Welcome to IBUSH. This course will run on B days in 3rd block, opposite AP Psychology with Ms. Ford.
This course is the first year of the International Baccalaureate History course in the Diploma Programme at Southside. This course has an End of Course (EOC) Exam which will be taken in May and satisfies the South Carolina requirements for US History and the Constitution.
During this year 1 of the 2-year IB History programme, IBUSH students will undertake a study of Topic 8 in the IB History of the Americas Paper 3 - regional option content: "Causes and course of the US Civil War". Details are in the full syllabus.
Please see the complete syllabus linked above for information on course content, assessment and teaching philosophy. An abbreviated overview of the APUSH content standards are linked below divided by period: the course content will be framed roughly along these lines, so as to accommodate the needs of those students who have chosen to independently prepare to take that supplemental examination, while satisfying the requirements for South Carolina's US History and the Constitution credit.
PLEASE NOTE: Southside High, in accordance with GCSD, has adopted a new cellphone policy that has been put in place for 2nd semester. Please familiarize yourself with the new regulations, which are in the syllabus and posted in our Google Classroom stream. 1/4/2024
2nd SEMESTER UNIT PACING and MAJOR ASSESSMENT KEY DATES
January 4-22: Unit 4 The Civil War: Causes, Course and Effects. In-class essay January 16; multiple choice unit test January 22
January 24-February 16: Unit 5 The Rise of Industrial America (Native Americans and the West, immigration and cities, the New South). Short multiple-choice unit test February 16
FEBRUARY 21: BENCHMARK #1
February 23- March 6: Unit 6 Responses to Industrialism (Gilded Age industrialists, populism and progressivism). Multiple choice unit test on March 6.
March 6-April 11: Unit 7 Imperialism, WW1, the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression. Great Depression one-pager, multiple-choice unit test on April 11 (note: this unit is interrupted by Spring Break on March 15-22, and Easter Weekend March 29-31)
APRIL 4: BENCHMARK #2
April 13- April 30: Unit 8 WW2. Open-book short multiple-choice test on April 30.
April 30 - end: units 9 and 10, America in the Cold War and Modern America (no final test)
EOC EXAM: MAY 8
