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AMERICAN HISTORY
COURSE SYLLABUS
HOLMES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
JAMES E. SIMS
Second Semester
World War I (1914-1920)
The 20s and 30s (1920-1939)
World War II (1939-1945)
Cold War & American Society (1945-1960)
The 1960s/Vietnam Era (1960-1975)
Special Topics Post Vietnam to the Present (1975-2006)
HISTORICAL PERIODS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
The Colonial Era (1607-1763)
A Quarter Century of Revolution (1763-1788
The Nation Takes Shape (1789-1841)
A House Divided (1841-1877)
The Gilded Age (1865-1900)
The Age of Innocence (1898-1914)
A Time of Transition (1914-1932)
The Age of Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Continuity and Change (1945-1980)
The Travail of Liberalism (1981-2005)
Objectives
World War I
Obj.1: Discuss the road to war.
Obj.2: List the reasons for American entrance into World War I.
Obj.3: Discuss Americans on the European front.
Obj.4: Examine the Home Front in World War I.
Obj.5: Discuss the Allied counterattack.
Obj.6: Examine the U.S. as a global peacemaker.~
The 20s and 30s
Obj.1: Discuss social change in the 1920s.
Obj.2: Discuss the new morals and manners of the Jazz Age.
Obj.3: Describe politics and the economy in the 1920s.
Obj.4: Examine America during the Great Depression.
Obj.5: Analyze the New Deal.
Obj.6: Identify some of the criticisms of the New Deal.~
World War II
Obj.1: Discuss the events leading to war in Europe.
Obj.2: Analyze the Holocaust (1933-1945).
Obj.3: Describe the beginning of the war in Europe.
Obj.4: Examine the early stages of World War II.
Obj.5: Characterize the American Home Front in World War II.
Obj.6: Summarize the Allied European War Effort.
Obj.7: Describe the War in the Pacific.
Obj.8: Evaluate the results of World War II.~
Cold War and American Society
Obj.1: Discuss the post-War problems and the beginning of the Cold War.
Obj.2: Examine America’s Role in the Korean Conflict.
Obj.3: Examine the Early Stages of the Vietnam Conflict.~
The 1960s/Vietnam Era
Obj.1: Analyze the Civil Rights Movement (1947-1968).
Obj.2: Discuss Foreign Affairs during the Kennedy Administration.
Obj.3: Examine the Vietnam War (1955-1975).
Obj.4: Evaluate American Culture and Society in the Nixon Years (1968-1974).
ASSIGNMENTS:
Homework (Section and Chapter Assessments)
Research Paper Reading (Silently and Orally)
Study GuidesReports Computer Lab / History Projects (Integrating History with Technology)
PowerPoint Presentation Development
Graphic Organizers (charts such kwl, timeline, cause and effect, etc.)
Historical Research-LibraryWorking with Primary Sources (Documents)Special Projects-Online The National Archives, The Florida Archives, Genealogy
Pop Tests
Chapter Tests
Semester Test
Other academic work as deemed necessary by the American History Teacher
Based on the Florida Sunshine State Standards
Reading Techniques used: fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
Why Study History?
The study of history is essential in developing citizens who understand contemporary issues with a depth and wisdom drawn from the experience of the past. Without history, a society shares no common memory of where it has been, of what its core values are, or of what decisions of the past account for present circumstances. Lacking a collective memory of important things, people lapse into political amnesia, unable to understand what newspapers are saying, to hear what is in -- or left out of -- a speech, or to talk to each other about public questions. To quote the Bradley Commission on History in Schools, the study of history. . .
"helps students to develop a sense of 'shared humanity'; to understand themselves and ... how they resemble and how they differ from other people, over time and space; to question stereotypes of others, and of themselves; to discern the difference between fact and conjecture; to grasp the complexity of historical cause; to distrust the simple answer and the dismissive explanation; to respect particularity and avoid false analogy; to recognize the abuse of historical 'lessons' and to weigh the possible consequences of such abuse; to consider that ignorance of the past may make us prisoners of it; to realize that not all problems have solutions; to be prepared for the irrational, the accidental, in human affairs, and to grasp the power of ideas and character in history." (Gagnon, 1988).
Such a broad and deep understanding of history enriches individual experiences as students go on to take their place as stewards of the principles of a democratic society, as inheritors of many cultures, and as members of an economically interdependent and culturally diverse world.
LESSON PLANS
AMERICAN HISTORY--SIMS
APRIL 21-25, 2008.
MONDAY—CHAPTER 27 TEST.
TUESDAY— BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR PERIODS 1,3,5 AND 7.
CIVIL RIGHTS--CHAPTER 29 READ SECTIONS 1 AND 2 AND WORK SECTION REVIEWS 1 AND 2 QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5. WORK THE CHAPTER 28 HISTORY GUIDE. CH 28 TEST ON MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY— BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR PERIODS 2,4,5 AND 6.
CIVIL RIGHTS--CHAPTER 29 READ SECTIONS 1 AND 2 AND WORK SECTION REVIEWS 1 AND 2 QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5. WORK THE CHAPTER 28 HISTORY GUIDE. CH 28 TEST ON MONDAY.
THURSDAY— CIVIL RIGHTS--CHAPTER 29 READ SECTIONS 3 AND WORK QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5.
FRIDAY— WORK THE CHAPTER 29 MAIN IDEAL QUESTIONS. REVIEW THE ANSWERS FOR TNR,
LESSON PLANS
AMERICAN HISTORY--SIMS
APRIL 28-MAY 2, 2-UP.
MONDAY—CHAPTER 28 TEST.
TUESDAY— BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR PERIODS 1,3,5 AND 7.
THE VIET NAM WAR YEARS--CHAPTER 30 READ SECTIONS 1 AND 2 AND WORK SECTION REVIEWS 1 AND 2 QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5. WORK THE CHAPTER 29 HISTORY GUIDE. CH 29 TEST ON MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY— BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR PERIODS 2,4,5 AND 6.
THE VIET NAM WAR YEARS--CHAPTER 30 READ SECTIONS 1 AND 2 AND WORK SECTION REVIEWS 1 AND 2 QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5. WORK THE CHAPTER 29 HISTORY GUIDE. CH 29 TEST ON MONDAY.
THURSDAY— VIETNAM WAR YEARS--CHAPTER 30 READ SECTIONS 3 AND WORK QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5.
FRIDAY— VIETNAM WAR YEARS--CHAPTER 30 READ SECTIONS 4 AND WORK QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5.E
LESSON PLANS
AMERICAN HISTORY--SIMS
MAY 5-9, 2008
MONDAY—CHAPTER 29 TEST.
TUESDAY— BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR PERIODS 1,3,5 AND 7.
1960S MEDIA / VIETNAM WAR MEDIA. READ AND DISCUSS CH 30 SECTION 5; WORK QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5.
WEDNESDAY— BLOCK SCHEDULE FOR PERIODS 2,4,5 AND 6.
1960S MEDIA / VIETNAM WAR MEDIA. READ AND DISCUSS CH 30 SECTION 5; WORK QUESTIONS 1,3 AND 5.
THURSDAY— 60S / 70S MEDIA AND WORK THE CH 30 MAIN IDEAL QUESTIONS.
FRIDAY— WORK THE CH 30 HISTORY GUIDE.
NOTE: OTHER CLASS ACTIVITIES WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE 1960S AND 1970S: MEDIA, DISCUSSIONS, REPORTS, ECT.
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HISTORY IS
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History is the study of the past and how it relates to us today.
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HISTORICAL NOTES
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Former President Harry Truman stated that the history we don't know is the only new thing in the world.
THINK ABOUT THIS
Planning for the future without a sense of the past is similiar to planting cut flowers and hoping for the best.
TO THINK ABOUT
The laws that govern us, the freedoms we enjoy, the institutions that we often unfortunately take for granted, represent the hard work of others stretching back far into the past. Acting indifferent to this fact does not just smack of ignorance, but rudeness. The freedoms we enjoy are not just a birthright, but something for which millions have struggled, suffered and died.
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INTERESTING FACT
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A study by historian Jean Jacques Babel indicates that during the past 5,500 years of recorded history that only “292 years “have been without armed conflict somewhere on the planet. Furthermore that during these 5,500 years of recorded history there has been over “15,000” wars or conflicts which have took a toll of more than “3,500 million lives.”
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