Unit #1: Introduction and the Constitution
Homework:
- Document Analysis Activity (first homework assignment; Due September 4)
- 2012 Constitution Homework Assignments (please print out for September 4)
- Constitution Study Questions (One assigned question, due September 7, 2-point spot check)
- Online Constitution for assignment above (U.S. Senate)
- 2012 Constitution Review Guide (Test Date: September 13, 2012)
- 2012 Electoral College Debate Notes (Debate will be on Tuesday, September 18)
- 2012 Electoral College Essay Assignment
- Peer Edit Sheet Electoral College Essay
Optional Reading (useful for debate and essay):
- “In a Tactical Test, Romney Stakes Hopes on Ohio,” New York Times
- The Vanishing Electoral Battleground (New York Times, November 4, 2012)
Class Information & Activities:
- 20th-Student Info sheet
- American Revolution and Declaration Overview
- I’m Just a Bill
- Bill of Rights Activity
- Electoral college Overview
- Electoral College Calculator (from the U.S. National Archives)
- Electoral College Debate Notes (all Electoral College Readings due 9/14)
Unit #2: The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
Homework:
- 2012 Progressive Era Homework Assignments
- 2012 Progressive Reformer Project
- LS Library Wiki for Progressive Era Reformers Project
- 2012 Progressivism Test Review
Class Activities:
- 1900 v 2000
- Introduction to the Industrial Revolution
- Progressive Era Overview
- Cartoons from Overview: Protectors of Our Industries & Bosses of the Senate
- Washington v. Dubois
- Triangle Fire Activity
- Progressive President Poster Project
- Brandeis Brief Comic Book Activity (article is here)
- “Tea Party’s Push on Senate Election Exposes Limits” (read in class)
Optional Reading:
- The history of the composer of “Strange Fruit”
- “Thousands Sterilized, A State Weighs Restitution” (a very disturbing article about eugenics in North Carolina)
- How to Fix California’s Democracy Crisis (unintended consequence of ballot initiatives)
- 2012 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
- Ballot Questions Around the United States
Unit #3: World War I & The Versailles Treaty (1914-1920)
Homework:
- 2012 World War I Homework Readings
- New York Times article: Montana Sedition Act (Homework due October 19)
- 2012 World War I Test Review (test is November 2 and will be a Q2 grade)
- Comprehension Questions for Thomas Bailey article (due November 6)
- 2012 Word War I Essay Assignment
- World War I Peer Edit Sheet
- World War I Essay Rubric
Class Activities:
- Causes of World War I
- Shellshock Film Notes
- Lusitania Scenario
- World War I Propaganda and Poetry
- Schenck v. United States
- 14 Points
- War Without End Film Questions
- World War I Simulation
- Presenting Your Simulation Option
Unit #4: The 1920s
Homework:
- 2012 1920s Homework Readings
- “When a Catholic Terrified the Heartland,” (homework reading)
- 2012-1920s test review sheet and writing assignment
- Library Resources for College Recommendation Letter
Class Activities:
- 1920s Slang
- The Scopes Trial (PBS Website link is here)
- Ken Burns Jazz
- The 1920s and Prohibition (PBS website for film is here)
- 1920s advertisements
- The Stock Market Crash of 1929
- 1920s Economy and Presidents
Unit #5: The Great Depression and New Deal (1929-1941)
Homework:
- 2012 New Deal Homework Assignments
- Depression 2009-What Would it Look Like? (Due: Friday, 12/7)
- FDR Knew How to Spend Carefully (Due: 12/11)
- 2013 New Deal Test Review Guide (Woody Guthrie lyrics are here)
Class Activities:
- New Deal Agency Overview-online version
- Eleanor Roosevelt Role Play and Writing Assignment
- New Deal Photo Activity & Woody Guthrie Songs (Woody Guthrie “Okie” segment from Ken Burns’ “The Dust Bowl” is here)
- FDR and the Court Packing Proposal
- The Grapes of Wrath (film questions) Woody Guthrie film summary is here)
Optional Reading:
- Woody Guthrie’s biography; A Woody Guthrie appreciation including photos
- Comparing the Causes of the Great Depression to the 2008 Financial Crisis (Vanity Fair article by Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz).
Midterm Examination Information:
2013 Research Paper Assignment:
- 2013 Research Paper Assignment (see due dates on page 2)
- Research Paper Rubric
Check-in Assignments/Activities for the Research Paper:
- 1. Research paper note taking form
- 2. Research paper Outline
- 3. Rough Draft & Final draft checklist
- 4. Peer Edit
- 5. Research Paper Reflection
Useful Resources for the Research Paper:
- LS Library (including online catalog)
- Specialized encyclopedias available from the LS Library
- Easy Bib MLA version 7
Unit #6: World War II and American Society (1941-1945)
Homework:
- 2013 WWII Homework Assignments (Smithsonian Magazine article is here)
- 2013 World War II Test Review
Class Activities:
- Road to World War II-Timeline Activity
- President Roosevelt’s “4 Freedoms Speech” and Norman Rockwell posters
- Road to Pearl Harbor Timeline and President Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy Speech“
- America and the Holocaust Film Questions (PBS Timeline is here)
- Japanese Internment and Primary Sources (Propaganda film is here)
- The First March on Washington (Reading on the 1943 Detroit Riot is here)
- The Homefront
- The War and Popular Culture
- Civilians at War
- The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Optional:
Unit #7: The Cold War and the 1950s
Homework:
- Assignment #1: Slate magazine article is here)
- Assignment #2: PBS Website; click here for “Special Features (Questions A-E); click here for timeline questions (one for each student)
- 2013-1950s Review Guide
Class Activities:
- Origins of the Cold War
- 1950s civil defense and atomic culture
- Fire! Anti-communist hysteria seen through political cartoons (Library of Congress website)
- 1950s Economy-Part I
- 1950s Economy-Part II
- 1950s Rock and Roll
Unit #8: The 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights Movement
Homework:
- 2013-Civil Rights Readings (includes essay question; assignment to follow)
- 2013-Civil Rights Quiz Review Guide
- 2013 Liberty Tree Assignment
- 2013 Civil Rights Essay Assignment
- Civil Rights Essay Peer Edit Sheet
Class Activities:
- Reconstruction Film Questions
- 13th, 14th, 15th Amendment Collage Activity
- The Four Trials of Homer Plessy
- A Jim Crow “Gallery Walk”
- Eyes on the Prize-Emmett Till Episode
- Eyes on the Prize-Little Rock 9 Episode
- Eyes on the Prize-Nashville Sit Ins Episode
- Plan a Protest in Albany GA
- Eyes on the Prize-Birmingham Episode
- The Voting Rights Act
- Alabama Moments in American History (Voter Registration Form)
Unit #9: The 1960s to Watergate
Homework:
- 1960s Homework Readings (2013)
- Vietnam War Homework Assignment (PBS website for assignment is here)
- Related Links: (1). Vietnamese Declaration of Independence; (2). About the Geneva Conference and Accords; (3). The “Domino Theory” (4). The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; (5). The Invasion of Cambodia
- Optional Reading: Paul Auster, “The Accidental Rebel” and letters in reply
- Optional Reading: “The Break In That History Forgot”
- 1960s to Watergate Test Review Guide (to be posted)
Information for the “Teach In” Project:
- 1960s “Teach In” Project-2013
- LS Library Resources for Teach-In Project
- 1968 Presidential Campaign Commercials (for Teach-in Project)
Class Activities:
- President Kennedy and Foreign Policy (JFK American University speech is here)
- Berkeley in the 1960s
- Watergate Film Questions
- “I Am Not a Crook” (Herb Block Watergate Cartoons)