Why U.S. History?

  1. Learn Content Knowledge
  2. Acquire Social Studies Skills
  3. Create Educated Opinions
  4. Become a Participating Citizen

Course Outline

Wk Days
Dates Topic/Unit MDE Examples Research Areas
1 5 Jan28-Feb 1 Intros & Procedures CDVs & Federalism Declaration of Independence Constitution 3 Paragraphs Chapt.2 Balancing Liberty & Order P.65 Terms
2 5 Feb 4-8 Industrialization Railroads Immigration Depression of 1893 Chapt 6 Expansion of American Industry
3 4 Feb 11-14 & Reform * Populism Progressivism 8.3 Challenge of Cities 11.1Origins of Progessives p. 387 11.3 Taft & Wilson p. 402
4 3 Feb 20-22 Imperialism & The Spanish American War Spanish American Chapter 10 Becoming A World Power, 1890-1915
5 5 Feb 25-29 World War I* War World War I Chapter 12 The World War I Era, 1914-1920
6 3.5 Mar 3-6 The Roaring 20s Prohibition Flappers Harlem Renaissance Chapt 13 Postwar Social Change Chapt 14 Politics and Prosperity
7 5 Mar 10-14 The Great Depression* Great Depression New Deal Flint Sitdown Strike Chapt. 15 Crash & Depression Chapt. 16 The New Deal
8 5 Mar 17-21 World War II Overseas Fascism/Militarism Home Front Chapt. 17 WWII: The Road to War
9 5 Mar 24-28 World War II Overseas * Holocaust Berlin Airlift Internment The Bomb Chapt. 18 WWII: Americans at War
10 5 Apr 7-11 The Cold War Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Chapter 19 The Cold War 1945-1960



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Week Days Dates Unit MDE Examples Homework
11 5 April 14-18 Korean War Vietnam Conflict * Korean War & Vietnam War Chapter19.3 The Korean War The Vietnam War, 1954-1975
12 5 Apr 21-25 International Organizations Red Cross, UN, WHO, WTO NATO Group Reports for each of the International Organizations
13 5 Apr 29- May 2 Civil Rights Movement Jim Crow Immigration NAACP Women's Sufferage Other Minorities See Handout for Text sections for each minority
14 5 May 5-9 The 1950s # Urbanization, Suburbanization Red Scare 1950s Oral Interview Chapter 20 Post War Years at Home,1945-1960
15 5 May 12-16 The 1960s * # Assassinations Urban Riots Woodstock 1960s Oral Interview Chapter 22 Kennedy & Johnson Years, 1961-1969
16 5 May 19-23 The 1970s # Watergate Environment Space Program 1970s Oral Interview Chapter 25 Nixon, Ford, & Carter, 1969-1981
17 5 May 26-30 The 1980s* # Conservative Movement Middle East 1980s Oral Interview Chapter 26 The Conservative Revolution, 1980-1992
18 5 June 2-6 The 1990s #
1990s Oral Interview Chapter 27 Entering a New Era,1972- present
19 2 Jun 9-10 2 days + EXAMS ALL OF THE ABOVE Review & Study for Exam



# = oral interview