Honors U.S. History Syllabus

DATE

TOPIC

READING ASSIGNMENT

OBJECTIVE

28 March M

Assign ABC Project

Review Progressive Movement

Readings 520-542

7.01

29 March T

Causes of WWI

Study for Test

8.01, 8.02

30 March W

Test:  Progressive

pp. 548-555

7.01, 7.02

31 March Th

WWI-Home Front/Course

Quiz: War of 1812 & Era of Good Feelings

pp. 556-575

8.01, 8.02, 8.03

1 April F

WWI-Consequences

pp. 570-582

7.02, 8.03

4 April M

Report Cards

Politics of the ‘20s

pp. 590-603

8.03, 9.03, 9.04

5 April T

Roaring Twenties

Study for Test

8.03, 9.03, 9.04

6 April W

Test:  WWI & Roaring 20s

pp. 604-622

8.03, 9.03, 9.04

7 April Th

Causes of the Great Depression

pp. 628-633

9.01, 9.02

8 April F

Life During the Great Depression

pp. 634-644

9.02, 9.03

11 April M

Assign Time Line Project

Response to the Depression (New Deal/Government)

pp. 650-668

8.03, 9.01, 9.02, 9.05

12 April T

Legacy of the New Deal

Study for Test

8.03, 9.01, 9.02, 9.05

13 April W

Progress Reports

Test:  30s & Great Depression

pp. 668-674

 

10.01, 10.03

14 April Th

WWII Causes

Quiz: Populism & West

pp. 682-693,

702-708

10.02, 10.03

15 April F

WWII-Homefront

pp.    714-721, 728-735

10.02, 10.03

25 April M

WWII-Course/Battles

pp. 722-727, 736-754

10.02, 10.03

26 April T

WWII-Courses/Battles

pp. 722-727, 736-754

10.01, 10.02, 10.03

27 April W

WWII-Consequences

Study for Test

10.02, 10.03

28 April Th

Test:  WWII

pp. 694-701, 752-765

10.01, 10.02, 10.03

29 April F

Cold War Beginnings

Quiz: Civil War & Reconstruction

pp. 766-788

10.03, 10.04, 10.05

2 May M

Cold War Hotspots & America’s Response

pp. 766-788

10.03, 11.01

3 May T

Korean War

pp. 770-773, 784

11.01

4 May W

Interim Reports Issued

Postwar Politics through the 50s

pp. 792-803

11.01

5 May Th

The Fifties (Social-Cultural)

Quiz: Imperialism & Progressives

pp. 804-816

11.01, 11.03, 11.05, 11.06

6 May F

The New Frontier

Study for Test

11.01, 11.05, 11.06

9 May M

Test: Cold War, Korea, & the Fifties

pp. 824-838

11.01, 11.03, 11.05, 11.06

10 May T

Great Society/The 1960s

pp. 838-844

11.02, 11.06

11 May W

Civil Rights Movement

pp. 850-876

11.02, 11.03

12 May Th

Vietnam War

Quiz: WWI

pp. 934-935

11.04, 11.06

13 May F

Politics of Protest

pp. 910-926

11.02, 11.03, 12.02, 12.03

16 May M

The Nixon Years/Watergate

pp. 934-945

11.06, 12.01, 12.02

17 May T

Ford & Carter

 

Study for Test

11.06, 12.01

18 May W

Progress Reports

Test:  Civil Rights, Vietnam, & Protest

pp. 968-995

11.06

19 May Th

The “Me” Decade-70s

Quiz: Great Depression

pp. 968-995

11.03, 11.05, 11.06, 12.01, 12.02

20 May F

The Reagan Years/Life in the 80s

pp. 1101-1026

11.06, 12.01

23 May M

ABC Projects Due

Cold War Ends/Into a New World Order/Clinton Years

Chp. 31

11.06, 12.01, 12.03

24 May T

The Bush Years

Study for Test

12.02, 12.03, 12.04

25 May W

Test:  70s, 80s & 90s

Chp. 31

12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06

26 May Th

Today

Quiz: WWII

 

12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06

27 May F

REVIEW FOR FINAL

Study for Final

Review all objectives

30 May

NO SCHOOL

MEMORIAL DAY

 

 

31 May -1 June

Time Lines Due (5.31)

REVIEW FOR FINAL (FINAL PROJECT)

Study for Final

Review all objectives

3 June & 6-10 June

FINAL EXAMS

 

 

 

**If needed, I reserve the right to make changes and additions to the syllabus throughout the semester.  All major assignments are listed in the syllabus and will be announced in class, as well as written on the board.  It is your responsibility to keep up with all readings and assignment due dates.**