Literary Pacing Guide for Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850):
ISBN-10: 0486280489
ISBN-13: 978-0486280486
Literary Pacing Guide for Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885):
ISBN-10: 0486280616
ISBN-13: 978-0486280615
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***John Green's CRASH COURSE on UNITED STATES HISTORY via YouTube!***
"Place the States Game" (Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government): United States Geography
40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense Of The World
Presidential Rankings: #1-44 (George Washington to Barack Obama):
U2's "Walk On" (9/11 Tribute) c/o MTV
UNIT 1: FOUNDATIONS TO 1733 (~1492-1733)
Unit 1 Qualifier:
Unit 1 Corrective:
Unit 1-Foundations to 1733 (~1492-1733):
16th & 17th Century European Colonizing Efforts:
Crash Course #1: The Black Legend, Native Americans & Spaniards
Crash Course #2: When is Thanksgiving? Colonizing America
Crash Course #3: The Natives & the English
Crash Course #4: The Quakers, the Dutch & the Ladies
"Aztec Massacre" from PBS' "Secrets of the Dead"
Elizabeth: The Golden Age ("I, too can command the wind")
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (The Battle of Gravelines & the defeat of the Spanish Armada)
"Virginia Company" from Disney's "Pocahontas"
African Slavery & the Middle Passage
Slavery and the Making of America (PBS)
Viewing Guide for "Slavery and the Making of America" (PBS):
Journey Through Slavery: "Terrible Transformation" (Episode 1 of 4)
American History: Colonial America (Discovery Education)
Viewing Guide for "Amistad" (1997):
UNIT 2: AN ERA OF CONFLICT (1733-1781)
Unit 2 Qualifier:
Unit 2 Corrective:
Unit 2-An Era of Conflict (1733-1781):
America's Colonial Wars, 1689-1753:
The French & Indian War (RevolutionaryWarAnimated.com)
Key Events in the Revolutionary War:
The American Revolution (RevolutionaryWarAnimated.com)
Crash Course #5: The Seven Years War & the Great Awakening
Crash Course #6: Taxes & Smuggling---Prelude to Revolution
Crash Course #7: Who Won the American Revolution?
"The War That Made America" (Part 1): PBS
"The War That Made America" (Part 2): PBS
"The War That Made America" (Part 3): PBS
"The War That Made America" (Part 4): PBS
"The French & Indian War Changes the Fate of America"
PBS' "Liberty" Series: "The Reluctant Revolutionaries" (1763-1774)
PBS' "Liberty" Series: "Blows Must Decide" (1774-1776)
"The Declaration of Independence" (Foreign Policy Research Institute)
Viewing Guide for "The Patriot" (2000):
UNIT 3: A NEW GOVERNMENT IS BORN (1781-1790)
Unit 3 Qualifier:
Unit 3 Corrective:
Unit 3-A New Government is Born (1781-1790):
Federalist & Anti-Federalist Positions:
Crash Course #8: The Constitution, the Articles & Federalism
PBS' "Liberty" Series: "Are We To Be A Nation?"
Annenberg Classrom's "Key Constitutional Concepts"
Lesson Plan for Annenberg Classroom's "Creating A Constitution":
Lesson Plan for Annenberg Classroom's "One Man Changes The Constitution: The Right To Counsel":
Lesson Plan for Annenberg Classroom's "Checks & Balances: Presidential Power":
"National Treasure" (2004): Trailer
"National Treasure: Book of Secrets" (2007): Trailer
UNIT 4: AN EMERGING NATION (1789-1820)
Unit 4 Qualifier: PAGES 93 & 94 IN AMERICAN HISTORY I MANUAL (+ ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTED PAGE)
Unit 4 Corrective:
Unit 4-An Emerging Nation (1789-1820):
Federalist Party vs. Democratic-Republicans:
Graphic Organizer of The Two-Party Political System:
Key Events & Causes---War of 1812:
Crash Course #9: Where U.S. Politics Came From
Crash Course #10: Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy
Crash Course #11: The War of 1812
The Colbert Report: "Gun Control & State Sovereignty"
Aaron Burr & Alexander Hamilton: GotMilk? Commercial
Lin-Manuel Miranda: "The Alexander Hamilton Mixtape" (White House Poetry Jam 2009)
"Hamilton: The Musical" (CBS Sunday Morning)
National Geographic's "Lewis & Clark: The Great Journey West"
PBS: "Slavery And The Making Of America"
"Last of the Mohicans" (1992): Trailer
Viewing Guide for "Last of the Mohicans" (1992):
UNIT 5: THE AGE OF JACKSON (1820-1850)
Unit 5 Qualifier:
Unit 5 Corrective:
Unit 5-The Age of Jackson (1820-1850):
Unit 5-Expository Writing:
"Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" by Jon Krakauer
Southern Society at 1860:
Varieties of Anti-Slavery Reform Movements:
Goal 2 Quilts (Fall 2010):
Goal 2 Quilts (Spring 2014):
Crash Course #12: The Market Revolution
Crash Course #14: Age of Jackson
Crash Course #15: 19th Century Reforms
Crash Course #16: Women in the 19th Century
Crash Course #17: War & Expansion
PBS: "Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & the Presidency"
"Gadsden Purchase" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Viewing Guide for "The Alamo" (2004):
UNIT 6: INTERNAL STRUGGLE OF A NATION (1850-1877)
Unit 6 Qualifier: PAGES 237-239 IN AMERICAN HISTORY I MANUAL
Unit 6 Corrective:
Unit 6-Internal Struggle of a Nation (1850-1877):
From Compromise to Conflict---The Crisis Unfolds:
Crash Course #18: The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion
Crash Course #19: Battles of the Civil War
Crash Course #20: The Civil War, Part I
Crash Course #21: The Civil War, Part II
Crash Course #22: Reconstruction & 1876
America: The Story of Us ("Division")
"Reconstruction" from PBS' "Freedom: A History of US" (Episode 7: "What Is Freedom?")
"The Legacies of Reconstruction" (Part 6: Facing History and Ourselves)
"12 Years A Slave" (2013): Trailer
Viewing Guide for "Glory" (1989):
North Carolina Final Exam---Review Timeline (A):