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USII CP Pacing Guide
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Two-week summary of major instructional content and skills • 36 instructional weeks
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Week(s)Unit / TextMajor ContentMajor Skills and Assessments
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Weeks 1–2Unit 1: Imperialism and ProgressivismDo now, map and region analysis (new england, middle, southern colonies), exit ticket (2 days); Week 1: Practicing rules and regulations (3 days); What is a monopoly? (2 days); Robber Barons and Capitans of Industry (2 days)Apply classroom procedures and productive struggle; analyze the significance and structures of monopolies (vertical/horizontal integration); compare robber barons and captains of industry and how they achieved market dominance.
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Weeks 3–4Unit 1: Imperialism and ProgressivismProgressives and Reforms (3 days); Progressive Movement and Unions (2 days); Sherman And Anti-Trust (1 day); Suffrage and the Efforts Therein (2 days)Evaluate Progressive workplace reform and safety measures, labor-union efforts, government anti-trust legislation, and public/suffragist efforts to secure women’s voting rights.
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Weeks 5–6Unit 1: Imperialism and ProgressivismWWI and US Involvement (4 days); WW1 Propaganda (2 days); The Homefront (3 days)Evaluate causes of World War I regional conflict and U.S. involvement; analyze Allied propaganda techniques; evaluate civilian contributions to the American war effort.
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Weeks 7–8Unit 1: Imperialism and ProgressivismThe Treaty Of Versailles (1 day); Review and Test (3 days); The Treaty Of Versailles (continued) (1 day); Lingering effects on Europe (2 days); Technologies in USA Post War (2 days)Evaluate the Treaty of Versailles and its effects on international relations, the League of Nations, and German reparations; evaluate postwar technology’s role in 1920s cultural change; assess major Unit 1 objectives. Assessment: Review and Test.
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Weeks 9–10Unit 2: The Inter-War PeriodProhibition (4 days); Immigration, Red Scare, Sacco and Vanzetti (2 days); Quiz (1 day); The Great Migration (2 days)Analyze Prohibition and illicit activity; evaluate immigration’s relationship to the Red Scare and Sacco and Vanzetti; evaluate Great Migration push/pull factors. Assessment: Quiz.
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Weeks 11–12Unit 2: The Inter-War PeriodThe Harlem Renaissance (3 days); The Harlem Renaissance (Continued) (4 days); Quiz on the Harlem Renaissance (1 day); Artists of the Renaissance (3 days)Analyze the Harlem Renaissance’s cultural significance and its impact on popular culture, collective identity, and the performing arts. Assessment: Quiz on the Harlem Renaissance.
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Weeks 13–14Unit 2: The Inter-War PeriodReview and Test (3 days); The Great Depression (3 days); The Great Depression Continued (4 days)Evaluate major objectives on Sacco and Vanzetti, the Great Migration, and the Harlem Renaissance; evaluate the Great Depression’s impact on American society and analyze its causes and responses. Assessment: Review and Test.
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Weeks 15–16Unit 2: The Inter-War PeriodFDR and New Deal Reforms (5 days); New Deal Gallery Walk (1 day); Rise of the Reich (4 days)Evaluate Roosevelt administration and New Deal efforts to address the Great Depression and the significance of New Deal programs; evaluate the Treaty of Versailles, German depression, and the rise of the Third Reich. Assessment: New Deal Gallery Walk.
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Weeks 17–18Unit 2: The Inter-War PeriodQuiz (1 day); Nazi Ideology and the Rise of the Reich (4 days); Quiz On Nazis (1 day); Midterm Review week (5 days)Evaluate Nazi ideology and its relationship to the rise of the Reich in Germany’s post-depression power vacuum; assess weekly objectives and major objectives from the first two marking periods. Assessments: Quizzes; Midterm Review Week.
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Weeks 19–20Unit 3: World War II and the Post War EraElection of 1933 (2 days); Isolationism (2 days); Goebbels and the ministry of Propaganda (4 days)Evaluate the Election of 1933 and Hitler’s installation as dictator, isolationism in relation to the Nazi rise, and Goebbels/Ministry of Propaganda methods used to influence Germany.
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Weeks 21–22Unit 3: World War II and the Post War EraHolocaust Intro (3 days); Holocaust Project (5 days)Evaluate the Holocaust’s significance for Jewish populations in Europe and analyze its different aspects through a group project. Assessment: Holocaust Project.
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Weeks 23–24Unit 3: World War II and the Post War EraHolocaust DBQ (6 days); Invasion of Poland and American Intervention (2 days)Determine the Holocaust’s long-term significance through primary sources and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; evaluate Allied responses to Axis aggression during World War II. Assessment: Holocaust DBQ.
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Weeks 25–26Unit 3: World War II and the Post War EraWar on the Homefront (2 days); Operation Overlord (Dday) (4 days); Saving Private Ryan (4 days)Analyze civilian and industrial efforts on the World War II homefront; evaluate D-Day’s significance to the fall of Berlin; analyze D-Day tactics through Saving Private Ryan.
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Weeks 27–28Unit 3: World War II and the Post War EraThe Atom Bomb (2 days); Japan and the Use of Nuclear Weapons (3 days); Test Review and Test (3 days)Analyze nuclear weapons’ impact on 20th- and 21st-century military strategy and the decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; assess major objectives on Hitler’s rise and World War II. Assessment: Test Review and Test.
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Weeks 29–30Unit 4: Modern America: 1975-PresentJapan and Atom Bomb (1 day); End of the War and emergence of the Cold War (3 days); Quiz (1 day); Beginning of Cold War/Germany & Berlin (4 days); Quiz (1 day)Understand the rationale for atomic weapons against Japan; evaluate the end of World War II and its significance for the late-20th-century landscape; demonstrate understanding of the Cold War’s beginnings through Germany’s division into blocks. Assessments: Quizzes.
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Weeks 31–32Unit 4: Modern America: 1975-PresentCold War Events (5 days); PreCis Creation (1 day); Containment and 50's/60's (4 days)Analyze significant Cold War events; demonstrate understanding of a Précis through an article response; understand containment’s effects on the United States through the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Assessment: Précis Creation.
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Weeks 33–34Unit 4: Modern America: 1975-PresentJFk Assassination and Related Theories (4 days); Quiz (1 day); Vietnam (5 days)Understand the significance, repercussions, and theories surrounding the JFK assassination; analyze reasons for U.S. intervention in Vietnam and the response on the homefront. Assessment: Quiz.
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Weeks 35–36Unit 4: Modern America: 1975-PresentResponse at Home to Vietnam (3 days); End of Vietnam (1 day); Beginning of Civil Rights (2 days); Civil Rights Organization (5 days)Analyze the homefront response to Vietnam and its influence on counterculture, factors ending U.S. involvement, the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement beginning with Pless v. Ferguson, and the groups and movements that shaped Civil Rights.
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