US_Course_Schedule

=**U.S. History 1850 to the Present Course Schedule**=

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 * Chapter 1: The House Dividing (1848-1860)**
 * 8-31: Internet Guide - overview of the chapter
 * 9-1: Manifest Destiny - westward expansion becomes a slavery issue (daily lesson guide)
 * 9-2: Slavery, Still - South's rationale for slavery (daily lesson guide); Homework #1
 * 9-6: Web Quest - Martin Van Buren and the Growth of Government
 * 9-7: Political Pendulum - 1850 presidential administrations and failure to prevent conflict over slavery (daily lesson guide).
 * 9-8: Bleeding Kansas - how slavery led to fighting in Kansas (daily lesson guide); Homework #2
 * 9-9: Web Quest - Dred Scott Case
 * 9-12: Life in the 1850s (daily lesson guide)
 * 9-13: Chapter Overview - use of journal - evaluation of individuals and events.
 * 9-14: Test

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 * Chapter 2: Civil War (1860-1865)**
 * 9-15: Internet Guide - overview of the chapter
 * 9-16: Pivotal Election of 1860
 * 9-19: Key Battles of the Civil War; Homework #1
 * 9-20: Gettysburg
 * 9-21; 9-22: Abraham Lincoln
 * 9-23: How the Union Won the War; Homework #2
 * 9-26: Web Quest - Overview of the Civil War (video clips)
 * 9-27: Overview
 * 9-28: Test

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 * Chapter 3: Reconstruction Era (1865-1876)**
 * 9-29: Internet Guide - overview of the chapter.
 * 9-30: Web Quest - legislation in Reconstruction
 * 10-3: Presidential Administrations During Reconstruction
 * 10-4: Growth of the Western Frontier; Homework #1
 * 10-5: Indian Wars in the West; Homwork #2
 * 10-6: Life in the 1860s and 1870s
 * 10-7: Overview
 * 10-11: Test

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 * Chapter 4: Sinews of Democracy (1876-1896)**
 * 10-12: Internet Guide - overview of the chapter.
 * 10-13: Reform in the Spoils System - presidencies of Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur.
 * 10-17: Titans of Industry - Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan and the Industrial Revolution.
 * 10-18: Greed and Jealousy - union and labor movement; farmers movement; greed and jealousy in the late 1800s; Homework #1
 * 10-19: Comparing the Gilded Age with modern America - immigration and urbanization; Homework #2
 * 10-20: Web Quest - Internet activity on volunteerism in the 1889 Johnstown flood and how disasters are handled by the government today rather than charity work and volunteer work of individual citizens.
 * 10-21: Cleveland and Harrison Administrations
 * 10-24: Life inthe 1880s and 1890s
 * 10-25: Chapter Overview
 * 10-26: Test

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 * Chapter 5: Building America into a World Power (1896-1912)**
 * 10-27: Internet Guide - overview of the chapter.
 * 10-28: Major McKinley - William McKinley Administration
 * 10-31: Roots of Progressivism - study on the start of government growing bigger; homework #1
 * 11-1: TR - Theodore Roosevelt Administration
 * 11-2: Web Quest on issues during the era
 * 11-3: Taft Adminstration - William Taft's presidency; homework #2
 * 11-4: Life at the turn of the century - study of life from 1900 to 1909
 * 11-7: Overview of the chapter
 * 11-8: Test

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 * Chapter 6: World War I and Internationalism (1912-1920)**
 * 11-9: Internet Guide - overview of the chapter
 * 11-10: Revolution in transportation - rise of the automobile and air travel.
 * 11-11: Progressive reformers - reforms and increase in government power; homework #1
 * 11-14: Wilson Administration - presidency of Woodrow Wilson.
 * 11-15: Outbreak of the Great War - web quest on the start of World War I.
 * 11-16: America enters the war - study of why the U.S. got into WWI.
 * 11-17: Versailles Treaty and the Fourteen Points - peace agreements and the end of World War I.
 * 11-18: Postwar Progressivism - study of Prohibition, women's movement, and eugeics; homework #2.
 * 11-21: Web quest on chapter issues
 * 11-22: Life in the 1910s (1910-1919)
 * 11-30: Overview
 * 12-1: Test
 * 12-2: Force Shift - events from 1913 that took away individual freedom

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 * Chapter 7: The Roaring 20s and the Great Crash (1920-1932)**
 * 12-5: Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * 12-6: Return to Normalcy - study of the Harding Administration
 * 12-7: Silent Cal - Coolidge Administration; Homework #1
 * 12-8: The New Era - study of life in the Roaring 20s.
 * 12-9: Economic Collapse - study of the start of the Great Depression
 * 12-12: Web Quest - review of the Roaring 20s
 * 12-13: Web Quest - Issues from the Era
 * 12-14: Life in the 1920s; Homework #2
 * 12-15: Overview of the chapter
 * 12-16: Test

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 * Chapter 8: Enlarging the Public Sector (1932-1940)**
 * 1-4: Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * 1-5: Happy Days Are Here Again - study of FDR coming into office.
 * 1-6: FDR's New Deal - programs in the depression; Homework #1
 * 1-7: Consequences of the New Deal - how the New Deal increased the size and power of the government and still did not solve the depression.
 * 1-8: Rise of the Axis Powers - Web Quest on Totalitarianism in Europe.
 * 1-11: Outbreak of War Web Quest; Homework #2
 * 1-12: Life in the 1930s
 * 1-13: Overview of the chapter
 * 1-14: Test

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 * Chapter 9: America and World War II (1941-1945)**
 * : Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * : December 7, 1941 - study of the attack on Pearl Harbor
 * : The Home Front - the war effort inside the U.S.; Homework #1
 * : Victory in Europe - how the Allies defeated Germany.
 * : Victory in Japan - how the Allies defeated Japan.
 * : Holocaust - study of the Nazi atrocities; Homework #2
 * : Web Quest - Heroes of WWII
 * : Overview of the chapter
 * : Test

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 * Chapter 10: America's Happy Days (1946-1959)**
 * : Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * : Iron Curtain and Cold War - study of the start of the Cold War.
 * : Truman Administration; Homework #1
 * : Eisenhower Administration
 * : Aspects of America's Happy Days - study of economic success of the 50s
 * : Life in the 1950s
 * : Web Quest - How America grew into more of a Nanny State
 * : Overview of chapter
 * : Test

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 * Chapter 11: The Age of Upheaval (1960-1974)**
 * : Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * : JFK and the New Frontier - study of the Kennedy Administration; Cuban Missile Crisis
 * : Civil Rights Movement - study of King's push for equality; negative aspects get involved; Homework #1
 * : LBJ and the Great Society - LBJ agenda
 * : Vietnam Conflict
 * : Nixon, Detente, and Watergate; Homework #2
 * : Life in the 1960s
 * : Web Quest on how rock music helped lead to the collapse of the Berlin Wall/Communism.
 * : Overview of chapter
 * : Test

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 * Chapter 12: Retreat and Resurrection (1974-1988)**
 * : Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * : Ford Administration; homework #2
 * : Carter Administration
 * : Life in the 1970s
 * : Ronald Reagan and America's Revival; homework #2
 * : Life in the 1980s
 * : Web Quest on how Islamic fundamentalism was becoming the biggest foreign policy issue
 * : Overview of chapter
 * : Test

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 * Chapter 13: The Moral Crossroads (1989-2000)**
 * : Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * : George H.W. Bush Administration - George Bush presidency including the Persian Gulf War; Homework #1
 * : Culture Quiz on the post-WWII era
 * : The Clintons vs. the Contract With America
 * : Clinton's Second Term and Impeachment
 * : Web Quest on aspects of the 1990s
 * : Life in the 1990s; Homework #2
 * : Overview of the chapter
 * : Test

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 * Chapter 14: Globalization and a World with Terrorism (2000-2014)**
 * : Internet guide - overview of chapter
 * : 2000 Election and 9/11
 * : Problems for President Bush; Homework #1
 * : Barack Obama and "Change You Can Believe In"
 * : War on Terrorism 2001-Present
 * : Web Quest on the history of media bias
 * : Life in the 2000s; homework #2
 * : Overview of the chapter
 * : Test

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 * Chapter 15: History and Current Issues**


 * i-Movie Activity:** Students work in pairs to create video on chosen decade.

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