Ryan High School
Schedule
1—8:50-9:45
2A/2B—9:51-11:20
3A/3B—11:26-1:36
(lunch)
4A/4B—1:52-3:09
5—3:15-4:10
Alma Mater
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We are Ryan High School strong
And to you we sing this song
Ryan Raiders we’ll be true
Ryan Raiders through and through
We sing to you our own proud school
For without a doubt in victory we’ll shout
Faith and hope anew, we are true
Ryan Raiders we love you
Fight Song
• We are the Raiders of Ryan High
• We keep our spirit and our banners high
• For we are mighty and powerful and we are
strong
• And we pledge our loyalty all the daylong
• For we are one for all and all for one
• Until victory we have won
• Yes we will go…fight..and we will win
• For Ryan High our dear old friend
Junior Year
• Best year in high school and this is why…
• You enter as sophomores, but you leave as
• SENIORS!
Welcome to United States
History Class
Ms. Calabrese
Syllabus and Class Description
See History Alive
Chapter 1, page 1
U.S.: What do you remember from 8th
grade U.S. History class?
• Full name and class block in upper right hand
corner
• Survey handout with questions and matching
• Survey History Alive textbook Chapters 1-7
Calabrese
Strengths:
• Connectedness
• Context
• Input
• Intellection
• Harmony
HISTORY: WHAT IS IT?
WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY IT?
HOW DO WE LEARN ABOUT IT?
“There is no such thing as an
uninteresting life.”
Mark Twain
“There is a relation between
the hours of our life and
the centuries of time.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The first important step in
anyone’s education is to know
your own people.”
Chaim Potok, The Chosen (224)
“All history is gossip.”
JFK
“Those who can’t remember
the past are condemned to
repeat it.”
George Santayana
“History is a guide to navigation in perilous
times.:
“History is who we are and why we are the
way we are.”
David McCullough, author and
historian
“We can disagree
without being
disagreeable.”
President
Barack Obama
U.S. History
• History is the study of the past to help
understand the present and prepare for the
future
• The U.S. is a unique “experiment” in a
democratic republic
• Our “founding fathers” were influenced by
ideas of the Enlightenment
Bloom’s Taxonomy—how we learn
Alexis de Tocqueville
• French historian who visited the U.S. in the
1830s
• In Democracy in America, he wrote about
American “exceptionalism” notably:
freedom of the press
mix of religions
movement within social classes
Alexis De Tocqueville identified five values leading to America’s
success as a constitutional republic
1. Liberty
2. Egalitarianism (equality)
3. Individualism
4. Populism
5. Laissez-faire (leave things alone!)
So does history ever change?
• Yes—interpretations of past events can change
• The events considered important or unimportant
often reflect cultural bias
• Historiography is the study of how history is
learned
• Emphasis can be placed on different ideas and
events reflected in current events when viewing
past events
Historical Sources
• Primary Sources—eyewitnesses
• Secondary Sources—2nd hand information
• Is the source reliable?
• Who is behind the source?
• Is there a bias? Can you still use it?
Who takes care of our sources?
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Librarians
Archivists
Scholars
Historians
Curators
Collectors
Re-enactors
Are these primary or
secondary sources?
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Political cartoon
News article
Textbook
Diary
Your teacher
Photograph
Your parent
Picture album
Map
More sources
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TV show
Documentary
You-Tube
Website
Furniture
Bullet
Rock
Painting
Portrait
Shopping catalog
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Comic book
Magazine
Toy
Movie poster
War recruitment poster
Movie
Clothing
Weapon
Campaign button
“Brushes with History”
• Personal connections or memories
• Classes at school
• Personal experiences
• Family stories
• People
You are a witness to history—consider
your personal timeline
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1997—NASA lands a probe on the surface of Mars
1998—Impeachment of President Clinton
1999—Space Shuttle Discovery docks with International Space Station
2000—closest presidential election in history
2001—Terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11
2002—invasion of Afghanistan
2003—invasion of Iraq
2004—Re-election of Bush
2005—Hurricane Katrina
2006—Airplanes ban liquids of over 4 oz. on flights
2007—Beginning of the Great Recession
2008—World-wide financial crisis, election of Obama
2009—Tea Party Formed
2010—Osama Bin Laden killed by U.S. Seals
2011---Occupy Wall Street
2012—Re-election of Obama
2013—Government shut-down
2014—Ebola Virus in Dallas, Texas
2015—Started U.S. History with Ms. Calabrese
Six Degrees of Separation
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President Obama
President Bush
JFK
Elvis
Marilyn Monroe
Princess Diana
Frank Sinatra
9-11 Victim
General Patton
AP Test--Format
See other power point on themes periods