US+History


 * US History One **

**Chapter 1,thru 12**
In this course, students examine major turning points in American history in the twentieth Independence. After a brief review, certain themes should be emphasized: the expanding role of the federal government and federal courts; the continuing tension between the individual and the state and between minority rights and majority power; the emergence of a modern corporate economy; the impact of the technology on American society and culture; change in the ethnic composition of American society; the movements toward equal rights for racial minorities and women; and the role of the United States as major world power. Essay exams, oral reports, and research papers are required. ASSIGNMENTS:

A. To read each chapter and answer questions at the end of each chapter. B. To take a final exam constituting 20% of the final grade.

Grading Scale: 59 and below - F 60 - 69% - D  70 - 79% - C  80 - 89% - B  90 - 100% - A Text: The Americans, Reconstruction through the 20th Century (McDougal Littell)

ATTENDANCE POLICY For Independence High School, completed weekly assignments equates to full attendance for the week. Missing assignments will also affect grades and the amount of credits earned.

Making a connection with History is more than just reading about it. How do events past, link with today? Click on this link and see: @http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history List the events in history that happened today!

View the video clip. List the personalities you can recognize. media type=youtube key=fSugcrsjXRc height=390 width=640 width="640" height="390" __**Answer these questions:**__


 * 1. Who is the narrator and what two things is he know for in his career?**
 * 2. How many patriots signed the Declaration of Independence?**
 * 3. In the video, list the names of other narrators.**
 * 4. What are they know for?**
 * 5. Briefly, what did the Declaration of Independence say to England?**

media type=custom key=21717290 __**Credit One:**__ //Assignments:// a. Terms & Names, Answer questions 1 - 10 b. //Main Ideas answer questions 11 - 20// b. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically//
 * Attach to your homework assignment or answer the questions on-line by clicking on the video questions below.**
 * Exploration and the Colonial Era (Beginnings-1763)**
 * 1) Read Chapter 1 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessments questions on pages 13, 21, 32, & 41.
 * 3) Complete “Review Chapter 1 Assessment” on page 44.

//Assignments:// a. Answer Terms & Names question 1 - 10 b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas 1 - 20// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// //4. Complete #1 of //Alternative Assessment// on page 85 - Creating a Political Pamphlet.// 5. Boston Tea Party - Click on video link: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZV8Z_3jTUI 6. Click on this hot link, read Benjamin Franklin, On the Constitution, 1787and respond to the question:
 * Revolution and the Early Republic (1763-1800)**
 * 1) Read Chapter 2 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 2 section assessment questions on pages 55, 65, 75, & 83.
 * 3) Complete “Review Chapter 2 Assessment” on page 84

7. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Colonial Resistance Declaration of Independence Valley Forge Constitution

//Standards: 11.1 Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence, in terms of: (11.1.1, 11.1.2, 11.1.3)// //11.10 (11.10.7)//

__**Credit Two:**__ //Assignments:// a. Answer Terms & Names question 1 - 10 b. Answer //Main Ideas questions 1 - 20// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically//
 * Growth of a Young Nation (1800-1850)**
 * 1) Read Chapter 3 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 3 section assessment questions on pages 123, 132, 141, 149, & 157.
 * 3) Complete “Review Chapter 3 Assessment” on page 160

//Assignments:// Read Chapter 4 in textbook. 1. Answer all Chapter 4 section assessment questions on pages 173, 183, 191, & 201. 2. Complete “Review Chapter 4 Assessment” on page 202. a. Answer //Terms & Names questions 1 - 10// b. Answer questions 1 - 20 from //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// //3.// Complete “Living History” of //Alternative Assessment// on page 203.- Writing Your Biography. 4. Gettysburg Address - Click on this link: [] Answer these questions: a. Where did Lincoln give his address? b. When did it happen? c. What is Lincoln's famous phrase? 5. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Underground railroad Civil War Gettysburg Reconstruction 7. Download the PDF file on Tubman or click on the link and read the article on Harriet Tubman and respond to the question:
 * The Union in Peril (1850-1877)**

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Standards: 11.3 Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting impact, and issues reqgarding religious liberty. (1) the contributions of various religious groups to American civic principles and social reform movements.

//Assignments:// a. Answer Terms & Names question 1 - 10 b. Answer questions from in //Main Ideas 1 - 20// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically//
 * Changes on the Western Front (1877 - 1900)**
 * 1) Read Chapter 5 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 5 section assessment questions on pages 221, 227, 234, & 239.
 * 3) Complete “Review Chapter 2 Assessment” on page 242

__**Credit Three:**__ //Assignments:// 1. Read Chapter 6 in textbook. 2. Answer all Chapter 6 section assessment questions 249, 256, 261, & 269. 3. Complete “Review Chapter 6 Assessment” on page 270. a. Answer //Terms & Names 1 - 10// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// 4. Verbal test on related-terms. 5. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: George Pullman and railroads Andrew Carnegie Haymarket Riot 6. Click on the link and read the article, Jennie Curtis or download the source and respond to the question: []
 * The New Industrial Age (1877-1900)**

Standard: 11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large scale rural to urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Easter Europe (1) the effect of industrialization on fiving and working conditions.

__**Credit Four:**__ //Assignments:// 1. Read Chapter 10 in textbook. 2. Answer all Chapter 10 section assessment questions (#1-4). 3. Complete “Review Chapter 10 Assessment” on page 390. a. Complete //Terms & Names// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// 4. Complete “Interact with History” on page 389 (#1-2). a. Clarifying b. Creating a Map 5. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Age of Imperialism Jose Marti and Cuba Boxer Rebellion 6. Click on the link and read the Anti-Imperialist League Platform, 1899 or download the document and respond to the question: []
 * American Claims an Empire (1890-1920)**

//Standards: 11.4 (11.4.1, 11.4.2, 11.4.3, 11.4.4)//

__**Credit Five:**__ //Assignments:// 1. Read Chapter 12 in textbook. 2. Answer all Chapter 12 section assessment questions (#1-4). 3. Complete “Review Chapter 12 Assessment” on page 448. a. Complete //Terms & Names// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// 4. Complete “Alternative Assessment” on page 449 (#1-2). a. Graphing Statistics b. Project for Citizenship: Becoming a Citizen 5. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Sacco and Vanzetti and the Russian Revolution 6. Click on the link and read, Denver Post Senate Demands Information on Teapot Dome, 1922 or or download the document and respond: []
 * Politics of the Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)**

//Standards: 11.5 (11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.7)//


 * __FINAL EXAM:__ See History test section**

** US History Two **

**Chapter 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19**
In this course, students examine major turning points in American history in the twentieth Independence. After a brief review, certain themes should be emphasized: the expanding role of the federal government and federal courts; the continuing tension between the individual and the state and between minority rights and majority power; the emergence of a modern corporate economy; the impact of the technology on American society and culture; change in the ethnic composition of American society; the movements toward equal rights for racial minorities and women; and the role of the United States as major world power. Essay exams, oral reports, and research papers are required. ASSIGNMENTS:

A. To read each chapter and answer questions at the end of each chapter. B. To take a final exam constituting 20% of the final grade.

Grading Scale: 59 and below - F 60 - 69% - D  70 - 79% - C  80 - 89% - B  90 - 100% - A Text: The Americans, Reconstruction through the 20th Century (McDougal Littell)

ATTENDANCE POLICY For Independence High School, completed weekly assignments equates to full attendance for the week. Missing assignments will also affect grades and the amount of credits earned.

__**Credit One:**__ //Assignments:// a. Complete //Terms & Names// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer #1 from //Thinking Critically// 5. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Al Capon Babe Ruth F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. Click on the link and read, Samuel Hopkins from My Bootlegger, 1921 or download the document and answer the question: [|http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/americans_rec05/get_chapter_group.htm?cin=13&rg=research_and_writing&at=primary_sources&npos=4&spos=13&var=primary_sources##]
 * The Roaring Life of the 1920s (1920-1929)**
 * 1) Read Chapter 13 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 13 section assessment questions (#1-4).
 * 3) Complete “Review Chapter 13 Assessment” on page 478.
 * 1) Complete #4 & #5 from “Thinking Critically” on page 478.

//Standards: 11.5 (11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5)// //11.10 (11.10.7)//

__**Credit Two:**__ //Assignments:// 1. Read Chapter 14 in textbook. 2. Answer all Chapter 14 section assessment questions (#1-4). 3. Complete “Review Chapter 14 Assessment” on page 500. a. Complete //Terms & Names// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// 5. Complete #1 Making Decisions from “Alternative Assessment” on page 501. 6. View video
 * The Great Depression Begins (1929-1933)**

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6.a When did the Crash of 1929 happen? 6.b What were the causes of the crash? 7. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Dust Bowl and the Great Depression Herbert Hoover and Boulder Dam

//Standards: 11.5 (11.5.1)// //11.6 (11.6.1, 11.6.2)//

__**Credit Three:**__ //Assignments:// 1. Read Chapter 16 in textbook. 2. Answer all Chapter 16 section assessment questions (#1-4). 3. Complete “Review Chapter 6 Assessment” on page 566. a. Complete //Terms & Names// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// 4. Complete all “Think Through History” Questions found throughout Chapter 16 in the side margins. 5. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle The Holocaust U-Boats and Pearl Harbor 6. Click on the link and read, Franklin Delano Roosevelt On the Declaration of War, 1941 or download the document and answer the question: [] //Standards: 11.3 (11.3.3)// //11.7 (11.7.1, 11.7.4, 11.7.5)// __**Credit Four:**__ //Assignments:// 1. Read Chapter 17 in textbook. 2. Answer all Chapter 17 section assessment questions (#1-4). 3. Complete “Review Chapter 17 Assessment” on page 602. a. Complete //Terms & Names// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// 4. Complete #2 Picturing History from “Alternative Assessment” on page 603. 5. Click on the video link on Pearl Harbor:https: media type=youtube key=3e99lfmmDN0 width=560 height=315 width="560" height="315" 6. View the video on Japanese Interment Camps. media type=youtube key=FK4tHDSu6KM width=560 height=315 width="560" height="315" Answer a Video Response sheet questions.
 * World War Looms (1931-1941)**
 * The United States in World War II (1941-1945)**

7. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Pearl Harbor and Japanese Internment D Day Harry S. Truman and the Yalta Treaty

//Standards: 11.7 (11.7.2, 11.7.3, 11.7.5, 11.7.6, 11.7.7)// __**Credit Five:**__ //Assignments:// a. Complete //Terms & Names// b. Answer one question from each section in //Main Ideas// c. Answer one question from //Thinking Critically// 4. Complete a poster board on the Cold War or the Postwar Boom (see rubric). 5. download the document and answer the question: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/americans_rec05/get_chapter_group.htm?cin=17&rg=research_and_writing&at=primary_sources&npos=5&spos=17&var=primary_sources 6. Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Truman and the Marshall Plan Korean War and Douglas Mac Arthur Sputnik and the U-2
 * Cold War Conflicts (1945-1960) & The Postwar Boom (1946-1960)**
 * 1) Read Chapter 18 & 19 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 18 & 19 section assessment questions (#1-4).
 * 3) Complete “Review Chapter 18 & 19 Assessment” on page.

//Standards: 11. 7 (11.7.8)// //11.8 (11.8.1, 11.8.2, 11.8.3, 11.8.5, 11.8.7, 11.8.8)// //11.10 (11.10.1, 11.10.2, 11.10.7)// //11.11 (11.11.6, 11.11.7)//

Read Chapter 19 p634 - 664 Complete Section Assessments questions from Sections 1 - 4 Complete margin questions Choose from topics below and write a 300-word report or prepare a visual illustration: Truman and Eisenhower Polio vaccine and fads and fashion Youth in the Fifties
 * Chapter 19 - The Postwar Boom (1946-1960**

//Standards: 11.10.1//

Prepare a Timeline of events that occurred during the time of Clinton to Obama presidency. Include at least 10 events from each president.

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 * __FINAL EXAM__: See History test section**