American History 300 Syllabus
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American History 300 AssignmentsWeek 18
5/2 - Final Exam 4/30 - Final Exam Essential Q's (Review ) 4/29 - Post WWII Presidents Quiz - Music Across Generations Assignment Week 17 4/26 - Unit Essential Questions - Debates: Bush, Clinton, W. Bush - Presidents ID Quiz Monday/ Music Assignment (bring headphones for Monday) 4/25 - Debates - Essential Q's for Colonization/Am. Rev./ Expansion/Civil War 4/24 - JFK/ LBJ - Presidential Debate Prep. - Debates 4/23 - Frost/Nixon - Presidential Debate assignment Week 16 4/16 - Turn in research papers - Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon Presidencies - Frost/Nixon - Make Up Quiz: Devin, JT, DJ, Nick, Patrick, Collin - Turn in resources: Post WWII, Korean War, Civil Rights, Vietnam War 4/15 - Review - Quiz: Korean War, Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War - Research Paper: Due tomorrow (shared & hard copy) Week 15 4/12 - Finish Vietnam War - Anthony Bourdain- Laos - Research Paper HW: Korean War, Civil Rights, Vietnam Quiz Monday 4/11 - How did the US get involved in Vietnam between 1955-1975? - Work on/begin writing research papers (due Tuesday- 3-5 pgs., double spaced, 4 sources MLA format, internal citations to support your answer to historical analysis question) 4/10 - Vietnam KWL - Beginnings of US Involvement in Vietnam War - Vietnam War in HD - Events of the war HW: Continue work on research papers 4/9 - Research Scoring - Work on research paper 4/8 - Civil Rights Movement- 50's key terms - 60's Crash Course - Vietnam War Overview Week 14 4/5 - Civil Rights Key Terms - Continue work on research paper/find all sources through ebscohost/ begin writing 4/4 - Review Korean War - Life in the 1950's? - Civil Rights Movement Key Terms - 30 for 30- Ghosts of Ole Miss 4/3 - Review Post WWII/Cold War Main Ideas - Korean War Overview - Work on research papers/find 4 academic sources to back up you opinion-answer to your historical analysis question. - Keep track of sources on a Google doc - Begin Outlining you research 4/2- ACT Testing 4/1 - News - Truman and the Cold War 1945- 1952 Reading (pgs. 557-572) - Post WWII Main Ideas/Berlin Wall Doc. - Korean War Handout - Wed. & Friday (Partial research work days)- Tues April 16-due date Week 13 3/29 - Research paper guidelines/structures - Find sources to answer your historical analysis question/support your opinion (Ebscohost) 3/28 - Pick research paper topics/structure - Review Home Front/Holocaust - WWII in HD- End of the war 3/27 - News - Home Front/Holocaust- Sophie Scholl & the White Rose - WWII in HD- End of war - Confirm Research Topic/Question/Body Paragraph Topics 3/26 - Home Front /Holocaust - Am. the Story of Us- WWII - Postwar Handout - Research Questions/Topics - Review WWII materials/notes (HW) 3/25 - WWII Battles/Campaigns - Research Paper Topics/Structures Week 12- Spring Break Week 11 3/15 - Research Topic Proposals - WWII Battles/Campaigns 3/14 - News - How was Adolph Hitler able to systematically gain power? - Triumph des Willens - Major WWII battles/campaigns 3/13 - Events Leading to WWII - WWII in HD (Beginnings of the war) - Major WWII Battles & Campaigns (HW) 3/12 - Finish Cinderella Man - Review New Deal Programs/Quiz - Events leading to WWII Handout - Research Paper Topics 3/11 - Review New Deal Programs/Economic Recovery - Cinderella Man HW: Review New Deal Programs Week 10 3/8 - Economic Recover/New Deal Programs - Cinderella Man 3/7 - Review causes of the Great Depression/ Economic Recovery Assignment - New Deal Programs (Partners) - America the Story of Us- Great Depression - Highlight major New Deal Programs 3/6 - News - Discuss Great Depression - Economic Recovery Assignment - Read Period 24 (New Deal) - Notes (HW) 3/5 - War to Peace- Harding, Coolidge - The Roaring Twenties - Peer/Self Evaluations - Great Depression/New Deal Key Terms 3/4 - Progressives - Entering the World's Stage: Imperialism/Spanish-American War - World War I Week 9 3/1 - The American West - Industrial Revolution - Life at the Turn of the 20th Century - Civil War/Reconstruction Essays 2/28 - No School 2/27 - News - Finish presentations/rehearse/ Edit (everything finished/ready to go by the end of class) 2/26 - Project Guidelines - Research Time Periods/Create Essential Q's - Find media/ create presentation tool 2/25 - Project Time Periods (5 Topics/ 5 subtopics, 2 Essential Questions) Week 8 2/22 - Prep. with partner - Civil War essay #2 (options 2, 4, 5) - Tell a story 2/21 - Essay structure - Partner review (essay questions 1-3)/key terms - Civil War Essay #1 - Prepare for essay #2 2/20 - American Pickers- Civil War - Civil War essay options - Prep. for Civil War Quiz tomorrow (partner) - Civil War/Reconstructions materials 2/19 - News - Reconstruction Documents - Review Reconstruction Main Ideas - Civil War essay options HW: review essay options for Thursday/ review battles & fighting Week 7 2/14 - Am. the Story of Us-Civil War - Literacy Test - Reconstruction Main Ideas- (Period 15) - Expansion quizzes back 2/13 - Review devices of war - Civil War letter assignment HW: Read Period 15- Reconstruction/Take notes 2/12 - Review events leading to the Civil War (Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Case, Harpers Ferry, Election of 1860, Life in MO, Ads/Disads) - Main battles of the Civil War - Devices of war - Civil War Letter HW: Read through periods 13 & 14 2/11 - News - Events leading to the Civil War- Period 13 - Battles of the Civil War Timeline, Advantages/Disadvantages, War Strategy - Missouri during the Civil War reading (HW) Week 6 2/8 - Review details for essential questions - Expansion Unit Test - Read Period 13 take notes - News 2/7 - Expansion Materials - Opinions of Slavery (from yesterday) - Perspectives. Nat Turner-noble or fanatic / Frederick Douglass message - Partner Review for expansion quiz (key points/details to answer each essential q) 2/6 - Review Texas Rev./ Mexican American War - Opinions on slavery (Pre-Civil War) - Essential Questions/Expansion Resources - Expansion Prep. for quiz tomorrow (Partners)-HW 2/5 - Review Immigration 1800s/North & South - Texas Revolution - Zinn Chapter 8- Mexican/American War - What is Zinn's main argument? Support with examples from the reading. - Mexican/American War Main Ideas-HW Week 5 2/1 - News - Review Post War of 1812, Monroe, Ind. Rev., Jackson - Groups: Immigration in the 1800s/ North & South - America the Story of Us- Expansion - Texas Revolution Handout-HW 1/31 - Review War of 1812- Causes/ Events/ Outcomes - Expansion Main Ideas- 6 Groups 1/30 Expansion - Review Washington/Adams/Jefferson - War of 1812 Crash Course/Notes - Indian Removal Act Text & Q's 1/29 - Current Events - Review Constitution/ Quiz - Political Spectrum - Wash/Adams/Jefferson - War of 1812 Notes (HW) 1/28 - Review checks and balances/bill to law - Finish Amendments to the Constitution - loose/strict construction - Jefferson/Lewis & Clark Reading - Washington/Adams/Jefferson Presidencies (notes) HW; Review Constitution Week 4 1/25 - Current Events - Reading check - Review Articles of the Constitution - Powers Venn Diagram/ Checks & Balances - Amendments/Court Cases HW: Finish Notes- Washington, Adams, Jefferson 1/24 - Articles of the Constitution - Period 6/7 - Main Ideas/Themes (Washington, Adams Jefferson) - HW: Review Constitution/finish Period 6/ 7Notes 1/23 - Q's - Unit I Quiz (50 points) - Be ready to explain/describe US Constitution - Read Period 6 - Main Ideas/Themes(always be ready for a reading quiz) 1/22 - Postwar: Republicanism/Articles, Land Ordinance 1785, Northwest Ordinance, Shay's Rebellion - Unit 1 Materials - Constitution: Articles & Amendements (finish/be able to describe) - Unit 1 Essential Questions (Quiz tomorrow 50 pts) Week 3 1/18 - Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation/Postwar - Break up parts of the Constitution 1/17 - Video: America the Story of Us- Revolution - Review Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation/Postwar - Revolution/Battles Quiz - Read Period 6 (HW) 1/16 - Period 5: Essential Q's - Discuss key battles /Treaty of Paris 1783 - Articles of Confederation Jigsaw Activity HW: Battles of the Rev. War quiz tomorrow 1/15 - Review British Actions/Chosen government action - First/Second Continental Congress, Common Sense, Strengths & Weaknesses - Key Battles of the Revolutionary War HW: Review main battles/ Read Period 5 1/14 - Review French and Indian War: Causes, Events, Outcomes - British Actions/Government action paragraph - John Adams Part 1 - Boston Massacre Trial - First/Second Continental Congress, Thomas Paine, Read Period 5-HW Week 2 1/10 - Colonization Review - Discuss French and Indian War - British Actions Chart - Set up assignments for tomorrow - Read Period 4-HW 1/9 - Colonial Society- 1750s - Main Ideas - Colonization Review - French and Indian War (Notes & Video)-HW 1/8 - Mercantilism/ Navigation Acts - Video: Colonization - Review Colonies/Quiz - Read Period 3 (HW) 1/7 - Historical Events Google Assignment - Discuss English Colonies - Colonization Video - Begin HW HW: Read Period 2/Review characteristics of English Colonies Week 1 1/4 - Review Spanish/English Colonization - Partner Up - North America Colonization (Main Ideas) - English Colonies HW: Historical Event Assignment 1/3 - Course Information - American History Timeline activity - Compare Spanish and English colonization HW: Period 1 Reading |
ResourcesLink to A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Expansion Readings James Monroe https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/jamesmonroe Andrew Jackson https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/andrewjackson Industrial Revolution http://www.ushistory.org/us/22a.asp North vs. South http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/northandsouth.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ Immigration https://sites.google.com/site/thenorthsite/early-immigration-in-the-u-s-1 Link to A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn French and Indian War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvM4LNL0AKU The Revolutionary War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSAJUncVv1A Manifest Destiny" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6CRsl54Hg0 War of 1812 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g64UYzFGBow Mexican American War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z066CK0-H5E "Bleeding Kansas" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL5ZI_t4Gy0 Lincoln-Douglas Debates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1whnxftJD1w The Civil War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YEJuoJDQKY Reconstruction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlBbRXRzzp4 |
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