High School Social Studies Units
Compiled by Imad Fadlallah
September 2003

 

Ninth Grade Social Studies Units of Study
The Purposes and Ideals of American Democracy
Unit Plan for The Purposes and Ideals of American Democracy

 

American Politics
Unit Plan for American Politics

 

The Structure and Function of American Government
Unit Plan for The Structure and Function of American Government

 

State and Local Government
Unit Plan for State and Local Government

 

The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens
Unit Plan for The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens

 

The Free Market System
Unit Plan for The Free Market System

 

Individual and Household Choices
Unit Plan for Individual and Household Choices in a Market Economy

Lesson 1 - What is a Budget?

Lesson 2 - Planning a Career That is Best for Me

Lesson 3 - Finding a Comfortable Place to Nest

Lesson 4 - When the Mood to Buy Strikes, It Pays to Shop Around

Lesson 5 - Buying a Car, Getting a Peach, Not a Lemon

Lesson 6 - Fraud, "If It Sounds Too Good To Be True, It Usually Is"

Lesson 7 - Getting Sick to Death: Can You Afford It?

Lesson 8 - The Time Value of Money: Invest Early, Earn Big!

Lesson 9 - The Stock Market: What's All the Fuss About Bulls and Bears?

Lesson 10 - Buying Bonds: Making Choices Among Them?

 

Business in a Market Economy
Unit Plan for Business in a Market Economy

 

Government Regulation of the Economy
Unit Plan for Government Regulation of the Economy

 

Tenth Grade Social Studies Units of Study

The United States As A World Power
Unit Plan for The United States As A World Power

 

The Progressive Era
Unit Plan for The Progressive Era

 

The Great Depression and the New Deal
Unit Plan for The Great Depression and the New Deal

Lesson 1 - The Consumer Economy

Lesson 2 - A Newspaper of the 1920s

Lesson 3 - The Scopes "Monkey" Trial

Lesson 4 - Letters to Mrs. Roosevelt

Lesson 5 - Roosevelt Attempts to Pack the Court

Lesson 6 - The Civilian Conservation Corps

Lesson 7 - New Deal Programs and the Issues That Spawned Them

Lesson 8 - Social Security and Its Effects

Lesson 9 - Immigration to the United States: Past and Present

Lesson 10 - Another Great Depression?

 

The Second World War
Unit Plan for The Second World War

 

The Cold War
Unit Plan for The Cold War

 

Post-War Domestic Change
Unit Plan for Post-War Domestic Change

 

Contemporary America and the Future
Unit Plan for Contemporary America and the Future

 

Eleventh Grade Social Studies Units of Study
The Beginnings of Human Society
Unit Plan for The Beginnings of Human Society

 

Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral
Unit Plan for Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples, 4000 - 1000 BCE

 

Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant
Unit Plan for Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE

 

Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter
Unit Plan for Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter, 300 - 1000 CE

 

Intensified Hemispheric Interactions
Unit Plan for Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, 1000 - 1500 CE

 

The Emergence of the First Global Age
Unit Plan for The Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450 - 1770

 

An Age of Revolutions
Unit Plan for An Age of Revolutions, 1750 - 1914

 

A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement
Unit Plan for A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945

 

The 20th Century Since 1945
Unit Plan for The 20th Century Since 1945 - Promises and Paradoxes

 

Human Rights
Unit Plan for Human Rights

 

Environmental Protection
Unit Plan for Environmental Protection

 

Technological Change
Unit Plan for Technological Change

 

World Trade
Unit Plan for World Trade

 

Population
Unit Plan for Population

 

Diversity and Conflict
Unit Plan for Diversity and Conflict

 

Economic Development
Unit Plan for Economic Development