Historical Threads PosterHistorical Threads Curriculum Alignment Map A visual synchronization of English 3 Literary Texts with 11th Grade US History STAAR Eras. Early America Constitution • Bill of Rights Founding Documents • Declaration of Independence • Letter to John Adams (Abigail Adams) • Abigail Adams’s Last Act of Defiance • A Soldier for the Crown (Charles Johnson) • Minister’s Black Veil & The Raven Civil War Era Sectionalism • Slavery Reconstruction • What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? • Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address • Owl Creek Bridge & War Photographs Progressive Era Industrialization • Gilded Age Women’s Suffrage • "Declaration of Sentiments" / AERA Speech • The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin) • Sympathy (Paul Laurence Dunbar) Roaring 20s World War I • Jazz Age Harlem Renaissance • The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald) • How it Feels to be Colored Me (Hurston) Cold War Era World War II • Red Scare Civil Rights Movement • The Crucible excerpt (McCarthyism) • Democracy (Langston Hughes) 90s & Today Information Revolution Modern Globalization • The Fourth Industrial Revolution Interdisciplinary Alignment • English 3 US History STAAR Synchronization
Historical Alignment MatrixCurriculum Sync Matrix English 3 & US History STAAR Alignment STAAR EraEnglish 3 Texts & GenresUSH TEKSRLA TEKSEarly America1776–1815Declaration; John Adams Letters; Soldier for Crown; Minister’s Veil; The Raven1A, 1C, 21A11.8A, 11.4Civil War1861–1865Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural; Slave/4th July; Owl Creek Bridge; War Photos9A Context11.8A, 11.8CGilded Age1870–1900Story of an Hour; Sympathy (Dunbar); Urbanization narratives3A, 3B, 3C11.4, 11.6BProgressive Era1890–1920Declaration of Sentiments; Speech to AERA; Reform essays5A, 5B, 5C11.8C, 11.8DWorld War I1914–1918Propaganda Posters; Soldier Diaries; News Reports on Neutrality4A, 4C, 4F11.4, 11.5Roaring 20s1920–1929The Great Gatsby; How it Feels to be Colored Me; Harlem Ren. texts6A, 6B, 25B11.4, 11.6AWorld War II1939–1945EO 9066; "Four Freedoms" Speech; Holocaust Narrative Excerpts7A, 7D, 7G11.4, 11.5Cold War1945–1991The Crucible (Allegory); McCarthyism transcripts; Containment texts8A, 8B, 8C11.4, 11.7Civil Rights1950s–1960sDemocracy (Hughes); Letters from Birmingham; Movement speeches9A, 9D, 9I11.4, 11.8B60s, 70s, 80sPost-War EraVietnam Lyrics; Feminist Manifestos; Reagan Wall Speech10A, 10C, 11A11.4, 11.590s & TodayContemporaryFourth Industrial Revolution; Modern Tech Infographics11B, 11D11.4, 11.8B Sync Guide: Blue text indicates suggested genre-aligned supplemental materials. Single Page Summary
