11th. US History

Syllabus, Rules, and Policies

Text: Prentice Hall: United States History Reconstruction to the Present

Instructor: Katherine A. Brennan

School contact: 428-8050 Voice #252

Email:

Course Objectives: Students will meet the requirements outlined in the Alabama Quality Core collage and career readiness standards. By the end of this year students will be able to:

  • Cite specific evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
  • Determine the central ideas or information of primary and/or secondary sources
  • Evaluate authors’ differing point of view on the same history event
  • Integrate and evaluate multiple and diverse sources of information.

Course Description and Expectations:

Immigration and Urbanization and The Transformation of the West and South

  • Explain the reasons immigrants came to the United States and their impact on early America
  • Identity the new challenges of city dwellers and the economic changes in the post civil war south.
  • Evaluate in the impact of western expansion on Native Americans

The Gilded Age and The Progressive Era

  • Compare the civil rights of different groups during the Gilded Age.
  • Describe the rise of the populist movement
  • Assess the changes in the political structure during the Gilded Age
  • Analyze the role that journalist paled in the progressive movement
  • Evaluate and explain the progressive reforms
  • Explain the role of women during the progressive era

WWI

  • Identity the causes of WWI and explain the U.S. entrance into the war
  • Analyze the difference views on the United States entry into the war
  • Outline the social changes the occurred during the war.

The 20s, Great Depression, and The New Deal

  • Evaluate the weaknesses in the economy of the 1920s and explain how the stock market crash contributed to the Great Depression
  • Examine the spread of unemployment in American cities and explain the human and geographical factors that created the Dust Bowl
  • Discuss Hoover’s response the Great Depression and why it failed
  • Analyze the opposing views points of FDRS new deal policies
  • Explain the effect the New Deal had on the growth of labor unions
  • Describe the impact of FDRS court-packing plan

WWII and Cold War

  • Explain how European dictators came to power and analyze the allied response
  • Identify the reasons for U.S. involvement and outline the ways the US mobilize for war at home
  • Explore the reasons Truman decided to use the Atomic bomb
  • Examine how the US responded to the Holocaust
  • Explain the impact of WWII on the U.S.
  • Explain how US leaders respond to the threat of Soviet expansion in Europe
  • Describe the fear of domestic communism affected American society during the Cold War

Civil Rights Movement

  • Describe how African American challenged segregation in the south
  • Identify the reasons/actions that cause the civil rights movement to gain ground in the 1960s
  • Evaluate the successes and challenges the civil right movement

Vietnam War

  • Analyze the reason for U.S. involvement in Vietnam
  • Describe how the Vietnam war ended and its lasting effects
  • Explain how the Vietnam lead to protect and social divisions

GRADING: Major test grades/Projects as announced by the instructor BENCHMARKS NOW COUNT AS A TEST PER CENTRAL OFFICE. No exam exemptions are available. All students will take the teacher made test, 60% of the nine weeks’ grade. Online assignments/collaborative projectsdaily class assignments, homework ,40% of the nine weeks’ grade

Make up work:

If any student does not complete an assignment a “1” will be used as a placeholder in INow. The student has until the next test to make up a missing or late assignment. The highest possible grade that can be earned is a 70%.

1 day late=70%

2 days late=65%

3 days late=60%

4 days late=55%

5 days late=50%

6 days late=45%

7 days late=40%

8 days late=35%

9 days late=30%

10 days late=1%

Note: The percentages above reflect the highest possible grade that may be earned.

If there are any questions about grades, please contact:

Materials:

  • USB Drive
  • Ear Buds
  • Pen/pencil
  • Loose leaf paper

Tardies:

Three unexcused tardies will count as one unexcused absence and will result in a disciplinary referral.

Teacher Assistance:

I am always available to assist students with any questions please schedule and appointment either before or after school if you need my help.

Discipline:

Refer to the HCS Student handbook.

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