American History II - 11th Grade History
Foxcroft Academy: 2002-03 School Year
Theme for the Course:
American History from 1877 to 1968, focusing on political, economic and social developments, including but not limited to race relations, progressive reforms, American involvement in the world wars, FDR and the Depression, the Cold War, Civil Rights and Vietnam.
Grading Policy
In order to assess students according to their progress in meeting individual learning standards, there will be six all essay examinations covering different units. Inquiry and Analysis papers will be required every few weeks. In addition, students will conduct a semester long examination of the civil rights movement from 1863 to 1968, focusing on the people and events that made the period between 1954 and 1968 such a turbulent time. Late in the semester, time will be taken up by a debate over civil rights and its place in American history.
Inquiry and Analysis Assignments
Since the only way to fully understand the past is to get information from those who lived it, every few weeks, students will be expected to analyze specific primary source documents dealing with different aspects of the civil rights question, with topics chosen by the instructor. Analysis papers will be at least 3 pages each and must be typed or computer printed (double-spaced). Late Inquiry and Analysis papers will be deducted 10 points per day.
Research Paper
The paper will be at least 10 pages plus a bibliography, and the paper will be scored for grammar as well as content. The paper must conform to the FA Writing guide. All papers must use multiple primary sources and multiple secondary sources. The specific topic is up to you, but it must be on an issue from the question of civil rights, and the instructor must approve it. If you need suggestions, please see the teacher. Late research papers will be deducted 20 points per day. Failure to complete the Research Paper assignment results in an automatic failure of the course.
Civil Rights Paper
Students will prepare a paper of at least 2 pages in preparation for the civil rights debate. The paper must be in the form of a persuasive essay, one that seeks to influence the general public as to the merits of one side of the civil rights issue or the other, and will be discussed in detail later. The teacher will assign half the class to advocate for civil rights, the other half will advocate against the issue.
Spring 2003 Due Dates - note that the exams are not listed here
07 Feb 2003 -- Inquiry and Analysis #1
07 Mar 2003 -- Inquiry and Analysis #2
28 Mar 2003 -- Inquiry and Analysis #3
18 Apr 2003 -- Inquiry and Analysis #4
02 May 2003 -- Research paper due
16 May 2003 - Civil Rights paper due
Inquiry and Analysis Assignments
1) Black Code of Mississippi, 1865
http://toptags.com/aama/docs/bcodes.htm
2) Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)
http://coursea.matrix.msu.edu/~hst203/documents/plessy.html
and
Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954)
http://www.nationalcenter.org/brown.html
3) Martin Luther King -- A Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/MLK-jail.html
4) Inaugural Address of Governor George C. Wallace, Montgomery, Ala (14 Jan 1963)
http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/inauguralspeech.html
and
Governor Wallace's Schoolhouse Door Speech, University of Alabama (11 Jun 1963)
http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/schooldoor.html
American History II Units
Unit 10 - Reconstruction (1863 to 1876)
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Unit 11 - The Gilded Age (1869 to 1889)
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Unit 12 - Progressivism and Reform and the Great War (1890 to 1920)
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Unit 13 - The Roaring Twenties (1920 to 1929)
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Unit 14 - The Great Depression (1929 to 1940)
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Unit 15 - World War II and the Cold War
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Unit 16 -- Civil Rights Project
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