties have influenced government policy and decisions.

Understand the causes, course, and impact of the civil rights/equal rights movements.

Understand the Constitutional changes that resulted from major events in the 20th century.

US/WORLD STUDIES II
2nd SEMESTER, QUARTER 2

Contemporary American History:

The United States and the International Community

Understand the purposes and functions of major international organizations and the role of the United States in them.

Understand and give examples of how international organizations influence policies or decisions.

Understand the purposes and functions of the United Nations, and the role of the United States in the United Nations.

Understand the purpose and function of international humanitarian agencies and special interest advocacy groups, and how the United States interacts with people in other nations through these organizations.

Global Geography Issues

Understand how worldwide transportation and communication patterns have affected the flow and interactions of people, ideas, and products.

Understand how transportation and communication systems of the present compare to those of the past, and how this changes perceptions of space and time.

Understand how communication and transportation technologies contribute to trade and cultural convergence.

Analyze and evaluate the impact of economic, cultural or environmental factors that result in changes to population of cities, countries, or regions.

Evaluate the consequences of economic, cultural, or environmental changes on a given population.

Understand human modifications of the physical environment and analyze their global impacts and consequences for human activity.

Distinguish between renewable resources and non-renewable resources and the global consequences of mismanagement.

Identify and understand different methods of extracting and using resources and analyze and compare the affect on the environment.

Identify and give examples of changes in a physical environment, and evaluate their impact on human activity in the environment.

Identify and give examples of changes in human activity due to changes in the physical environment, and analyze the impact on both.