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STANDARD USII.2

STANDARD USII.3

United States History: Connecting the Past to the Present: United States History: 1877 to Present has instructional strategies and resources for teaching this course. Resources are all listed by SOL. Click on the SOL on the left and then click on the text of the bullet level to see the resources for that SOL.

SOLpass has great activities, including flashcards for the USII SOLs. It is a password protected site, please let Melissa know if you need the password for your school.

Permission to use the Study Maps in the Printables column has been kindly granted by Judy W. Ganzert of Henrico Schools.

Obe Hostetter of Rockingham County Public Schools has put together a US History 1877 to the Present Technology Integration resource page. His page offers resources by SOL as this page does, but a different layout. Obe has generously allowed permission to link to this page, as well as the USII Quia page in the SOL Review section. Both have a wealth of resources for this course.

STANDARD USII.1

The student will demonstrate skills for historical and geographical analysis, including the ability to

a) analyze and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase understanding of events and life in United States history from 1877 to the present;

Web Resources	PowerPoints, TurningPoints	Printables	SchoolPad Lessons
Library of Congress
Our Documents - 100 Milestone documents in U.S. History
Understanding Primary Sources: Reading a Historical Photograph
Documents for the Study of American History
From Revolution to Reconstruction - Documents (these go through 2001)
Primary Sources on the Web
The National Archives
Archiving Early America

b) make connections between past and present;

c) sequence events in United States history from 1877 to the present;

d) interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives;

e) evaluate and debate issues orally and in writing;

f) analyze and interpret maps that include major physical features;

g) use parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude to describe hemispheric location;

Web Resources	PowerPoints, TurningPoints	Printables	SchoolPad Lessons
A Summer Day

h) interpret patriotic slogans and excerpts from notable speeches and documents.

STANDARD USII.1

STANDARD USII.2

The student will demonstrate knowledge of how life changed after the Civil War by

c) describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South.

STANDARD USII.4

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the changing role of the United States from the late nineteenth century through World War I by

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century by

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the major causes and effects of American involvement in World War II by

STANDARD USII.7

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of World War II and the present by

STANDARD USII.8

The student will demonstrate knowledge of the key domestic issues during the second half of the twentieth century by