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. Students can correct their test and earn 1 extra credit point in the homework category for every question that they correct. 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
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 and Study Guide
Notes for U1 P1 Learning Targets
Unit 1, Part 1 Vocabulary
America, the Story of Us:
"Civil War" Video Worksheet
Link to "Civil War" Video
Why Reconstruction Matters Article
Topic 2, Section 1 FBI Notes: Industrialization
Industrialization Notes (Not completed in class; for extra help)
Industrialization Crash Course Video (Took notes in journal section)
The Industrial Boom Document Based Question
Worksheets (DBQ)
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
Social Philosophies of the 19th Century
Reading and Questions
Topic 2, Section 4 & 5
SPICE Notes: A Nation of Cities
"Whiteness" & Immigration Policy
Article and
Activity
Immigration Atlas Activity
Nativism DBQ Worksheets
America: The Story of Us, "Cities"
Video and
Worksheet
Urbanization PowerPoint Notes (not completed in class)
Immigration and Urbanization Crash Course Video
Topic 2, Section 6
Web Diagram Notes or
FBI Notes: New Ways of Life
Urban 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
Topic 5, Section 4
Web Diagram Notes or
FBI Notes: The Postwar Economic Boom
Henry Ford's Assembly Line
Reading and
Worksheet
Advertising Activity
Unit 1 Part 1 Crossword Puzzle- Vocabulary Review
Unit 1 Part 1 Binder Check Sheet
Part 2: Immigration, Urbanization, and Politics
Unit 1 Part 2 Learning Targets
Notes for U1 P2 Learning Targets
Unit 1 Part 2 Vocabulary
Topic 3, Section 3: Corruption Plagues the Nation
FBI Notes and
Web Diagram
Politics in the Gilded Age Political Cartoons
Political Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
Gilded Age Politics Crash Course Video
Topic 2, Section 3: Unions
FBI Notes and Web Diagram
Labor Unions PowerPoint Notes
Eugene V. Debs and Unionism Reading with Questions
Homestead Strike Video
Topic 3, Section 4 FBI: Farm Issues and Populism
FBI Notes and
Web Diagram
Election of 1896 and Populism Notes
Farmers Responses DBQ
Parable of Populism Notes
Video Excerpt from Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech
"Executive Retreat" President's
Video and
Worksheet
Topic 4, Section 1: Progressives Drive Reform
FBI Notes and
Web Diagram
Progressivism PPT Notes
Urban Inspectors Assignment
Urban Inspectors Graphic Organizer
Progressivism Crash Course Video
Topic 4, Section 2: Women's Rights
FBI Notes and
Web Diagram
Progressivism and Women's Rights PPT Notes
Rauschenbusch & the Social Gospel Document
19th Amendment Debate Documents
Settlement House Movement Documents
Women's Suffrage Crash Course Video
Topic 4, Section 4: Reformers in the White House
FBI Notes and
Web Diagram
Progressive Presidents Packet
Progressive Presidents Crash Course Video
"Call of Duty" President's
Video and
Worksheet
Unit 1 Part 2 Crossword Puzzle
Unit 1 Part 2 Binder Check Sheet
Unit 2: America Enters the Modern World
Part 1: Imperialism and WWI
Unit 2 Part 1 Learning Targets
Unit 2 Part 1 Vocabulary
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
Part 2: Boom and Bust
Unit 2 Part 2 Learning Targets
Unit 2 Part 2 Vocabulary
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
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
Roaring 20s:
Mass Society and the Cultural Explosion Notes
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
Unit 3: The Roosevelt Years
Part 1: The New Deal
Unit 3 Part 1 Learning Targets
Unit 3 Part 1 Vocabulary
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
Part 2: World War II Begins
Topic 7, Section 1 FBI Notes
Crash Course Video: World War Causes
Changing Fashions in Government Worksheet
Political Ideologies Notes
Comparing Hitler & FDR Article and Graphic Organizer
"How Fascist is Donald Trump" Article
Appeasement in Europe Notes
Appeasement Documents and Questions
Topic 7, Section 2 FBI Notes
Road to War Video
Vocabulary Activity and Questions
Topic 7, Section 3 FBI Notes
American Reactions to Fascist Aggression Worksheets
Topic 7, Sections 4 and 6 (Part A) FBI Notes
World War II: Strategies and Challenges Notes
Experiences of War in the Pacific: Ghost Soldiers Reading and Reading Organizer
World War II Annotated Map Activity: Instructions, Blank Maps, Asia Map, and Europe maps