United States History  

I. The Origins of A New Society to 1783

          A.  Three Cultures Collide, Before and After the 1400s

                   1.  The Native American World

                   2.  The European World

                   3.  The World of the West Africans

                   4.  The Atlantic World Is Born

          B.  European Settlement and Native American Resistance

                   1.  Spanish and Native American Interaction

                   2.  A Colony in the Chesapeake Bay Area

                   3.  Europeans and Native Americans in the Northeast

                   4.  King Philip's War:  A Turning Point in History

          C.  The Maturing of the Colonial Societies

                   1.  An Empire and Its Colonies

                   2.  Life in Colonial America

                   3.  African-Americans in the Colonies

                   4.  Emerging Tensions

           D.  The American Revolution

                   1.  The French and Indian War Challenges Colonial Thinking

                   2.  The Issues That Led to the War for Independence

                   3.  The Ideas That Led to the War for Independence

                   4.   The War for Independence

II.  Balancing Liberty and Order,  1781- 1830

          A.  The Constitution of the United States

                   1.  Government by the States

                   2.  The Constitutional Convention

                   3.  Ratifying the Constitution

                   4.  The New Government

          B.  The Origins of American Politics

                   1.  Liberty v. Order in the 1790s

                   2.  The Election of 1800:  A Turning Point in History

                   3.  The Jefferson Administration

                   4.  Native American Politics

                   5.  War, Panic, and Uneasy Compromise    

          C.  Life in the New Nation

                   1.  Migrating Multitudes

                   2.  The Spirit of Improvement

                   3.  Shifting Social Relationships

                   4.  The Democratization of American Religion

III.  An Emerging New Nation, 1800-1860

          A.  The Market Revolution   

                   1.  Changing Households and New Markets

                   2.  The Northern Section

                   3.  The Southern Section

                   4.  The Second American Party System

                   5.  The Age of Jackson

B.  Religion and Reform

                   1.  Middle Class Reform

                   2.  The Anti-Slavery Movement

                   3.  Women in the Public Sphere: A Turning Point in History        

                   4.  Reform Efforts Highlight Cultural Divisions

          C.  Beyond the Mississippi

                   1.  The Native Americans of the Plains

                   2.  Hispanic North America

                   3.  Trails to the West

                   4.  Conquest of a Continent

IV.  Division and Uneasy Reunion, 1848 - 1877

          A.  The Coming of the Civil War

                   1.  Two Nations?

                   2.  New Political Parties

                   3.  The System Fails

                   4.   A Nation Divided Against Itself

          B.  The Civil War, 1862 - 1865

                   1.  The First Two Years of the Civil War

                   2.  War Brings Change

                   3.  Turning Point:  The Siege of Vicksburg

                   4.  A New Birth of Freedom

          C.  Reconstruction 1863 -1877

                   1.   The Meaning of Freedom

                   2.  Three Plans for Reconstruction

                   3.  Reconstruction in the South

                   4.  The Retreat from Reconstruction in the North

V.  Expansion:  Rewards and Costs, 1860 - 1920

          A.  The Expansion of American Industry

                   1.  A Technological Revolution

                   2.  The Growth of Big Business

                   3.  Industrialization and Workers

                   4.  The Great Strikes: A Turning Point in History

          B.  Looking to the West

                   1.  Moving West

                   2.  The Conquest of the Native Americans

                   3.  Modernization, Mining, and Ranching

                   4.  Populism

                   5.  Frontier Myths

          C.  Politics, Immigration, and Urban Life

                   1.  Politics of the Gilded Age

                   2.  People on the Move

                   3.  The Challenge of the Cities

                   4.  Ideas for Reform

          D.  Cultural and Social Transformations

                   1.  The Expansion of Education

                   2.  Recreation for the Masses

                   3.  The World of Jim Crow

                   4.  The Woman Question

VI.  The United States on the Brink of Change, 1890 - 1920

          A.  Becoming a World Power, 1890 - 1913

                   1.  The Pressure to Expand

                   2.  Foreign Entanglements, War, and Annexations

                   3.  A Forceful Diplomacy

                   4.  The People's Response to Imperialism

          B.  The Era of Progressive Reform

                   1.  The Age of Progressivism

                   2.  Progressivism:  Its Legislative Impact

                   3.  Progressivism: Its Impact on National Politics

                   4.  Suffrage At Last:  A Turning Point in History

          C.  The World War I Era, 1914 - 1920

                   1.  The Road to War

                   2.  The United States Declares War

                   3.  Americans on the European Front

                   4.  On the Home Front

                   5.  Global Peacemaker

VII.  Boom Times to Hard Times, 1919 - 1938

          A.  A Stormy Era, 1919 - 1929

                   1.  Postwar Adjustments

                   2.  Social and Political Developments

                   3.  New Manners, New Morals

                   4.  Creating a Shared Culture

                   5.  Stemming the Tide of Change

          B.  Crash and Depression, 1929 - 1933

                   1.  The  Economy in the Late 1920s

                   2.  The Stock Market Crash

                   3.  Social Effects of the Depression

                   4.  Surviving the Great Depression

                   5.  The Election of 1932: A Turning Point in History

          C.  The New Deal, 1933 - 1938

                   1.  Forging a New Deal

                   2.  The New Deal's Critics

                   3.  Enduring Legacies of the New Deal

VIII.  Hot and Cold War, 1939 - 1960

          A.  World War II, 1939 - 1945

                   1.  Prelude to War

                   2.  The Military Struggle

                   3.  Americans on the Battle Fronts

                   4.  Dropping the Atomic Bomb: A Turning Point in

                         History

          B.  World War II At Home, 1941 - 1945

                   1.  The Shift to Wartime Production

                   2.  Daily Life on the Home Front

                   3.  Women and the War

                   4.  The Struggle for Justice at Home

C.  The Cold War and American Society, 1945 - 1960

                   1.  Origins of the Cold War

                   2.  Containment

                   3.  The Cold War in Asia, The Middle East, and Latin

                         America

                   4.  The Cold War in the United States

          D.  The Postwar Years at Home

                   1.  The Postwar Economy

                   2.  The Mood of the 1950s

                   3.  Domestic Politics and Policy

                   4.  The Continuing Struggle for Equality

IX.  The Upheaval of the Sixties, 1960 - 1975

          A.  The Kennedy and Johnson Years, 1960 - 1968

                   1.  The New Frontier

                   2.  The Great Society

                   3.  Foreign Policy in the 1960s

          B.  The Civil Rights Movement

                   1.  Leaders and Strategies

                   2.  Nonviolent Confrontation: A Turning Point in

                        History

                   3.  The Political Response

                   4.  The Challenge of Black Power

          C.  Continuing Social Revolution, 1960 - 1975

                   1.  The Women's Movement

                   2.  Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality

                   3.  Native American Struggles

                   4.  Environmental and Consumer Movements

          D.  The Vietnam War and American Society

                   1.  The War in the 1960s

                   2.  The Brutality of the War

                   3.  Student Protest

                   4.  The Counterculture

                   5.  The End of the War

X.  Republican Revival and Decline, 1968 - Present

          A.  The Nixon Years, 1968 - 1974

                   1.  1968: A Turning Point in History

                   2.  The Nixon Administration

                    3.  Nixon's Foreign Policy

                   4.  The Watergate Scandal

          B.  The Post-Watergate Period, 1974 - 1980

                   1.  The Ford Administration

                   2.  The Carter Transition

                   3.  Carter's Foreign Policy

                   4.   Carter's Domestic Problems

          C.  High Tide of the Conservative Movement, 1980 -1992

                   1.  The Conservative Revolution

                   2.  Republican Policies at Home

                   3.  The Halting Pace of Reform

                   4.  The United States in a New World

D.  The Promise of Change, 1992 - Present

                   1.  The Clinton Administration

                   2.  The United States and the World in the 1990s

                   3.  American Society in the New Millennia

          E.  The George W. Bush Administration

                   1.  September 11th

                   2.  The War in Iraq Part 2

Methods of Evaluation:

          Homework:  both written and reading

          Tests and Quizzes:  both subjective and objective questioning

          Compositions:  a variety of assignments on related topics

          Projects/Reports:  a variety of assignments on related topics

          Research paper:  on an approved topic in MLA form.

          Preparation and Participation         

Films and Supplemental:

Maps                                                   The Patriot             

Presidents!                                           Ben Franklin

Andrew Jackson                                    Glory!

The Reckless Years                                FDR

Scott Joplin Ragtime hits                         Al Jolson records

Dances with Wolves                                       Pocahontas

One Woman: One Vote                           selected A&E Biography shows

Far and Away                                                 Ken Burns' The West

Squanto                                               Andrew Carnegie

Concentration Camps                             Washington, D.C.

American Revolution                               World War II

The Secret Army                                   transparencies        

Midway                                                Forrest Gump