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Skinny — US.6_12.6 Past to Present (Current Events) · Unit 1 Industrial Revolution & Progressive Era

Standard: US.6_12.6 — Connect the past to the present using current events. Unit: 1 — Industrial Revolution & Progressive Era (1877–1920) NDSBL Era: Era 3: 1877-1941 Grade: 10 · US History

Official proficiency scale — the source of truth for scoring

Scoring follows the official NDSBL US History Proficiency Scales — not the examples on this page. Proficient (3.0) for Era 3: 1877-1941 means:

  • Explain the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution on American society.
  • Explain the social, cultural, and economic impact of local, state, and federal government policy on American people.
  • Explain the impact of the United States’ transformation into an imperialist power.
  • Explain the causes and effects of the United States’ entrance into World War I.
  • Explain the political, social, and economic changes of the 1920s.
  • Explain the political, social, and economic events of the 1930s.

What This Standard Asks

How does this era connect to the present, and what current event echoes it? — applied to Industrial Revolution & Progressive Era (1877–1920).

Key Content — Unit 1: Industrial Revolution & Progressive Era

Rapid industrialization reshaped America: railroads knit a national market, and steel (Carnegie/Bessemer), oil (Rockefeller's Standard Oil), and the assembly line built vast fortunes — and vast monopolies and trusts. Cities swelled with immigrants working brutal hours; the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911) exposed the cost. The Progressive response pushed back: muckrakers (Sinclair's The Jungle, Tarbell on Standard Oil), the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906), antitrust law, and the 16th–19th Amendments, including women's suffrage. The through-line: growth and inequality rising together.

The Skill in This Unit

Connect it forward: debates over corporate power and regulation. Explain how the rise of industrial monopolies and the Progressive response still shapes that debate today, using a current event as your bridge.

What You Need to Know (Score 2.0 — Approaching)

Vocabulary such as: Cause and effect, Causes and consequences, Industrial Revolution, Social, cultural, and economic impacts, Federal government policy, Imperialism, World War I, Political, social, and economic changes.

Basic processes such as: - Identify the causes and effects of events as they relate to Era 3. - Identify social, political, and cultural developments of Era 3. - Describe the causes and/or consequences of the Industrial Revolution - Identify the impacts of government policy on American people - Recognize the impact of the United States’ transformation into an imperialist power - List the causes and effects of the the United States’ entrance into World War I - Recall the political, social, and economic events of the 1920s - Recall the political, social, and economic events of the 1920s

Meeting the Standard (Score 3.0 — Proficiency)

Proficiency on US.6_12.6 means applying Past to Present (Current Events) to this unit with no major errors — see the era targets in the callout above. Aim your Demo of Learning at that language, not at simply retelling the events.

Going Beyond (Score 4.0 — Advanced)

Advanced work extends the skill to a higher cognitive level (attainable, not perfection): - Applies historical knowledge as a tool for examining current events. Such as Great Depression and current economic policy, voting rights, government aid programs (stimulus) unionism, imperialism, US involvement in the Americas.

ELA Crosswalk

W.4 — argument writing · C.1 — present to an audience

Where to Go Next

US.6_12.6 · Unit 1 Skinny — SDA Commons · South High School · aligned to the official NDSBL US History proficiency scale