The Colonial Period

Colonial Beginnings--The establishment of English colonies in America.

Chart: American Colonies--A brief summary of facts about the original 13 colonies.

American Puritanism--From the earliest settlers at Plymouth through the Great Awakening, Puritanism had the largest effect on American values of any religious tradition.

Slavery in the American Colonies--The first African Americans arrived in Jamestown in 1619. Slavery greatly affected American attitudes towards race, work, and justice, particularly in the South.

18th Century American Colonies--A look at the ways America changed and grew in the 1700s, with attention to mercantilism, slavery, urban and rural life, and the three regions that defined the 13 colonies.

The Great Awakening--The religious revival that arose in the 1730s produced some of America's greatest preachers and greatest colleges.

American Colonies

History lesson On 13 Original Colonies

Jamestown

Original 13 Colonies

History Lesson on 13 Original Colonies

Williamsburg On line Jamestown

The French & Indian War

Chart: French & Indian War--A quick look at the important events and battles of the French & Indian War.

The Revolutionary Period

Prologue to Revolution--The French & Indian set in motion a series of actions and reactions that led to the outbreak of war in 1775.

Colonial Restraints--British laws enacted from 1759-1773 placed burdens on Americans and highlighted the growing differences between the colonists and the mother country

The American Revolutionary War--Political and economic in origin, the colonial fight for freedom resulted in a new nation.

Chart: American Revolution--A quick look at the important events and battles of the American Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War Links

American Revolution

Indian Warfare

The Articles of Confederation

Articles of Confederation period--The first American constitution established America as a loose confederation of states

Chart: Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution--A comparison of some of the key features of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.

The Constitution Period

Miracle at Philadelphia:Constitutional Convention of 1787--The American Constitution was born out of compromises and led to America's first political parties

The Federalist Era

The Federalist Era--From 1789-1801, the Federalist Party dominated America's political and economic life.

The Jeffersonian Era

The Jeffersonian Era--Jefferson and Marshall, two very different Virginians, had tremendous impact on American life

Legacy of the Marshall Court--The decisions of Federalist Supreme Court Justice John Marshall have shaped American judicial life in profound ways.

The War of 1812

War of 1812--Frustration with British policies and War Hawks pushed America into an ill-advised conflict that left Washington in ruins.

Chart: War of 1812--A quick look at the causes and events of the War of 1812

Sectionalism & National Growth--Following the War of 1812, America's three major sections developed into interdependent economic regions.

The Jacksonian Era

Jackson Era--Andrew Jackson expanded the concept of American democracy while making the presidency a more powerful position.

Reform Movements

19th Century Reform--The reformers of the 1830s and later sought to improve American life through a variety of causes.

Westward Expansion and the Mexican War

Expansionism--Texas, Oregon & the Mexican Cession were the main scenes of America's westward expansion in the 1830s and 1840s.

Chart: Mexican-American War--A quick look at the key events of the Mexican-American War.
The Peculiar Institution of Slavery--How slavery, morally disabling, yet incredibly profitable, came to dominate the life of the South.

The 1850s Prelude to the American Civil War

1850s: Decade of Controversy--The decade 1850 to 1860 witnessed the unraveling of the nation over sectional issues.

The American Civil War

The American Civil War.   The conflict that devastated the South, caused over 600,000 deaths, and helped define the United States as a true nation.

Chart: Civil War--A quick look at the key events and battles of the Civil War.
Reconstruction: 1865-1877--Huge political, social, and racial problems faced America as the South re-entered the Union

Outline of the Civil War-- With Links--From Great American History

American Experience:  The Lincolns: Abraham and Mary Todd.  Nice interactive site that parallels The American Experience program.

Civil War Photographs
    Yahoo Search

The Civil War in Wisconsin.   Interactive site that parallels video series on Wisconsin from the Wisconsin State Historical Society
 
 

The American West

The Frontier West--Indians, miners, cowboys, and farmers and how their interactions opened up the western half of the continent.

Compiling a Western Travel Guide Project.
Here are some links to get you started.
Along the Chisholm Trail
In Search of the Oregon Trail
The American West
The American West Web Page

Industrialization and Urbanization

American Industrialization--The owners, workers, machines, and ideas that helped form the American industrial empire

Rise of the American City--Urban problems such as corruption and congestion were battled by reformers and the rise of a new form of Christianity called the Social Gospel which applied religious principles to social problems.

Gilded Age Politics--In a dreary time of party politics and economic disaster, the Populists energized America and helped promote William Jennings Bryan, an orator of prodigious power

The Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War--A summary of the important background, major events, and results of the Spanish-American War (1898)

The Progressive Era

The Progressive Era--Seeking to create a just society through governmental action, direct democracy, and volunteerism, Progressives challenge traditional American ways of thinking and governing

World War I and its Aftermath

U.S. Involvement in World War I--Events that helped move the U.S. from a neutral to a belligerent stand in a horrible and costly war

World War I's Aftermath: Attack on Civil Liberties and Betrayal at Versailles 1918-1920--Wilson's idealistic quest for a "war to end all wars" ends disastrously in France while civil liberties are squelched in America

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties--The decade of the 1920s was marked with disillusionment, conservative Republican presidents, and major social and technological changes

The Great Depression, New Deal, and the Rise of Dictators

The Great Depression--America's most serious economic downturn had many causes and brought a decade of personal and national hardships

New Deal Programs--The series of controversial programs instituted by Franklin Roosevelt's administrations to counteract the effects of the Great Depression.

American Foreign Policy Between the World Wars--A growing isolationism marked America's response to totalitarian advances in Europe and Asia
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World War II

American Involvement in World War II--A quick look at the key events and battles of World War II.

The Cold War

Origins of the Cold War--The early years of the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and the fears it raised at home

Key Events in the Korean War--The "temporary" division of Korea between Americans and Soviets becomes permanent as a result of Cold War tensions that result in war.

The Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, and the 1960s.

Key Events in the American Civil Rights Movement A brief overview of some major events in the civil rights struggle in the United States

1960s: The Tumultuous Decade--From Camelot to cynicism, the 1960s witnessed American society pull apart due to a number of forces, including racial tension, the Vietnam War, and student protest.

    -Kennedy versus Nixon  Beginning around the 1960s, the use of television became one of         the many mediums which candidates used as a means to promote their viewpoints and ideas for the upcoming presidential term.

    -Kenney Assasination  -I can't tell you who planned the assassination, nor who fired the shots. Nobody can with any certainty -- except the guilty. But I am convinced there was a conspiracy. It's a never-ending mystery -- one likely never to be solved, at least not in my lifetime.

The Vietnam War--Traces America's involvement from World War II to defeat in 1975

PBS Link to Video on Vietnam War.

 The Tet Offensive

Map Vietnam War

 My Lai Massacre.

A Chronology of Watergate--A chart detailing the major events of the Watergate crisis.

From Revolution to Reconstruction

COLONIAL USA

VOICES OF AN EMERGING NATION

13 ORIGINALS
 
 

LVA Colonial Records Project

alaska.net
 
 

Monday-Memorial Day No School.

Tuesday- Conclude Video:  Separate, but Equal. Assignment:  C29 Section 3 Question 1.

Wednesday-Discuss C29 S3 Question 1.  Semester Exam Project. Create a Poster that explains the History of the Civil Rights Movement.  Project due the day of Final exam.  Each Group will select, prepare and deliver a 10 to 15 minute presentation related to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.  Video:  Malcolm X

Thursday-Video:  Malcolm X

Friday-Test C29

Monday-Quiz C29  S2.  Check and Review.  Video:  Separate, but Equal.  Assignement:  C29 S3 Question 1.

Tuesday-Discuss: C29 S3 Question 1.  Video:  Separate, but Equal.  Assignment: C29 S3 Question 2.

Wednesday-Discuss: C29 S3 Question 2.  Video:  Separate, but Equal.

Thursday-In Class Assignment: Read and discuss the historic front page of the New York Times from May 17, 1954, "High Court Bans School Segregation; 9-to-0 Decision Grants Time to Comply," focusing on the following questions:
a. Why do you think, in the words of Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court ruled that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal"?
b. What aspects of life did this historic decision affect? What aspects did it not affect?
c. What is guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment? How does this amendment relate to segregation in schools?
d. What is guaranteed under the Fifth Amendment? How does this amendment relate to segregation in schools?
e. What was the Dred Scott decision, and why does it relate to Brown v. Board of Education?
f. What sides were presented in Brown v. Board of Education, and how was each supported?
g. What was Plessy v. Ferguson, and why does it relate to Brown v. Board of Education?
h. What were the expected outcomes of Brown v. Board of Education?
i. What is due process of law, and why is this an important concept in this case?

Friday-In round-table discussion format, students discuss the questions completed from the previous day.
 
 

Monday-Format Notebook Civil Rights Chapter 29 Section 1.  Video:  A Time for Justice.
Assignment: C29 Section 1 Questions 1 and 2 . Key Events in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Tuesday-Video:  A Time for Justice. Discuss: C29 Section 1 Questions 1 and 2 .Assignment: Write a Review of the film you saw today- A Time for Justice.  Summarize the story, describe the segments or images that interested you most, and analyze why those segments were effective.  Rate the film on a scale of one to five "stars," and give reasons for your rating.  Papers receive the highest mark if they are thoughtful, grammatically correct and typed. Papers should be 1/2 to 1 page.

Wednesday-Discuss:  Discuss the homework assignment from last night.   View Film: Separate, but Equal. Assignment: Chapter 29 Section 2 Questions 1 and 2.

Thursday- Discuss: Chapter 29 Section 2 Questions 1 and 2.  View Film: Separate, but Equal.

Friday-View Film: Separate, but Equal.
 
 

Tuesday-Discuss: C30 S4 Questions 1 and 2.  Assignment:  C30 Section 5 Questions 1 and 2

Wednesday-Discuss C30 Section 5 Questions 1 and 2.  Map: Vietnam.

Thursday-Test C30 Vietnam War.  Test includes LBJ administration. Review C 28 Section 3 as well as Vietnam War Chapter 30 Sections 1-5, and map of Vietnam.

Friday-Hand back papers and test talk about grades.
 
 

Tuesday-Discuss: C30 Section 3 Questions 1 and 2.  Notes: Counter Culture. Video: The War at Home.  This is the story of the anti-war movement in Madison, Wisconsin. Assign: C30

Wednesday-Video: The War at Home.  This is the story of the anti-war movement in Madison, Wisconsin.

Thursday-Video: The War at Home.  This is the story of the anti-war movement in Madison, Wisconsin.

Friday-

Monday- PBS Link to Video on Vietnam War.  Video:  The Tet Offensive.Assignment: C30 S1 Questions 1 & 2.

Tuesday-Discuss C 30 S 1 Q 1 &2.  Continue Video on Tet Offensive.  Assignment: C 30  S2 Questions 1 & 2.

Wednesday-Discuss C 30 S2 Q  1 & 2.  Assignment : Map Vietnam War

Thursday-Map Quiz on Vietnam War map.

Friday-Guest Speakers:  Vietnam Vets visit USHistory Classrooms the talk about their experiences.
 
 

Monday- No School.  Teacher In-service.

Tuesday- Bell work question: Do you think government should try to right social wrongs? If yes, what social wrongs should be righted.  If no, why not.  In reference to the article from last week Friday, explain Liberalism and Conservatism.  Notes: Lyndon Johnson.  Assignment C 28 D3 Question 1.

Wednesday-Discuss C 28 S3 Q1. Notes: Lyndon Johnson. Miranda Warnings,  What are they and what were the lawsuits which led up to their acceptance?  Assignment:  C28 S3 Q2.

Thursday-Quiz Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society.

Friday-

Monday-Class Presentations- Western Travel Guide..  Discuss C28 S1&2 Questions 1&2.  Video: JFK A Time Remembered.  Assignment:  Hand out.  Students will create an Illustrated Timeline listing the main events of Kennedy's presidency.

Tuesday- Video: JFK A Time Remembered.

Wednesday-Collect Illustrated TimeLine. Quiz C28 S1&2.  Kennedy and the Cold War.  Notes: Lyndon Johnson . Assignment C28 S 3 Questions 1 & 2.  Notes:   Lyndon Johnson .

Thursday- Library project,  Online Assignment:  War on Poverty.

Students will visit Swatek History Home Page and read a primary source on Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty.  Students will answer 3 Questions that are found on the bottom of the primary source information.  Answer questions on a MS Word Document.  Incorporate the question into the answer.  Use proper grammar and complete sentences.  Print, sign, and hand in the document at end of hour.

 Lyndon Johnson Web Site

Friday-Good Friday No School

Monday-Hand back  Quiz C13 Section 3.  Discussion Western Travel Guide. In-class assignment.  Write a rough draft of introduction to Western Travel Guide, get teacher signature on rough draft.  Teacher signature is now on bibliography and rough draft of Introduction paragraph.   Format Spiral Notebook.  Chapter 28 Section 1-3.   Assignment:  Chapter 28 Section 1, Questions 1 and 2.

Tuesday- Bell work Question: Make a list of general impressions of John Kennedy and his administration.  Discuss Chapter 28 Section 1 Questions 1 and 2. Video: Khrushchev and Kennedy.  Notes:  John Kennedy. Assignment: Chapter 28 Section 2, Questions 1 and 2.

Wednesday-Bell work Question:  list and describe two events from the presidency of John Kennedy.  DiscussAssignment: Chapter 28 Section 2, Questions 1 and 2.  Notes:  John Kennedy.

Thursday-Notes:  John Kennedy.

Friday-. Student presentation Compile a Western Travel Guide.   Students will present the best part of their Western Travel Guide to the class.

Tuesday-Bell work Question "What is the most significant farming invention of the plains?  Why?".
Discuss C13 S3 Q1&2.  Create Timeline for Farming Inventions.  Overheads Transcontinental Railroad and Soddies.  Notes: Farmers on the Plains.  Closing the Frontier.   Review for Test.  C13 S3.

Wednesday-Hand back papers and Quizes. Quiz C13 Section 3.

Thursday-Native American Awareness Week Activity.

Friday-Native American Awareness Week Activity.

Monday-Notes: Struggles of the Plains Indians.  Video:  The Little Big Horn.  Assignment: Chapter 13 Section 2 Questions # 1&2. Links to Plains Indians.

Tuesday-Discuss C13 S2 Q1&2.  Notes on Cattle Drive.  Class Work and Homework: Map Mining and Cattle Drives.

Wednesday-Map Quiz: Mining and Cattle Drives.  Notes on Mining in the West.
Assignment:  Compile a Western Travel Guide.  Project will be introduced in class today and then we will go to the library computer lab for Thursday and Friday. There will be several milestones for the completion of the project. For Thursday students will answer first four questions on "Focusing Your Topic."  -Who am I writing for?  -Where are they going? -Why are they going? -How will they get there(route, transportation)?  Each step of the project the teacher must sign students project.

Thursday-Library computer lab.  Research: Students will compile a bibliograpy of 8 sites to use for their project. Teacher signature on bibliography by end of the hour.

Write a bibliography for each site used in your Travel Guide.  The following is an example of a bibliography for an Internet site. Use it as a model.  Be accurate to punctuation. Place Sites in alphabetical order.

Author of page.  "Title of page in quotes."
    On-line, Internet. Date you used information.
    Available: Address of site you used.

Bowker, Samuel T. "Cyberspace: debate on Research Use."
     On-line, Internet. 15 Feb. 2001.
     Available: WWW: http://www.ppc.new.edu/home/stb/com.

Friday-Library Computer Lab.  Students will have developed the lists for "Organizing Your Guide"  -What to bring? -What to see and do? and -What to avoid?  Teacher signature required on lists.

Monday- Battlefield Quiz.Video: Assasination of Lincoln.  C11 Review. Jeopardy

Tuesday-C11 Test

Wednesday-Hand back papers, go over test.  Format Spiral notebook, Chapter 13 Sections 1-4.  Assignment

Thursday-Go over Chapter 13 Section 1 Questions. Video: The Sioux Indians.  Notes: The Struggles of the Plains Indians.  Assignment: Chapter 13 Section 1 Question 1.

Friday-Quiz Chapter 13 Section 1 Question 1.  Video: Black Kettle and White Antelope.

Tuesday-Computer lab project continues from Monday. Photo Album due Friday March 2.

Wednesday-Video:  Battle of Gettysburg.  Review C11 Sections 1-4.
Assignment-Chapter 11 Section 5 Question 1.

Thursday- Cross Word Puzzles.  Civil War Battles and People of the Civil War.

Friday- Collect Photo Album. Quiz on Cross Word Puzzles.  Video: Assasination of Lincoln

Tuesday-Discuss Chapter 11 Section 1,2 and 3 Questions from end of Sections

Wednesday- Video: Civil War in Wisconsin.  Discuss Chapter 11 Section 3 Questions 1 and 2.

Thursday:  Video Quiz. Battle of Bull Run,  Battle of Shiloh,   Battle of Antietam. and Civil War in Wisconsin.   Assignment:  Chapter 11 Section 4 Questions 1.

Assignment:  Imagine you are a newspaper reporter during the Civil War. Write a newspaper article describing one of theBattles from the Textbook.  Place a Headline on the article.  Be certain to answer the questions, Who?, What?, Where?, Why?, and How?.  Be neat complete and complete.  To obtain full credit the Article must be typed with a photograph incorporated into the article.  This is to be handed in on Monday at the beginning of the hour.
 

Friday:  No School.

Monday-Video: Battle of Shiloh. Map of Shiloh. Discuss C11 S2 Question #1 from Homework. Notes: Advantages and disadvantages of North and South.
    Assignment: Complete the map, War Between the States. Map Site.

Tuesday- Sophomore Testing.  No Class.

Wednesday-Sophomore Testing.  No Class.

Thursday-Sophomore Testing.  No Class.

Friday-Map Quiz: War Between the States.   Video: Battle of Antietam. Notes:  North and Southern War Strategy.