SEMESTER 1: End of World War I – End of World War II (1918-1945)
Book Used: The Americans ** Note: Most assignments found within the notes
Modules 17-21
Course Calendars (Subject to change):
US History – October 2016 Calendar
US History – November Calendar
US History – December Calendar
US History – January Calendar_________________________________________________
Introductory Materials:
About Me [Intro Lecture]
The Importance of Skepticism [Intro Lecture]
Reading like a Historian [Intro Lecture]
What is a Historian [Reading]
What Do We Do in US History [Handout]
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Module 17: The Roaring Twenties (1918-1929)
Guiding Questions: Was the prosperity of the 1920s superficial?
Academic skill in focus: Independent Research Skills & Citation
C3 Standard in focus: (D2.His.3.9-12) Use questions generated about individuals and groups to assess how the significance of their actions changes over time and is shaped by the historical context.
17.1 – The Business of America
17.2 – Postwar Issues 1920s Primary Source Activity Sources PDF
17.3&4 – Changing Ways of Life & Women
17.5 – Education, Popular Culture, and the Harlem Renaissance
Roaring Twenties Creative Research Project 1920s Project Rubric
Postwar Decade Primary Source Activity
Module 17 Study Guide
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Module 18: The Great Depression (1929-1939)
Guiding Questions: Did Hoover do too much or too little? What is the role of government in society and in crisis?
Academic skill in focus: Independent Research Skills & Citation
C3 Standard in focus: Determining causal relationships, Evaluation of government, Historical interpretation
18.1 – The Nation’s Sick Economy
18.2 – Hardship & Suffering during the Great Depression
Module 18 Film – Great Depression – Cinderella Man
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Module 19: The New Deal (1932-1941)
Guiding Questions: How did FDR’s presidency and the New Deal reshape the government’s role in American society? What are the lasting implications of this shift in responsibility?
Academic skill in focus:Time, Continuity & Change; Primary source analysis (The Soup Song)
19.1 – A New Deal Fights the Depression
19 – Sec. 2 thru 5 – The New Deal Affects Many Groups
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Module 20: World War II & The Aftermath (1938-1949)
Guiding Questions: What were the “seeds of conflict” that led to WWII? How did the war end and what impact did particular events have in the postwar world? How did the Green River Ordnance Plant represent the Home Front (microcosm)?
Academic skill in focus: Causal relationships (“Seeds of conflict”), Primary source analysis (Quarantine Speech, Their Finest Hour, Green River Ordnance Plant Activity), Student self-evaluation
20.1 – War Breaks Out Dictators Web Diagram
20.2 – War in Europe Churchill – Their Finest Hour Excerpt
20.3 – America Moves Toward War
20.5- The Home Front – The Green River Ordnance Plant
20.6 – War in Europe, Africa, & Asia
Module 20 Film – Saving Private Ryan Historical Analysis
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Module 21: The Cold War (1944-1991)
Guiding Questions: What were the “seeds of conflict” that led to WWII?
Academic skill in focus: Causal relationships (“Seeds of conflict”), Primary source analysis (Quarantine Speech, Their Finest Hour), Student self-evaluation
Module 20 – Group Presentations
MIDTERM: 2018 US History Study Guide [Midterm]
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SEMESTER 2: Cold War through Present (1945-2017)
Book Used: The Americans ** Note: Most assignments found within the notes
Chapters: 26-35, Epilogue (Not from textbook)
Course Calendars (Subject to change):
Module 22: The Postwar Boom (1950-1959)
Guiding Questions: What was the “American Dream” during the 1950s? What is the “American Dream” today? What do 1950s PSA’s reveal about 1950s culture?
Academic skill in focus: Time, Continuity & Change (American Dream); Primary source analysis (PSA videos)
Module 22 – Sect 2,3,4 – The American Dream
1950s Culture Essay Video Resources for Culture Essay
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Module 23: An Era of Social Change(1960-1969)
Guiding questions: How did JFK and Nixon differ during the election of 1960? How did JFK’s “New Frontier” differ from LBJ’s “Great Society?” How did the 1940s and 1950s set the stage for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s?
Academic skill in focus: Compare & Contrast (JFK/Nixon, JFK/LBJ), Causal relationships
23.1 – Kennedy and the Cold War
23.2 – The New Frontier & The Great Society
23.3 – Hippies & Counterculture
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Module 24 The Civil Rights Era (1950s-1969)
Guiding Questions: When did the Civil Rights Era begin? When did it end… or did it?
Academic Skill in focus: Source Analysis
Chapter 29.1 – Civil Rights Era Introduction
Chapter 29 Sect 2,3,4 -Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
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Chapter 30: The Vietnam War Years (1954-1975)
Guiding Questions: 1. Who won the Vietnam war? In other words, who met the goals that they set out to accomplish? 2. What effects did the Vietnam war have on American society?
Academic Skill in focus: Source Analysis, Time, Continuity & Change
Ch 30 Sect 1 – Moving Toward Conflict
Ch 30 Sect 2 &3 – US Involvement & Escalation
Ch 30 Sect 4&5 – The End of the War
1960s Song Analysis [Activity]
Chapter 31: An Era of Social Change
Guiding question: What were other Civil Rights issues and how did other groups fight to solve them?
Academic Skill in Focus: Political cartoon analysis, Defining socio-political movements, Essay construction
Ch 31 – Sect 1&2 – Latin Americans, Native Americans, and Women
Ch 31 – Sect 3 – Hippies & Counterculture
1970s Civil Rights Political Cartoons
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Chapter 32: An Age of Limits
Guiding question: How did the turbulence of the 1960’s affect American society, culture, and politics?
Academic Skill in Focus:
Ch 32.1 – The Nixon Administration
Ch 32.3 – The Ford and Carter Years
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Chapter 33: The Conservative Tide
Guiding question: How did the age of conservatism change the direction of the United States? How did this new direction affect society?
Academic Skill in Focus: Compare/Contrast how various Presidents respond to social, political, and economic crises.
Ch 33.1 – A Conservative Movement Emerges
Ch 33.2 -Conservative Policies Under Reagan & Bush
Ch 33.3 – Social Concerns in the 1980s
Ch 33.4 – Foreign Policy After the Cold War
Ch 33.5 – The Persian Gulf War
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Chapter 35: Epilogue –
Guiding question: What should the government’s role be in our daily lives?
Academic Skill in Focus:
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