In two years you will graduate high school and become a US citizen with all the rights and responsibilities that come with this distinct honor. Today, we often take for granted the freedom and prosperity in our society. If one looks at the history of the world one realizes how unprecedented the life of an average American citizen really is. This course will hopefully provide you with an appreciation for our great nation with an understanding of our shared history. An understanding of our history is essential to becoming an educated citizen. This course will be structured to help provide you with the tools to be a good citizen. We will use a variety of activities to study our shared history (i.e. independent work, lectures, group work, are projects, simulations, videos, skits, etc�). If you come to class prepared and with a positive attitude, you will find our time together fun and informative.
Course Requirements:
Good Attendance / Participation Projects
Ability to take good notes Keeping up with reading assignments
Classwork / Homework Quarterly Essays
Quizzes Exams / Final
Course Weights:
Disclaimer!!!! No late work will be accepted.
Cumulative final- 20%
Exams- 30%
Quarterly Essays- 10%
Projects- 10%
Classwork, Homework and Quizzes 30%
Scheduled Topics of Study:
The Following is a list of units we will be studying, followed by major concepts within each unit. This list is meant as a guide and is by no means exhaustive (in other words, you can expect to be learning a lot more than this) .
Nations Beginnings
Colonialization, Revolution, Constitution
Civil War and Reconstruction
Causes, Major figures, Major battles, Military Strategies, Successes and Failures of Reconstruction
Modern America
Inventions, Big Business, Organized Labor, Urbanization, Immigration, Populism, Progressivism
America as a World Power
Spanish American War, Panama Canal, Progressive Foreign Policy, World War I
Roaring 1920�s
Post war issues, Post war politics, Technology, Jazz Age, Harlem Renaissance
Semester 1 Cumulative Final
The Depressing 1930's
Great Depression, Dust Bowl, Hoover's Response, New Deal, New Deal Critics, Popular Culture
World War II (home and abroad)
Axis Aggression/US Response, Pearl Harbor, Allied Strategy, Constitutional Issues, Economy, A-Bomb
Cold War beginnings and the Booming 1950�s
Containment, Truman, Ike, Korean War, Post war economy/technology, Post war politics, Early Civil Rights
The Turbulent 1960�s
JFk, Cuban Missile Crisis, LBJ/Great Society, Warren Court,Civil Rights movement, Vietnam,Counterculture
American Politics and Foreign Policy 1970-Present
Nixon, Watergate, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush II, 9/11, War on Terror
Semester 2 Cumulative Final
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