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Book: Robert Remini, A Short History of the United States: From the Arrival of Native American Tribes to the Obama Presidency (Harper Perennial, 2009).

FALL TERM: The Long Eighteenth Century

Unit 1: The Colonial Background

1. What is History? What is US History? Discussion

2. Read The Americas and Europe in Contact, Americas and Europe Before Columbus Socratic

3. Read English Settlement, Speaking Words, Walking Lines Lecture, Homework: Colonial Advertisement

4. Contact: European and Native Worlds Collide Socratic, In Class: Creation Stories Comparison Activity

5. Read “The Experience of White Women in the Chesapeake,” Settling the Chesapeake Socratic

6. Read Excerpts from "Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox," Masterless Men Socratic, In Class: Virginia Slave Laws, Visual Culture of Chesapeake Slavery

7. Read “The Years of Magical Thinking,” A World of Money and Magic Lecture

8. Read The Struggle for North America, The Diversity of the Middle Colonies Socratic, In Class: Work on Colonial Advertisement

9. Turn in Colonial Advertisement, The Voyage of the Slave Ship Diligent Lecture, In Class: Give Colonial Era Study Guide

10. Read “Consumption, Anglicization and American Identity,” An Empire of Goods and Ideas, In Class: George Whitefield Documents

11. Read Seven Years' War Background Reading, Competing for a Continent Socratic, Homework: French and Indian War Response

12. Colonial Era Test

Unit 2: The Revolution and Constitution

13. Turn in French and Indian War Response, Governing an Empire Simulation

14. Read Road to Independence, View The Reluctant Revolutionaries

15. Read Becker Excerpt, Declaration of Independence: Radical Document? Socratic, In Class: Declaration Drafts

16. Read Nash and Wood Articles on the Revolution, How Radical Was the American Revolution? Socratic, In Class: Nash and Wood Worksheet, Give Revolution Project Prompt

17. Read Selection from "Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox," American Paradox Lecture, In Class: Jefferson on Slavery, Work on Project

18. Read From Confederation to Federation, Begin preparation for Ratification Simulation

19. Ratification Simulation, In Class: Constitution Cheat Sheet

20. Project Work Day

21. Read Governing the New Nation, The New Nation Takes Form Socratic

22. Project Work Day

23. Turn in Revolution Project, Excerpts From A Midwife’s Tale, Homework: Midwife’s Tale and Social History Response

WINTER TERM: The Nineteenth Century

Unit 3: The Antebellum Era

24. Read Jeffersonian America in Peace and War, The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson Socratic, In Class: Jefferson Monument Design

25. Turn in Midwife’s Tale and Social History Response, The Second War for Independence Socratic

26. Read Growing Nationalism, Growing Tension, Market Revolution Socratic

27. Read Seth Rockman Excerpt, A Mud Machine, Street Scrapers and Slaves Lecture, In Class: A View of the City During the Market Revolution, Changes in Work and Time

28. Read A “Corrupt Bargain?”, Begin The Age of Jackson? Socratic, In Class: Campaign Songs of the Age of Jackson

29. Read Politics in the Age of Jackson, Continue The Age of Jackson? Socratic, In Class: Democratization? Activity

30. Read “Indians Using a Strategy of Accommodation,” Shoeboots, Doll and Indian Removal Lecture, In Class: The Cherokee Constitution

31. Read Jacksonian Culture and War with Mexico, The End of the World: The Second Great Awakening and the Birth of Reform Socratic, Begin Stump Speeches/Posters

32. Read "The Slave South," The Slave South Socratic, In Class: Selections from Sociology for the South and “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?”

33. Read “Escaping Through the Black Landscape,” Watch Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property, In Class: Give Antebellum Era Test Draft Study Guide Homework: Begin Nat Turner Response

34. Placing Cabins, Making Homes Lecture, Turn in Nat Turner Response

35. Antebellum Era Test

Unit 4: The Civil War and Reconstruction

36. Read Can Compromise Succeed?, Expansion for Slavery?

37. Read "John Brown and His Raid," "Manufacturing Martyrdom," and "Incendiaries All," John Brown, Abolitionist Lecture, In Class: John Brown’s Body and Battle Hymn of the Republic, Homework: John Brown Response

38. Turn in John Brown Response, Crisis at Fort Sumter Simulation, In Class: Crisis at Fort Sumter Worksheet

39. Read The Union at War, The North Fights the Civil War Socratic, Begin Death and the Civil War, In Class: Give Civil War Music Essay Prompt

40. Read “African-Americans and Emancipation,” Bottom Rail on Top Socratic, In Class: Give Us A Flag, Continue Death and the Civil War

41. Complete Death and the Civil War, Music of the Civil War Discussion

42. Read Reconstructing the Nation, Been in the Storm So Long Socratic, In Class: Memory of Reconstruction Activity, Give United States v. Andrew Johnson Background Material

43. Work on Civil War Music Essay

44. Read United States v. Andrew Johnson Background Material, In Class: United States v. Andrew Johnson Simulation

Unit 5: The Turn of the Century

45. Read A Gilded Age, New Forms of Business Socratic, In Class: Robber Baron Twitter Project

46. Turn in Civil War Music Essay, Rough Draft Workshop

47. Turn in Robber Baron Twitter Project, Honest Graft Socratic, In Class: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall Excerpt

48. Read Labor v. Capital, Silver v. Gold, From Bloody Shirt to Full Dinner Pail Socratic, In Class: Response to Robber Baron Twitter

49. Read Imperialism?, Imperialism: As American As Apple Pie? Debate

SPRING TERM: American Since 1900

50. Read The Progressive Era, The Progressive Era and the Mania for Reform Socratic, In Class: How the Other Half Lives Activity

51. Read “There Was Blood,” Balancing Labor and Capital Socratic

52. Read "World War One on the Home Front," Schenck v. United States Introduction, Begin Schenck v. United States Simulation

53. Conclude Schenck v. United States Simulation

54. Read Excerpt from "American Women in the Twentieth Century," Our Time Has Come Socratic

54. Read Boom, Rejection of Progressivism Socratic, In Class: The Story of the Turn of the Century

55. Read “Sex and Youth in the Jazz Age,” Prohibition in America Socratic, In Class: Great Gatsby Excerpt

56. Read Bust, Universal Fear Lecture, In Class: Hoover Radio Address, Nation Article

57. Read "FDR and the New Deal," From Bust to Boom?: The New Deal and the Great Depression Socratic, Give New Deal and Progressivism Essay Prompt

58. Painting a New Deal Activity, Work on Essays

59. Read The Great Crusade, The “Good War” Socratic, In Class: The War Clips

60. Read Excerpt from Hiroshima, “The Destroyer of Worlds”: World War Two in Combat Lecture

61. Read "The People Are Willing," Begin World War Two Homefront Timeline Project

62. Complete World War Two Homefront Timeline Project

63. Turn in New Deal and Progressivism Essay, Rough Draft Workshop

64. Read From Hot War to Cold, The Cold War at Home and Abroad Socratic, In Class: The Long Telegram and NSC-68, McCarthy Hearing Clips

65. Read “Formulating the Strategy of Deterrence,” Strategy of the Cold War Socratic, In Class: Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation

66. Read "The Baby Boom and the Age of Subdivision," Conformity? Socratic, In Class: Redlining Clip, “The Problem That Has No Name”

Unit 6: America Since 1945

67. Read The Movement and the Great Society, The Early Civil Rights Movement Socratic, In Class: Brown v. Board

68. Read "MLK and the Quest for Nonviolent Social Change" and "MLK: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Movement," Could You Get on the Bus? Socratic, In Class: Freedom Riders Clips

69. America at Midcentury Test

70. Read “Introduction to Red Power” and “Meaning of Life,” Like a Hurricane Lecture, In Class Wounded Knee Clips

71. Vietnam at Home and Abroad, America and Vietnam Socratic, In Class: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

72. Read "The Wages of War," "The Necessary War" and "A Grand Delusion," Begin Last Days in Vietnam, In Class: Give Last Days Essay Prompt

73. Finish Last Days in Vietnam, Work on Last Days Essays

74. Read "The Antiwar Movement and American Society," Takin’ It to the Streets Socratic, Work on Last Days Essays

75. Read Losing Trust in Government, Watergate Debate

76. Read The Reagan Revolution, The Ballad of Ron and George Lecture

77. Read/Skim The Conservative Revolution, The End of History? Socratic, In Class: Excerpt from “The End of History,” Berlin Wall and 9/11 Clips

78. What is the Story of American History? Socratic

79. Slush Day