American History Syllabus --- Mr. Thompson
The Americans
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Day 1 Class Introduction/Historical Document Declaration of independence
Chapter 2 Section 1
44 - 57
Day 2 Historical Document Declaration of Independence & Northwest Ordinnace
Chapter 2
66-73
Day 3 Course Pre-Test Introduce The Constitution Ch. 2 Sec. 4
74 - 100
Day 4 Constitution Day
Day 5 Chapter 6 –The New Industrial Age sections 1 & 2
230 – 240
Day 6 Chapter 6 –The New Industrial Age section 3
241-249
Day 7 Chapter 7 – Immigrants & Urbanization Sec. 1
254- 259
Day 8 Chapter 7– Immigrants & Urbanization Sec. 2
260 - 266
Day 9 Chapter 7 – Immigrants & Urbanization Sec. 3
267 - 273
Day 10 Chapter 8 – Life at the Turn of the Century Sec. 1 & 2
276 - 285
Day 11 Chapter 8 - Life at the Turn of the Century Sec. 3
286- 291
Day 12 Chapter 8 - Life at the Turn of the Century Sec. 4
292 - 299
Day 13 UNIT I TEST chapters 6-8 “Industrialization Changes America”
Read Chapter 9 – Progressive Era sections 1 & 2
306 -316
Day 14 Chapter 9 – Progressive Era sections 3
317-325
Day 15 Chapter 9 – Progressive Era sections 4
326 - 331
Day 16 Chapter 9 – Progressive Era section 5
332 - 337
Day 17 Study for Test
Day 18 Unit II TEST “Progressive Era”
Chapter 10 –The Nation claims an Empire sections 1 & 2
342 - 351
Day19 Chapter 10 –The Nation claims an Empire sections 3
352-358
Day 20 Chapter 10- The Nation claims an Empire section 4
359 - 367
Day 21 Chapter 11 – WWI
section 1
372 -380
Day 22 Chapter 11 – WWI section 2
381 - 387
Day 23 Chapter 11 – WWI section 3
388 - 395
Day 24 Chapter 11 – WWI section 4
398 – 403
Day 25 Study for Exam
Day 26 UNIT III TEST Imperialism & WWI
Chapter 12 – Politics of 1920s sections 1- 2
412 - 421
Day 27 Chapter 12 – Politics of 1920s section 3
422 - 429
Day 28 Chapter 13 - Life in the 1920s sections 1- 2
434 - 445
Day 29 Chapter 13 – Life in the 1920s section 3
446 - 451
Day 30 Chapter 13 – Life in the 1920s section 4
452 - 457
Day 31 Chapter 14 - The Great Depression sections 1, 2 & 3
464 - 482
Begin viewing the movie, "Cinderella Man"
Day 32 Chapter 15- New Deal Sec. 1 & 2
488 - 501
Day 33 Chapter 25- New Deal & Reform sections 4 & 5
510 -519
Day 34 Study for Unit IV Exam
Day 35 UNIT IV TEST “Prosperity, Great Depression and the New Deal”
Chapter 16 – the Road to War sections 1- 2
528 - 541
Day 36 Chapter 16 – The Road to War sections 3 - 4
542-557
Day 37 Chapter 17 – US in WWII section 2
569 - 577
Day 38 Chapter 17 – US in WWII sections 3
578-587
Day 39 Chapter 17- US in WWII
section 4
588 - 595
Day 40 UNIT V TEST Chapters 16 & 17 “Isolationism through WWII”
Read Ch. 18 Postwar, Cold War sections 1
602- 608
Day 41 Ch. 18 Postwar, Cold War and Korean War section 2
609 - 615
Day 42 Ch. 18 Cold War sec. 3 & 4
616 - 627
Day 43 Ch. 20 Cold War in the 60’s sections 1
670 - 678
Day 44 Ch. 22 Vietnam sections 1 - 2
730- 741
Day 45 Ch. 22 Vietnam sections 3 - 4
742 - 753
Day 46 Ch. 22 Vietnam section 5
754 - 761
Day 47 Study for COLD WAR TEST
Day 48 UNIT VI TEST “COLD WAR”
Read Ch. 21 1950’s section 1 “early civil rights”
700-707
Day 49 Ch. 21 Civil Rights sec. 2
710-716
Day 50 Ch. 21 Civil rights sec. 3
717-723
Day 51 ***Introduce Back to the Future Projects***
Ch. 19 Life in the 50s sec. 1 & 2
634 - 649
Day 52 Ch. 19 Life in the 50s Sec. 3
652 - 657
Day 53 LIBRARY/LAB day work on BTTF Projects
Ch. 19 sec. 4
658 - 663
Day 54 1950s Culture Wrap up
Ch. 20 The New Frontier Sec. 2
679 -683
Day 55 Ch. 20 The Great Society Sec. 3
686- 693
Day 56 Ch. 23 Era of Social Change Sec. 1
768- 773
Day 57 Ch. 23 Era of Social Change Sec. 2
776-780
Day 58 Ch. 23 Era of Social Change Sec. 3
781 - 785
Day 59 Ch. 24 The Nixon years section 1
794-801
Day 60 Ch. 24 Nixon’s Downfall sec. 2
802-807
Day 61 Ch. 24 Ford & Carter section 3
810-817
Day 62 Ch. 24 Environmental Movement sec. 4
820-825
Day 63 Review Culture of 50s, 60s & 70s for Test
Day 64 UNIT VII TEST “Social Transformations in the US”
Day 65 Begin viewing the movie, "Forrest Gump"
Ch. 25Reagan & Conservative Era sec. 1&2
830-838
Day 66 Ch. 25 Reagan & Bush sec. 3
839-845
Day 67 Ch. 25 Reagan & Bush section 4
848-855
Day 68 Ch. 26 1990s and Clinton section 1
860-868
Day 69 Ch. 26 The New Global Economy sec. 2
869-873
Day 70 Ch.26 Technology in Modern Life sec. 3 &4
876-887
Day 71
Chapter 25 & 26 Quiz
Day 72 - 79 BACK TO THE FUTURE PRESENTATIONS
Day 80 -82 BACK TO THE FUTURE MAKE UPS/FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Day 83 & 84 FINAL EXAMS