U.S. History to Present Grade 6, Intensified

U.S. History to Present Intensified (Social Studies 6 Intensified) is a core course that engages students in a rigorous study of United States history and is open to all 6th grade students. 

This course provides additional opportunities for students  to engage in extended application and analysis of United States history through a thematic lens across time and place. Students will develop critical thinking approaches through inquiry-based projects focusing on historical thinking skills and the use of primary and secondary accounts to formulate a deeper understanding of the past. 

The course content will focus on United States geography over time, as well as a thematic approach to exploration and expansion, revolution and reform, economic interactions, and ideological conflict and progress. Key events and people will be studied through their interactions with these themes. This will provide students with both an understanding of chronology as well as how decisions can impact events moving forward.

The following are major objectives which students are expected to learn:

Students will

• Develop skills for historical and geographical analysis.

• Use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, cartoons, and tables.

• Describe how life changed after the Civil War as a result of Reconstruction.

• Explain the changing role of the United States from the late nineteenth century through World War II.

• Examine the social, economic, and technological changes of the twentieth century.

• Identify the major causes and effects of American involvement in World War II.

• Examine the key domestic issues during the second half of the twentieth century, including the Civil Rights Movement.