LCS | SOL Pacing Guides

**Social Studies lessons should include a content standard and a skill standard.

Please click on the link(s) below of suggested experiences by the VDOE:

The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by

a) synthesizing evidence from artifacts and primary and secondary sources to obtain information about events in Virginia and United States history;

b) using geographic information to determine patterns and trends in Virginia and United States history;

c) interpreting charts, graphs, and pictures to determine characteristics of people, places, or events in Virginia and United States history;

d) constructing arguments, using evidence from multiple sources;

e) comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives in Virginia and United States history;

f) explaining how indirect cause-and-effect relationships impact people, places, and events in Virginia and United States history;

g) analyzing multiple connections across time and place;

h) using a decision-making model to analyze and explain the incentives for and consequences of a specific choice made;

i) identifying the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and ethical use of material and intellectual property; and

j) investigating and researching to develop products orally and in writing

Quarter 1	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
Early Exploration (1-2 weeks) VUS.2a - Early Exploration and Settlements VUS.2b - American Indians, Europeans, Africans Colonization in the New World (1-2 weeks) VUS.3a - Economic Characteristics of Colonies VUS.3b - Social and Political Factors of the Colonies VUS.3c - Indentured Servitude and Slavery American Revolution (2-3 weeks) VUS.4a - French and Indian War VUS.4b - The Enlightenment VUS.4e - Declaration of Independence VUS.4c - The American Revolution VUS.4d - Colonial Victory Constitutional Era (2-3 weeks) VUS.5a - Founding Documents VUS.5b - Constitutional Convention VUS.5c - Federalists and Anti-Federalists VUS.5d - John Marshall's Court	Early National Period (3-4 weeks) VUS.6a - Territorial Expansion after 1800 VUS.6b - Political Results of Territorial Expansion VUS.6c - War of 1812 VUS.6d - The Age of Jackson VUS.6e - Issues that Divided the Nation VUS.6f - James K. Polk Civil War + Reconstruction (3-4 weeks) VUS.6g - Causes of the Civil War VUS.7a - Major Events and Leaders of the Civil War VUS.7b - Emancipation Proclamation & Gettysburg Address VUS.7c - Impact of the War on Americans VUS.7d - Reconstruction VUS.7e - Economic and Political Effects from the Civil War and Reconstruction	Growth & Progress (3-4 weeks) VUS.8d - Jim Crow Era + Practice of Eugenics in Virginia VUS.8a - Westward Movement VUS.8b - Inventors and Innovations VUS.8c - Immigration VUS.8e - Industrialization & Growth of Cities VUS.8f - Progressive Movement Global Interaction (1-2 weeks) VUS.9a - Foreign Policy in Latin America VUS.9b - World War I VUS.9c - Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations 1920's and 1930's (2 weeks) VUS.10a - 1920's Popular Culture VUS.10b - Causes and Consequences of the Stock Market Crash VUS.10c - Great Depression VUS.10d - FDR's New Deal World War II (3 weeks) VUS.11a - Causes and Events of World War II VUS.11b - WWII: The European Theater VUS.11c - WWII: The Pacific Theater VUS.11d - WWII: The Homefront VUS.11e - The Holocaust VUS.11f - Treatment of Prisoners + Internment Camps	Cold War (4 weeks) VUS.12a - World War II Outcomes VUS.12b - Origins of the Cold War VUS.12c - United States and NATO VUS.12d - Korea, Vietnam, and China VUS.12e - US & Cuba Relations VUS.12f - Impact of the Cold War at home VUS.12g - Collapse of Communism Civil Rights Movement (1-2 weeks) VUS.13a - United States Economic Expansion VUS.13b - Integration Court Cases and Reaction VUS.13c - Civil Rights Movement VUS.13d - Immigration Trends VUS.13e - Foreign and Domestic Policies after the Cold War VUS.13f - Scientific and Technological Advances VUS.13g - Expansion of Popular Culture Contemporary US (1-2 weeks) VUS.14a - Role of the Supreme Court VUS.14b - International Terrorism VUS.14c - Changing Role of Government VUS.14d - Scientific and Technological Changes in American Culture
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