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Course Syllabus U.S. History 2012 - 2013

Mr. Fraser

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A. This course will examine our past, present, and future. We will examine how we have lived, are living and will live based on facts and opinions. The course starts with the settlements of the early Europeans. We will then study how the settlers formed a new confederation, a constitution and a new government. The course then examines the challenges to that early government. We will look in depth at the constitution and the strength of that document. The next part of the course uncovers the westward movement of the citizens and the challenges the Indians and citizens had as the two very different peoples collided on the western frontier. After the challenges with the Indians, the infant country faced its toughest battle to date, the Civil War. We will study the tragedy of that war. The next half of the course examines the emergence of the U.S. as a world power from the late 1890’s through World War 1. The students will then take as trip through the roaring twenties and the great depression studying the good times of economic boom to the depressing times of the Great Depression. The course then snakes its way through World War II and the reconstruction of the world economies and their government. The last half of the book explores our nation after the Great Depression and the relationship it shares with the rest of the world as a world superpower. We will study the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War and foreign policy since 1992.

B. Each student is on his/her on task. Each student will do work based on the level they are at. The student will walk into the classroom and sit at their assigned seat. The instructor will pass out the workbooks, the textbooks, pencils, and paper. The students will do bookwork, read outside supporting materials such as National Geographic. The students will also do computer exercises that support their work. The students will go to the bathroom at 10:30 and 2:20.

C. Course Objectives 1. To introduce students to the importance of looking at society to determine outcomes of future complexities. 2. To introduce students to the various disciplines in social studies. 3. To orient students on the various ways of deciphering information provided to us as a society. 4. To provide students with real time experiences with social studies skills they have learned.

D. Course topics 1. Early European settlement 2. Early government 3. The Constitution 4. Westward expansion 5. Native Americans 6. The Civil War 7. Reconstruction 8. The Roaring Twenties 9. The Great Depression 10. World War 1 11. World War II 12. The U.S. after WW II 13. The Cold War 14. The Nuclear Arms Race 15. The fall of the Soviet Union 16. Foreign policy since 1992

E. Text The Americans published by McDougal Littell F. Grading Each student will start with an A in the class. The student will determine if they keep that A based on the work completed, effort, and grades. Each student must complete 120 seat hours for credit. Nova Net students will receive credit at completion of the course. Students will be given End Of Course test which will count 20% of their grade.

F. Rules and procedures are attached.

G.Emergency Procedures See instructions posted on the wall of the classroom. A first aid kit is in the classroom.

Tentative schedule

The course is broken down into 36 weeks (4 nine week periods ) and 36 chapters. Each student is expected to complete a chapter per week in the book, workbook, and test book.

Students will pick up on the week they arrive if they start after Aug. 20, 2008.

Each course is different and each student is unique. Therefore, instruction will differ and time will be allotted accordingly. H. Extra Credit is possible if needed and will be assigned on an individual basis according to the students’ level and course.

I. The course will be as hard as you make it. If you don’t work, you want pass.

K. The computer use is a privilege to enhance your learning experience. That privilege can be taken away.

L. Your suggestions will be listened to. Refer to Love and Logic.

Standard USHC-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the settlement of North America.

Standard USHC-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the establishment of the U.S. as a new nation.

Standard USHC-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the westward movement and the resulting regional challenges that took place in America in the nineteenth century.

Standard USHC-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and the course of the Civil War and Reconstruction of in America. Standard USHC-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of major social, political, and economic developments that took place in the U.S. during the second half of the nineteenth century.

Standard USHC-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of foreign developments that contributed to the U.S. emergence as a world power in the twentieth century.

Standard USHC-7: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the economic boom-and-bust in the U.S. in the 1920’s and 1930’s, its resultant political instability, and the subsequent worldwide response.

Standard USHC-8: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of World War II on the U.S. and its foreign and domestic policies.

Standard USHC-9: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the social, economic, and political events that impacted the Cold War era.

Standard USCH-10: The student will demonstrate an understanding of developments in foreign policy and economics that have taken place in the U.S. since the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite states in 1992. First nine weeks Chapter 1 Three Worlds Meet Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter Chapter 2 Colonies Emerge Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 3 Colonies Come of Age Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 4 The War for Independence Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 5 Shaping the New Nation Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

The Living Constitution Chapter 6 Launching the New Nation Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 7 Nationalism Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 8 Reforms Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Women Slavery Workplace reform Chapter 9 Westward Expansion

Second nine weeks Chapter 10 The Union In Peril Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 11 The Civil War Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter Read Soldier Daddy Chapter 12 Reconstruction of the Nation Rebuilding the hearts and minds of the citizens Read Soldier Daddy Comes Home Chapter 13 Changes in the West Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 14 The Industrial Age Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 15 Immigration and Urbanization The struggle with today’s immigration Chapter 16 Life in 1900 Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 17 The Progressive Era Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 18 America Claims an Empire Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Third nine weeks Chapter 19 World War One Watch Sgt. York and War Horse Chapter 20 The Roaring Twenties and the Social Changes Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 21 The Great Depression Begins Read The Great Gatsby Chapter 22 The Great Depression Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Chapter 23 The New Dealer 23 Complete section reviews Complete Chapter test Complete review puzzle for understanding Complete 30 slide power point on chapter

Long lasting social programs and push towards socialism Chapter 24 World War Looms Again Chapter 25 World War Two Watch Shindler’s List Chapter 26 Cold War Conflicts Chapter 27 Postwar Boom

Fourth nine weeks **During this semester, we will start reviewing for EOC test in workbooks. Chapter 28 The Great Society Chapter 29 Civil Rights Power Point Martin Luther King and His Speeches Chapter 30 Vietnam Watch Platoon Chapter 31 Social Change Equality for all Chapter 32 An Age of Limits Watergate Chapter 33 Conservatism Chapter 34 The United States in Today’s World

Review For End Of Course Exam