First Six Weeks Chapter 14 – To Punish or to Forgive
Chapter 15 – The Passing of the Frontier
Chapter 16 – The Nation Transformed
Chapter 17 – The Challenge of the Cities
Daily notes, lectures, and discussions
Exams on chapters 14, 15, 16, 17
Quizzes on reading assignments
Select book and begin to read for the
American Biography Unit
Mini-unit on How to Take an Essay Exam
Second Six Weeks Chapter 18 – Politics in the Gilded Age
Chapter 19 – The United States and the World
Chapter 20 – The Progressive Era
Chapter 21 – The United States and World
Daily notes, lectures, and discussions
Exams on chapters 18, 19, 20, 21
Quizzes on reading assignments
Oral and written presentation on book for the
American Biography Unit
Mini-research project on some aspect of World War I
Third Six Weeks Chapter 22 – Return to Normalcy, 1918-1929
Chapter 23 – The Coming of the Great Depression
Chapter 24 – Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Chapter 25 – Reshaping American Life
Daily notes, lectures, and discussions
Exams on chapters 22, 23, 24, 25
Quizzes on reading assignments
Interview someone who lived during
the Great Depression;
present results to class
Mini-research project on Causes of
the Great Depression;
2 sources necessary
Fourth Six Weeks Chapter 26 – The Clouds of War
Chapter 27 – A World Conflict
Chapter 28 – Truman: Neither War nor Peace
Chapter 29 – Eisenhower, Moderate Republican
Daily notes, lectures, and discussions
Exams on chapters 26, 27, 28, 29
Quizzes on reading assignments
Read and report on a piece of teacher-approved
historical fiction from the 20th century
Short paper with references on
why World War II occurred
Fifth Six Weeks Chapter 30 –Mobile People and Magic Machines
Chapter 31 – Years of Hope and Promise
Chapter 32 – LBJ: From Great Society to Vietnam
Chapter 33 – The Rise and Fall of Richard Nixon
Daily notes, lectures, and discussions
Exams on chapters 30, 31, 32, 33
Quizzes on reading assignments
Collect 5 political cartoons from the period
between 1950 and 1973.
Use electronic research and consult several
different databases.
Be prepared to explain the point of each cartoon
Sixth Six Weeks Chapter 34 – In Pursuit of Civil Rights
Chapter 35 – Changing Leaders in Washington
Chapter 36 – The Emergence of a New World
Daily notes, lectures, and discussions
Exams on chapters 34, 35, 36
Quizzes on reading assignments
Write a personal narrative about an historical event from
this year. Determine how it will affect the future
for Americans
Write a short paper on an American political
figure, past or present, that you most admire
