U.S. History Summer School Curriculum: First Semester
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TEXTBOOKS >
PAI = Pursuing American
Ideals, Teachers Curriculum
Institute www.teachtci.com
AmR= The American
Republic, Glencoe text.
Plan to make thorough use of the
TCI History Alive! Pursuing
American Ideals website.
 Watch the 5 minute guided
tour, and open the user guide
for important features.
Consider the following:
 Project the Student Text while
students are engaged in
Reading Notes activities. You
can discuss images in the
book, click on key terms, and
highlight important text.
 Use the Reading Challenge
to engage students in quick
(and FUN!) checks for
understanding.
 Continually connect content to
the Essential Question for
each chapter.
 Be sure your speakers are
hooked up to use the Audio
Clips embedded in
Presentations.
For EACH Lesson:
 Preview the Presentation
 Read over Procedures
 Be sure to have all necessary
Materials ready before class
 Utilize resources for
Differentiating Instruction
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Revolution & Constitution
The Young Republic / Civil War
Civil War & Reconstruction
The West / Industrialization
PAI – Unit 2
“A Nation and Its Ideals Emerge”
AmR – Ch. 3,4
PAI – Unit 3
“Growth/Challenges to Am. Ideals”
AmR – Ch. 5,6,7
PAI – Unit 3
“Growth/Challenges to Am. Ideals”
AmR – Ch. 7
PAI – Unit 4
“Growing Pains & Gains”
AmR – Ch. 8,9
 PAI Ch. 2 – Defining &
Debating America’s
Founding Ideals:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Activity
o Processing
NOTE: Do not have students
write the essay!!!
 PAI Ch. 7 - An Enduring Plan
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of Government:
o Preview
o Skills Builder Activity
o Processing
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Introducing Era 5 (Nystrom
Activity 19a-b, p. 65-66)
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 Introducing Era 3:
Personal Table of Contents
(Nystrom Activity 11a-b, p. 3738)
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Wartime Resources (Nystrom
Activity 21a-d, p. 71-74)
 PAI Ch. 5 - Americans
Revolt:
o Preview
o Reading Notes
o Processing
NOTE: Do not do
Experiential Exercise!!!
 The Expanding Nation
(Nystrom Activity 17a-b, p. 5556)
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US: 1A 1B 1C 2A 2B 2C 22A 22B
22C 23C
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PAI Ch. 10 – The Civil War:
o Preview
o Reading Notes
NOTE: You may modify the
Reading Notes to separate the
Problem Solving Groupwork for
tomorrow OR choose to split the
Problem Solving Groupwork into
two days.
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US: 2A 2B 2C 12B
PAI Ch. 10 – The Civil War:
o Problem Solving
Groupwork
NOTE: You may be starting the
Problem Solving Groupwork
today OR finishing from
yesterday.
Optional resource:
Web Lesson 39:
The Civil War Amendments;
(The Regents of the University
of California, 2009.)
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PAI Ch. 12 – Change &
Conflict in the American
West:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Skills
Builder
o Processing
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US: 2A 2B 9A 9B 12A 13A 14A
15A 21B 23A 26B 27B 28A
8.16B
Introducing Era 6:
Personal Table of
Contents (Nystrom Activity
23a-b, p. 79-80)
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PAI Ch. 13 – Age of
Innovation & Industry:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Skills
Builder
o Processing
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PAI Ch. 14 – Labor’s
Response:
o Preview
o Reading Notes
o Processing
OPTIONAL: Experiential
Excercise
PAI Ch. 11 – Reconstruction:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Visual
Discovery
o Processing
8.1C. 8.15C, 8.15D, 8.17B, 8.21B
8.1C, 8.4B, 8.4C, 8.15C, 8.19B
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TIP for Quicker Coverage:
For each PAI chapter there is
a Guide to the Reading Notes
in Materials. You may
SELECTIVELY choose to
project these for students to
save time when necessary.
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US: 2A 2B 2C 3B 3C 15B 27A
27C 28A
U.S. History Summer School Curriculum: First Semester
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Notes:
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Labor Movement / Immigration
PAI – Unit 4
“Growing Pains & Gains”
AmR – Ch. 9,10
Progressive Era
PAI – Unit 5
“The Progressive Era”
AmR – Ch. 11, 13
Imperialism
PAI - Unit 6
“Building An Empire”
AmR – Ch. 12
World War I
PAI - Unit 7
“World War I”
AmR – Ch. 14
NOTE: Please choose your optional
activities carefully. You may want to
review the materials in advance to
decide which would work best for your
students.
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PAI Ch. 15 – The Immigrant
Experience
o OPTIONAL: Experiential
Exercise
o Reading Notes
o Processing
Optional Activity
PAI Digging Deeper
Activity 5 - Voices of
Chinese Immigrants
- OR Optional Activity
PAI Digging Deeper
Activity 6 – Analyzing
Attitudes on Immigration
Through Political Cartoons
PAI Ch. 16 – Uncovering
Problems at the Turn of the
Century
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Field
Investigation
o Unless you have time, do
NOT have students write
the essay!!!
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US: 2A 2B 2C 3A 3C 3D 13A 13B
14A 15C 26A 26B 26C
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PAI Ch. 17 – The
Progressives Respond:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Visual
Discovery (Optional Act-ItOuts if time permits)
o Processing
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PAI Ch. 18 – Progressivism
on the National Stage:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Visual
Discovery (Optional
Response Groups if time
permits)
o Processing
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PAI Ch. 20 – The Spanish
American War:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Visual
Discovery
o Processing
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PAI Ch. 22 – From
Neutrality to War:
o Preview
o Reading Notes +
Response Group
o Processing
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PAI Ch. 21 – Acquiring &
Managing Global Power:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Writing
for Understanding
o Processing
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PAI Ch. 23 – The Course
& Conduct of WWI:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Skill
Builder
o Processing
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Optional Activity
PAI Digging Deeper
Activity 8 – Analyzing
WWI Propaganda Poster
 Optional Resource- Discovery
Education video: “Urban
Growth in America / Meet the
Progressives”
- OR –

World War I (Nystrom
Activity 29a-d, p. 99-102)
Mid-Semester
Pacing Check
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US: 2A 2B 2C 5A 5B 5C 9A 9B 14B
15B 15E 21A 23B 26D
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US: 2A 2B 2C 2D 4A 4B 12A 12B
15C 15D
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US: 2A 2B 2C 2D 4C 4D 4E 4G
15D 19B 25A 26F
U.S. History Summer School Curriculum: First Semester
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Notes:
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WEB / VIDEO
SUGGESTIONS:
Discovery Education
Streaming videos:
- "America in the 20th
Century: The Roaring
Twenties"
- "American History: From
the Great War to the Great
Depression"
- ("American History:
From the Great War to the
Great Depression Teacher's Guide)
-"The Movies,"
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Day 9
Day 10
Day 11
Day 12
World War I
The 1920s
1920s / Great Depression
Great Depression
PAI - Unit 7
“World War I”
AmR – Ch. 14
PAI - Unit 8
“The Twenties”
AmR – Ch. 15
PAI - Unit 8 / 9
“The Twenties” & “The Great
Depression”
AmR – Ch. 15-17
PAI – Unit 9
“Great Depression & New
Deal”
AmR Ch. 17
PAI Ch. 24 – The Home
Front:
o Preview
o Reading Notes (NO
Experiential Exercise!!!)
o Processing
PAI Ch. 25 – The Treaty of
Versailles: To Ratify or
Reject?
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Activity
o NO Student Essay!!!
Could instead lead class
discussion or have
students write a short
answer to essay prompt.
PAI Ch. 26 – Understanding
Postwar Tensions:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Visual
Discovery
o Processing
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US: 2A 2B 2C 4F 6A 13A 19B 19E
25A
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PAI Ch. 28 – Popular Culture
in the Roaring Twenties:
o Preview
o Reading Notes
NOTE: Choose between
the Experiential Exercise
for Chapter 27 and the
Digging Deeper Activity 10
on the Harlem
Renaissance. Do NOT try
to do both today!!!
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PAI Ch. 27 – The Politics of
Normalcy:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Skill
Builder
o Processing
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PAI Ch. 30 – Causes of the
Great Depression:
o Preview
o Reading Notes +
Experiential Exercise
o Processing
o Processing
PAI Ch. 32 – The Human
Impact of the Great
Depression:
o Preview
o Reading Notes +
Writing for
Understanding
o Processing
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Recommended
PBS American Experience:
Surviving the Dust Bowl
"Dust Bowl" videos
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PAI Ch. 29 – The Clash
Between Traditionalism &
Modernism:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Response
Group
o Processing
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Optional Activity PAI
Digging Deeper Activity 10 –
Exploring African American
Identity in the Harlem
Renaissance
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US: 2A 2B 2C 6A 6B 13A 16A 21B
25A 25B 25C 25D 28
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PAI Ch. 31 – The Response
to the Economic Crisis:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Skill
Builder
o Processing (If time permits)
New York Times critic A.O.
Scott's recent review,
describing the relevance of
the film “Grapes of Wrath”
for current (“economic
times”).
TIP for Quicker Coverage:
For each PAI chapter there is a Guide to
the Reading Notes in Materials. You may
SELECTIVELY choose to project these for
students to save time when necessary.
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US: 2A 2B 2C 2D 16A 16B 16C
19C 21B
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US: 2A 2B 2C 12A 16C 19B
25A
U.S. History Summer School Curriculum: First Semester
Day 13
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Notes:
New Deal
PAI – Unit 9
“Great Depression & New Deal”
AmR Ch. 18
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Migration: 1915-1940
Activity Map
(Nystrom Activity 33a-c,
pp. 113-115)
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Compare and Contrast the
Great African-American
Migration to the Okie
Migration (Nystrom Activity
33d, p. 116)
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PAI Ch. 33 – The New Deal &
Its Legacy:
o Preview
o Reading Notes + Problem
Solving Groupwork
o Processing
Optional Web Activity:
Learning About the Past
while Connecting to the
Present:
Texas was impacted by the
New Deal to areas targeted by
today’s ARRA.
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US: 2A 2B 2C 16D 19A 19B 20B
26D
Day 14
REVIEW & FINAL EXAM

Review Games like BINGO or
Jeopardy to prepare students.
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FINAL EXAM
TEACHER’S REFLECTIONS /
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR: