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U.S. History II - Honors 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 – Capitalism vs. SocialismCapitalism: definition (1d), advantages (3d), disadvantages (2d); Socialism: definition (1d), advantages/disadvantages (1d).Define pure capitalism and socialism (per Marx and Engels); explain the potential advantages and disadvantages of each system.
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Weeks 3–4Unit 1 – Capitalism vs. Socialism
Unit 2 – U.S. Imperialism		Compare capitalism/socialism (2d); U.S. mixed economy (4d); Unit 1 test (1d); imperialism introduction (2d).Compare pure capitalist and socialist systems; describe the U.S. mixed economy and its capitalist/socialist elements; demonstrate Unit 1 understanding; define imperialism.
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Weeks 5–6Unit 2 – U.S. ImperialismU.S. expansion to Hawaii/Alaska & trade with China (1d); Spanish-American War: background (1d), immediate causes/yellow journalism (2d), events (1d), significance (1d); review (2d); test (1d).Explain U.S. acquisition of Hawaii/Alaska and opening of trade with China; analyze Spanish-American War causes, yellow journalism, events, and significance; review and demonstrate unit understanding.
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Weeks 7–8Unit 2 – U.S. Imperialism
Unit 3 – Progressive Era		Pro-imperialism primary sources (3d); anti-imperialism primary sources (3d); Progressive reform & muckrakers introduction (1d).Analyze pro- and anti-imperialism primary sources; define reform and muckraker.
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Weeks 9–10Unit 3 – Progressive Era
Unit 4 – World War I		Progressive reforms/amendments (4d); Progressive presidents (2d); Panama Canal (1d); Progressive Era test (1d); WWI background causes (1d).Explain Progressive reforms/amendments and presidential actions; analyze Panama Canal construction; demonstrate Progressive Era understanding; analyze WWI background causes.
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Weeks 11–12Unit 4 – World War IWWI immediate causes (1d); trench warfare (1d); U.S. neutrality/unrestricted submarine warfare (1d); Zimmermann Telegram (3d); home front (2d); Russian Revolution (1d); Fourteen Points/Treaty of Versailles (1d).Analyze WWI causes and Western Front warfare; explain how German submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram undermined U.S. neutrality; analyze the U.S. home front, Russian Revolution effects, Fourteen Points, and Treaty of Versailles.
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Weeks 13–14Unit 5 – U.S. in the 1920s1920s: Red Scare (2d), xenophobia (1d), Scopes Trial (1d), Harlem Renaissance (1d), consumer culture (1d), primary-source culture/events (1d), Harding/Coolidge (1d), review (1d), test (1d).Describe/analyze 1920s political, social, and cultural developments; analyze primary-source footage/interviews; examine Harding/Coolidge policies, including the Washington Naval Conference and Kellogg-Briand Pact; review/demonstrate unit understanding.
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Weeks 15–16Unit 6 – Great DepressionGreat Depression: causes (3d), Stock Market Crash effects (1d), Hoover response (1d), New Deal (2d), primary-source events (1d), New Deal criticisms (1d).Describe/analyze Stock Market Crash effects, Hoover’s response, and FDR’s New Deal; analyze Great Depression primary-source footage/interviews and criticisms of FDR/New Deal.
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Weeks 17–18Unit 6 – Great Depression
Unit 7 – World War II		Great Depression review (1d) & test (1d); WWII overview (1d), U.S. home-front documentary (1d), rise of Hitler/Nazi Party & fascism (3d), Nazi invasions (2d).Review/demonstrate understanding of Great Depression people, events, causes, effects, and legislation; describe a WWII overview; respond to the WWII documentary; analyze Hitler/Nazi rise, fascism, and 1940s Nazi invasions.
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Weeks 19–20Unit 8 – Midterms
Unit 9 – World War II		Midterm review (2d) & midterms (4d); WWII: Nazi invasions (1d), U.S. neutrality (1d), causes in Asia (1d).Review and complete midterms; analyze 1940s Nazi invasions, U.S. neutrality before/during WWII, and causes of WWII in Asia.
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Weeks 21–22Unit 9 – World War IIPearl Harbor (2d); Part 1 review (1d) & test (1d); turning points—Midway, Stalingrad, El Alamein, D-Day (2d); Pacific War/island hopping (2d); U.S. home front/war effort (1d).Analyze Pearl Harbor and WWII causes; review/demonstrate Part 1 understanding; analyze major turning points; discuss island hopping, Bataan Death March, comfort women, and kamikaze missions; analyze the U.S. war effort.
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Weeks 23–24Unit 9 – World War IIJapanese internment (1d); Holocaust (3d); civilians at war (2d); end of war in Europe (3d).Explain circumstances behind Executive Order 9066 and internment camp life; analyze Holocaust causes/perpetration; analyze primary-source footage/interviews of civilians targeted by Axis/Allied powers; evaluate how the Allies won WWII in Europe.
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Weeks 25–26Unit 9 – World War II
Unit 10 – Early Cold War		End of Pacific War (2d); Manhattan Project/atomic bomb (1d); WWII Part 2 review (2d) & test (1d); Cold War causes (1d), Truman Doctrine/containment & nuclear arms race (1d), Berlin Blockade/Airlift (1d).Analyze U.S. victory over Japan; evaluate atomic-bomb development, effects, and Truman’s decision; review/demonstrate WWII Part 2 understanding; analyze Cold War causes, containment/nuclear arms race, and Berlin Blockade/Airlift.
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Weeks 27–28Unit 10 – Early Cold War
Unit 11 – Vietnam War		Korean War (2d); Berlin Wall (1d); Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis (1d); Space Race (1d); review (1d); test (1d); PSATs (1d); Vietnam War causes (2d).Analyze the Korean War as a proxy war; explain the Berlin Wall, Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis, and Space Race; review/demonstrate Early Cold War understanding; complete PSATs; describe/analyze Vietnam War causes.
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Weeks 29–30Unit 11 – Vietnam WarEisenhower/Kennedy involvement (3d); Gulf of Tonkin (1d); Selective Service/draft (2d); U.S. participation sub plan (1d); Gulf of Tonkin sub plan (1d); television impact (1d).Explain U.S. involvement under Eisenhower/Kennedy and escalation via the Gulf of Tonkin; discuss the draft and its controversies; analyze U.S. participation and television’s effect on public support.
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Weeks 31–32Unit 11 – Vietnam War
Unit 12 – U.S.: Late 1940s–1960s		Anti-war movement (1d); Vietnamization (1d); Pentagon Papers (1d); Fall of Saigon (1d); controversies (1d); review (2d); test (1d); 1950s Red Scare (2d).Analyze anti-war activism, Vietnamization, Pentagon Papers, Fall of Saigon, and war controversies; review/demonstrate Vietnam War understanding; analyze the 1950s Red Scare.
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Weeks 33–34Unit 12 – U.S.: Late 1940s–1960sSuburbia/GI Bill/Baby Boom (2d); JFK New Frontier (1d); late-1940s/early-1950s primary sources (1d); JFK assassination/conspiracies (2d); LBJ Great Society (1d); 1960s counterculture (1d); women’s rights/ERA (1d).Analyze suburban growth, the GI Bill, and Baby Boom; analyze JFK’s New Frontier and assassination/conspiracy theories; analyze postwar primary sources; discuss LBJ’s Great Society and 1960s counterculture; analyze the feminist movement, economic equality, and ERA.
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Weeks 35–36Unit 12 – U.S.: Late 1940s–1960s
Unit 13		Late-1940s–1960s review (1d) & test (1d); late-1950s primary-source documentary (3d); Civil Rights Movement causes (1d), activist strategies/tactics (1d), Brown v. Board (1d), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1d).Review/demonstrate understanding of late-1940s–1960s terms, legislation, trends, policies, and events; analyze late-1950s primary sources and Civil Rights Movement causes, strategies/tactics, Brown v. Board, and MLK’s role.
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