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Skinny — US.6_12.3 Cause and Effect · Unit 9 The 1990s–2000s

Standard: US.6_12.3 — Explain the relationship of events focusing on the link(s) between cause and effect. Unit: 9 — The 1990s–2000s (1991–present) NDSBL Era: Era 5: 2001-Present 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 5: 2001-Present means:

  • Connect the changing political and social climate to United States’ involvement as a global superpower.
  • Explain the social, cultural, and economic impact of changes because of technology.
  • Explain the social, political, and cultural influences on government policies regarding global immigration.

What This Standard Asks

What caused these events, and what were their consequences — and how are causes and effects linked? — applied to The 1990s–2000s (1991–present).

Key Content — Unit 9: The 1990s–2000s

The Cold War's end left America in a 'unipolar moment.' Globalization, the internet/tech boom, and NAFTA reshaped the economy. Then 9/11 (2001) launched the War on Terror — the USA PATRIOT Act, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a sharp security-vs-liberty debate — followed by the 2008 financial crisis. The turning point — America's post-Cold War role and the digital, globalized, security-conscious present.

The Skill in This Unit

Trace the chain around the end of the Cold War, globalization, and 9/11: separate an immediate trigger from the long-term causes, and a direct effect from the ripple effects that followed.

What You Need to Know (Score 2.0 — Approaching)

Vocabulary such as: Cause and Effect, Social, cultural, and economic impact, Global immigaration.

Basic processes such as: - Locate and describe world areas of geopolitical importance. - Identify examples in which technology has caused or enhances social, cultural, or economic change. - Locate and describe areas of the world in which population shifts are occurring due to immigration/migration. - Trace the sequence of events which caused the major historical issues of this era

Meeting the Standard (Score 3.0 — Proficiency)

Proficiency on US.6_12.3 means applying Cause and Effect 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): - Create a prediction based on the absence of an existing historical event (cause and/or effect). For example 9-11, internet, Covid, NCLB, Common Core, Social Media.

ELA Crosswalk

W.3 — explanatory writing · R.9 — analyze argument and evidence

Where to Go Next

US.6_12.3 · Unit 9 Skinny — SDA Commons · South High School · aligned to the official NDSBL US History proficiency scale