United States History
Course Syllabus 2017-2018

Room: 003
Conference: 3rd period
Phone: 903-731-8005 (phone will not ring during instructional time)
Email:
Tutorial Times: See Instructor

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
In United States History Studies Since 1877, which is the second part of a two-year study that begins in Grade 8, students study the history of the United States from 1877 to the present. The course content is based on the founding documents of the U.S. government, which provide a framework for its heritage. Historical content focuses on the political, economic, and social events and issues related to industrialization and urbanization, major wars, domestic and foreign policies, and reform movements, including civil rights. Students examine the impact of geographic factors on major events and eras and analyze their causes and effects. Students examine the impact of constitutional issues on American society, evaluate the dynamic relationship of the three branches of the federal government, and analyze efforts to expand the democratic process. Students describe the relationship between the arts and popular culture and the times during which they were created. Students analyze the impact of technological innovations on American life. Students use critical-thinking skills and a variety of primary and secondary source material to explain and apply different methods that historians use to understand and interpret the past, including multiple points of view and historical context.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The learning outcomes for World Geography are dictated by the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills issued under the Texas Education Code, §§7.102(c)(4), 28.002, 28.008, and 28.025 which may be found at

TEXTBOOK:
McGraw Hill US Geography

CLASSROOM RULES:
1. Promote Learning
2. Support Each Other
3. Obey the Student Code of Conduct

CLASSROOM POLICIES:
Assignments turned in one day late will be scored at a 70 or below. Assignments turned in two to four days late will be scored at a 50 or below. Assignments will not be accepted later than that. There are no extra credit assignments.

Cheating/Plagiarism:

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to, cheating on a test, plagiarism, and

collusion.

“Cheating on a test” shall include

  • Copying from another student’s test paper
  • Using test materials not authorized by the person administering the test
  • Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test without permission from the test administrator
  • Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, or soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of an un-administered test
  • The unauthorized transporting or removal, in whole or in part, of the contents of the un-administered test

“Plagiarism” shall be defined as the appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one’sown written work.

“Collusion” shall be defined as the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for fulfillment of course requirements.
The student who engages in cheating, plagiarism, or collusion willreceive a failing grade on the assignment. Cheating, plagiarism, or collusion on a major assignment may result in disciplinary action in accordance with PHS and PISD policies.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

You should develop a backup plan should your system or your Internet provider fail you. This is not a valid excuse for missing a deadline. PHS provides many opportunities for using equipment as does many public libraries.

State and federal laws mandate a variety of celebrations observances, including Celebrate Freedom Week.

(A)Each social studies class shall include, during Celebrate Freedom Week as provided under the TEC, §29.907, or during another full school week as determined by the board of trustees of a school district, appropriate instruction concerning the intent, meaning, and importance of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights, in their historical contexts. The study of the Declaration of Independence must include the study of the relationship of the ideas expressed in that document to subsequent American history, including the relationship of its ideas to the rich diversity of our people as a nation of immigrants, the American Revolution, the formulation of the U.S. Constitution, and the abolitionist movement, which led to the Emancipation Proclamation and the women's suffrage movement.

(B)Each school district shall require that, during Celebrate Freedom Week or other week of instruction prescribed under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, students in Grades 3-12 study and recite the following text: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed."

COURSE OUTLINE:

Semester 1

Unit 1: Celebrate Freedom – 6 days
Unit 2: Gilded Age – 10 days
Unit 3: Progressive Era – 9 days

Unit 4: Rise to World Power – 13 days

Unit 5: Roaring 20s – 10 days

Unit 6: Great Depression – 10 days

Unit 7: WWII on the Homefront – 10 days

Semester 2

Unit 8: WWII – 10 days
Unit 9: Civil Rights 12 days

Unit 10: Cold War (Truman to Kennedy) 16 days

Unit 11: Cold War (Nixon to Reagan) 10 days

Unit 12: Post Cold War Era 10 days
Unit 13: Review/Reteach gaps demonstrated in Benchmark II - 15 Days
Unit 14: Research and Analysis – 10 days