SS10.US2.1

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 11 - United States History II

Students know:

The path the United States took to transition from an agrarian to an industrialized nation.
The roles of technological advancement, laissez faire economic policies, and deregulation in the switch from agrarian to industrialized.
Key social changes, political events, industries, and individuals who were instrumental in the move of the U.S. from an agrarian to an industrialized society.
The organization of workers and farmers in response to the changes resulting from industrialization and the impact of these changes on American society.
The complexities of major shifts of pre-industrialized society to post-industrialized society.

Students are able to:

Describe the progression of a society as it transitioned from one type of society to another, such as transition of American society from an agrarian to an industrialized nation,
Analyze the roles of individuals, industry, technological advancements, social changes, and political advances and movements in the changes seen in societies.
Identify the complexities of the major shifts of pre-industrialized society to post-industrialized society.
Analyze primary and secondary historical sources.
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

Students understand that:

The United States shifted from an agrarian to an industrialized society, and this shift influenced the complexities of interdependent relationships among groups in the country, and there are comparisons between this shift in the United States to changes in the globalized society of today.