American Studies
Welcome to American Studies! We are very excited to guide you through America's cultural past and present. Below are links to the major units we'll be learning about this year. There are also links to the major types of projects students will be creating this year. Feel free to check it out and get a feel for what we'll be reading, watching, listening to, and discussing. Please note that some of these pages are still under construction and that we will be adding new content (teachers and students) as we go through the year.
Haiti Unit
Journals
Group Presentations
The Twenties
Great Depression / WWII
The Fifties
The Sixties
The Seventies and Eighties
Nineties/2000's
American Dream Unit
Great Migration / Invisible Man
Misc Links:
1. Wash Post feature on school racial makeup
Helpful Links:
1. Here is a link to a good digital textbook.
2. Univ. of Texas - historical map collection
3. Great website on popular culture: The Pop History Dig
4. Link to Zinn's book, A People's History of the United States. Here is a link to recording of Zinn reading his introduction and Matt Damon reading other passages (about the 1960's) from A People's History.
5.Media Bias Rating Website - know the political leanings of what you're reading!!!!!
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Class Notes:
Important Documents: