Pike Central High School
2016-2017
U.S. History 1877-Present
Course Goals , per IDOE
United States History is a two-semester course that builds upon concepts
developed in previous studies of U.S. History and emphasizes national development from the late
nineteenth century into the twenty-first century. After reviewing fundamental themes in the early development of
the nation, students are expected to identify and review significant events, persons, and movements in the early
development of the nation. The course then gives major emphasis to the interaction of key events, people, and
political, economic, social, and cultural influences in national developments from the late nineteenth century
through the present as they relate to life in Indiana and the United States. Students are expected to trace and analyze
chronological periods and examine the significant themes and concepts in U.S. History. Students develop historical
thinking and research skills and use primary and secondary sources to explore topical issues and to understand the
cause for changes in the nation over time.
REQUIREMENTS
The text book, “United states History 1877 to Present” is required reading. The syllabus indicates the pace at which
the course progresses. Students must have read the chapters and their sections (“Lessons”) ahead of time to be able
to participate in the classroom (discussions, debates, analysis, cooperative learning groups). Active in-class
participation constitutes a major part of the final grade. Therefore diligent note taking is not only mandatory but
also a practical skill for review after class and inevitable for test preparation. All videos are documentaries rated
either for general audiences or PG.
A ring binder for:
1)
Syllabus
2)
Classroom notes
3)
Handouts
4)
Tests/Quizzes
5)
Projects
Students must have all their materials with them throughout each period (textbook, notebook, writing instrument).
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Fritz T. Krahl
[email protected]
A140
Tel. (812) 354-8478 ext. 482
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ASSESSMENT
The syllabus tells you specifically which items to prepare for from day to day. In the interest of continuous
learning, you are required to complete your reading assignments BEFORE the material is scheduled to be discussed.
No graded work will be accepted after the due date noted on the schedule or stated in class.
1. Participation in class
2. Projects, Tests, Quizzes
3. Final Project
As the material is to be read prior to its discussion in class, Chapter Section (=”Lesson”, as the book calls them)
Quizzes can be administered without notice.
An unannounced materials check will occur once per grading period (4 times total), worth 100 points each. These
points cannot be made up.
You will receive a weekly grade for your participation. Participation is graded according to the following
guidelines:
A: You participate actively in free conversation without waiting to be called on. You have prepared content well
at home and almost always communicate correctly
B: You wait to be called on, but then respond. You have content at home and usually respond correctly.
C: You wait to be called on, are sometimes unable to respond. You have not prepared well and only sometimes
respond correctly.
D: You hardly ever contribute in class and are often unable to respond.
F: You do not contribute and when called on respond incorrectly
OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
Dates may change due to school events or weather delays/cancellations.
Date
8-12.8.
Week 1
Topic/Activity
Ch 1: Creating a Nation, Beginnings to 1877, pg. 1-70
Assessment
beyond
Participation
Lesson Quizzes
2
1. Origins of the American Nation
2. The Young Republic
3. Antebellum America
15-19.8
Week 2
22-26.8.
Week 3
4. Sectional Crisis
5. The Civil War and Reconstruction
Ch. 1 Test
Video: Aftermath: Beyond the Civil War
Analysis of Video
Paper, w/partner
Ch. 2, Settling the West, 1865-1890, pg.71-88
Lesson Quizzes
1. Miners and Ranchers
2. Farming the Plains
3.
29.8.-2.9.
Week 4
Native Americans
Ch. 3, Industrialization, 1865-1901, pg. 89-110
Ch. 2 Test
Lesson Quizzes
1. The Rise of Industry
2. The Railroads, Video: The Trains that conquered the West
3. Big Business
4. Unions
6.9.-9.9.
Week 5
Ch. 4, Urban America, 1865-1896
Ch. 3 Test
Lesson Quizzes
1. Immigration
3
2. Urbanization
3. Social Darwinism and Social Reform
4. Politics of the Gilded Age
Ch. 4 test
5.
12.-16.9.
Week 6
The Rise of Segregation
Video Discussion
Group Project , Preparation: Videos about „Captains of Industry“
Group Project: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? (groups of 3)
Essay, and PowerPoint about one particular Industrialist
19-23.9.
Week 7
Project Continued
Group Presentations
26-30.9.
Week 8
Per attached
Rubric
Per attached
Rubric referred to
above
Lesson Quizzes
Ch. 5, Becoming a World Power, pg. 139-158, 1. The Imperialist Vission
2. The Spanish-American War
4. New American Diplomacy
Ch. 6, The Progressive Movement 1890-1920, pg. 159-180, 1+2, The Roots of
Progressivism, The Roosevelt Years
3. The Wilson years
3.10.-7.10.
Week 9
Ch5/6 Test
Lesson Quizzes
Ch. 7, World War I and Aftermath, 1914-1920, pg. 181-204
4
1.The U.S. enters World War I
2. The Home Front
3. A Bloody Conflict
5. The War’s Impact
10-14.10.
Week 10
Video Analysis,
Preparation for group project: Videos „ WWI through Arab eyes“, „Paris 1919“ quiz
Begin Group Project: The Treaty of Versailles: Are WWI and WWII one
cohesive war and are we still fighting it? (Essay, groups of 3)
17-21.10.
Week 11
Above continued
Groups present their arguments, classroom discussion
24-28.10
31.10.-4.11.
Week 12
Per attached rubic
Essay grade per
above rubric
Fall Break
Ch. 8, The Jazz Age, 1921-1929, pg. 205-228
Lesson Quizzes
1. Politics of the 1920‘s , 2. A Growing Economy
3. A Clash of Values, 3-4. Cultural Innovations/African American Culture
and Politics
7.11.-11.11.
Week 13
Ch. 9: The Great Depression Begins, 1929-1932, pg. 229-244
Lesson Quizzes
5
1. The Causes of the Great Depression
2. Life during the Great Depression
3. Hoover‘s Response to the Great Depression
14-18.11.
Week 14
Ch. 10: Roosevelt and the New Deal, pg. 245-262
Ch. 9 Test
Lesson Quizzes
1. The First New Deal
2. The 2nd New Deal
3. The New Deal Coalition
21-22.11.
Week 15
Video: Hitler and Stalin, Roots of Evil
Video: The Gathering Storm
28.11.-2.12.
Week 16
Ch.. 11: A world in Flames, 1931-1941, pg. 263-283
Ch. 10 Test
Video Discussion
Video Discussion
Lesson Quizzes
1. The Origins of World war II
2. From Neutrality to War
3. The Holocaust
Ch. 11 Test
6
5-9.12.
Week 17
12-16.12.
Week 18
19-21.12.
Week 19
Video: Why We Fight
Video discussion
Semester Final Project: Hitler, Stalin, FDR, (Create a Video, groups of 3)
Per attached
Rubric
Above Continued
Finals Week . Viewing, Discussion of Group Videos
Graded per
attached Rubric
Dec. 22-Jan
Winter Break
2
3-6.1.
Week 1
Ch. 12: America and World War II: 1941- 1945, pg. 283-314
Lesson Quizzes
1. Wartime America
2. The War in the Pacific
3. The War in Europe
4. The War Ends
9-13.1.
Week 2
Ch. 13: The Cold War Begins, pg. 315-340
Ch. 12 test
Lesson Quizzes
1. The Origins of the Cold War
2. The Early Cold War Years
7
16-20.1.
Week 3
3. The Cold War and American Society
4. Eisenhower’s Cold War Policies
23-27.1.
Week 4
Ch. 14: Post-War America, pg. 341-358
Ch. 13 test
Lesson Quizzes
1. Truman and Eisenhower
2. The Affluent Society
3. The Other Side of American Life
30.1.-3.2.
Week 5
Ch. 15: The New Frontier and the Great Society, pg. 359-376
Ch. 14 Test
Lesson Quizzes
1. The New Frontier
2. JFK and the Cold War
Video Discussion
Videos: On the Brink: Doomsday (Cuban Missile Crisis)
Video Discussion
Video: Man, Moment, Machine, Wernher von Braun
Ch. 15 Test
3. The Great Society
6-17.2
Week 6/7
Ch. 20 Lesson 4. The End of the Cold War
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Video: Soviet War Scare 1983 (Able Archer)
Video Discussion
Video Discussion
Video: Berlin Wall (Military Version), Reagan and the Cold War)
20-24.2.
Week 8
27.2.-3.3.
Week 9
6.3.-10.3
Week 10
Group Project: The Cold War (Analytical Essay, PowerPoint)
Per attached
Rubric
Above continued and group presentations
Graded per above
Rubric
Lesson Quizzes
Ch. 16: The Civil Rights Movement, pg. 377-396
1. The Movement Begins
2. Challenging Segregation
3. New Civil Rights Issues
Video: LBJ and the Civil Rights Movement
13-17.3.
Week 11
Ch. 17, The Vietnam War, 1954-1975, pg. 398-414
1. Going to War in Vietnam
Video Discussion
Ch. 16 Test
Lesson Quizzes
2. Vietnam Divides the Nation
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3. The War Winds Down
Ch. 18, The Politics of Protest, pg. 415-430
1. Students and the Counterculture, 3.Latino Americans Organize
Lesson Quizzes
2. The Feminist Movement
Ch.17/18 Test
20-31.3.
Spring Break
3.4.-7.4.
Week 12
Ch. 19: Politics and Economics, 1968-1980, pg. 431-456
Lesson Quizzes
1. The Nixon Administration
2. The Watergate Scandal
3. Ford and Carter
4. New Approaches to Civil Rights
5. Environmentalism
Ch. 19 Test
New Approaches to Civil Rights
10-14.4.
Week 13
14.4.
Holiday
Ch. 20: The Resurge of Conservatism, 1980-1992, pg. 457-478
Lesson Quizzes
1. The New Conservatism
2. The Reagan Years, 3. Life in the 1980’s
Ch. 20 Test
10
17-21.4.
Week 14
Ch. 21: A Time of Change, pg. 479-497
1. The Clinton Years
Lesson Quizzes
2. A New Wave of Immigration
3. Technology and Globalization
24-28.4
Woche 15
Ch. 22: America’s Challenge for a New Century, 2001-Present, pg. 497-424
Lesson Quizzes
1. Bush’s Global Challenge
Video Discussion
Video: Killing Bin Laden
2. Focusing on Afghanistan and Iraq
3. Domestic Challenges
1-5.5.
Week 16
4. The Obama Presidency
Video: The End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless
Video: World without Oil
8-12.5.
Week 17
Video Discussion
Video Discussion
Group research, possible key topics for Final Project
Above Continued
Final project (groups of 3): The USA’s Global Role: Past, Present, Future
Per attached
Rubric
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15-19.5.
Week 18
22-24.5.
Above continued
Finals, Project Presentations
Graded per above
Rubric
PLAGIARISM
"A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, words, or statements of another person without appropriate
acknowledgment. A student must give credit to the originality of others and acknowledge an indebtedness
whenever he or she does any of the following:
 Quotes another person's actual words, either oral or written;
 Paraphrases another person's words, either oral or written;
 Uses another person's idea, opinion, or theory; or
 Borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative material, unless the information is common knowledge."
Any assignment that is determined to have been plagiarized will receive a “0” without the opportunity to make it
up.
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