ASSIGNMENTS, NOTES & REVIEWS

FALL SEMESTER:

UNIT I: AMERICAN IDEALS & GEOGRAPHY

• Ch. 2 - Defining & Debating American Founding Ideals
• Ch. 3 - Setting the Geographic Stage
• Unit I Review (map only)
• Unit I Table of Contents

UNIT II: A NATION & ITS IDEALS EMERGE

• Ch. 4 - The Colonial Roots of America's Founding Ideals
• Ch. 5 - Americans Revolt
• Ch. 6 - Creating the Constitution (Chapter 6 Power Point)
• Ch. 7 - An Enduring Plan of Government (Chapter 7 Power Point)
• Unit II Terms (30)
• Unit II Review
• Unit II Table of Contents

UNIT III: THE GROWTH OF & CHALLENGES TO AMERICAN IDEALS

• Lecture I: [Periods 2 & 6] [Periods 3 & 4]
• Lecture II: [Periods 2 & 6] [Periods 3 & 4]
• Article: "America's True History of Religious Tolerance"
• Ch. 11 - Reconstruction
• Unit III Terms
• Unit III Review
• Unit III Table of Contents

• Ch. 12 - The American West [take notes from book if you missed class]
• Ch. 13 - Innovation and Industry
• Ch. 14 - Labor's Response to Industrialism [take notes from book if you missed class]
• Ch. 15. - The Immigrant Experience Power Point [take notes from book if you missed class]
• Unit IV Terms
• Unit IV Review
• Unit IV Table of Contents [Periods 2 & 6]

• Ch. 16 - Uncovering Problems [take notes from book if you missed class]
• Ch. 17 - The Progressive Response
• Ch. 18 - Progressivism at the National Stage
• Unit V Terms
• Unit V Review
• Unit V Table of Contents [Periods 2 & 6] [Periods 3 & 4]

UNIT VI & VII - BUILDING AN EMPIRE & WWI

• Ch. 19 - Foreign Policy: Setting a Course of Expansionism
• Ch. 20 - The Spanish-American War
• Ch. 21 - Acquiring and Managing Global Power
• Ch. 22-23 - WWI [PPT]
• Ch. 24 - The Home Front
• Ch. 25 - The Treaty of Versailles: To Ratify or Reject?
• Fall Mini-Research Essay (periods 3 & 4)
• Unit VI-VII Terms
• Unit VI-VII Review
• Unit VI-VII Table of Contents

UNIT VIII - THE TWENTIES

• Chapter 26 - Understanding Postwar Tensions
• Chapter 27 - The Politics of Normalcy [PPT for periods 3 & 4]
• Chapter 28 - Pop Culture in the Roaring Twenties (PPT)
• Chapter 29 - The Clash Between Traditionalism and Modernism
• Unit VIII Terms
• Unit VIII Review
• Unit VIII Table of Contents

FALL PROJECT & FINAL EXAM

• Final Exam Review (Concepts & Map)
• Final Exam Terms

SPRING SEMESTER:

UNIT IX - THE GREAT DEPRESSION

• The Crash of 1929 Video [Video Questions]
• Chapter 30 - The Causes of the Great Depression
• Chapter 31 - The Response to the Economic Collapse [Economic Indicators Activity]
• Chapter 32 - The Human Impact of the Great Depression
• Chapter 33 - The New Deal and Its Legacy [Take notes from the book if you missed the PPT]
• Unit IX Notecards
• Unit IX Review
• Unit IX Table of Contents

• Chapter 34 - The Origins of World War II
• Chapter 35 - The Impact of World War II on Americans
• Chapter 36 - Fighting World War II -- The Bombing of Germany Video
• Chapter 37 - The Aftermath of World War II
• Unit X Notecards
• Unit X Review
• Unit X Table of Contents

• Chapter 38 - Origins of the Cold War
• Chapter 39 - The Cold War Expands
• Chapter 40 - Fighting the Cold War at Home
• Unit XI Notecards
• Unit XI Review

• Chapter 41 - Peace Prosperity and Progress
• Chapter 42 - Rebelling Against Conformity
• Chapter 43 - Two Americas
• Unit XII Notecards
• Unit XII Review
• Unit XI-XII Table of Contents

• Chapter 44 - Segregation in the Post-World War II Era [Emmett Till Poem]
• Chapter 45 - the Civil Rights Revolution
• Chapter 46 - Redefining Equlity: From Black Power to Affirmative Action [Powerpoint]
• Chapter 47 - The Widening Struggle
• Unit XIII Notecards
• Unit XIII Table of Contents
• Unit XIII Review

• Chapter 48 - The Age of Camelot
• Chapter 49 - The Great Society
• Chapter 50 - The Counterculture
• Unit XIV Notecards
• Unit XIV Review
• Unit XIV Table of Contents

Unit XV - THE VIETNAM WAR

• Chapter 51 - The United States Gets Involved in Vietnam
• Chapter 52 - Facing Frustration in Vietnam [Power Point]
• Chapter 53 - Getting Out of Vietnam
• Unit XV Review
• Unit XV Table of Contents

Spring Final Exam Review

• List of Study Terms for Units IX through XIV
• Unit XV Review