Pacing Guide - 2017 - 2018 U.S. History
1st Semester
Aug. 21-24 Reconstruction and African American History 1865-1877- Civil War Review - Chapter 16
Aug. 28-Sept. 15th. Shedding the Past and Moving Forward - Growing Pains in Industrial America: From Agriculture to Business 1860-1900 (3 weeks)
●Business/Labor Movements: Readings Ch. 17
●Growth in the South and the West: Readings Ch. 18
●Revolt of Rural/Urban America: Readings Ch. 19
●Gilded Age Politics: Readings Ch. 19
#1 Paper due Sept. 15 - Shedding the Past and Growing America
Presentations scheduled during this unit. 2 students per presentation
Sept. 18- Sept. 29 - Modern America Emerges - What makes a modern America?1865-1920 (2 weeks)
●Imperial America and creating an empire: Readings Ch. 20
●The Progressive era under Roosevelt/Taft: Readings Ch. 21
Oct. 2 - 6 From Peace to War to Peace again. 1914-1920 (1 week)
●WWI - America and the Great War: Readings. Ch. 22
Oct. 9 - 20 The Business of America is Business 1920-1929(2 weeks) Domestic Leadership
●Consumption, Jazz and the Modernist Revolt - the Lost Generation: Readings Ch. 23
●Immigration restriction: Readings Chapter 24
●Causes of the Great Depression: Readings Chapter 24
#2 Paper due Sept. 20 - What made America ‘Modern’?
Presentations scheduled during this unit.
Oct. 23-27 The Great Depression and Role of Government 1929-1939
●Hooverism to the Roosevelt’s New Deal: Readings Chapter 25
●Struggles of the New Deal: Readings Chapter 25
●Second New Deal - Greater role of government in society
Oct. 30 - Nov. 10 The Second World War - America as a World Leader 1933-1945
●Rise of Fascism: Readings Chapter 26
●Isolationism to Intervention: Readings Chapter 26
●Post Atomic Age
Nov. 13 - December 8 The People’s History of the United States - a look at the forgotten voices in American History
●Readings from Howard Zinn’s seminal book on American History
●Find points from America: A Narrative History and counterpoints in Zinn’s book.
●Compare both points of view
#3 Paper due Dec. 8. Historical Points of View
Dec. 11-15 Group Project Presentations - TMP Finals Week
●Your group presentation will address how the United States recovered from the Civil War, moved from a seemingly weak global position to become a world power all within 100 years.
●Presentations options will be discussed.
2nd Semester
Jan 16-25 The Second World War - America as a World Leader 1933-1945
●Rise of Fascism: Readings Chapter 26
●Isolationism to Intervention: Readings Chapter 26
●Post Atomic Age
●War on the Home Front
●Reading checks
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Jan 29-Feb 8 American in the Cold War 1945-1952
●Harry Truman contains communist expansion: Readings Ch. 27
●Red Scare
●Cold War America
●Civil Rights Movement: Readings Ch. 28
●Foreign Policy in the Fifties: Readings Ch. 28
#4 Paper due Feb.12/Feb.13 - Cold War: There and Back Again
●How we might returning to a Cold War threat.
Presentations scheduled during this unit.
Feb. 12 - Mar.1 Kennedy’s New Frontier Optimism and Caution 1960-1968
●Kennedy the Cold Warrior is assassinated
●Johnson’s Great Society: Readings Ch. 29
●Vietnam and the 60s. Readings Ch. 29
●Youth Rebellion: Readings Ch. 30
#5 Paper due Mar. 5 - The Counterculture of the 60s: What happened?
Presentations scheduled during this unit
Mar. 5- Mar.15 Revival of Conservatism: Nixon and ending the Vietnam War 1974-1990
●The Nixon Doctrine: Ch. 30
●Watergate: Ch. 30
Spring Break: Mar. 19-23
Mar. 26-Apr. 5 Conservative Revival 1977-1990
●Billy Carter. A social experiment post Nixon
●Ronald Reagan: Return to Conservative Form. Ch.31
●George H.W. Bush: One term president. Ch. 31
Apr. 9- 26 21st Century America 1990-Present
●Bill Clinton’s impeachment: Ch. 32
●9/11- America begins its longest war
●Obama’s Historic Presidency Ch. 32
●Trump’s First year in office.
#6 Paper due Apr.16 & Apr. 17. April 10 Topic TBA
Apr 30 - Groups will prepare a presentation on the 21st Century in America.
May 14-18 TMP Finals – End of Course Exam. Time to let the content sink in and a chance for you to prepare for the End of Course Exam.
Assignments:
- Six (3-5)page papers. 3 papers per semester. 40% of grade.
- Group projects (4 students per group) 20% of grade.
- Readings assigned weekly/Reading Checks. Approx. 40 pages per week. 25% of grade.
- Engagement 15% of grade.
Themes:
- African American/American Indian History
- Industrial America
- World Leadership at home and abroad
- The Role of Government
- The U.S. as a World Power
- Immigration/Migration
- Reform Movements
Texts: America: A Narrative History by George Tindall and David Shi