US/DE History

Course Description:

This class will explore US History with both a chronological and thematic approach with a focus on inquiry into the evolution of American democratic principles, changes in society, economic and geographical development, and the emergence of the United States as a global power. Special attention to the contributions of Arizona and its diverse cultures and individuals in United States history will be examined. Students will be encouraged to use 21st Century skills to connect the past to their current and future lives. This class includes literature, text, and film with an emphasis on the central theme “The American Dream”.

The goal for this class is to learn thinking skills not facts. We live in a wonderful time where all of human knowledge can be found on a phone. Google knows all. However not everything Google knows is true. Students taking this class will be able to answer critical thinking questions: Is the information I’m receiving valid? How does it affect me? How can I connect this learning to other things I’ve learned. By mastering these skills students become learners for life.

For the 2020/2021 School Year we will be using the Florida Virtual Curriculum. This is accessed though Schoology. Unlike a traditional year that mean we will be starting with the Civil War and ending in the Great Depression for Fall Semester and go from World War II to end of the Cold War for Spring Semester. We appropriate I will bring in materials that reflect event from before these times (such as the Constitution or the struggle between states rights and the power of the federal government) to provide background to the covered events.

Dual Enrollment students will receive additional assignments to creae more depth for these events and their causes.

Cheating and Plagiarism are defined as:

Cheating: (1) using or attempting to use or providing others with any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, examinations, or in any other academic exercise or activity, including working in a group when the instructor has designated that the quiz, test, examination, or any other academic exercise or activity be done “individually”; (2) depending on the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (3) substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, in taking an examination or preparing academic work; (4) acquiring tests or other academic material belonging to a faculty member, staff member, or another student without express permission; (5) continuing to write after time has been called on a quiz, test, examination, or any other academic exercise or activity; (6) submitting substantially the same work for credit in more than one class, except with prior approval of the instructor; or (7) engaging in any form of research fraud.

Falsification: altering or fabricating any information or citation in an academic exercise or activity.

Plagiarism: representing, by paraphrase or direct quotation, the published or unpublished work of another person as one’s own in any academic exercise or activity without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes using materials prepared by another person or by an agency engaged in the sale of term papers or other academic materials.