U.S. History, High School
2020-2021 Course Outline
2020-2021 Course Outline
Required Text: Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. McClay, Wilifred.
Projected Units of Study:
Week 1: Introduction to US History
Week 2: Early Native American Culture
Week 3: European Exploration and Colonization
Week 4: The Development of the 13 Colonies
Week 5: The Road to Revolutionary War
Week 6: The Revolutionary War
Weeks 7&8: The US Constitution
Week 9: The Bill of Rights
Week 10: The Rise of Political Parties
Week 11: Westward Expansion
Week 12: People's Rights Problems
Week 13: The Development of the United States' Economy
Week 14: The Road to Civil War
Weeks 15&16: The Civil War
Week 17: The South After the Civil War
Week 18: The West After the Ciivil War
Week 19 The North After the Civil War
Week 20: Big Business: Competition and Cooperation in the Late 1800s
Week 21: Workers and Farmers
Week 22: The Progressive Era: 1900-1916
Week 23: American Expansion and International Politics: 1870-1914
Week 24: World War 1
Week 25: The Search for Security and Prosperity: The 1920s
Week 26: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Week 27: World War 2
Week 28: US Foreign Policy: 1940-1960
Week 29: Post-War Prosperity: 1945-1960
Week 30: The Vietnam Era: 1960-1975
Week 31: The Years of Civil Unrest: 1960-1975
Week 32: Foreign and Domestic Policy: 1975-1995
Week 33: Wrap-Up and Final
Weekly assignments include: reading from the assigned text; reviewing notes from class lectures with particular focus on the lesson's core questions (3-5 questions that are to be answered in paragraph form); and completing extension activities that require students to compare and contrast persons, events, documents, and ideas throughout U.S. History or to elucidate causal relationships between the same.
Projected Units of Study:
Week 1: Introduction to US History
Week 2: Early Native American Culture
Week 3: European Exploration and Colonization
Week 4: The Development of the 13 Colonies
Week 5: The Road to Revolutionary War
Week 6: The Revolutionary War
Weeks 7&8: The US Constitution
Week 9: The Bill of Rights
Week 10: The Rise of Political Parties
Week 11: Westward Expansion
Week 12: People's Rights Problems
Week 13: The Development of the United States' Economy
Week 14: The Road to Civil War
Weeks 15&16: The Civil War
Week 17: The South After the Civil War
Week 18: The West After the Ciivil War
Week 19 The North After the Civil War
Week 20: Big Business: Competition and Cooperation in the Late 1800s
Week 21: Workers and Farmers
Week 22: The Progressive Era: 1900-1916
Week 23: American Expansion and International Politics: 1870-1914
Week 24: World War 1
Week 25: The Search for Security and Prosperity: The 1920s
Week 26: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Week 27: World War 2
Week 28: US Foreign Policy: 1940-1960
Week 29: Post-War Prosperity: 1945-1960
Week 30: The Vietnam Era: 1960-1975
Week 31: The Years of Civil Unrest: 1960-1975
Week 32: Foreign and Domestic Policy: 1975-1995
Week 33: Wrap-Up and Final
Weekly assignments include: reading from the assigned text; reviewing notes from class lectures with particular focus on the lesson's core questions (3-5 questions that are to be answered in paragraph form); and completing extension activities that require students to compare and contrast persons, events, documents, and ideas throughout U.S. History or to elucidate causal relationships between the same.