SCOPE & SEQUENCE:
Per the Louisiana state student standards for eleventh grade history, this class will encompass six major units of study. They are as follows:

 

Unit One: Industrialization and Expansion through the Progressive Era

Topic 1 – Westward Expansion

Topic 2 – Urbanization and Industrialization

Topic 3 – Progressivism and Its Impact

 

Unit Two: Foreign Policy through the Great War (WWI)

Topic 1 – U.S. Imperialism Before 1917

Topic 2 – World War I and its Aftermath

 

Unit Three: Growth and Decline Between the Wars

Topic 1 – American Prosperity and Social Change

Topic 2 – Global Depression

Topic 3 – The New Deal

 

Unit Four: World War II

Topic 1 – Crisis in Europe and American Entry

Topic 2 – The U.S. During the War

Topic 3 – Victory and the New World Order

 

Unit Five: The Cold War and the Modern Era

Topic 1 – The Cold War at Home and Abroad

Topic 2 – Conflict and Social Movements

Topic 3 – The End of the Cold War

 

Unit Six: Entering a New Era 

Topic 1 – Crisis and Conflicts: U.S.-Middle East Relations

Topic 2 – Presidential Administrations in the New Era