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" Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: and a people who mean to be their own Governours,
must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." - James Madison, August 4,
1822
U.S. History
Steven M. Hammerman, NBCTSteven M. Hammerman, [email protected]@hammermanshistory.com
www.hammermanshistory.com
Facebook: Hammerman's HistoryFacebook: Hammerman's History
Goals
Self readiness
Comprehend American history with an ability to create and test a hypothesis with using reason and evidence to support a thesis
High school/AP preparedness
Goal #1 - Self Readiness
How do we meet our goals?
Student dedication to learning through self and peripheral awareness
Parent dedication to learning through involvement and support
Goal #2 - Comprehend American history with an ability to create and test a hypothesis while using reason and
evidence to support a thesisLook at history through the eyes of those that lived it including the "things & stuff" people left, said, and
wrote.
Students will use artifacts, primary, and secondary sources to study the people of the past and the
decisions they made
Students will learn how to search & find, observe, reflect, and question the "things & stuff" they find.
How do we meet our goals?
Using Observe, Reflect, and Question, students
discover history.
Goal #3 - High School/AP Preparedness
Students will have an opportunity to use & practice with numerous and diverse tools, skills,
& resources to meet todays Common Core Standards.
How do we meet our goals?
Goal #3 - High School/AP Preparedness
Students will have an opportunity to use & practice with numerous and diverse tools, skills
& resources to meet todays Common Core Standards.
By mastering goals #1 & #2, students will have the know-how, ability and skills necessary to
navigate competitive high school (AP's)
How do we meet our goals?
Mastery of Goal #3 include the students ability to create original
pieces of work.
Now, the Fun part
American history is a collection of choices.
Some good, some ugly
Pre-history in the America'sEuropean Discovery & Settlement
The First Ways of WarColonial Growth, Expansion and
InsurrectionBuilding of a RepublicAgrarian v. Industrial
Manifest Destiny and the change of Culture(s)
The Slave Question and a House DividedReconstruction - Did it Ever Happen?
Topics for Discussion
History Alive
The Revolutionary, Experience. May 23 - 30
What's in Your Neighborhood
JA Finance
The end!