King/Drew Magnet High School Of Medicine And Science

Skip to main content
Mobile Menu

US History Assignments

Instructors
Term
2018-2019 School Year
Department
Social Studies
Description
I would like to welcome students and parents/guardians to the new school year. I am extremely excited and honored to be your child’s History Teacher this year. I believe in all of my students. I genuinely care about their scholastic and personal achievement(s), and success. Parents you can assist with the education process by, being involved, asking questions about the class, making sure homework is completed and turned in on time, and encouraging your student to diligently study and attain the highest grade possible! Thank you and I believe this is going to be a positive and productive school year. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES Students in grade eleven study the major turning points in American history in the twentieth century. Following a review of the nation's beginnings and the impact of the Enlightenment on U.S. democratic ideals, students build upon the tenth grade study of global industrialization to understand the emergence and impact of new technology and a corporate economy, including the social and cultural effects. They trace the change in the ethnic composition of American society; the movement toward equal rights for racial minorities and women; and the role of the United States as a major world power. An emphasis is placed on the expanding role of the federal government and federal courts as well as the continuing tension between the individual and the state. Students consider the major social problems of our time and trace their causes in historical events. Students will learn how to become historians and researchers. A daily schedule of study is required to meet the expectations of this course which typically involves one hour of preparation per class meeting. We process one lesson within each module per day. Plan ahead. *Summer Assignment* Module 1 Prologue: American Beginnings 1439 - 1878 (7 lessons) approx 2 weeks (7 lessons to be discussed during the first two weeks of school) *Fall* Module 2 Westward Expansion 1868 -1901 (4 lessons) approx 1 week Module 3 Industrialization 1868 - 1901 (4 lessons) approx 1 Week Module 4 Immigration and Urbanization 1876 - 1917 (5 lessons) approx 1 week Module 5 Progressivism 1888 - 1921 (7 lessons) approx 2 weeks Module 6 US Imperialism 1892 - 1918 (4 Lessons) approx 1 week Module 7 World War I 1913 - 1920 (4 lessons) approx 1 week Module 8 The Roaring Twenties 1919 - 1929 (6 lessons) approx 1 week *Spring* Module 9 The Great Depression 1928 - 1934 (3 lessons) approx 1 week Module 10 The New Deal 1932 - 1941 (5 lessons) approx 1 week Module 11 World War II 1930 - 1946 (7 lessons) approx 2 weeks Module 12 The Cold War 1944 - 1992 (6 lessons) approx 1 week Module 13 The Postwar Boom 1945 - 1961 (4 lessons) approx 1 week Module 15 Civil Rights 1953 - 2010 (6 lessons) approx 1 week Module 16 The Vietnam War 1959 - 1976 (5 lessons) approx 1 week Module 17 Transitions and Conservatism 1967 - 1992 (6 lessons) approx 1 week Module 18 New Millennium 1991 - 2015 (5 lessons) approx 1 week Module 19 The United Stated in the 21st Century 6 lessons) approx 1 week

Assignment Calendar

Upcoming Assignments RSS Feed

No upcoming assignments.

Past Assignments

Due:

Assignment

Summer Assignment Due August 20, 2018

American History Reconstruction to the Present

Textbook & Workbook Pages Module 1 Prologue American Beginnings

Students will: Process one lesson per day… Get it done the first week of summer then review the week before school starts J

Read textbook Module 1, Complete Module 1 workbook pages. Answer essential questions completely using textual, and historical knowledge.

Complete Vocabulary, *Outline the Chapter - EC*, and answer the Essential Questions in Cornell Note Format

1) Vocabulary Define, and explain its significance in a sentence. Copy the sentence in the chapter, and include the page number where the word is used.

2) Essential Questions Answer essential questions completely using textual, and historical knowledge.

 

Overview and Objectives
Students learn about the earliest years of the United States from the arrival of the first Europeans through independence and the expansion of the Civil War.

Social Studies: Students will 
 will
• investigate the Essential Question: How has early American history shaped our lives today?
• Analyze Historical Sources: 
• analyze content from the reading to rank and discuss the reasons people study history.
• learn and use the Key Content Terms for this lesson.

Digital resources in the absence of Schoology The on line book will read to you...

 

HMH Textbook Social Studies California Digital Resources

Visit https://www.hmhco.com/ed

Select EVALUATOR as the State (scroll all the way to the bottom)

Select Social Studies 13-91001000 for the District and click Submit

User Name: EvalStudent19_91001001

Password: E!12pekkq66

 

Module 1 Prologue: American Beginnings 1439–1878 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Lesson 1 The Colonial Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

The Big Idea Beginning in the late 1400s European monarchs sponsored exploration to find new trade routes and establish colonies in the Americas.
Why It Matters Now European Colonization of the Americas led to the founding of the United

 

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

Lesson 2 The American Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The Big Idea Conflicts between Great Britain and the American Colonies Escalated until the colonists declared war and war.

Why It Matters Now The Declaration of Independence embodies guiding principles of the United States today, and the American Revolution remains a symbol of the fight for freedom.

 

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

 

Lesson 3 A New Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

The Big Idea With a new Constitution as a blueprint for government, the United States grew in both size and prestige

Why It Matters Now. The Constitution remains the nation’s guiding document for government, and the nation’s leaders still follow precedents set by its early leaders.

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

GEOGRAPHY SPOTLIGHT The Land Ordinance of 1785 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

 

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

Lesson 4 Economic and Social Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

The Big Idea Inventions and economic developments in the early 19th century helped transform American society.

Why It Matters Now The market revolution and free enterprise system that took hold during this period still drive the nation’s economy today.

 

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

Lesson 5 Westward Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

The Big Idea The United States Expanded in boundaries during the mid-1800s, but disagreements over slavery led to the breakup of the Union.

Why It Matters Now This period of events established the current borders of the 48 contiguous states and gave rise to the modern Democratic and Republican parties.

 

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

GEOGRAPHY SPOTLIGHT Mapping the Oregon Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

 

HISTORIC DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

Dred Scott v. Sandford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

 

Lesson 6 The Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

The Big Idea The Civil War brought about dramatic social and economic changes in American Society.

Why It Matters Now The federal government established supreme authority, and no state has threatened succession since.

 

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

Lesson 7 Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

The Big Idea Congress opposed Lincoln’s and Johnson’s plans for Reconstruction and instead implemented its own plan to rebuild the south.

Why It Matters Now Reconstruction was an important step in African Americans’ struggle for civil rights.

 

Vocabulary: Page, Definition and Significance (why it matters)

Essential Questions:

Section Review: Number(s) 1, 3, 4, and 5,

 

CA State Standards for Module 1: 
CA.11. United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century 
11.1. Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence. 
11.1.1 Describe the Enlightenment and the rise of democratic ideas as the context in whichthe nation was founded. 
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers’ philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
11.1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization.
11.1.4 Examine the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the industrial revolution, including demographic shifts and the emergence in the late nineteenth century of the United States as a world power.
11.3 Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty. 
11.3.1 Describe the contributions of various religious groups to American civic principles and social reform movements (e.g., civil and human rights, individual responsibility and the work ethic, antimonarchy and self-rule, worker protection, family-centered communities).
11.3.2 Analyze the great religious revivals and the leaders involved in them, including the First Great Awakening, the Second Great Awakening, the Civil War revivals, the Social Gospel Movement, the rise of Christian liberal theology in the nineteenth century, the impact of the Second Vatican Council, and the rise of Christian fundamentalism in current times.
11.3.3 Cite incidences of religious intolerance in the United States (e.g., persecution of Mormons, anti-Catholic sentiment, anti-Semitism). 
11.3.5 Describe the principles of religious liberty found in the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment, including the debate on the issue of separation of church and state.
11.5.4 Analyze the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the changing role of women in society.
11.10.2 Examine and analyze the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil rights, including Dred Scott v. Sandford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, and California Proposition 209.
11.10.6 Analyze the passage and effects of civil rights and voting rights legislation (e.g., 1964 Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act of 1965) and the Twenty-Fourth Amendment, with an emphasis on equality of access to education and to the political process.
11.10.7 
Analyze the women’s rights movement from the era of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the movement launched in the 1960s, including_ differing perspectives on the roles of women.

CCSS: 
CA.9-12.HSSA. Historical and Social Sciences Analysis Skills: The intellectual skills noted below are to be learned through, and applied to, the content standards for grades nine through twelve. 
9-12.CST. Chronological and Spatial Thinking. 
9-12.HREP. Historical Research, Evidence, and Point of View. 
9-12.HI. Historical Interpretation. 
CA.CC.RH.11-12. Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 
CA.CC.WHST.11-12. Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies