Sutherlin High SchoolCollege Credit US History Course Syllabus

(HST 201, 202 & 203)

Instructor: Mr. Justin HuntleyEmail Address: justin.huntley@sutherlin.k12.or.us

Phone: 541-459-9551

Course Description: This year-long introductory college-level course in United States history is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of United States History. Students study the social, political, and economic history of the United States chronologically from the period just prior to European contact to the 21st century. Students refine their critical thinking skills through note-taking, discussion, and extensive reading and writing assignments. The analytical skills of interpretation, evaluation, and synthesis are emphasized in the context of historical scholarship and evidence.

This course is taught as a college-level course; consequently, students should expect reading and writing homework almost every night. A high level of commitment is necessary to enjoy and succeed in this course.

Classroom Rules:1. Be Safe2. Be Respectful3. Be Responsible

Attendance :   Much of this course cannot be duplicated outside of regular class time. Consequently, daily attendance, promptness, preparedness, and readiness to learn are necessities. Attendance is extremely important. A student should not be absent from class unless absolutely necessary. If an absence does occur, please see make-up assignments below. Absences must be excused to make up assignments.

Homework:Homework is used to supplement and enhance regular classroom activities. As it unites the environment of school and home, it emphasizes the importance of education. Homework will be collected and graded on an intermittent basis to ensure that it is being done.

1. The most important homework in CC History is the reading assignments! Students will be expected to read 10-20+ pages per class period. Success in this course is based on a sound knowledge of the material and the ability to analyze and evaluate that material. Classroom instruction will focus on understanding, analyzing, and evaluating History. Students are expected to come to class "prepared" to discuss assigned topics. Prepared means they have read and taken notes on the topics to be discussed.

2. Each student will keep daily reading and class notes on loose-leaf college ruled paper in his or her class binder, which will be a valuable tool to be used in preparing for tests, essays, and the AP Examinations.

3. All homework must be turned in at the beginning of class after the attendance is taken. Any assignment turned in after the teacher has completed the attendance is LATE (see late work policy below).

Make-up Assignments1. The responsibility for make-up work lies with the student. If your absence from class is excused, you have two class periods to complete all make-up work for each day that you miss. It is your responsibility to schedule the make-up time for all test and quizzes within the two-day time frame.

2. If you are tardy to school or have an early dismissal that results in missing this class, you should pick up your work on that day. You should also turn in any assignments due that day.

3. All assignments turned in after the roll is complete are late.

4. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED! (Except in cases of illness, in accordance with the SHS attendance policy, family emergencies, etc.)

5. If you are absent from a class you will be held responsible for any and all lecture notes you might have missed. It is up to you to obtain the missed material from one of your fellow classmates.

Grading Policy: Each marking period grades will be calculated based on the total number of points earned divided by the number of points possible. Adding the number of points earned each marking period and dividing by the total number of points possible calculates the cumulative grade.

Grading Scale:

A 100 % - 90 % B 89 % - 80 % C 79 % - 70 %D 69 % - 60%F 59 % and below

Detailed information related to preparation for tests and quizzes and other course assignments will be provided in class. If applicable, particular grading standards, point values, and rubrics will accompany the particular assignment. Test and Quizzes will be worth more points than homework.

Current Events:Current Events will be given daily with a quiz every Friday. If you have an absence it is your responsibility to get the notes from another student(s) or to attend the review on Friday Morning that will start at 7:40. The Make-up policy will be followed if you are gone on the day of a quiz.

Oregon State Standards covered in College Credit US History:

Historical KnowledgeHS.1. Evaluate continuity and change over the course of world and United States history.HS.2. Analyze the complexity and investigate causes and effects of significant events in world, U.S. and Oregon history.HS.3. Explain the historical development and impact of major world religions and philosophies.HS.4. Investigate the historical development and impact of major scientific and technological innovations; political thought, theory and actions; and art and literature on culture and thought.HS.5. Examine and evaluate the origins of fundamental political debates and how conflict, compromise, and cooperation have shaped national unity and diversity in world, U.S., and Oregon history.HS.6. Analyze ideas critical to the understanding of history, including, but not limited to: populism, progressivism, isolationism, imperialism, communism, environmentalism, liberalism, fundamentalism, racism, ageism, classism, conservatism, cultural diversity, feminism, and sustainability.HS.7. Analyze the history, culture, tribal sovereignty, and historical and current issues of the American Indian tribes and bands in Oregon and the United States.HS.8. Explain how the American labor movement influenced events and thinking in the United States and Oregon over time.HS.9. Identify historical and current events, issues, and problems when national interests and global interest have been in conflict, and analyze the values and arguments on both sides of the conflict.

Historical ThinkingHS.10. Evaluate an historical source for point of view and historical context.HS.11. Gather and analyze historical information, including contradictory data, from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including sources located on the Internet, to support or reject hypotheses.HS.12. Construct and defend a written historical argument using relevant primary and secondary sources as evidence.HS.13. Differentiate between facts and historical interpretations, recognizing that a historian’s narrative reflects his or her judgment about the significance of particular facts.

Social Science AnalysisHS.57. Define, research, and explain an event, issue, problem, or phenomenon and its significance to society.HS.58. Gather, analyze, use, and document information from various sources, distinguishing facts, opinions, inferences, biases, stereotypes, and persuasive appeals.HS.59. Demonstrate the skills and dispositions needed to be a critical consumer of information.HS.60. Analyze an event, issue, problem, or phenomenon from varied or opposing perspectives or points of view.HS.61. Analyze an event, issue, problem, or phenomenon, identifying characteristics, influences, causes, and both shorthand long term effects.HS.62. Propose, compare, and judge multiple responses, alternatives, or solutions to issues or problems; then reach an informed, defensible, supported conclusion.HS.63. Engage in informed and respectful deliberation and discussion of issues, events, and ideas

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 1Sept 3-5

I. UNIT NAME: Defining History and the Importance of Studying It

TOPICSDefinition of History, Relevance of History in our own lives, Perspectives in History

ASSIGNMENTS Why Study History? http://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-

archives/archives/why-study-history-%281985%29 What is History? by Edward Hallet Carr – 1 page essay: What is History? Abraham Lincoln Quotes: Identify personal opinion Historical Tweets Analyze important events in your own life that have shaped you into who you

are today, creating a timeline of cause and effect.

Week 2Sept 8-12

II. UNIT NAME: Worlds Apart Chapter 1

TOPICSNative Americans before 1492, Spanish Empire in the New World, Black Legend, Native and African Slavery foundationsWestern Europe

ASSIGNMENTS Was Columbus a Hero? Analyze primary and secondary sources about Columbus Interpret these sources in order to form an opinion based on historical evidence “Cortez the Killer” Neil Young Lyrics Bartolome De Las Casas writings and Theodore de Bry art Create Thesis argument essay:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/

Video Clips:1492: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK7gaEK1dEA

Week 3-6Sept 15th-Oct 10th

III. UNIT NAME: Colonial America, Ch. 2-4

TOPICSBritish Empire in the New World, specifically by region (Southern, New England, Middle),Regional Economic differences, Regional Religious differences, Population growth and ethnic diversity, Colonial society through the eyes of status, class and gender and Colonial conflict with Native Americans

ASSIGNMENTSPrimary and/or Secondary source material(s):

Bound for America – Documents for America’s History Yazawa - 1635 Richard Frethorne on Indentured Servitude – 1623 – Voices - Howard Zinn History as a Weapon by Howard Zinn, Ch. 3 Person of a Mean and Vile

Condition The Mayflower Compact John Winthrop’s A Modell of Christian Charity Massachusetts Bay Colony letter- 1631

John Smith vs. John Rolfe Venn Diagram partner activity http://www.powhatan.org/pocc.html

Women’s Roles: Pocahontas Myth, Puritan women

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Native Conflict: King Philip’s War

Colonial Slavery A People’s History by Howard Zinn, Ch. 2 The First Slaves History as a Weapon by Howard Zinn, Ch. 2 Drawing the Color Line

http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinncolorline.html

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit TestEssay Options from FRQ(s)

Video Clips:Black Robe:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L7qnVjMSgI&list=PLPj1WxHuZA5QVNPH20Gng-EWcaKwgsQrCPocahontas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkV-of_eN2wNew World:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viD3yNnPPure History:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2w09AlQ5P4The Middle Passage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvhKeJ6m3rY

Week 7-9Oct-13th – 31st

IV. UNIT NAME: Imperial Breakdown and Revolution, Ch. 5-6

TOPICSFrench and Indian War, British Mercantilism, Imperial Acts/Taxation, “Virtual Representation”,Boston Massacre, Lexington and Concord, Declaration of Independence, American Revolution

ASSIGNMENTSPrimary and/or Secondary source material(s):

The Albany Plan of Union Boston Massacre perspectives: Captain Thomas Preston’s account vs. The

Committee of the Town of Boston Thomas Paine’s Common Sense Declaration of Independence

Creation of a Propaganda Examine and Present Imperial Acts – Sugar, Stamp, Townshend, Intolerable,

etc. and present in the form of revolutionary propaganda

Analyze and interpret the Declaration of Independence• Role of African-Americans in the War: Would the Declaration of

Independence apply to them?

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit Test

Film Clips:The History Channel: Bloody Bostonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwvvv0EcWIE

Week 10-12 V. UNIT NAME: The First Republic and the Rise of the Parties Ch. 7-8

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Nov 3rd-21st TOPICSIroquois League, Articles of Confederation, Northwest Ordinance, Shay’s Rebellion,Constitutional Convention, Ratification of the Constitution, Bill of Rights ASSIGNMENTS

Primary and/or Secondary source material(s):• Iroquois Constitution• Daniel Gray Explains the Shaysites’ Greivances (1786)• The Constitution of the United States• Federalist #10• A Farmer Favors the Constitution (1788)• A Delegate Fears for the Little People (1788)

Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist In-class Debate: Should the Constitution be ratified?

• Role-play key players in the ratification of the Constitution• Examining the Primary Sources above, students will represent the

Federalist or Anti- Federalist argument.

ASSESSMENT Multiple Choice Unit Test Essay Options

• Compare and Contrast the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution.

• Argue and/or defend the major arguments of both a Federalist and an Anti-Federalist

Week 13-15Nov 24th- Dec 12th

VI. UNIT NAME: The Triumph and Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism Ch. 10-11

TOPICSHamilton v. Jefferson (Vision for America), Hamilton’s Economic Policies, Washington as President, Election of 1800, Jefferson Presidency, States’ Rights Debate, John Marshall and the Supreme Court, The Louisiana Purchase, Madison and Monroe presidencies, War of 1812, Missouri Compromise of 1820, Era of Good Feelings, Monroe Doctrine

ASSIGNMENTSStudents Project: Students will create an informative project that includes historical topics from1790 to 1825.

Students must research and present information on a minimum of 2 topics of interest under each of the 5 large themes listed below.

1. The Washington Administration (Foreign Policy and Economics)a. George Washington as 1st President

i. Executive and Judiciary establishments and Policies of Neutrality

b. John Adams as V.P. and 2nd Presidentii. Conflict and Peace with Franceiii. John Marshall and Judicial Review

c. Alexander Hamilton as Treasury Secretaryiv. “Father of the National Debt”

2. Emergence of Political Partiesd. Federalists (Hamilton) vs. Democratic-Republicans (Jefferson) ideas

i. Economy (Manufacturing vs. Agriculture)ii. Power of Government (Aristocrats vs. Common

People)iii. Foreign Policy (Pro-British vs. Pro-French)

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

3. Thomas Jefferson and the Jeffersonian Republice. Two-Party Election of 1800f. Peaceful Coercion and the Embargo Act of 1807g. Lewis and Clark Expedition/Sacagaweah. Louisiana Purchase

4. James Madison and the “Warhawks”i. Native conflict and Tecumseh the Prophetj. War of 1812 with the British

i. Star Spangled Banner5. James Monroe

k. The so-called “Era of Good Feelings”l. Moving West and Sectionalism (Free states vs. Slave states)

i. Missouri Compromise 6. Foreign policy and the Monroe Doctrine

Week 16Dec 15-19

VII. UNIT NAME: The Jackson Era, Ch. 12

TOPICS:Election of 1824, Expansion West and the transportation revolution, Indian removal, Trail of Tears, Bank Wars, Manifest Destiny, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act and Popular Sovereignty, Sectionalism, The Dred Scott case, The Lincoln-Douglasdebates, Election of Lincoln

ASSIGNMENTS Digital History Explorations: Indian Removal http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/indian_removal/

removal_policy.cfm Examine presidential papers (from Jefferson to Jackson) and Congressional acts Trail of Tears experience Geography of Westward expansion, Sectionalism and Compromise (1820-1854) Map analysis, political cartoon & quote analysis Texas, Oregon Territory, Conflict with Mexico and Negotiations with Britain, Free vs. Slave States, Sumner Beating in Congress, “Bleeding Kansas” Expansion under Polk and the War with Mexico Economics and migration patterns: Gold and Connecting the West-

Transcontinental Railroad

ASSESSMENT Multiple Choice Unit Test Essay Options: Even though slavery was flourishing, argue whether or not the United States

was becoming more democratic in the 1820s and 1830s. Analyze the “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824, the election of 1828 and the writings of

John C. Calhoun. Did Manifest Destiny exist, or was it just a land grab? Examine maps of the

United States from 1846 to 1860 Examine both the American and Mexican points of view

UCC Final Exam History 201

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 17-18 (19)Jan 5th-23rd

VII. UNIT NAME: Invisible Rights in a Growing Nation, Ch. 11-13TOPICSSlave Trade and the Middle Passage, Slavery and the economy, Life as a slave, Immigration and the increase of Nativism, Women in the workplace, the Abolitionist movement, Women’s Rights

ASSIGNMENTS Art analysis: The Middle Passage by Tom Feelings The Interesting Life of Ouladah Equiano (Gustavas Vassa) Middle Passage

excerpt Chart analysis of Cotton culture, Whitney’s Gin and the Southern economy Amistad case example Library of Congress Slave Narratives Volumes NightJohn by Gary Paulsen Compare and Contrast Abolitionist methods Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass as “conductors” Ain’t I a Woman speech by Sojourner Truth William Lloyd Garrison’s The Liberator Political Cartoon analysis: The Irish, The Know-Nothings Digital History Exploration: Female Pioneers

• Examine experiences and primary sources connected to: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Mary Lyon, Emma Willard, Catherine Beecher

ASSESSMENTEssay Options:

Was John Brown a murderer or martyr?• Imagery of John Brown, his personal letters, newspaper accounts,

Smithsonian article: John Brown and his Raid, view PBS documentary “John Brown” Describe women’s participation and experiences in areas such as the

Abolitionist Movement, the workplace, and in higher education. How were these events the catalyst to the

Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?

• Lucretia Mott at the Anti-Slavery Convention of 1831, Oberlin experiences, Declaration of Sentiments

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 20-22Jan 26th-Feb13th

IX. UNIT NAME: Civil War and Reconstruction, Ch. 14-16

TOPICS:Secession and the Confederate States of America, Emancipation Proclamation, African-American participation in the War, Politics of the war, Assassination of Lincoln, RadicalRepublican platform, Impeachment of Johnson, Rise of the Klan, Grant administration and its impact on the failure of Reconstruction

ASSIGNMENTS Civil War Timeline Politics of the Emancipation Proclamation: Did it “free” the slaves? Primary and/or Secondary source material(s):

• Support of/Resistance to the use of African-American troops in the Civil War letters and editorials

54th Massachusetts Regiment example (Glory) Advantages and Disadvantages comparison Rich North vs. Devastated South How to treat the South? Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Rights to newly freed slaves African-Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Newfound Freedom, c. 1865

• Excerpts from Margaret Walker’s Jubilee• Recent Scholarship: A&E documentary Secrets of the Klan in America

MusicJustin Townes Earle - Lone Pine Hill LyricsSteve Earle – Ben McCullough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_0h1StPJBM

VideosGloryTed ED - http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-digital-reimagining-of-gettysburg-anne-knowles

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit TestWas Reconstruction a success or failure?• Examine Federal legislation such as the13-15th Amendments, Freedmen’s Bureau,Civil Rights Act, and Sharecropping theory of economics vs. State laws/Black codes,Johnson Administration, Resistance groups and the reality of Sharecropping.

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 23-25Feb 17th-March 5th

X. UNIT NAME: An Industrial Revolution: Change in the City and on the Farm, Ch. 17-19

TOPICSCaptains of Industry vs. Robber Barons, Role of Business in politics, Laissez-Faire, Monopolies and Trusts, Working class and factory conditions, Child Labor, Strikes and the growth of National Unions, Immigration, Urbanization, Settlement Houses, Industrialization of Agriculture, Political dissent among farmers, Populism, Silver v. Gold standard, Panic and depression Era of Innovation and Invention affects on everyday useful items Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan bio comparison- background, industry, philanthropy

Primary and/or Secondary source material(s): Gospel of Wealth: Carnegie on Wealth Political cartoons: Modern Prometheus, Oil Octopus, Robber Barons and

Feudalism How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis Lewis Hines photojournalism- expose of child labor and newspaper editorial William Jennings Bryan Cross of Gold speech Ellis Island vs. Angel Island: geography, culture, systematic processes Immigrant Narratives Chinese Exclusion Act Nativist reactions: Reverend Josiah Strong Our Country and Yale University

Professor Francis A. Walker article in Atlantic Monthly, 1896 NLU vs. Knights of Labor vs. AFL comparison Cover in detail one of the major incidents when labor and capital clashed. Urban Problems American History article and History Channel: Secrets of the Underworld, NY: Sandhogs example Women influence social, economic and political development in the cities and

out West: Victoria Woodhill, Jane Addams, Lillian Wald, Charlotte Perkins Gilman,

Frontier & mining town women

MusicWoody GuthrieIWW Songs Various – Wobblies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv5KBw1FhVQ ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit TestDocument Based Essay QuestionUsing selected in-class primary sources (cartoons, quotes and excerpts) explain the positive and negative affects the Industrial Revolution had on the development of the United States socially, politically, and economically.

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 26-27March 9th-20th

XI. UNIT NAME: The Progressive Era & Theodore Roosevelt, Ch. 21

TOPICSProgressives, Muckrakers, Direct primary elections, 17th Amendment, Women and the battle for the vote/Suffrage, Square Deal, Anti-trust legislation/Trust-busting, Teddy Roosevelt, Conservation, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, WCTU and Frances Willard, William Taft, Republican party split

ASSIGNMENTSPrimary and/or Secondary source material(s)

John Spargo’s The Bitter Cry of the Children excerpts Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle excerpts Cosmopolitan article excerpts Lincoln Steffens’ Shame of the Cities Ida Tarbell’s expose Standard Oil Digital History Exploration: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Explore/examine photos, letters, newspaper accounts, primary documentation. Who were the Progressives? Areas of Reform? African-American equality not a focus. Federal level Progressivism: Theodore Roosevelt’s Contributions Report The New Freedom vs. The New Nationalism

UCC Final Exam History 202

Week 28March 30th-April 3rd

XII. UNIT NAME: American Imperialism: The Path to Empire, Ch.22

TOPICSYellow Journalism, Hawaii, Spanish-American War, Rough Riders, Open Door Policy, Big Stick Diplomacy, Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, Great White Fleet

ASSIGNMENTSPrimary and/or Secondary source material(s):

Alfred T. Mahan “The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783” William Randolph Hearst vs. Joseph Pulitzer “Remember the Maine” America on the World Stage: Maps and political cartoon analysis Imperial Menu, Civilization Begins at Home, Big Stick in the Caribbean Roosevelt Corollary interpretation Historical impersonation in-class debate Pros and Cons of Annexing the Philippines? Examine and apply arguments from Commodore Dewey, William Jennings

Bryan, Congressmen Raynor and Beverage, Emilio Aguinaldo, Reverend Josiah Strong

Videos: Rough Riders

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit Test

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 29April 6th-10th

XIII. UNIT NAME : The Great War, Ch. 23

TOPICSThe War to End all Wars, Wilson’s diplomacy, Mechanization of War, The Homefront:Propaganda, Civil Liberties, Workers, blacks, and women, Wilson ‘s idealism and the Fourteen Points, Doughboys, Versailles Treaty, the League of Nations and the Senate rejection

ASSIGNMENTS Forming Alliances simulation

Primary and/or Secondary source material(s): Propaganda posters – “The Great Adventure” Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918 Great Migration of African-Americans to the North Woodrow Wilson’s Message to Congress

Video The Lost Battalion

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit TestEssay Question:Identify and explain President Woodrow Wilson’s efforts and contributions in the Peace Process of the Great War, and analyze his success, or lack thereof. Include his idealism, 14 point specifics with an emphasis on the League of Nations, involvement in the Versailles Treaty, and his relationship with American Congress.

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 30-31April 13th-24th

XIV. UNIT NAME: Between the Wars, Ch. 24-25

TOPICSReturn to Normalcy, Isolationism, Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance, The “red scare”,Immigration policies, Prohibition, Emergence of mass consumption economy, Rise of the automobile, Radio and the movies, Economic boom and bust, Policies of Herbert Hoover, The Great Depression and the New Deal

ASSIGNMENTS Powerpoint project: Differentiated topic choice: Minimum of 2 major areas of

focus Prejudice – Red Scare, KKK, Immigration Quotas Pop Culture – Jazz Age, Baseball, Charleston, Movies (silent to talkies), Harlem Prosperity - Mass consumption, automobiles, foreign tariff, Installment plans,

“false”, speculation Politics – Harding, Tea Pot Dome scandal, Silent Cal, Herbert Hoover Stock Market Crash simulation Causes of the Great Depression

Primary and/or Secondary source material(s): Dorothea Lange Photography Election of 1932: FDR Inaugural Address Political Cartoon analysis – FDR the Doctor Letters to Eleanor from Depression Era women Dust Bowl Farmer – The Grapes of Wrath FDR’s Approach: 3 R’s and Alphabet Soup

Political Cartoons

Interview: Conduct an interview with a survivor of the Great Depression. Focus on their

personal experiences and struggles.

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit Test

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 32April 27th-May 1st

XV. UNIT NAME: World War II, Ch. 26

TOPICSAppeasement and Neutrality Acts, Lend-Lease Act, The Atlantic Charter, Pearl Harbor,Homefront: Internment of Japanese-Americans, Women in the War (Rosie’s), African-Americans during war, European Theater, D-day, Pacific Theater, Manhattan Project and the Bomb, Rise of the CIA, Yalta Conference

ASSIGNMENTSDigital History Exploration: World War II experiences

Examine and explore photos, letters, journals, newspaper articles, and mapsPrimary and/or Secondary source material(s):

Munich Agreement and speeches of Charles Lindbergh The Atlantic Charter U.S. Government propaganda posters - “Join the War” and “Homefront

responsibilities” Japanese Internment Letters Executive Order 1066 and Korematsu vs. U.S. Segregation of African-American troops documents Internal migration maps

Report: Analyze the economic situation of the United States (GNP, unemployment

rates, etc.) in the late 1930’s and discuss the “bust to boom” concept that occurred in the economy and the workforce by 1944. What factors led to American productivity? How did the war contribute to pulling America out of the Great Depression? What role did the Government play? In your report examine the economic policies with foreign countries and the changing role of women and minorities in the wartime industries during WWII.

Debate: Should America have dropped the Atomic Bomb? Pro/Con debate using primary source documents of the time, including Truman

letters, scientist opposition and support, Oppenheimer’s views, casualty numbers (comparing Berlin and Tokyo fire-bombings with A-bomb), accounts from survivors, Russia’s role and the future aftermath.

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit TestDocument Based Question Essay:Should the Allies have prevented the Cold War by destroying the Soviet Union immediately after Germany’s surrender?

analyze the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences examine Soviet polices

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 33May 4th-8th

XVI. UNIT NAME: Cold War Beginnings & the Eisenhower Era, Ch. 27-28

TOICSOrigins of the Cold War, Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, Potsdam Conference,Anticommunism, Korean War, Eisenhower Administration, McCarthyism, Rise of Suburbia, Baby Boomers, Consumer culture.

ASSIGNMENTSPrimary and/or Secondary source material(s):

Marshall Plan and foreign response (democratic vs. communist) Truman Doctrine and policies of containment George Kennan, Sources of Soviet Conduct Cold War, Anti-Communism political cartoon analysis McCarthy the “ruthless red-hunter” See-saw of Korea Containment or expansion? MacArthur the insubordinate. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address

ASSESSMENTReport:America in the 1950’s – Analyze and discuss the Economic and Social Culture of the decade. Include a minimum of 2 major economic and 3 social issues such as postwar prosperity, GI Bill, suburbia, easy credit and technological advertisement, Television, NASA and the Space race, Disneyland, Dr. Spock, the “cult of domesticity”, Fast food, “The King” and emergence of rock and roll, movies, literature.

Research should include books, film, documentaries, articles, essays, photographs, and interviews.

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 34May 11th-15th

XVII. UNIT NAME: The Sixties and the Transformation of America,Ch. 39

TOPICSCivil Rights Movement, Kennedy Administration, Pay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis,Vietnam War and the Peace Movement, Race riots, LBJ and the Great Society, Rise of the Counter Culture, Feminist Movement

ASSIGNMENTSGroup Research, Presentation and Critique AssignmentEach small group will be assigned to one of the following four major topics of the 1960’s, dividing the sub-topics between students. Groups will organize presentation of the large topic, each student responsible for a small component of the presentation. Hand-outs, notes, visuals (political cartoons, maps, photos, film footage) should be provided for your peers.

1) Civil Right Movement Brown vs. Board of Education Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks, SCLC Little Rock 9- Craig Raines and Melba Patillo accounts Civil Rights songs and poetry analysis I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Riders Then and Now article Eyes on the Prize documentary film footage Bullets not Ballots – Malcolm X Black Panthers document

2) Women’s Liberation NOW Mission Statement Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique excerpts Gloria Steinem Ms. Magazine (magazine Analysis of old editions 60’s-70’s) Equal Pay for Equal Work Title IX Equal Rights Amendment- ERA Roe v. Wade – 1973

3) Domestic Politics and Cold War Foreign Policy Conflict John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address Peace Corps Mission Statement Berlin Wall Vietnam Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis JFK Assassination Lyndon Johnson, The Great Society Speech

4) Counter Culture and the Sexual Revolution Disillusion of the establishment – Stewart Alsop editorial Newsweek 1970 Free Speech Movement-Berkeley influences The Experience of a Commune Drugs Birth Control Sexual tolerance movement Students for a Democratic Society & Young Americans for Freedom Manifestos “Flower Children”

ASSESSMENTDocument Based Question on each presented topicConclusion/Opinion Essay Question:

Did the movements and developments of the sixties make America better or worse?

Week Concepts and Major Assignments

Week 35May 18th-22nd

XVIII. UNIT NAME: Failures and Excesses of the Seventies, Ch. 29TOPICSRichard Nixon and conservative America, End of postwar boom, Middle East turmoil and oil, Fall of Saigon and decline of the United States military, Jimmy Carter, Urban decay, Drugs, disco, and disrespect of authority, Stagflation, Energy Crisis, Iranian crisis, Beginning of Aids and the Gay Rights Movement

ASSIGNMENTSPrimary and/or Secondary source material(s):

Nixon’s Détente PolicyGreat grain deal, ABM, SALT

Environmentalism – Rachel Carson’s Silent SpringPolitics- EPA, OHSA, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act

Watergate – The Undoing of a Presidento Political Cartoon analysisEmbargos and Energy Crises under Nixon and Carter – Middle East Crisis and the effect on the diplomatic and economic policies in the 1980’s to today’s current history.

ASSESSMENTMultiple Choice Unit Test

Week 36May 26th-June

XIX. UNIT NAME: The Resurgence of Conservatism and the last decades of the 20th Century, Ch. 30

TOPICSThe “New Right” and Ronald Reagan, Economics of the ‘80s and ‘90s, End of the Cold War, Persian Gulf War, Rise of Newt Gingrich, Republican Revolution, and the Contract with America, Clinton years, Election of George W. Bush

ASSIGNMENTSEssay:Was the Reagan Revolution good for America? Examine speeches by Reagan, Gingrich and Bush. Explore articles from the Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, The National Review, Institute for Policy Studies, and The New Republic

Debate:Was the impeachment of Bill Clinton politically or socially motivated? In what ways can this event be compared to historical presidential scandals?

Research past political presidential scandals. (Jefferson, Harding, Kennedy, etc..)

Examine Clinton Impeachment trial – Official Transcripts from the House Judiciary Committee

Analyze the role of technological mass media and its effects on the role of the presidency in the 21st century.

UCC Final Exam History 201

Texts: - Selected readings from Person: The American Journey- Selected readings from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States- Documents for American’s History Volume 1+2 Melvin Yazawa

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