SS.912.A.6.8

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Analyze the effects of the Red Scare on domestic United States policy.

Remarks

Examples may include, but are not limited to, loyalty review program, House Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthyism (Sen. Joe McCarthy), McCarran Act.

This benchmark is annually evaluated on the United States History End-of-Course Assessment. For more information on how this benchmark is evaluated view the United States History End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications pages 40-42. Additional resources may be found on the FLDOE End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments webpage and the FLDOE Social Studies webpage.
General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: American History
Standard: Understand the causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the United States role in the post-war world.
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
2100320: United States History Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
2100390: Visions and Countervisions: Europe, the U.S. and the World from 1848 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018 (course terminated))
2100480: Visions and Countervisions: Europe, U.S. and the World from 1848 Honors (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
2100310: United States History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7921025: Access United States History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))
2100315: United States History for Credit Recovery (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))

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Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
SS.912.A.6.AP.8: Identify the effects of the Red Scare on United States domestic policy.

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Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Assessment

Quiz: 1950s America:

Try this 8-question multiple choice quiz to see how much you know about America in the 1950s. Foreign and domestic policy are both included in these questions.

Type: Assessment

Lesson Plans

The Red Scare (1 of 3):

Students will be introduced to the origins of communism, the growing threat of the Soviet Union after War II, and the impact of the Red Scare on the United States and its citizens. This is lesson 1 of 3 in a mini-unit integrating civics and U.S. History.

Type: Lesson Plan

The "Red Scare" (3 of 3):

  • A guided practice containing primary source political cartoons from the "Red Scare" for students to analyze.

Type: Lesson Plan

The Red Scare (2 of 3):

A guided practice incorporating primary source text used to demonstrate the growing threat of communism and its effect on U.S. citizens during the Red Scare.

Type: Lesson Plan

The Second Red Scare:

In this lesson, students will learn how the Red Scare impacted domestic policy and analyze how the media and public opinion influenced government decision-making and policy. 

Type: Lesson Plan

Original Student Tutorial

Cold War at Home: McCarthyism and the Red Scare:

In this interactive tutorial, learn about the Second Red Scare that swept America in the early years of the Cold War.  You'll also learn about McCarthyism, the era of suspicion and persecution that gets its name from the actions of notorious Senator Joseph McCarthy.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Original Student Tutorials Social Studies - U.S. History - Grades 9-12

Cold War at Home: McCarthyism and the Red Scare:

In this interactive tutorial, learn about the Second Red Scare that swept America in the early years of the Cold War.  You'll also learn about McCarthyism, the era of suspicion and persecution that gets its name from the actions of notorious Senator Joseph McCarthy.  

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Original Student Tutorial

Cold War at Home: McCarthyism and the Red Scare:

In this interactive tutorial, learn about the Second Red Scare that swept America in the early years of the Cold War.  You'll also learn about McCarthyism, the era of suspicion and persecution that gets its name from the actions of notorious Senator Joseph McCarthy.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Assessment

Quiz: 1950s America:

Try this 8-question multiple choice quiz to see how much you know about America in the 1950s. Foreign and domestic policy are both included in these questions.

Type: Assessment

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.