American History 2
The study of American History II is designed as a survey course and a continuation of the American History I curriculum. After the study of American History I, this survey course will begin with the development of the West and industrialization during the Gilded Age. Throughout the competency goals, there will be some overlap of time periods to allow for teacher flexibility and to enrich students on the complexity of the issues and events. The overall curriculum continues to current times.
The focus of this course provides students with a framework for studying in a multidimensional manner and goes beyond memorization of isolated facts to the development of higher level thinking skills, encouraging students to make historical assessments and evaluations. By analyzing the impact of economic, social and political issues that have faced American society students are able to develop a deeper understanding of how we became who we are today. (NCDPI website, 2005)
The focus of this course provides students with a framework for studying in a multidimensional manner and goes beyond memorization of isolated facts to the development of higher level thinking skills, encouraging students to make historical assessments and evaluations. By analyzing the impact of economic, social and political issues that have faced American society students are able to develop a deeper understanding of how we became who we are today. (NCDPI website, 2005)
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Unit 1 - The Great West, the Gilded Age, Industrialization, Immigration, Urbanization, Rise & Fall of the Farmers
"Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
-Chief Joseph, Oct. 5, 1877
-Chief Joseph, Oct. 5, 1877
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Assignment for Aug. 29: Watch the Indian Boarding Schools clip from We Shall Remain and the Native American Prisoners of War TEDTalk. After you watch both clips, type a reflection on the clip and TEDTalk using GoogleDocs. In the reflection, include your feelings about the boarding school system, your observation on the images shown in the TEDTalk and whether or not you agree with Aaron Huey's suggested solution for compensating the Sioux for wrongs done to them by the U.S. government. Share your GoogleDoc with me.
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rockefeller_reading.doc | |
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andrew_carnegie_readings.doc | |
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Unit 2 - Progressivism
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america_the_story_of_us-cities_qs.docx | |
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muckraker_mini_project_rubric.docx | |
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Muckraker Projects
Progressive Era Civil Rights
Unit 3 - Imperialism and World War I
"Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body. " - Teddy Roosevelt
"Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body. " - Teddy Roosevelt
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WWI Propaganda Poster Assignment:
•On a blank sheet of computer paper, create your own propaganda poster that is clearly in favor of the U.S. efforts in World War I.
•Use recognizable symbols (for example: a flag, Lady Liberty, a beast representing Germany, etc.) and COLOR
•Be clear on what you are trying to get others to support (for example: selling gov’t bonds, rationing, enlisting, etc.)
•You will be graded on your ability to convince Americans to support the war effort, not on your artistic ability.
•Your poster should include some words as in the examples you have seen.
•On a blank sheet of computer paper, create your own propaganda poster that is clearly in favor of the U.S. efforts in World War I.
•Use recognizable symbols (for example: a flag, Lady Liberty, a beast representing Germany, etc.) and COLOR
•Be clear on what you are trying to get others to support (for example: selling gov’t bonds, rationing, enlisting, etc.)
•You will be graded on your ability to convince Americans to support the war effort, not on your artistic ability.
•Your poster should include some words as in the examples you have seen.
Unit 4 - Prosperity of the Roaring 20s, Great Depression, and New Deal
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nomination Address, Chicago, IL, July 2, 1932
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nomination Address, Chicago, IL, July 2, 1932
You Decide: The Roaring 20s?
Go to the link above and click Launch. Work through the activity and, in a GoogleDoc:
Go to the link above and click Launch. Work through the activity and, in a GoogleDoc:
- type 10 things you learned about the Roaring 20s
- comment on what surprised you about what you learned
- and what did the activity reinforce about what you already knew. Share your GoogleDoc with me.
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ebsites to help you find info & pictures about your New Deal Reform Program:
Glass-Steagall Act (established FDIC)
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/SPECIALREPORTS/GlassSteagall.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/glass_steagall_act_1933/index.html
http://law.jrank.org/pages/7165/Glass-Steagall-Act.html
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp
http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/banking/glass-steagall-act-explained/
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_10.html
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ag.003
http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/290/entry (specific to how the AAA impacted NC)
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications/the-region/farm-bills-and-farmers-the-effects-of-subsidies-over-time
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=66
http://law.jrank.org/pages/8731/National-Industrial-Recovery-Act-1933.html
http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/eras/national-industrial-recovery-act-of-1933/
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/volpe/newdeal/nira.html
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/ftwpa.html
http://www.wwcd.org/policy/US/newdeal.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG99/vizzuso/WPAproject.html
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/infrastructure/b1.html
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm
http://www.tvakids.com/whatistva/history_whoandwhy.htm
https://www.history.com/topics/history-of-the-tva
Modern Marvels: History of the TVA
Fair Labor Standards Act
http://time.com/4376857/flsa-history/
https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/flsa1938
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6262/
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
http://www.sec.gov/about/whatwedo.shtml
http://www.sechistorical.org/
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10122007/sec.html
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_10.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/ccc-introduction/
http://www.ccclegacy.org/
http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/from_war_to_war/thecivilianconservationcorps.html
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/aboutfdr/wagneract.html
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/national-labor-relations-act.cfm
http://www.allgov.com/departments/independent-agencies/national-labor-relations-board?agencyid=7444
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=67
Social Security Act
http://www.ssa.gov/history/
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrsocialsecurityact.htm
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p1.html
http://www.ssa.gov/history/mpeg/fdrbig.mpg
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/Images/page_19/63a.html
Homeowner’s Loan Corporation
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/home-owners-loan-act-1933/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303174.html
https://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1066&context=umblr
https://dsl.richmond.edu/holc/pages/intro
Glass-Steagall Act (established FDIC)
http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/SPECIALREPORTS/GlassSteagall.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/glass_steagall_act_1933/index.html
http://law.jrank.org/pages/7165/Glass-Steagall-Act.html
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp
http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/banking/glass-steagall-act-explained/
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_10.html
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ag.003
http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/commentary/290/entry (specific to how the AAA impacted NC)
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications/the-region/farm-bills-and-farmers-the-effects-of-subsidies-over-time
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=66
http://law.jrank.org/pages/8731/National-Industrial-Recovery-Act-1933.html
http://www.socialwelfarehistory.com/eras/national-industrial-recovery-act-of-1933/
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/volpe/newdeal/nira.html
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fedtp/ftwpa.html
http://www.wwcd.org/policy/US/newdeal.html
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG99/vizzuso/WPAproject.html
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/infrastructure/b1.html
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
http://www.tva.gov/abouttva/history.htm
http://www.tvakids.com/whatistva/history_whoandwhy.htm
https://www.history.com/topics/history-of-the-tva
Modern Marvels: History of the TVA
Fair Labor Standards Act
http://time.com/4376857/flsa-history/
https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/flsa1938
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6262/
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
http://www.sec.gov/about/whatwedo.shtml
http://www.sechistorical.org/
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10122007/sec.html
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_10.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/ccc-introduction/
http://www.ccclegacy.org/
http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/from_war_to_war/thecivilianconservationcorps.html
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/aboutfdr/wagneract.html
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/national-labor-relations-act.cfm
http://www.allgov.com/departments/independent-agencies/national-labor-relations-board?agencyid=7444
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=old&doc=67
Social Security Act
http://www.ssa.gov/history/
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrsocialsecurityact.htm
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p1.html
http://www.ssa.gov/history/mpeg/fdrbig.mpg
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/treasures_of_congress/Images/page_19/63a.html
Homeowner’s Loan Corporation
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/home-owners-loan-act-1933/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/13/AR2008031303174.html
https://repository.law.miami.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1066&context=umblr
https://dsl.richmond.edu/holc/pages/intro
Rural Electrification Administration
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/rural-electrification-administration-rea-1935/
https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/ruralelect.htm
https://eh.net/encyclopedia/rural-electrification-administration/
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/rural-electrification-administration-rea-1935/
https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/ruralelect.htm
https://eh.net/encyclopedia/rural-electrification-administration/
Emergency Banking Relief Act
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/emergency-banking-relief-act-1933/
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/emergency_banking_act_of_1933
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/emergency-banking-relief-act-1933/
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/emergency_banking_act_of_1933
Public Works Administration
https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/pwa.cfm
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/public-works-administration-pwa-1933-1943/
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/by-topic/growth-development/profiles-from-the-recession-report-bridge-to-somewhere-public-works-administration/693/
https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/pwa.cfm
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/public-works-administration-pwa-1933-1943/
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/by-topic/growth-development/profiles-from-the-recession-report-bridge-to-somewhere-public-works-administration/693/
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Unit 5 - Foreign Policy During Inter-War Years & World War II
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Unit 6 - Early Cold War to 1968
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America in the 1950s - use this presentation to fill in your America in the 1950s note sheet. Make sure you complete BOTH Closure Activities at the end of the presentation.
Freedom Riders Movie
Unit 7 - 1965-1980
Vietnam War
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Power Movements of the 1960s and 70s
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