| Topic of Study for the Fourth Nine Weeks:
Social Studies
America 1950 to the Present
Enduring Understandings:
The learner will be able to describe the major developments in the United
States from the end of
World War II to the present and their impact on society.
Unit Essential Questions:
How did Americans react to international conflicts after World War II?
How did American life change during the last half of the 20th century?
Key Vocabulary:
diplomats, ambassadors, League of Nations, propaganda, communism, capitalism,
Vietnam, Korean
War, diplomacy, communism, doves, hawks, civil rights, Dr.Martin Luther King
Jr., Malcolm X, Cesar
Chavez, ERA
SCIENCE
Constructive & Destructive Forces (carried over from 3rd nine weeks)
Key Ideas:
Students will be able to describe how constructive and destructive forces
change the earth.
Unit Essential Questions:
How does the earth's surface structure change due to plate tectonics and other
forces?
How do constructive processes form surface features?
How do destructive processes form surface features?
How does technology and human intervention control constructive and
destructive processes?
What are five major landforms in Georgia formed by constructive and
destructive processes?
Students should become familiar with the following terms and understand the
forces and processes that created listed locations.
Key Vocabulary:
plate tectonics, deposition, earthquakes, volcanoes, faults, erosion,
weathering, earthquake, volcano, flood control, satellites, seismological
studies, beach reclamation, Stone Mountain, Amicalola Falls, Tallulah Falls,
Okefenokee Swamp, Cumberland Plateau, Chattahoochee River, Appalachian
Mountains, Brass Town Bald, Blue Ridge Mountains
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