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Summer Session - United States History

The goal of the course is to infuse you with the knowledge of over 500 years of American history. This will be no simple task given our time constraints, but it is one that we will attack vigorously. What you will be expected to learn in this class is not just a select group of facts; instead, you will be asked to develop your own personal interpretation of American history.

What does the history of this country mean to you?

- Is it a history of discrimination highlighted by the struggle of ordinary people to overcome that discrimination?
- Is it a history of wars and other conflicts fought to protect the “American Dream” from foreign tyranny?
- Or is it a history of social struggle against the tyranny of the majority?
- Is it a history filled with heroic deeds performed by heroic people?

This course is, ultimately, about YOU -- how you internalize history, how you make sense of information, how you use your knowledge of historical events to come to an understanding of how history shapes our lives today, and how history can be used
to make our lives better.

      An educated opinion is a powerful tool that will earn you respect!

 Please remember that you are in control of your success in this class.
 Take responsibility for your work and be accountable for your actions.

DATE
CLASS CALENDAR / INFORMATION
 Monday - June 19
TOPIC: INTRODUCTION

1. CLASS WEBSITE
2. EVALUATION
3. APPROACH: Chronology vs. Themes

4. HOW DOES MR. FARSHTEY TEACH? / HOW DO I LEARN? [A Little Psychology]
- CLASS PRESENTATION: LEARNING STYLES
- TAKE THE LEARNING STYLES TEST HERE  [Want to try some more tests?]
NO AFTERNOON CLASS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. READING: Why Study History? Handout
2. Research Major Historical Events in YOUR Lifetime: INFOPLEASE Year by Year 
Tuesday - June 20  
MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: WHAT ARE "IMPORTANT EVENTS" IN HISTORY?

CLASS PRESENTATION: Why Study History?
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: Contact - Collision of 3 Cultures
       
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. The Eve of Colonization: America & Europe
2. The Columbian Exchange 

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY  
Wednesday - June 21 
MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: SPANISH - FRENCH - ENGLISH COLONIZATION / LIFE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES  
       
CLASS PRESENTATION: EARLY COLONIAL SOCIETY 

NOTES:
1. 16th - 17th Century European Colonizing Efforts
2. VIRGINIA - MASSACHUSETTS COLONIAL COMPARISON
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: ENGLISH COLONIZATION / LIFE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES
       
CLASS PRESENTATION: EARLY COLONIAL SOCIETY 

NOTES: 13 Colonies Chart

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. READING: Causes of the American Revolution
2. ONLINE GAME: THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 
Thursday - June 22  TOPIC: CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. "INDEPENDENCE" Questionnaire
2. "Fever Model" of Revolution
3. Road to Revolution Mind Map
4. Road to Revolution
5. Excerpts from Liberty video

NOTES:
1. Restrictive British Policies
2. LOYALISTS vs. PATRIOTS

NO STUDY HALL TONIGHT - Trip to FLAGSTAFF RODEO 
Friday - June 23 TOPIC: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - WAR AGAINST THE BRITISH 
       
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
2. What Makes the Declaration of Independence Revolutionary?
3. Excerpts from Liberty video

NOTES:
1. Strengths and Weaknesses of the Opposing Sides
2. Key Events of the Revolutionary War

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: REVIEW Loyalists vs. Patriots / COMPLETE Compare and Contrast WORKSHEET - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY  
  Monday - June 26
MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - WAR AGAINST THE BRITISH

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
2. Excerpts from Liberty video
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: STUDYING U.S. HISTORY - CHRONOLOGICAL UNITS vs. THEMES IN HISTORY

CLASS ACTIVITY:
1. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
2. BALLOT

TOPIC: BUILDING A NEW GOVERNMENT / THE CONSTITUTION
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. A "Good Start" OR "Growing Pains"?
2. Forming a New Government
3. Excerpts from Liberty video

CLASS ACTIVITY - ONLINE GAME: Which Founder Are You?

NOTES:
1. Articles Of Confederation vs. The Constitution
2. Overview of The Constitution
3. FEDERALISTS vs. ANTIFEDERALISTS

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: TEST / WORKSHEET #1 - YOU SHOULD USE READING / NOTES / CLASS PRESENTATIONS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS - DUE AT END OF CLASS ON TUESDAY MORNING

POWER NOTES: The American Revolution   
Tuesday - June 27
MORNING CLASS
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: TEST / WORKSHEET #1 - YOU SHOULD USE READING / NOTES / CLASS PRESENTATIONS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS - DUE AT END OF CLASS
AFTERNOON CLASS
THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: War on Terror 

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. A History of U.S. Military Interventions
2. FRONTLINE - Kill / Capture
 
ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT
- READING: VARIOUS DEFINITIONS OF TERRORISM
- GROUP PROJECT - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY
    - What is Terrorism? Who are the Terrorists? - CASE STUDIES
    - Terrorism Project ANSWER SHEET 
Wednesday - June 28  
NO CLASSES - Trip to MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MUSEUM
Thursday - June 29   THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: War on Terror

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Untold History of the United States - Bush & Obama: Age of Terror
2. Terrorism, Terrorists, And The U.S. Response
THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: VIETNAM ERA

CLASS PRESENTATION: VIETNAM - Part 1: 1954-1968

NOTES: Key Events in the VIETNAM WAR Chart
  Friday - June 30   THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: VIETNAM ERA

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. VIETNAM - Part 1: 1954-1968
2. How Vietnam Was Lost

Vietnam Era Music Sampler:

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Country Joe McDonald and the Fish - Fixin' to Die Rag
Byrds - Eve Of Destruction
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
The Who - My Generation
The Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Rascals - People Got To Be Free
Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
Crosby, Stills, Nash - Woodstock
The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Edwin Starr - War
Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Teach Your Children
Don McLean - American Pie
AND THE Counter-Protest Song: Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: VIETNAM WAR WEB QUEST - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
Monday - July 3 THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: VIETNAM ERA  

CLASS PRESENTATION
1. VIETNAM - Part 2: 1968-1975
2. Untold History of the United States - Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: VIETNAM WAR WEB QUEST - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
Tuesday - July -4  
INDEPENDENCE DAY - NO CLASSES
Wednesday - July 5   THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: VIETNAM ERA

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. First Days Story Project
2. PBS AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, The Last Days in Vietnam

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: The Last Days in Vietnam DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY

Thursday - July 6  		THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: COLD WAR

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Origins of the Cold War
2. Cold War: Foreign Conflicts / Impact at Home
3. Excerpts from Untold History of the United States, Parts 4 & 5    

NOTES: Cold War TIMELINE

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY
- OPTION 1 [INDIVIDUAL] -- THE COLD WAR WEBQUEST
- OPTION 2 [GROUP] -- On the Brink of War (Cold War Culture)
Friday - July 7   THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: COLD WAR

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. JFK and the Cold War
2. Untold History of the United States, JFK - To the Brink
3. End of the Cold War

NOTES: Cold War TIMELINE

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY
- OPTION 1 [INDIVIDUAL] -- THE COLD WAR WEBQUEST
- OPTION 2 [GROUP] -- On the Brink of War (Cold War Culture)
Monday - July 10 THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: WORLD WAR II
MORNING CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. The Rise of Fascism
2. People's Century, Master Race
AFTERNOON CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. World War II Propaganda
2. World War II - The Home Front

NOTES: The Home Front

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORLD WAR II WebQuest - DUE THURSDAY AT THE START OF CLASS 
Tuesday - July 11   THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: WORLD WAR II
MORNING CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION: World War II - Military and Diplomatic Fronts

NOTES:
1. U.S. Involvement in World War II
2. World War II Conferences and Treaties
AFTERNOON CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION: Untold History of the United States, World War II

 ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORLD WAR II WebQuest - DUE THURSDAY AT THE START OF CLASS 
Wednesday - July 12  
THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: WORLD WAR II
MORNING CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. ATROCITY TRIALS
2. Internment of Japanese Americans
3. 10 DAYS - EINSTEIN'S LETTER
AFTERNOON CLASS
CLASS PRESENTATION: WHITE LIGHT, BLACK RAIN - The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
[This film tells the story of those who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is not easy to watch; but if you really want to understand what happened, this film is required viewing.]

NOTES:
1. PRO and CON on DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB
2. ARGUMENTS FOR DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: WORLD WAR II WebQuest - DUE THURSDAY AT THE START OF CLASS
  Thursday - July 13  THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: WORLD WAR I

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. WW I - Posters and Cartoons
2. The Great War
3. U.S. Role in World War I
4. INFLUENZA 1918

NOTES:
1. U.S. Entrance into World War I
2. The Home Front
3. Treaty of Versailles / Ratification Battle
4. POWER NOTES - World War I

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: SEMESTER EXAM PROJECT - World War I Worksheet - DUE BY END OF EXAM PERIOD ON FRIDAY MORNING
- HAND-OUT #1
- HAND-OUT #2
- HAND-OUT #3 
Friday - July 14 
END OF FIRST SEMESTER
SEMESTER EXAM PROJECT
  Monday - July 17 THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: MANIFEST DESTINY and WESTWARD EXPANSION

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. MANIFEST DESTINY
2. TEXAS REVOLUTION
3. America, The Story of Us - Westward
4. MEXICAN WAR
5. California Gold Rush

NOTES:
1. MANIFEST DESTINY
2. WESTWARD EXPANSION TIMELINE
3. MEXICAN WAR CHART
4. The Conquest of Northern Mexico - THE MEXICAN PERSPECTIVE

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT:
1. The Gold Rush - STRIKE IT RICH! Game
2. STRIKE IT RICH! Game  SCORE SHEET
Tuesday - July 18   THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
2. CIVIL WAR, The Cause

NOTES:
1. Timeline of Events Leading Up To The  Civil War
2. The Secession Crisis
3. Causes of the Civil War
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: THE CIVIL WAR

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. THE CIVIL WAR - BEGINNINGS
2. 10 DAYS - ANTIETAM

NOTES:
1. PREPARING FOR WAR
2. KEY EVENTS & BATTLES CHART

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Causes of the Civil War Webquest - DUE BY START OF CLASS ON FRIDAY
Wednesday - July 19  NO CLASSES - Trip
  Thursday - July 20  THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: THE CIVIL WAR 

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. THE CIVIL WAR
2. CIVIL WAR, The Better Angels of Our Nature

CLASS ACTIVITY: Think you would be a good military leader? Try this online game:
GETTYSBURG GAME - Could YOU Have Won the Battle of Gettysburg?

NOTES:
1. KEY EVENTS & BATTLES CHART
2. END OF THE WAR

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Causes of the Civil War Webquest - DUE BY START OF CLASS ON FRIDAY
Friday - July 21 THEME #1: WAR & PEACE
TOPIC: Bridge Between CIVIL WAR and RACE & RACISM

CLASS PRESENTATION: GLORY

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: GLORY worksheet - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY
 
Monday - July 24 		THEME #2: ECONOMIC HISTORY
MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: INDUSTRIALIZATION

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Industrial Growth
2. Gilded Age = Economic Revolution
2. AMERICA, The Story of US - BOOM

NOTES: Growth of Big Business
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: MANAGEMENT VS. LABOR

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. The Organization of Labor
2. 10 DAYS - The Homestead Strike
3. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - THE TRIANGLE FIRE
4. Labor Unions & Strikes
5. The Triangle Fire

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Child Labor Web Quest - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON TUESDAY   
Tuesday - July 25 THEME #2: ECONOMIC HISTORY
TOPIC: The Great Depression

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Causes of the Great Depression
2. The Crash of 1929
3. America, The Story of US - "BUST"
4. The Great Depression
5. Surviving the Great Depression

NOTES: Causes of the Great Depression

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: THE CRASH WORKSHEET - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY 
Wednesday - July 26 THEME #2: ECONOMIC HISTORY
MORNING CLASS
TOPIC: THE NEW DEAL

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Depression Era PRICE IS RIGHT
2. FDR & the New Deal

NOTES: NEW DEAL PROGRAMS: Relief - Recovery - Reform
AFTERNOON CLASS
TOPIC: RECENT CHANGES & DEVELOPMENTS

1. AMERICA in 1950 vs. AMERICA TODAY
2. Economic History of U.S. - SUMMARY

NOTES: AMERICAN JOBS - THEN & NOW

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: HISTORY vs. HOLLYWOOD - Dunkirk Movie vs. The True Story
Thursday - July 27 MOVIE TRIP - Leave at 12:55 for Dunkirk 
  Friday - July 28 THEME #3: AMERICAN IDENTITY
TOPIC: MUSIC - JAZZ  

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. BLUES and JAZZ 
2. Excerpts from JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: READING - Episode Guide for JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns - SUBMIT (in writing or via email) which periods / types of JAZZ you are more interested in studying.
Monday - July 31 THEME #3: AMERICAN IDENTITY
TOPIC: MUSIC - JAZZ

CLASS PRESENTATION: Excerpts from JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: JAZZ Web Quest [Ultimate Jazz Band] - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY   
Tuesday - August 1
MORNING CLASS
THEME #3: AMERICAN IDENTITY
TOPIC: MUSIC - JAZZ  

 CLASS PRESENTATION: Excerpts from JAZZ, A Film by Ken Burns 
AFTERNOON CLASS
THEME #3: AMERICAN IDENTITY
TOPIC: MUSIC - ROCK AND ROLL

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. History of ROCK AND ROLL
2. 10 DAYS - When America Was Rocked  

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: JAZZ Web Quest [Ultimate Jazz Band] - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
Wednesday - August 2 THEME #3: AMERICAN IDENTITY
TOPIC: MUSIC - ROCK AND ROLL

CLASS PRESENTATION: Excerpts from BORN TO BE WILD, The Golden Age of American Rock and Roll

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: YOUR FUTURE NOMINATION for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON THURSDAY
Thursday - August 3   THEME #4: SOCIAL HISTORY - REFORM & PROTEST
TOPIC: The 1950s / WHAT IF? Teenagers from the 1990s time-traveled back to the 1950s 

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. America's "Complicated" Culture in the 1950s
2. PLEASANTVILLE

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: PLEASANTVILLE Discussion Questions - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON MONDAY 
Friday - August 4 TRIP 

Monday - August 7 		THEME #4: SOCIAL HISTORY - REFORM & PROTEST
TOPIC: Women's Rights Movement

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Women's Liberation - 1920s and 1960s 
2. Hidden Figures

NOTES:
1. Women's Rights Movement in the U.S TIMELINE
2. DISCUSSION GUIDE for Hidden Figures

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: Hidden Figures DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON TUESDAY
Tuesday - August 8  THEME #4: SOCIAL HISTORY - REFORM & PROTEST
TOPIC: RACE & RACISM - Where are we now? AND how did we get there?

CLASS PRESENTATION:
1. Faces of Civil Rights
2. 13th, From Slave to Criminal with One Amendment

NOTES:
1. FILM SUMMARY of 13th
2. FILM THEMES in 13th  

ASSIGNMENT / ASSESSMENT: 13th DISCUSSION QUESTIONS - DUE AT START OF CLASS ON WEDNESDAY
Wednesday - August 9  THEME #4: SOCIAL HISTORY - REFORM & PROTEST
TOPIC: 1960s Counter-Culture

 CLASS PRESENTATION: 1968
TOPIC: U.S. History Semester Exam Project - 4 OPTIONS:
- OPTION #1: U.S. HISTORY "TOP TEN" LIST
- OPTION #2: POLITICAL / ECONOMIC / SOCIAL EVENT ANALYSIS
- OPTION #3: ORDINARY AMERICANS, EXCEPTIONAL LIVES
- OPTION #4: U.S. HISTORY "TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS" - DIRECTIONS / BRACKET / PARTICIPANTS
Thursday - August 10
END OF SECOND SEMESTER
FINAL EXAM PROJECT - DUE AT END OF EXAM PERIOD
 
[YOU have SURVIVED the 8 WEEKS of TORTURE!!!!]