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SEL activities for History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals

36 RoseThread Connect activities matched to the chapters of History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals (TCI). Each one teaches the chapter's content and builds one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill in about 20 minutes.

We look only at each book's table of contents (chapter titles and topics) to suggest activities that fit the flow of your course. We don't use or reproduce any textbook content, and your edition's chapter order may differ slightly. RoseThread Connect is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by these publishers.

Chapter 1: What Is History?

• Becoming a Citizen Historian Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents explore the Enlightenment ideas behind the nation's founding and name the questions about belonging and fairness they bring to the American story.

Chapter 2: Defining and Debating America's Founding Ideals

• Unalienable Rights, Unfinished Promises Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read the Declaration of Independence alongside the experiences of enslaved people, women, and Native nations and consider how promises look different from different places.
• Debating the Constitution Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents compare Federalist and Antifederalist arguments over ratification and practice deliberating respectfully with someone who sees an issue differently.
• Becoming a Citizen Historian Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents explore the Enlightenment ideas behind the nation's founding and name the questions about belonging and fairness they bring to the American story.

Chapter 3: Setting the Geographic Stage

• Protecting Land and Water Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh the views of conservation and property rights advocates on issues like the Salton Sea and Colorado River water and propose a fair solution for the Coachella Valley.
• Dust Bowl Migrants Come to California Social awareness · US HistoryStudents study Dorothea Lange's photographs of Dust Bowl families arriving in California and consider how communities can welcome people in crisis.

Chapter 4: The Colonial Roots of America's Founding Ideals

• Freedom of Conscience Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents examine the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses and the ongoing debate over church and state, weighing several perspectives before forming a view.
• Faith and Reform Self-management · US HistoryStudents study how religious revivals energized abolition and other reform movements and identify the sense of purpose that keeps them working toward a goal.
• Unalienable Rights, Unfinished Promises Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read the Declaration of Independence alongside the experiences of enslaved people, women, and Native nations and consider how promises look different from different places.

Chapter 5: Americans Revolt

• Unalienable Rights, Unfinished Promises Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read the Declaration of Independence alongside the experiences of enslaved people, women, and Native nations and consider how promises look different from different places.
• Debating the Constitution Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents compare Federalist and Antifederalist arguments over ratification and practice deliberating respectfully with someone who sees an issue differently.

Chapter 6: Creating the Constitution

• Debating the Constitution Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents compare Federalist and Antifederalist arguments over ratification and practice deliberating respectfully with someone who sees an issue differently.
• Unalienable Rights, Unfinished Promises Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read the Declaration of Independence alongside the experiences of enslaved people, women, and Native nations and consider how promises look different from different places.

Chapter 7: An Enduring Plan of Government

• Debating the Constitution Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents compare Federalist and Antifederalist arguments over ratification and practice deliberating respectfully with someone who sees an issue differently.
• Unalienable Rights, Unfinished Promises Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read the Declaration of Independence alongside the experiences of enslaved people, women, and Native nations and consider how promises look different from different places.

Chapter 8: Changes in a Young Nation

• Faith and Reform Self-management · US HistoryStudents study how religious revivals energized abolition and other reform movements and identify the sense of purpose that keeps them working toward a goal.
• Titans of Industry Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh whether leaders like Carnegie and Rockefeller were captains of industry or robber barons and practice judging evidence rather than labels.

Chapter 9: A Dividing Nation

• Rebuilding After the Civil War Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how freedpeople rebuilt families, founded schools and churches, and voted during Reconstruction and consider what real repair after deep harm requires.
• Freedom of Conscience Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents examine the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses and the ongoing debate over church and state, weighing several perspectives before forming a view.

Chapter 10: The Civil War

• Rebuilding After the Civil War Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how freedpeople rebuilt families, founded schools and churches, and voted during Reconstruction and consider what real repair after deep harm requires.
• The Home Front in the Great War Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.

Chapter 11: Reconstruction

• Rebuilding After the Civil War Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how freedpeople rebuilt families, founded schools and churches, and voted during Reconstruction and consider what real repair after deep harm requires.
• Students Who Faced the Mob Self-management · US HistoryStudents connect Brown v. Board of Education and California's earlier Mendez v. Westminster case to the courage of the Little Rock Nine and name what helps them stay steady under pressure.
• Winning the Vote Self-management · US HistoryStudents trace the long campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment and set a personal goal that will require steady effort over time.

Chapter 12: Change and Conflict in the American West

• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.
• Braceros and the Valley Harvest Social awareness · US HistoryStudents learn how the Bracero Program brought Mexican workers to California farms, including in the Coachella Valley, and express gratitude for the hands that feed the nation.

Chapter 13: The Age of Innovation and Industry

• Titans of Industry Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh whether leaders like Carnegie and Rockefeller were captains of industry or robber barons and practice judging evidence rather than labels.
• The Jungle and the Factory Floor Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read excerpts from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle about working conditions and food safety and practice imagining daily life from a worker's point of view.
• Social Darwinism or Social Gospel Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents compare Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel as explanations for poverty and success and examine their own beliefs about why some people struggle.

Chapter 14: Labor's Response to Industrialism

• The Jungle and the Factory Floor Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read excerpts from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle about working conditions and food safety and practice imagining daily life from a worker's point of view.
• Huelga: The Farmworker Movement Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers led by Larry Itliong and Dolores Huerta, with the union cofounded with César Chávez, organized from Delano to the Coachella Valley and practice building unity across differences.
• Titans of Industry Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh whether leaders like Carnegie and Rockefeller were captains of industry or robber barons and practice judging evidence rather than labels.

Chapter 15: Through Ellis Island and Angel Island: The Immigrant Experience

• Cities Built by Newcomers Social awareness · US HistoryStudents map how immigrants and migrants built growing industrial cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class and practice noticing who might feel left out in a group.
• Americanization and Identity Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents examine the Americanization movement's pressure on immigrants to give up language and customs and reflect on the parts of their own identity they carry proudly.
• New Neighbors After 1965 Social awareness · US HistoryStudents learn how the Immigration Act of 1965 transformed communities across California and interview a partner about a journey from a source or an imagined family.

Chapter 16: Uncovering Problems at the Turn of the Century

• The Jungle and the Factory Floor Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read excerpts from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle about working conditions and food safety and practice imagining daily life from a worker's point of view.
• Progressives Take Action Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Progressives, including Hiram Johnson in California, won reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall and plan how a group can improve their school.
• Social Darwinism or Social Gospel Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents compare Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel as explanations for poverty and success and examine their own beliefs about why some people struggle.

Chapter 17: The Progressives Respond

• Progressives Take Action Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Progressives, including Hiram Johnson in California, won reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall and plan how a group can improve their school.
• Winning the Vote Self-management · US HistoryStudents trace the long campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment and set a personal goal that will require steady effort over time.
• Social Darwinism or Social Gospel Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents compare Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel as explanations for poverty and success and examine their own beliefs about why some people struggle.

Chapter 18: Progressivism on the National Stage

• Progressives Take Action Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Progressives, including Hiram Johnson in California, won reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall and plan how a group can improve their school.
• Titans of Industry Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh whether leaders like Carnegie and Rockefeller were captains of industry or robber barons and practice judging evidence rather than labels.
• New Deal Debates Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh arguments for and against New Deal programs, including the Central Valley Project that reshaped California water, and practice evaluating a policy by its intended and unintended effects.

Chapter 19: Foreign Policy: Setting a Course of Expansionism

• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.

Chapter 20: The Spanish-American War

• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.

Chapter 21: Acquiring and Managing Global Power

• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.

Chapter 22: From Neutrality to War

• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.
• The Home Front in the Great War Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.

Chapter 23: The Course and Conduct of World War I

• Sacrifice and Service Self-management · US HistoryStudents learn about the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Navajo Code Talkers who served a nation that often denied them equal rights and reflect on what motivates service.
• The Home Front in the Great War Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.

Chapter 24: The Home Front

• The Home Front in the Great War Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.
• Fear and Civil Liberties Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents analyze the Palmer Raids, the Ku Klux Klan, and immigration quotas alongside the responses of the ACLU, NAACP, and Anti Defamation League and learn to recognize fear driven thinking in themselves.
• Sacrifice and Service Self-management · US HistoryStudents learn about the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Navajo Code Talkers who served a nation that often denied them equal rights and reflect on what motivates service.

Chapter 25: The Treaty of Versailles: To Ratify or Reject?

• The Home Front in the Great War Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.
• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.

Chapter 26: Understanding Postwar Tensions

• Fear and Civil Liberties Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents analyze the Palmer Raids, the Ku Klux Klan, and immigration quotas alongside the responses of the ACLU, NAACP, and Anti Defamation League and learn to recognize fear driven thinking in themselves.
• The Home Front in the Great War Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.
• Cities Built by Newcomers Social awareness · US HistoryStudents map how immigrants and migrants built growing industrial cities divided by race, ethnicity, and class and practice noticing who might feel left out in a group.

Chapter 27: The Politics of Normalcy

• Titans of Industry Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh whether leaders like Carnegie and Rockefeller were captains of industry or robber barons and practice judging evidence rather than labels.
• Progressives Take Action Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Progressives, including Hiram Johnson in California, won reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall and plan how a group can improve their school.

Chapter 28: Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties

• Harlem Renaissance Voices Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents read poems by Langston Hughes and work by Zora Neale Hurston and use writing to express an emotion and an identity of their own.
• Radio, Movies, and Mass Culture Self-management · US HistoryStudents compare the arrival of radio and movies with today's media and build a plan for managing how media shapes their mood.

Chapter 29: The Clash Between Traditionalism and Modernism

• Radio, Movies, and Mass Culture Self-management · US HistoryStudents compare the arrival of radio and movies with today's media and build a plan for managing how media shapes their mood.
• Fear and Civil Liberties Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents analyze the Palmer Raids, the Ku Klux Klan, and immigration quotas alongside the responses of the ACLU, NAACP, and Anti Defamation League and learn to recognize fear driven thinking in themselves.
• Harlem Renaissance Voices Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents read poems by Langston Hughes and work by Zora Neale Hurston and use writing to express an emotion and an identity of their own.

Chapter 30: The Causes of the Great Depression

• The Crash and the Human Toll Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine the causes of the Great Depression and how families coped and identify healthy ways to handle stress about money and the future.
• Titans of Industry Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh whether leaders like Carnegie and Rockefeller were captains of industry or robber barons and practice judging evidence rather than labels.

Chapter 31: The Response to the Economic Collapse

• The Crash and the Human Toll Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine the causes of the Great Depression and how families coped and identify healthy ways to handle stress about money and the future.
• New Deal Debates Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh arguments for and against New Deal programs, including the Central Valley Project that reshaped California water, and practice evaluating a policy by its intended and unintended effects.

Chapter 32: The Human Impact of the Great Depression

• Dust Bowl Migrants Come to California Social awareness · US HistoryStudents study Dorothea Lange's photographs of Dust Bowl families arriving in California and consider how communities can welcome people in crisis.
• The Crash and the Human Toll Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine the causes of the Great Depression and how families coped and identify healthy ways to handle stress about money and the future.
• New Deal Debates Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh arguments for and against New Deal programs, including the Central Valley Project that reshaped California water, and practice evaluating a policy by its intended and unintended effects.
• Braceros and the Valley Harvest Social awareness · US HistoryStudents learn how the Bracero Program brought Mexican workers to California farms, including in the Coachella Valley, and express gratitude for the hands that feed the nation.

Chapter 33: The New Deal and Its Legacy

• New Deal Debates Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh arguments for and against New Deal programs, including the Central Valley Project that reshaped California water, and practice evaluating a policy by its intended and unintended effects.
• Progressives Take Action Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Progressives, including Hiram Johnson in California, won reforms such as the initiative, referendum, and recall and plan how a group can improve their school.
• The Crash and the Human Toll Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine the causes of the Great Depression and how families coped and identify healthy ways to handle stress about money and the future.

Chapter 34: Origins of World War II

• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.
• Sacrifice and Service Self-management · US HistoryStudents learn about the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Navajo Code Talkers who served a nation that often denied them equal rights and reflect on what motivates service.
• Japanese American Incarceration Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents examine the forced removal of Japanese Americans, Korematsu v. United States, and the 1988 apology and redress, and consider what a sincere apology requires.

Chapter 35: The Impact of World War II on Americans

• Sacrifice and Service Self-management · US HistoryStudents learn about the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Navajo Code Talkers who served a nation that often denied them equal rights and reflect on what motivates service.
• Japanese American Incarceration Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents examine the forced removal of Japanese Americans, Korematsu v. United States, and the 1988 apology and redress, and consider what a sincere apology requires.
• The Home Front in the Great War Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine wartime propaganda, limits on speech, and the Great Migration and practice managing stress when pressure to conform runs high.

Chapter 36: Fighting World War II

• The Atomic Decision Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh the arguments made for and against dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and practice holding a difficult decision with care and humility.
• Sacrifice and Service Self-management · US HistoryStudents learn about the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Navajo Code Talkers who served a nation that often denied them equal rights and reflect on what motivates service.

Chapter 37: The Aftermath of World War II

• The Atomic Decision Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh the arguments made for and against dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and practice holding a difficult decision with care and humility.
• Gratitude and the Next Chapter Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents reflect on how Americans across generations widened democracy and write a note of gratitude to someone who helped them grow this year.

Chapter 38: Origins of the Cold War

• Cold War Fears at Home Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine McCarthyism, blacklisting, and duck and cover drills and practice separating real evidence from fear when they hear an accusation.
• The Atomic Decision Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh the arguments made for and against dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and practice holding a difficult decision with care and humility.

Chapter 39: The Cold War Expands

• Cold War Fears at Home Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine McCarthyism, blacklisting, and duck and cover drills and practice separating real evidence from fear when they hear an accusation.
• The Atomic Decision Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh the arguments made for and against dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and practice holding a difficult decision with care and humility.

Chapter 40: Fighting the Cold War at Home

• Cold War Fears at Home Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine McCarthyism, blacklisting, and duck and cover drills and practice separating real evidence from fear when they hear an accusation.
• Fear and Civil Liberties Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents analyze the Palmer Raids, the Ku Klux Klan, and immigration quotas alongside the responses of the ACLU, NAACP, and Anti Defamation League and learn to recognize fear driven thinking in themselves.

Chapter 41: Peace, Prosperity, and Progress

• Radio, Movies, and Mass Culture Self-management · US HistoryStudents compare the arrival of radio and movies with today's media and build a plan for managing how media shapes their mood.
• New Neighbors After 1965 Social awareness · US HistoryStudents learn how the Immigration Act of 1965 transformed communities across California and interview a partner about a journey from a source or an imagined family.

Chapter 42: Two Americas

• Huelga: The Farmworker Movement Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers led by Larry Itliong and Dolores Huerta, with the union cofounded with César Chávez, organized from Delano to the Coachella Valley and practice building unity across differences.
• Braceros and the Valley Harvest Social awareness · US HistoryStudents learn how the Bracero Program brought Mexican workers to California farms, including in the Coachella Valley, and express gratitude for the hands that feed the nation.

Chapter 43: Segregation in the Post-World War II Period

• Students Who Faced the Mob Self-management · US HistoryStudents connect Brown v. Board of Education and California's earlier Mendez v. Westminster case to the courage of the Little Rock Nine and name what helps them stay steady under pressure.
• Letter From Birmingham Jail Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents analyze how Martin Luther King Jr. answered his critics with reason and restraint and practice responding to criticism without losing their temper.
• Rebuilding After the Civil War Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how freedpeople rebuilt families, founded schools and churches, and voted during Reconstruction and consider what real repair after deep harm requires.

Chapter 44: The Civil Rights Revolution: "Like a Mighty Stream"

• Students Who Faced the Mob Self-management · US HistoryStudents connect Brown v. Board of Education and California's earlier Mendez v. Westminster case to the courage of the Little Rock Nine and name what helps them stay steady under pressure.
• Letter From Birmingham Jail Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents analyze how Martin Luther King Jr. answered his critics with reason and restraint and practice responding to criticism without losing their temper.
• Every Vote Counts Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents analyze how the Voting Rights Act and the Twenty Fourth Amendment opened access to the ballot and decide how they will take part in civic life.
• Huelga: The Farmworker Movement Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers led by Larry Itliong and Dolores Huerta, with the union cofounded with César Chávez, organized from Delano to the Coachella Valley and practice building unity across differences.

Chapter 45: Redefining Equality: From Black Power to Affirmative Action

• Women's Rights and Differing Views Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents compare differing perspectives on the roles of women, from Stanton and Anthony to activists and opponents in the 1960s and 1970s, and reflect on the expectations that shape their own choices.
• Students Who Faced the Mob Self-management · US HistoryStudents connect Brown v. Board of Education and California's earlier Mendez v. Westminster case to the courage of the Little Rock Nine and name what helps them stay steady under pressure.

Chapter 46: The Widening Struggle

• Huelga: The Farmworker Movement Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents learn how Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers led by Larry Itliong and Dolores Huerta, with the union cofounded with César Chávez, organized from Delano to the Coachella Valley and practice building unity across differences.
• Women's Rights and Differing Views Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents compare differing perspectives on the roles of women, from Stanton and Anthony to activists and opponents in the 1960s and 1970s, and reflect on the expectations that shape their own choices.
• New Neighbors After 1965 Social awareness · US HistoryStudents learn how the Immigration Act of 1965 transformed communities across California and interview a partner about a journey from a source or an imagined family.

Chapter 47: The Age of Camelot

• Cold War Fears at Home Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine McCarthyism, blacklisting, and duck and cover drills and practice separating real evidence from fear when they hear an accusation.
• The Atomic Decision Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh the arguments made for and against dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and practice holding a difficult decision with care and humility.

Chapter 48: The Great Society

• New Deal Debates Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh arguments for and against New Deal programs, including the Central Valley Project that reshaped California water, and practice evaluating a policy by its intended and unintended effects.
• Every Vote Counts Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents analyze how the Voting Rights Act and the Twenty Fourth Amendment opened access to the ballot and decide how they will take part in civic life.

Chapter 50: The United States Gets Involved in Vietnam

• Vietnam and a Divided Nation Social awareness · US HistoryStudents hear perspectives from veterans, protesters, and Vietnamese refugees who later settled in California and practice listening across deep disagreement.

Chapter 51: Facing Frustration in Vietnam

• Vietnam and a Divided Nation Social awareness · US HistoryStudents hear perspectives from veterans, protesters, and Vietnamese refugees who later settled in California and practice listening across deep disagreement.

Chapter 52: Getting Out of Vietnam

• Vietnam and a Divided Nation Social awareness · US HistoryStudents hear perspectives from veterans, protesters, and Vietnamese refugees who later settled in California and practice listening across deep disagreement.

Chapter 53: The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon

• Watergate and Public Trust Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents examine the constitutional crisis of Watergate and how the press, courts, and Congress responded, then reflect on choosing integrity when no one is watching.

Chapter 54: Politics and Society in the "Me" Decade

• Watergate and Public Trust Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents examine the constitutional crisis of Watergate and how the press, courts, and Congress responded, then reflect on choosing integrity when no one is watching.
• Women's Rights and Differing Views Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents compare differing perspectives on the roles of women, from Stanton and Anthony to activists and opponents in the 1960s and 1970s, and reflect on the expectations that shape their own choices.

Chapter 55: A Shift to the Right Under Reagan

• Watergate and Public Trust Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents examine the constitutional crisis of Watergate and how the press, courts, and Congress responded, then reflect on choosing integrity when no one is watching.
• New Deal Debates Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents weigh arguments for and against New Deal programs, including the Central Valley Project that reshaped California water, and practice evaluating a policy by its intended and unintended effects.

Chapter 56: Ending the Cold War

• Cold War Fears at Home Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine McCarthyism, blacklisting, and duck and cover drills and practice separating real evidence from fear when they hear an accusation.
• Gratitude and the Next Chapter Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents reflect on how Americans across generations widened democracy and write a note of gratitude to someone who helped them grow this year.

Chapter 57: U.S. Domestic Politics at the Turn of the 21st Century

• Every Vote Counts Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents analyze how the Voting Rights Act and the Twenty Fourth Amendment opened access to the ballot and decide how they will take part in civic life.
• Gratitude and the Next Chapter Relationship skills · US HistoryStudents reflect on how Americans across generations widened democracy and write a note of gratitude to someone who helped them grow this year.

Chapter 58: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Global Age

• New Neighbors After 1965 Social awareness · US HistoryStudents learn how the Immigration Act of 1965 transformed communities across California and interview a partner about a journey from a source or an imagined family.
• Becoming a World Power Responsible decision-making · US HistoryStudents map the Spanish American War and expansion in the Pacific, including Filipino and Native Hawaiian perspectives, and weigh the costs of a choice for everyone it affects.

Chapter 59: 9/11 and Its Aftermath: Debating America's Founding Ideals

• Fear and Civil Liberties Self-awareness · US HistoryStudents analyze the Palmer Raids, the Ku Klux Klan, and immigration quotas alongside the responses of the ACLU, NAACP, and Anti Defamation League and learn to recognize fear driven thinking in themselves.
• Cold War Fears at Home Self-management · US HistoryStudents examine McCarthyism, blacklisting, and duck and cover drills and practice separating real evidence from fear when they hear an accusation.
• Unalienable Rights, Unfinished Promises Social awareness · US HistoryStudents read the Declaration of Independence alongside the experiences of enslaved people, women, and Native nations and consider how promises look different from different places.

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