United States History II aims to meet New Jersey Core Content Standards and prepare students to be active participants in the 21st century. We will examine the growth and development of the United States following WWI to the present. Our focus will be on the expanding role of the U.S. in the world after 1917 as well as the continuing struggle to meet the expectations of our founding principles.
Essential Questions:
1. How does America’s involvement in foreign conflicts and resolutions of the 20th century have a lasting impact on modern America?
2. How does the confluence of government, business, technology and culture of the past 100 years affect the lives of Americans today?
Areas of Study:
Unit I - Modern America Emerges (1917-1929)
Unit II – Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Unit III – Post-World War II United States (1945-1965)
Unit IV – Challenges to American Superiority (1965-1989)
Unit V – Globalization (1989-Present)
Grade 11 Writing Initiative:
Through a structured, yearlong process, students will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in persuasive essay writing and the use of historical evidence through various research projects.
SUPPLIES:
ring binder is helpful for this class as there will be many handouts.
Colored Pencils for coloring maps
loose leaf paper or a notebook with pockets
AP U.S. History II is a special, college level learning experience for the committed scholar of history. It is challenging and stimulating and, compared to other high school courses, takes more time, requires more work and effort, gives greater opportunity for individual progress and accomplishment, and goes into greater depth. Successful completion of the AP exam often allows the student to earn college credit.
The course has been designed to encourage students to become apprentice historians who are able to use historical facts and evidence in the service of creating deeper conceptual understandings of critical developments in U.S. history. The AP Exam will measure student proficiency in the application of reasoning processes as well as the thematic learning objectives outlined below:
American and National Identity (NAT)
Work, Exchange, and Technology (WXT)
Migration and Settlement (MIG)
Politics and Power (PCE)
America in the World (WOR)
Geography and Environment (GEO)
American and Regional Culture (ARC)
Social Structures (SOC)
Supplies:
Ring binder, colored pencils, looseleaf paper