History 2 (1877 to present)
Text: The American Vision, Publ. Glencoe (2007)
First Quarter
Chapter 16: Politics and Reform
(Jim Crow, Populism)
Pp. 490-515 (1870-1915)
* How the Other Half Lives –Jacob Riis
* http://www.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html
* (How the Other Half Lives—hypertext)
Unit Six
Chapter 17: Becoming a World Power
(Imperialism, Sp-Amer.War, New Am. Diplomacy)
Pp. 516-543 (1890-1920)
* Portrait of America---Stephen B. Oates (pp. 106-119)
* Video—The Boxer Rebellion
* Video—Annexation of Hawaii
Chapter 18: The Progressive Reform Era
Pp. 544-573 (1890-1919)
Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
Chapter 19: The World War 1 Era
Pp. 574-607 (1914-1920)
* PBS Video, The Great War
* Portrait of America---Stephen B. Oates (pp. 152-164)
* All Quiet on the Western Front—Richard Remarque
* http://www.historywiz.com/armenia-mm.htm (Genocide)
* http://www.historywiz.com/greatwar-mm.htm
* http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
Unit Seven
Chapter 20: The Jazz Age (1921-1929)
Pp. 608-633
Scopes Trial, Prohibition, Lynching
* Babbit—Sinclair Lewis
* KKK-A Secret History
* Scopes Trial
Chapter 21: Normalcy and Good Times (1920-1929)
Pp. 634-647
Laissez faire, red scare, pre-depression economy
* http://newman.baruch.cuny.edu/digital/redscare/ (Red Scare)
Second Quarter
Chapter 22: Great Depression Begins (1929-1933)
Pp. 654-675
* Grapes of Wrath—John Steinbeck
* Lawrence Reed—What caused the Depression
* FDR’s Folly
The Forgotten Man-Amity Schlaes
Chapter 23: Roosevelt and the New Deal
PP. 676-703 (1933-1941)
* http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/index.htm (TVA)
* http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html
* FDR’s Folly—Jim Powell
Unit Eight
Chapter 24: A World in Flames
Pp. 704-733 (1920-1941)
* Video on Pearl Harbor
* Video -Rise of Dictators
Chapter 25: America and WW2
Pp. 734-775 (1941-1945)
* America and the Holocaust
* Video—Rape of Nanking
* Reading—Trained to Kill
* Reading—The Hangman by Maurice Ogden
* Eugenics—Excerpt
* Portrait of America---Stephen B. Oates pp. 272-287
* www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/Exhibit/default.htm
* http://www.historywiz.com/nanjing-mm.htm (Rape of Nanking)
* http://www.ushmm.org/research/doctors/ (doctors trial)
* http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/ (Eugenics)
* http://www.historywiz.com/holocaust-mm.htm (holocaust)
* http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ (Nazi propaganda)
* video—To End all Wars
* Night—Elie Wiesel
Third Quarter
Chapter 26: The Cold War Begins
Pp. 776-805 (1945-1960)
McCarthy, Iron Curtain, Korea
Berlin,, Marshall Plan, Spies
* http://learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/coldwar/default.htm
* http://www.historywiz.com/coldwarexhibit.htm
* Video—The Korean War
Chapter 27: Postwar America
Pp. 806-835 (1945-1960)
McCarthyism, Levittowns, Popular Culture
Rock and Roll, Poverty and Prosperity
* Video selections: Leave it to Beaver, Father knows Best, et. al
* Audio selections from 60’s
Unit Nine
Chapter 28: New Frontier and Great Society
Pp. 838-863 (1961-1968)
Berlin Wall, Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs
War on Poverty, Space Race
* http://www.tamu.edu/scom/pres/speeches/lbjgreat.html
* Video -Cuban Missile Crisis/Bay of Pigs
* http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/cmcchron.html
* Useful Idiots—Mona Charen
Chapter 29: Civil Rights Movement
Pp. 864-889 (1954-1968)
Freedom riders, Little Rock, segregation
MLK, Jr., Watts, etc.
* Eyes on the Prize--video
*http://www.naacp.org/past_future/naacptimeline.shtml
* Mississippi Burning – video
* Letter from Birmingham Jail – MLK, Jr.
Fourth Quarter
Chapter 30: Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Pp. 890-917
Ho Chi Minh , Viet Minh, Viet Cong
Chapter 31: Politics of Protest
Pp. 918-947 (1960-1980)
Cesar Chavez, ERA, AIM, Counterculture
* Vietnam Chronicles --video
*Gulf of Tonkin, Tet, Westmoreland
* Letters Home –Video
* http://www.historywiz.com/cambod-mm.htm
(Cambodian genocide)
* Protest and Anti-war songs of the 60s/70’s
*The Feminine Mystique—Betty Friedan
* Portrait of America---Stephen B. Oates (pp. 332-348)
Unit Ten
Chapter 32: Politics and Economics
Pp. 950-977 (1971-1980)
Watergate, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Iranian Hostages
Stagflation, New Age movement
* Portrait of America---Stephen B. Oates (pp. 386-400)
* http://watergate.info/
* Video on the 70’s
Chapter 33: Resurgence of Conservatism
Pp. 978-1009 (1980 – 1992)
Deregulation, Reaganomics, Aids
Collapse of Soviet Union
*Video, The Reagan Presidency
* http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/
Chapter 34: Into a New Century
Pp. 1010-1039 (1992-present)
Contract with America
Terrorist Threats, Clinton presidency, Bush
terrorism