American History
Unit 5 | 1890s - 1940s
Reading & resources
ECAMPs study guide
Online textbook:
Crash course videos:
Unit 4 | 1865 - 1898
Reading & resources
Online textbook:
Crash course videos:
Unit 3 | 1844-1877
Readings & resources
Online textbook Ch. 12 | Cotton is King, Ch. 14 | Troubled Times, Ch. 15 | The Civil War, Ch. 16 | The Era of Reconstruction
Crash course videos 18 | War and Expansion, 19 | The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion, 20 | Battles of the Civil War, 21 | The Civil War, Part 1, 23 | The Civil War, Part 2, 24 | Reconstruction & 1876
Unit 2 | 1815 - 1848
Readings & resources
Crash course videos #12 Market Revolution | #13 Slavery | #14 Age of Jackson | #15 19th Century Reforms | #16 Women in the 19th Century
Unit 1 | 1789 - 1815
Tasks:
9/2 & 6 | Comparing/contrasting Washington's presidency chart 10 pts.
9/13 & 14 | Unit 1 quiz 10 pts | Kahoot! for review
9/21 & 22 | Unit 1 test 30 pts & ECAMPs due 10pts.
Readings & resources
Crash course videos: The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism | Where US politics came from | Jefferson & his democracy | The War of 1812
In each unit, students will examine these five major objectives and prepare to support a discussion of the objectives with historical evidence.
- Evaluate the American identity in terms of perspective, change, and continuity.
- Evaluate the relationship between the American people and the government in terms of freedom, equality, and power.
- Analyze the American economic system in terms of affluence, poverty, and mobility.
- Understand how movement, settlement, and expansion influenced American development.
- Understand the reasons for American involvement in conflicts and the domestic and foreign impacts.
Geography
Although we will not have a geography test, students will need to be familiar with the layout of our country.