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
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