US History Foundations to Present A
Course Overview:
U.S. History is a survey course that begins with a study of the political and economic situation in Europe that led to the founding of the colonies, continues with an examination of the events that defined our country’s emergence as an international power in the twentieth century, and ends with present-day topics. Special attention is paid to the Colonial period, the Revolutionary War, the Constitution, the Federal period, the War of 1812, the Age of Jackson, the Ante Bellum period, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the demise of communism. First semester begins in the Pre-Colonial era and ends in Reconstruction. Second Semester begins during the era of American industrialization and ends in the modern era.
Students taking this course will define unit-specific key terms and explain their significance, analyze primary sources and watch historical documentaries, and will write essays designed to flesh out the broad historical themes of each unit. By doing these activities, students will be exposed to a rigorous academic regimen, develop strong study and writing skills, and most importantly to intellectual material that demonstrates there is so much more to the study of history than memorization of names, dates, and places.
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Unit 1: Foundations of the American Republic
Unit 2: Development of Constitutional Government
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Confederate Prisoners, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863