US 2

The introduction to our class centers around the personalities and major feats that have helped develop the United States of America in a post civil-war society.

We begin in the 11th chapter of US History, published by Savvas. Our content focuses on mass industrialization leading to monopolies; The Spanish-American War; World War I from the U.S.'s perspective; Causes and culture of the Great Depression; The New Deal and FDR; Entry into World War II; The Holocaust; The Cold War and Korean War; Internal Crisis of the 1950s; The Vietnam War; Counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s.

Assignments include but are not limited to: Terms and definitions; Google Form reviews; Summary reviews; Educational Puzzles; 'Quizzes' review; Kahoot review; Guided lectures; Discussions; Google Slides research presentations; Documentary reviews and questions.

US History II Syllabus

(Distributed in class)

Units of study:

[America Comes of Age, 1890-1920]

1. Progressives Drive Reform

2. Women Gain Rights

3. Striving for Equality

4. Reformers in the White House

5. American Influence Grows

6. The Spanish-American War

7. The U.S. Emerges as a World Power

[World War I and the 1920s, 1914-1929]

8. America Enters World War I

9. The Home Front During World War I

10. The End of World War I

11. The Postwar Economy Booms

12. Government in the 1920s

13. An Unsettled Society

14. The Roaring Twenties

15. The Harlem Renaissance

[The Great Depression and New Deal, 1928-1941]

16. The Ordeal of Reconstruction

17. The New Deal

18. The Great Depression

[World War II, 1931-1945]

19. Rise of Dictators

20. The U.S. Enters World War II

21. A War on Two Fronts

22. The Home Front

23. The Allies Win World War I

24. The Holocaust

[Postwar America, 1945-1960]

25. Beginning of the Cold War

26. The Korean War

27. The Cold War Fears at Home

28. Mass Culture & Social Issues of the 1950s

[Civil Rights and Reform in the 1960s]

29. The Civil Rights Movement Strengthens

30. Kennedy's Reforms

31. Reform Under Johnson

[The Vietnam War Era, 1954-1975]

32. The Cold War and Vietnam

33. America's Role Escalates

34. The Antiwar Movement

35. The War's End and Effects

36. The Counterculture of the 1960s

Classroom Rules and Expectations

1. All students will be respectful to each other and the classroom.

2. The room must be put back together after each class. Desks in the correct location and books returned to shelf

3. Cell phones will not be used in class (Unless instructed otherwise). Any cell phone taken away will be sent to the office

4. All homework must be completed on time. Each day late results in five points off for minors, and ten points off for majors

5. A notebook grade will be given for each chapter. Notes are to be written daily in a notebook.

6. Tests and projects 50%, Quizzes, classwork, and homework 50%

7. All assignments must be submitted as a hard copy or shared in Google.

Student Name: ____________________________Student Signature:___________________________

Parent Signature:__________________________________

Are you looking for even more info? Check out a few documents here:

Oral history of Hitler and Mussolini from Columbia University's historical archives: https://guides.library.columbia.edu/c.php?g=800712&p=5722270

Collection of manuscripts, papers, and other primary materials of Franklin D. Roosevelt: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/list.html

Primary sources on the Holocaust: https://jewishphilly.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Primary-Sources-Online.pdf

Federal archives and primary sources on the Cold War: https://libguides.csun.edu/hist674/coldwarsources

PBS's insight and info on the 60s Counterculture (primary sources):https://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/library/index.html

Ken Burns' 'Civil War' mini-series:https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/