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History through Film 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 1–2September 11 Terrorist AttacksOsama Bin Laden — 2 days
Why did al Qaida attack the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001? — 1 day
9/11 Terrorist Attacks — 8 days total (begins)		Identify who Osama Bin Laden was; explain why al Qaida attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001; describe the events of 9/11, including United Flight 93.
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Weeks 3–4September 11 Terrorist Attacks / Chernobyl Disaster9/11 Terrorist Attacks — 8 days total (continues)
Chernobyl Disaster — 17 days total (begins)		Describe the events of Sept. 11, 2001; explain nuclear power, the causes of the Chernobyl meltdown, the Soviet response, and the disaster’s effects; analyze the Soviet government and scientific community response.
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Weeks 5–6Chernobyl Disaster / Clinton ImpeachmentChernobyl Disaster — 17 days total (continues)
Clinton Impeachment — 9 days total (begins)		Analyze the Soviet government and scientific community response to Chernobyl; explain wildlife adaptation in the Exclusion Zone and effects on children; explain why President Clinton was impeached.
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Weeks 7–8Clinton Impeachment / World War IClinton Impeachment — 9 days total (continues)
World War I: 1917 — 4 days total (begins)		Explain Monica Lewinsky’s role in President Clinton’s impeachment; analyze the experience of a British soldier serving in World War I.
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Weeks 9–10World War I / World War IIWorld War I: 1917 — 4 days total (continues)
World War I: All Quiet on the Western Front — 3 days
World War II: Fury — 5 days
World War II: Hacksaw Ridge — 3 days total (begins)		Analyze British soldiers’ wartime experience, trench warfare, and the German point of view; analyze U.S. soldiers’ experiences fighting Germany in 1945 and Japan on Okinawa.
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Weeks 11–12World War II / Space Race / Great DepressionWorld War II: Hacksaw Ridge — 3 days total (continues)
Space Race: Apollo 13 — 5 days
Great Depression: Cinderella Man — 6 days total (begins)		Analyze U.S. soldiers’ experience fighting the Japanese on Okinawa; analyze the Space Race and race to the moon; analyze the impact of the Great Depression on the common person.
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Weeks 13–14Great Depression / World War II / Industrial RevolutionGreat Depression: Cinderella Man — 6 days total (continues)
World War II - Unbroken — 4 days
Industrial Revolution: Dickens’ A Christmas Carol — 4 days total (begins)		Analyze the impact of the Great Depression on the common person; analyze a primary-source-based experience of a U.S. soldier in the Pacific during WWII; analyze the impact of the Industrial Revolution on 19th-century England.
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Weeks 15–16Industrial Revolution / HolocaustIndustrial Revolution: Dickens’ A Christmas Carol — 4 days total (continues)
Holocaust: Schindler’s List — 8 days
WWII/Holocaust: JoJo Rabbit — 4 days total (begins)		Analyze the impact of the Industrial Revolution on 19th-century England; analyze the Holocaust; describe and analyze individuals who hid Jews during the Holocaust.
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Weeks 17–18Holocaust / War in Afghanistan / Cold WarWWII/Holocaust: JoJo Rabbit — 4 days total (continues)
War in Afghanistan: Lone Survivor — 5 days
Cold War: 1980 Olympics — 5 days total (begins)		Describe and analyze individuals who hid Jews during the Holocaust; analyze the War in Afghanistan; analyze how the 1980 U.S. men’s hockey team boosted American morale during the Cold War.
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Weeks 19–20Cold War / Iran Hostage Crisis / Vietnam WarCold War: 1980 Olympics — 5 days total (continues)
Iran Hostage Crisis — 5 days
Vietnam War — 5 days total (begins)		Analyze how the 1980 U.S. men’s hockey team boosted American morale; analyze the CIA rescue of six Americans who escaped to the Canadian Embassy in Tehran after the 1979 U.S. Embassy seizure; analyze politics in Saigon during the Vietnam War.
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Weeks 21–22Vietnam War / Boston Marathon / U.S. Penal SystemVietnam War — 5 days total (continues)
Boston Marathon — 4 days
U.S. Penal System — 4 days total (begins)		Analyze politics in Saigon during the Vietnam War; analyze terrorism in the United States in the 2010s; analyze the U.S. penal system in the 1940s–1960s.
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Weeks 23–24U.S. Penal System / Organized CrimeU.S. Penal System — 4 days total (continues)
Organized Crime — 6 days (1940s)
Organized Crime — 5 days total (1950s; begins)		Analyze the U.S. penal system in the 1940s–1960s; analyze organized crime in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Weeks 25–26Organized Crime / Senior Trip / Manhattan ProjectOrganized Crime — 5 days total (1950s; continues)
Senior Trip — 5 days
Manhattan Project — 4 days total (begins)		Analyze organized crime in the 1950s; analyze the development of the first atomic bomb.
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Weeks 27–28Manhattan Project / World War II in China / War in SomaliaManhattan Project — 4 days total (continues)
Sub Plans — 2 days
World War II in China — 5 days
War in Somalia — 4 days total (begins)		Analyze the development of the first atomic bomb; describe the Japanese invasion of Shanghai and occupation of China; describe U.S. military intervention in Mogadishu, Somalia, in the 1990s.
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Weeks 29–30War in Somalia / D-DayWar in Somalia — 4 days total (continues)
D-Day — 20 days total (begins)		Describe U.S. military intervention in Mogadishu, Somalia, in the 1990s; analyze Easy Company’s preparation for and attack on Nazi-occupied France, including dropping troops behind enemy lines on D-Day.
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Weeks 31–32D-DayD-Day — 20 days total (continues)Analyze Easy Company’s preparation for and attack on Nazi-occupied France, including dropping troops behind enemy lines on D-Day.
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Weeks 33–34D-Day / Vietnam WarD-Day — 20 days total (concludes)
Vietnam War — 10 days total (begins)		Analyze Easy Company’s preparation for and attack on Nazi-occupied France on D-Day; analyze how the Vietnam War was fought.
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Weeks 35–36Vietnam WarVietnam War — 10 days total (continues)Analyze how the Vietnam War was fought.
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