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FIRST QUARTER- Pre-Columbian Era- The Early Republic
THEME 1: PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA AND COLONIZATION Chapter 1: The meeting of Old World and New, 1492-1600 Chapter 2: Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1640 Chapter 3: American Society Takes Shape, 1640-1720 Chapter 4: Growth and Diversity, 1720-1770
Students will study Chapters 1-4 for the first test. It is an overview of the discovery of the Americas through colonization.
Week 1: Ø Introduction to A.P. United States History Ø Quiz on Summer Reading Assignment Ø A.P. Diagnostic Test
v Writing Assignment: This assignment will be explained on Friday and the students will have the weekend to complete. This will be used to evaluate whether or not the students have the writing skills necessary to be successful in the class.
Week 2: Ø Review Diagnostic Test, Review Writing Sample Assignment. Ø Early European Exploration and Columbus Voyages. Ø An understanding of the three main cultures that interacted with each other as a result of the European voyages of exploration and discovery of the 15th and 16th centuries. Ø Spanish Colonization and Exchange of Diseases, Plants, and Animals. Ø English Colonization, Life in the Chesapeake: Virginia and Maryland Ø Founding of New England, Life in New England. Ø Religious, social, economic and political changes in 17th century English society. Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 2 Ø Interpretation of Letters: Students will read and interpret the Letters of Columbus, March 14, 1493, and The Letter of Columbus on the Discovery of America.
Week 3: Ø The English Civil War, Stuart Restoration, and the American Colonies. Ø The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening Ø Forced Migration of Africans, European Relationship with Native Americans. Ø Colonial Political Development, Economic Growth. Ø Analyze the internal makeup of colonial society to show more clearly how certain forces interacted to create a unique American society. Ø Colonial culture and the role of religion in Colonial life. 1776 Paper Due TEST- multiple response, definitions, 5 paragraph essay Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 3 Ø Discuss the “Clash of Cultures” based on an article that will be read as homework. THEME 2: The Road to Revolution, The American Revolution Chapter 5: Severing the Bonds of the Empire, 1754-1774 Chapter 6: A Revolution, Indeed, 1775-1783 Chapter 7: Forging a New Republic, 1776-1789 Week 4: Ø The French and Indian War, Resistance to Britain Ø Renewed warfare between Europeans and Native Americans. Ø Explain the role of each of the following in the development an s spread of the colonial resistance movement: pamphlets, legislative protest, crowd action, economic protest, public rituals, and committees and correspondence. Ø Turning Point: 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townsend Acts Ø Resistance to British Taxation, Boston Massacre
v DBQ Assigned: Students will receive instructions for their first DBQ Assignment. This assignment will be a take home assignment. The question and documents can be obtained at my website. Students may also obtain hard copies if they do not have internet access.
Ø Discussion of documents from DBQ assignment throughout the week as they pertain to the lessons. Documents and other Primary Sources for Week Ø Discuss Paul Revere Engraving- “The Bloody Massacre Perpetuated in King Street Boston on March 5th, 1770 By a party of the 29th Regiment.” Week 5: Ø The Boston Tea Party, Discussion/Debate- Choosing Sides: Loyalists vs. Patriots Ø In-depth analysis of the Declaration of Independence. Correlation of the grievances to the events leading to the revolution. Ø Examine the process and methods by which the resistance movement was transformed into a coalition in favor if independence. Ø Examine British strategy during the course of the Revolutionary War. Ø Examine the American strategy during the course of the Revolutionary War. Ø DBQ- practice citing from documents. Students will review documents From first DBQ assignment. They must make 5-10 practice citation sentences on provided worksheet. Ø Review and discussion of citations. Evaluate good and bad examples.
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 5 Ø Discuss excerpt from The Firsthand America, A History of the United States, David Burner, 1996. 1773 George Hewes account of the Boston Tea Party. Ø Discuss excerpt from Common Sense, Thomas Paine, 1776 Ø Discuss excerpt from The American Crisis, Thomas Paine, 1776
Week 6: Ø Explain the process by which Americans gained international recognition, and assess the significance of the that accomplishment. Ø Discuss the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Paris, and explain the significance of the treaty’s provisions. Ø Creating a New Republic, Designing the Government Ø State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation Ø DBQ Due: American Revolution Ø Test- Multiple Choice, Fill-ins, Definitions, Essay Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 6 Ø Read and Discuss: The Treaty of Paris, Our Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Week 7: Ø Discuss the problems faced by the Confederation Congress, and assess its handling of those problems. Ø Examine the forces that led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention. Ø Discuss the characteristics of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and examine the role played by James Madison Ø Discuss the major disagreements that emerged during the drafting of the Constitution, and indicate how those disagreements were resolved. Ø Explain the basic provisions and the underlying principles of the Constitution of the United States. Ø Discuss the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, and explain why the Federalist forces prevailed. Ø TEST- multiple response, definitions, short essay Ø DBQ Assignment Due Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 7 Ø Read and Discuss Excerpts: Virginia Plan, 1787 and Northwest Ordinance, 1787, Our Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives THEME 3: THE NEW REPUBLIC Chapter 8: Politics and Society in the Early Republic, 1776-1789 Chapter 9: The Empire of Liberty, 1801-1824 Week 8: Ø Building the Government Ø Americans expect a future of prosperity, expansion, national unity, and independence from Europe. Ø The role of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1789 and 1800. Ø Examine the debate between the Federalists and Republicans about major foreign policy issues between 1789 and 1801. (Group Debate) Ø Domestic Policy Under Washington and Hamilton Ø 1808, Abolishing Slave Trade Ø Examine the debate between the Federalists and the Republicans about major foreign policy issues between 1789 and 1801, and discuss the domestic impact of this debate. Ø Adams and Political Dissent (Group Project: Connecting to Politics Today) Ø Cooperative Learning: Western Expansion, Social Change, Religious Ferment Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 8 Ø Read and Discuss: Excerpts from “The Federal Judiciary Act of 1789”, Ø 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Read and Discuss: “George Washington’s Farewell Address”, September, 19, 1796- Our Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Read and Discuss: “The Alien and Sedition Acts”, 1898 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Read and interpret excerpts from Roots, Alex Haley WEEK 9: Ø Discussion: Founding Brothers, Chapter 1: The Duel Ø Jeffersonian Era Ø Republicans vs. Federalists, read articles, participate in debate of issues. Ø American Neutrality Ø Jefferson’s decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory. Understand the political and economic impact of the purchase. Ø Examine the hostility between the United States and Shawnee from 1801 through the War of 1812. Ø ESSAY: Evaluating U.S. Expansion Policies Ø Review the circumstances that led to the Monroe Doctrine and discuss it’s significance. Ø War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Oliver Perry, Tecumseh, Treaty of Ghent Ø Panic of 1819 and Renewed Sectionalism, Quiz Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 9 Ø Read Excerpts: “The Louisiana Purchase”, 1803, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Marbury vs. Madison Case, 1803, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives and Great American Trials, Knappman Ø Missouri Compromise, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø McCullough v. Maryland, Great American Trials, Knappman
SECOND QUARTER- Jacksonian Era- Civil War and Reconstruction
THEME: EXPANSION AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS DURING THE JACKSON ERA Chapter 10: Rails, Markets, and Mills: The North and West 1800-1860 Chapter 11: Slavery and the Growth of the South, 1800-1860 Chapter 12: Among Strangers and Friends: People and Communities 1800-1860 Week 1: Ø Take Home Assignment on Chapter 10. Overview of Chapter in class. This chapter will not be covered as extensively in class. Students must rely on information obtained from homework assignment. Ø Discuss the impact of expansive, agrarian, slave-based economy on the development of Southern Society. Ø Discuss the characteristics of the lives of slave owners and their value system, attitudes towards slavery. Ø Students will dissect Chapter 11 & 12 by becoming various groups in society such as Free Southerners, Farmers, Planters, Free Blacks, Elite Women, Immigrants, and others. Ø Students will prepare and present to the class the trials and tribulations of their life and experiences. Ø Chapter 10 Homework Due, Presentations complete by end of week. THEME 5: THE JACKSONIAN ERA AND MANIFEST DESTINY
Chapter 12: Among Strangers and Friends: People and Communities (Last Section: Indian Resistance and Removal) Chapter 13: Reform, Politics, and Expansionism, 1824-1844 Week 2: Ø Discuss the causes, characteristics, and consequences of the Second Great Awakening. Ø Indicate the ideas, leaders, and contribution of the following reform movements in early nineteenth-century American society: temperance, anti-gambling, movement to establish penitentiaries, insane asylums, and other social institutions, and the women’s movement. Ø Discuss the growth of the anti-slavery movement, and explain its impact on American society. Ø The Women’s Movement, connecting Temperance and Abolition Ø TEST Week 3: Ø Discuss the policies towards Native Americans during the first half of the 19th century and Native American response to these policies. Ø Discuss the expansion of the frontier in early nineteenth-century American society, and explain how Americans dealt with the isolation of frontier life. Ø Manifest Destiny and Expansionism Ø Discuss the emergence of an expansionist sentiment in the 1830’s and 1840’s, and explain the debate over the Texas and Oregon territories. Ø The War with Mexico Ø Explain the dissention and fears that emerged as a result of the Mexican War, and discuss the political, social, and economic consequences of the war. Ø Book Review: Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of a Slave, Frederick Douglass assigned with questions. Ø Read excerpts from the document, Impact of the Morrill Land Act, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
Week 4: Ø Election of Andrew Jackson, Indian Resistance and Removal, Ø Examine how the political, social, and economic ideology of the Jacksonian Democrats was translated into policy during the terms of Jackson and Van Buren, and explain the impact of those policies. Ø Nullification and Bank Controversy Ø Whig Challenge and Second Party System Ø DBQ Essay Test- Students will be given several documents relating to Andrew Jackson and his dealing with Native Americans and Mr. Biddle’s Bank. Students must choose one of two questions on these topics and answer in an essay format using the documents to support their answer. Test- Multiple Response, Definitions, Short Essay on Chapters 12 & 13
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 4 Ø Analyze Political Cartoons: Students will analyze a political cartoon by an anonymous cartoonist. The cartoon depicts the situation with Biddle’s Bank as a parody of the children’s story “This is the House That Jack Built”. Ø Students will analyze a series of other cartoons about the bank crisis. Ø Read: President Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress “On Indian Removal” 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Jacksonian Era and the Beginnings of Modern Party Politics
THEME 6: SLAVERY, THE ROAD TO WAR, THE CIVIL WAR
Chapter 14: Slavery and America’s Future: The Road to War, 1845-1861 Chapter 15: Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861-1865 Week 5: Ø Identify the sectional disputes that led to the Compromise of 1850: cite provisions of the Compromise: and explain the re-emergence of sectionalism tensions between 1850-1854. Ø Explain the introduction of and debate over the Kansas-Nebraska Bill: cite the bill’s provisions, and explain the consequences of it being enacted into law. (Group Debate) Ø Abolition, John Brown, Bleeding Kansas Ø Discuss the arguments advanced by Southern leaders to justify both the extension of slavery into the territories and slavery itself. Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 5 Ø Compromise of 1850, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Discussion of The Peculiar Institution, Kenneth M. Stampp, 1956 with excepts from the book. Week 6: Ø Explain the Supreme Court decision of Dred Scott v Sanford and examine its impact. Ø Discuss the failed attempts at compromise after the election of 1860, and explain the movement toward secession in the South. Ø Examine the social, political, and economic impact of the Civil War on the North, its values and its people. Do the same with the South. Ø Explain the efforts of both North and South to achieve their diplomatic objectives and explain the outcome of those efforts through a t-chart. Ø Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of a Slave, Frederick Douglass Due Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 6 Read: Scott vs. Sanford, 1857- Excerpt from Chief Justice Roger Taney 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives and Great American Trials, Knappman Week 7: Ø DBQ Assignment- Students will be assigned an out of class document based essay assignment regarding the changing opinion of Abraham Lincoln concerning slavery before, during, and after the Emancipation Proclamation. Ø Discuss the impact of military life and wartime experiences on Confederate and Union soldiers during the Civil War. Ø Anti-War Sentiment, Opposition to the Draft Ø Examine the emergence of dissent and disorder in the Confederacy and the Union in the final two years of the war. Ø Discuss the financial and human costs of the Civil War, and indicate what issues were resolved and what issues were left unresolved at the war’s end. Ø Lincoln Assassination Ø TEST Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 7 Ø Read and Discuss: Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Read and Discuss: War Department General Order 143: Creation of U.S. Colored Troops, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Costs and Effects, Gettysburg Address
THEME 7: RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH
Chapter 16: Reconstruction: A Partial Revolution, 1865-1877
Week 8: Ø Discuss: 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment. Cite the major provisions of these amendments, reason for their passage, and compromised embodied in each. Ø Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan Read and Interpret: speech text from Andrew Johnson’s first annual message to Congress, on December 4, 1865. Johnson explains his reasons for his Reconstruction policy. Ø Discuss white northern attitudes toward African Americans and equality, examine the impact of these attitudes on the Reconstruction process. Ø The Congressional Reconstruction Plan Ø Reconstruction Politics in the South Ø Examine and evaluate the means by which white southern Conservatives attempted to regain control in the South, and indicate the outcome of their efforts.
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 8 Ø Read and Discuss: Wade-Davis Bill, 1864, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Read and Interpret: speech text from The Fruits of Victory: Alternatives in Restoring the Union, 1865-1877. Michael Les Benedict, ed. View of George Julian, an extreme radical Republican
Week 9: Ø Jim Crow and Segregation in the South Ø Examine the Reconstruction experience for African Americans. Ø Discuss the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan as a means to keep white control of politics in the South. Ø Plantation Life and Sharecropping Ø Test
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 6 Ø Internet: Read and discuss list of various Jim Crow Laws from across the South. Discuss the impact of the laws on the black community. Ø Political Cartoon: Students will create a political cartoon examining and exploiting the problems with Reconstruction in the South.
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THIRD QUARTER: The Industrial Age- The Great Depression/New Deal
THEME 8: THE INDUSTRIAL AGE
Chapter 17: Transformation of the West and the South, 1877-1892 Chapter 18: The Machine Age: 1877-1920 Chapter 19: The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877-1920
Week 1: Ø Examine the building of the railroad industry on the American economy, and perception of time and space. Ø Chinese Immigration Ø Examine the role of women, African Americans, children, and immigrants in the workforce and union movement. Ø Describe the causes and outcomes of the major strikes of the late 1800’s. Ø Industrial Society, Sweatshops, Child Labor, Triangle Fire, Frances Perkins Ø Group Activity: Organization of Unions, Strikes- Students will look up and define various terms associated with union activity. Each group will be assigned a strike to study and answer questions about. Groups must present their findings. Ø Describe the problems farmers faced in the last half of the 19th century and the ways in which they sought to improve their situation.
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 1 Ø Read: Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Excerpts from The Jungle, Upton Sinclair, 1906
Week 2: Ø Examine the factors responsible for urban growth during the late 19th century. Ø Discuss problems associated with people living in the cities and evaluate the responses to those problems. Ø Urban Life, Development of the Cities, Problems of the City, City Services, Ø Tenement Housing, Dumbbell Tenements Ø Immigration, Settlement House, Jane Addams, Hull House Ø Discuss similarities and differences between immigrant groups from the period from 1880 to 1920. Ø Ethnic Heritage Project: Students will discover their own ethnic background and report back to class with information to create a massive chart on the wall in the classroom. The chart will have various areas of the world divided up and color coded. Ø TEST
THEME: PROBLEMS OF URBAN SOCIETY, THE GILDED AGE, PROGRESSIVISM
Chapter 20: Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900 Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1895-1920
Week 3: Ø Examine and evaluate the urban political machines and political bosses of the late 19th century. Ø Discuss the major political and economic issues of the Gilded Age. Ø Examine the progress of the women’s suffrage movement during the Gilded Age. Ø Identify the leading Progressives and the actions they took to reform the government. Ø Gospel of Wealth, Carnegie and Rockefeller, and other big industrialists. Ø Discuss Captain of Industry vs. Robber Baron Ø Analyze the success and failures of various Progressive groups. Ø Spoils System: Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur Ø Identify amendments passed between 1913-1920 and how they advanced Progressive reforms. Ø Examine the similarities and differences between T. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson.
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 3 Ø Analysis of Nast Cartoons featuring Boss Tweed Ø Read and Discuss: The Pendleton Act, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Read excerpts of Ida Tarbell’s muckraking articles in McClure’s Magazine
Week 4: Ø RESEARCH PAPER: Research papers will be assigned during the fourth week of the Second Semester. It will be due during the 4th quarter. Paper topics will focus on social movements during the late 19th century and 20th century.
Ø Explain and evaluate the approaches of African Americans, Native Americans, and women to the problems they faced during the Progressive Era, and discuss the extent to which they were successful in achieving their goals. Ø Discuss and evaluate the impact of progressive ideas in education, law, and the social sciences. Ø Theodore Roosevelt Video Ø Test Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 4 Ø Opposing view of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, read and discuss Excerpt: From The Future of the Negro, Booker T. Washington, 1899 Excerpt: From The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois, 1903
THEME : IMPERIALISM AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Chapter 22: The Quest for an Empire, 1865-1914 Chapter 23: Americans at War, 1914-1920
Week 5: Ø Examine the reasons for late 19th century expansionism and imperialism. Ø Outline arguments presented by both the imperialists and anti-imperialists. Ø American Interests in Latin America, Building of the Panama Canal Ø Evaluate the American policy toward Asia in the 19th century and early 20th century. Ø Evaluate the American policy toward Latin America in the early 20th century. Ø Having Our Say: reading assignment with book review essay questions.
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 5 Ø Anti-Imperialism Debate: Article: On the Race for Empire- Ø Anti-Imperialists- Read passages from William G. Sumner, Yale University professor, in an 1898 speech and Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League, October 17, 1899. Ø Pro-Imperialists- Read passages from Albert Beveridge, leading imperialist and Later U.S. Senator, 1898 speech and the Reverend Josiah Strong, Our Country,
Week 6: Ø Isolationism, President Wilson, Causes of the Great War Ø Discuss Woodrow Wilson’s attempt to keep the U.S. out of the war. Ø Causes of U.S. entry into the War, 1917 Ø The Yanks Are Coming! U.S. Entry into the War Ø Essay/Letter: Students will compose a letter from the front lines to their family at home. Letter should discuss the morale of troops and condition of trench warfare. Ø Examine the impact of the First World War on the following: The Home Front, Loyalty, Conservation, War Effort, Federal Government, Labor, Women, and African Americans. Ø Examine the debate over the Treaty of Versailles and the American entry into the League of Nations.
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 6 Ø Read Document: The Zimmerman Note, Our Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Read and Discuss: Address to Congress by Woodrow Wilson, 1917, Our Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Read and Discuss Charles Schenck Case, Great American Trials, Knappman Ø Read and Discuss: The Fourteen Points- Connect the points to the causes of the war.
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THEME: THE PROSPERITY OF THE 1920’s, GREAT DEPRESSION, AND NEW DEAL
Chapter 24: The New Era of the 1920’s Chapter 23: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941
Week 8: Ø Look at how the social tensions arose after World War I including: labor unrest, trouble for farmers, the revolution of manners and morals, and threats to civil liberties. Ø Consumer Economy, Credit, Farming Troubles Ø Examine how the policies of Presidents Harding and Coolidge encouraged business expansion and prosperity. Ø Prohibition, Volstead Act, and Organized Crime Ø Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan Ø Having Our Say: Due
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 8 Ø Read Text: 18th Amendment, Volstead Act, 21st Amendment Ø Analysis of the Poem: Harlem, Langston Hughes. Marcus Garvey
Week 9: Ø 1932 Election, Views on the Responsibility of the Government to the People Ø The New Deal: Relief, Recovery, and Reform Ø Discuss purpose and role of the Bank Holiday, Fireside Chats Ø Use of New Deal Legislation to solve the Great Depression. Ø Examine the impact of the Great Depression and New Deal on African Americans, Native Americans, and women, and explain the responses of these groups. Ø Critics of Roosevelt: Father Coughlin, Huey Long, Dr. Townshend Ø Examine the problems Roosevelt encountered during his second term. Ø Test
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 9 Ø Document: Social Security Act, 1935, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Speech: Roosevelt’s Defense of Second New Deal, 1936, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
FOURTH QUARTER: World War II- Modern Era
THEME: BREAKDOWN OF GLOBAL PEACE, WORLD WAR II
Chapter 26: Foreign Relations in a Broken World, 1920-1941 Chapter 27: The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945
Week 1: Ø Understand the atmosphere in Europe and rise to power of dictators prior to the outbreak of the war. Ø Explain the nature and growth of American isolationism. Ø Look at the reasons why the French and British did not respond to German expansion. Ø Review the changing political climate in Spain. Ø Examine the deterioration of Japanese-American relations from the 1920’s to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Ø Understand the events that led to the outbreak of the war and the U.S. entry into the war. Ø Understand why the Japanese felt they needed to attack Pearl Harbor and the impact it will have on the U.S. concerning the war and the treatment of Japanese in America.
Week 2: Ø Discuss the changing role of women during the war. Ø Discuss the role of African Americans at home and abroad during the war. Ø Be able to explain how the entry into the war brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression because of the change from a peace time economy to a wartime economy. Ø Examine the American civil liberties record during the Second World War. Ø The end of the war and impact it will have on the future, particularly the Cold War. Ø Evaluate the American response to the Holocaust and the plight of Jewish refugees. Ø TEST
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 2 Ø Document: Lend Lease, 1941, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Document: Executive Order 9066, Relocation of the Japanese, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Women and Minorities in War Industries Ø Document: Executive Order 8802, Prohibition of Discrimination in Defense Industry, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
THEME: POST-WAR AMERICA AND THE COLD WAR
Chapter 28: Cold War Politics, McCarthyism, and Civil Rights, 1945-1961 Chapter 29: the Cold War Era, 1945-1991 Chapter 30: American Society During the Postwar Boom, 1945-1970
Week 3: Truman Years Ø Research Papers Due Ø Discuss the domestic economic problems faced by the Truman Administration during the immediate postwar period. Ø Discuss the United States’ adjustment to a peacetime economy and society. Ø Determine the post-war events that led to the Cold War Ø Post-War Germany, Berlin, Berlin Blockade Ø The policy of Containment and the Domino Theory Ø Identify the causes of the Korean War. Ø Explain how American involvement in Korea affected political and social conditions at home.
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 3 Ø Document: The Truman Doctrine, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø United Nations, Nato, Warsaw Pact Ø Document: The Marshall Plan, 1948, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Document: Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces, 1948 Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
Week 4: Eisenhower Years Ø Explain the reasons for Eisenhower’s popular appeal. Ø Describe the resolution of the Korean War. Ø Look at how the fear of Communism led to an era of suspicion. Ø Questions of Loyalty, Suspicion, Spy Cases Ø Explain Joseph McCarthy’s rise to power and ultimate decline, and discuss the postwar wave of anti-Communism. McCarthyism Ø Discuss the domestic issues facing the Eisenhower administration: explain and evaluate the administration’s handling of those issues. Ø Discuss the effectiveness of American foreign policy during the 1950’s. Ø TEST
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 4 Ø Read and Discuss: Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
Week 5: Kennedy Years Ø Kennedy and the New Frontier, Idealism of the Administration Ø Examine, evaluate, and discuss the consequences of the defense and foreign policy views, goals, and actions of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Ø Fidel Castro, Cuba, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Wall Ø Describe the obstacles to Kennedy’s domestic policy as opposed to the success of Johnson winning Congressional approval of social legislation. Ø Kennedy Assassination- the impact on a generation. Ø Discuss the major cases decided by the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and their impact on American life and society. Ø QUIZ
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 5 Ø Read and Discuss: The Content of Kennedy’s Inaugural Address, 1961, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Document: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Trials- Read and discuss the Miranda vs. Arizona, Gideon vs. Wainwright, Escobedo vs. Illinois, and Baker vs. Carr, Great American Trials, Knappman
THEME: SOCIAL REFORM: CIVIL RIGHTS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS, NATIVE AMERICAN MOVEMENT.
Chapter 28: Cold War Politics, McCarthyism, and Civil Rights, 1945-1965 Chapter 32: Reform and Conflict: A Turbulent Era, 1961-1974
Week 6: Ø Review the term Jim Crow and the treatment of African Americans as Second Class Citizens. Ø Review the impact of the Plessy vs. Ferguson Case. Ø Look at the impact of African American service during World War II on the emergence of stronger Civil Rights activism. Ø The Sources of the mass movement: 1. Black Urbanization 2. Religious Faith 3. Constitutional Rights 4. Media Coverage Ø Identify the key events of the 1950’s that led to changes in the status of southern blacks. Ø Discuss the story of Emmitt Till Ø Picture Caption Activity: Students will get into groups and discuss several pictures from the Civil Rights movement and what the captions for these pictures might be. Ø Civil Disobedience: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Little Rock
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 6 Examine Court Case: Brown vs. The Board of Education, 1954, Documents, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives and Great American Trials, Knappman
Week 7: Ø Describe how methods and goals of the Civil Rights Movement shifted during the 1960’s. Ø Discuss the following with video excerpts from “Eyes on the Prize” Sit-Ins, Freedom Rides, Freedom Summer, Marches, Selma. Ø White Backlash, Affirmative Action, Reverse Discrimination, and the Bakke Case Ø How did the Civil Rights Movement influence other groups such as women, Native Americans, Hispanics and Environmentalists? Ø NOW, AIM, Chavez, Rachel Carson and the Environment. Ø Test
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 7 Ø Document: Civil Rights Act, 1964, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives Ø Document: Voting Rights Act, 1965, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
THEME: A TURBULENT TIME- VIETNAM TO WATERGATE
Chapter 31: Contesting Nationalism and Revolution: The Third World and the Vietnam War, 1945-1989 Chapter 32: Reform and Conflict: A Turbulent Era, 1961-1974
Week 8: Ø Describe the Colonial History of Vietnam: rule by China, the French, and the Japanese. Ø Discuss American interest in restoring and maintaining French rule in Vietnam. Ø Identify American objectives in Vietnam between 1954-1963. Ø Effect of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on U.S. Military involvement in Vietnam. Ø 1968: Year of Crisis, violence and demonstrations sweep the nation, the election. Ø Discuss the course of the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1975: explain the war’s impact on Southeast Asia and American society. Ø Test
Documents and other Primary Sources for Week 8 Ø Document: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964, 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
Week 9: Ø The Burger Court and school busing laws. Ø Nixon’s foreign policy with China and the Soviet Union. Ø Nixon Administration from Kent State to Watergate, scandals divide the nation. Ø The struggle between the hawks and the doves. Ø The end of the war. Ø Discuss the illegal activities that constituted the Watergate Scandal. Ø Examine the impact of the Watergate Scandal on the American people, American society, and American institutions, and discuss and evaluate the reforms enacted in the scandal’s aftermath. Ø Quiz
*DBQ ESSAY: A DBQ style essay will be present on the semester exam concerning the Watergate Scandal.
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