• US History General Objectives

    • Analyze written data  (textbooks, articles, etc.)

    • Interpret maps, charts and graphs

    • Write clearly and concisely using proper grammar

    • Synthesize information by creating original; historical works by projects

    • Use and encourage higher learning skills by various means such as political cartoons

    • Effectively work with others in groups with cooperative learning

    • Evaluate key issues in US History

    • Appreciate current events and their relevance to the American experience

     

    US I CP

    This class is an in-depth study of the time period in U.S. History from Pre-Revolutionary America to 1900. Students will study the thirteen colonies, American Revolution, Constitution, and The Early National period, including the slave trade and Amistad, the pre-antebellum period, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Political, economic, and social aspects of the Industrialized Era are included as topics for discussion. Additional outside readings and research papers are integral components of the course.

    • The Colonies

    • American Revolution

    • Setting the Foundation

    • Broadening America’s Role 

    • A Widened Practice of Democracy

    • Government in Modern American - Jacksonian Democracy

    • Modern Borders and Social Change - Manifest Destiny

    • Causes of the Civil War

    • The Civil War and Reconstruction

     

     

    US II CP

    This course explores the time period in U.S. history from the Progressive Era through the present. Students will study the industrialists, the Progressive era, WWI, 1920’s, The Great Depression & the New Deal, WWII and the Holocaust, the Cold War and contemporary history. Accompanying the in-depth coverage are additional readings and reports. All students select and complete a National History Day project. All students select and complete a National History Day project.

    • The Progressive Era (1890-1917)

    • The Spread of American Imperialism (1895-1917)

    • World War I (1914 – 1918)

    • The Roaring Twenties (1920 – 1929)

    • The Great Depression (1929 – 1941)

    • World War II (1941-1945)

    • The Cold War Era (1949 – 1989)

    • Post Cold War and Toward a New Millennium  (1989-2000)

    • The Challenges Ahead (2000 – TODAY)