United States History & Geography A

Extra Credit
Extra credit can be obtained in several ways. First, there will be extra credit readings that can be completed using the extra credit reading worksheet: Extra Credit Article.doc. Readings will be announced in class or posted on the website below and are worth 5-15 points depending on the article and the quality of work turned in.
A maximum of 30 points per semester can be earned for the extra credit articles.
Also, students can come to class before or after school to review the last test they have taken. If they write two sentences correcting their wrong answers (one for a correction, one to explain why the answer is correct), they can earn 10 extra credit points. This process can be completed after every test (except for the final exam).
Course Content
U.S. History & Geography A covers the years 1877-1945 and is broken into the following units:
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Introduction to Historical Study (Class Information)
Historical Thinking Skills Notes
Football Game POV Activity
Evaluating Sources Activity
Study Guide Question/Essay Format
Historical Themes-SPICE Chart Notes
Blank SPICE Chart
Primary Source "Reading Like a Historian" Chart
Political Cartoon Analysis Notes
Unit 1: Development of an Industrial and Urban America
Part 1: Industrialization Transforms Traditional America
Unit 1, Part 1 Learning Targets
Unit 1, Part 1 Study Guide
Unit 1, Part 1 Vocabulary
America, the Story of Us:
"Civil War" Video Worksheet
Link to "Civil War" Video
Topic 1, Section 1 FBI Notes: Plans for Reconstruction
Reconstruction Primary Source Activity
Topic 1, Sections 2-3 FBI Notes: Legacy of Reconstruction
Civil War and Reconstruction Map Activity
Why Reconstruction Matters Article
Reconstruction Crash Course Video
Topic 2, Section 1 FBI Notes: Industrialization
Industrialization Notes (Not completed in class; for extra help)
Industrialization Crash Course Video
American Progress Painting and
Analysis
Development of the Railroads Worksheets
The Industrial Boom Document Based Question Worksheets (DBQ)
America, the Story of Us: "Heartland"
Video and
Worksheet
Topic 3, Section 1 FBI Notes: American Indians Under Pressure
Movement West Crash Course Video
Manifest Destiny Documents
Manifest Destiny Images and Discussion
Battle of Little Bighorn
Images and
Primary Source Analysis
Pine Ridge Reservation Ted Talk: Aaron Huey
Carlisle Indian Boarding School:
"Kill the Indian, Save the Man" Reading and Questions
Topic 2, Section 2 FBI Notes: Growth of Big Business
Ideologies of Wealth: Big Business and Beliefs PowerPoint Notes
Toward a Monopoly: Horizontal and Vertical Integration Worksheets
"Gospel of Wealth" Primary Source Analysis
Topic 2, Section 3 FBI Notes: Unions
Eugene V. Debs and Unionism Reading with Questions
Labor Unions PowerPoint Notes
Homestead Strike Primary Source Analysis
Homestead Strike Video
Part 2: Immigration, Urbanization, and Politics
Unit 1 Part 2 Learning Targets
Unit 1 Part 2 Vocabulary
Unit 1 Part 2 Study Guide
Topic 2, Section 5 FBI Notes: A Nation of Cities
America: The Story of Us, "Cities"
Video and
Worksheet
Immigration Worksheets
Nativism DBQ Worksheets
Urbanization PowerPoint Notes (not completed in class)
Changing Cities:
"Ghettos" Reading
Immigration Atlas Activity
Urban Inspectors Assignment
Immigration and Urbanization Crash Course Video
Topic 3, Section 3 FBI Notes: Corruption Plagues the Nation
Politics in the Gilded Age Political Cartoons
Political Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
Gilded Age Politics Crash Course Video
Topic 3, Section 4 FBI Notes: Farm Issues and Populism
Parable of Populism Notes
William Jennings Bryan: "Cross of Gold" Notes
William Jennings Bryan: "Cross of Gold" speech
Video Excerpt from Bryan's Speech
Topic 2, Section 6 FBI Notes: New Ways of Life
Gilded Age Culture PowerPoint Notes
Mass Leisure and Entertainment
Timeline and
Brochure
1900s Culture: First Films Video
"The Amazing Race" Ty Cobb
Reading and
Worksheets
Link to story on Sports Illustrated website
here
President's
Video and
Worksheet
Unit 1 Parts 1 and 2 Crossword Puzzle
Unit 1 Binder Check Sheet
Unit 2: America Enters the Modern World
Part 1: Progressivism
Unit 2 Part 1 Learning Targets
Unit 2 Part 1 Vocabulary
Unit 2 Part 1 Study Guide
Topic 4, Section 1 FBI Notes: Progressives Drive Reform
Progressivism Crash Course Video
Progressive Problems to Solutions Documents
Progressive Problems to Solutions Graphic Organizer
Progressivism PowerPoint Notes
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle Excerpt and Questions
Jacob Riis' How the Better Half Lives and Questions
Settlement House Movement Documents
Drunkard's Progress: Temperance Movement PowerPoint Notes
Women's Suffrage Powerpoint Notes
Declaration of Sentiments Primary Source
Women's Suffrage Crash Course Video
Topic 4, Section 3 FBI Notes: Striving for Equality
Living Under Jim Crow Primary Source
Washington vs. DuBois Notes
Washington vs. DuBois Primary Sources
Washington vs. DuBois Graphic Organizer
Topic 4, Section 4 FBI Notes: Reformers in the White House
Coal Strike of 1902 Reading
Progressive Presidents Packet
Progressive Presidents Crash Course Video
Part 2: Imperialism and WWI
Unit 2 Part 2 Learning Targets
Unit 2 Part 2 Vocabulary
Unit 2 Part 2 Study Guide
Topic 4 Section 5 FBI Notes: American Influence Grows
Hawaiian Revolution Reading and Questions
Roots of American Imperialism Notes
Philosophy of Imperialism Primary Sources
American Imperialism Crash Course Video
Topic 4 Section 6 FBI Notes: The Spanish American War
Spanish American War Notes
Spanish American War Documents
Spanish American War Organizer
Imperial Debate Primary Sources
Spanish American War Cartoon/Comic Strip Assignment
Narrative Cartoon Example
Comic Strip Example
Topic 4 Section 7 FBI Notes: The U.S. Emerges as a World Power
Effects of American Imperialism
Map Activity /
Map
T.R. and Wilson Political Cartoons
Road to World War I Notes
Road to WWI Graphic Organizer
U.S. Entry into WWI Notes
U.S. Entry Primary Sources
Extra Notes about U.S. Entry into WWI
World War I Crash Course Video
Topic 5 Section 2 FBI Notes: The Home Front During WWI
WWI Propaganda Notes and Assignment
Harlem Hellfighters Graphic Novel and
Questions
Sedition in WWI Primary Source
Activity and
Sources
Presidents Video: Call of Duty
Presidents Video: TR through Wilson Worksheet
Topic 5 Section 3 FBI Notes: The End of WWI
14 Points Notes and Activity
14 Points vs. Treaty of Versailles Venn Diagram
Treaty of Versailles Map Activity
Unit 2 Parts 1 and 2 Crossword Puzzle
Unit 3: Boom and Bust
Part 1: The Roaring 20s
Unit 3 Part 1 Learning Targets
Unit 3 Part 1 Vocabulary
Unit 3 Part 1 Study Guide
Topic 5, Section 6 FBI Notes:
An Unsettled Society
Sacco and Vanzetti Video Worksheet
Red Scare Notes
Red Scare Primary Source Document Analysis
Topic 5, Section 7 FBI Notes:
The Roaring 20s
Scopes Trial Primary Source Document Analysis
Roaring 20s
Boom Video and
Questions
Zelda Fitzgerald "Rebel Without a Pause"
Reading and
Questions
Topic 5, Section 8 FBI Notes:
The Harlem Renaissance
Roaring 20s:
Mass Society and the Cultural Explosion Notes
Topic 5, Section 4 FBI Notes:
The Postwar Economic Boom
Crash Course Video:
The Roaring 20s
Age of Prosperity
Primary Sources and
Analysis Worksheets
Henry Ford and the American Worker
DBQ and
Organizer
Topic 6, Section 1 FBI Notes:
Causes of the Great Depression
Great Depression Crash Course Video
Terms and Causes of the Great Depression Worksheet
Part 2: The Great Depression
Unit 3 Part 2 Learning Targets
Unit 3 Part 2 Vocabulary
Unit 3 Part 2 Study Guide
Topic 6, Section 2 FBI Notes:
Americans Suffer
Crash Course Video:
The New Deal
Bonus Army Reading and Questions
Poverty in the Depression Notes
1930s
Bust Video and
Questions
Topic 6, Section 3 FBI Notes:
Two Presidents Respond
Roosevelt vs. Hoover-
Election of 1932 Primary Sources
Topic 6, Section 4 FBI Notes:
The New Deal Expands
Goals of the New Deal:
Fireside Chat Notes and Discussion
1st Fireside Chat:
Audio Clip and Written Transcript
2nd Fireside Chat Transcript
United We Sit (Wagner Act) Reading and Questions
Social Security Primary Source
Documents/Questions and
Interpretations
Topic 6, Section 5 FBI Notes:
Effects of the New Deal
New Deal Critics DBQ
Final Exam Timeline Review Activity