UNITED STATES HISTORY II

Course Syllabus and Expectations

2016/2017 Part I & II

 

Instructor: Mr. Hodge

Room: 103

Phone: 364-4547 x 7103

Email: dhodge@rsu10.org

Syllabus

This class (Part 1 and II will cover the time period from roughly the Progressive Era to the Present.) 

Unit One Part I

Progressive Era and World War I.

Unit Two Part I

The Roaring Twenties and the Depressing Thirties

Unit Three Part I

World War Two and the Early Cold War (to 1953)

Unit Four Part II

Postwar America and the Civil Rights Movement

Unit Five Part II

The Turbulent Sixties and Stagnant Seventies

Unit Six Part II

Recent America

Assessments

Quizzes over Lectures

Unit Essential Questions

Unit Exams

Final Exam

Research Paper (8-10 pages)

Research Projects and Presentations Group/Individual

Expectations

This class is a graduation requirement and will leave you with an enhanced knowledge of American history and culture from 1900 to present time. During this class you will:

• Be respectful of your classmates

• Be on time with the needed materials

• If absent you are responsible for getting any assignment missed before the next class. Assignments will be posted on Wiki-space and/or eBackpack 

• Arrive in class prepared to participate in any class discussion, project or assessments

• Familiarize yourself with discipline ladder

• Students will be required to complete all assignments before being allowed to take any graded assessment

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