U.S. HISTORY JIM NED HS
Teacher: Jason Hutt
Email: jhutt@jimned.esc14.net
Conference
Hours: M-F, 2:00-2:48
Text: The Americans Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 2016
Course Objective: To examine and evaluate the
social and cultural history of the United States in order to better understand our past as well as our
future.....
Credit: 1 high school credit
--History teaches everything including
the future.
Lamartine
--God alone knows the future, but only
an historian can alter the past.
Ambrose
Bierce
--"History" is a Greek word
which means, literally, just "investigation."
Arnold
Toynbee
--The writing of history reflects the
interests and even prejudices of a given generation.
John
Hope Franklin
--History, by appraising..[the
students] of the past, will enable them to judge the future.
Thomas Jefferson
Course
Objectives:
In
this course United States History Studies Since 1877, which is the second part
of a two-year study of U.S. history
that begins in Grade 8, students study the history of the United States from
Reconstruction 1877 to the present. The
course content is based on the founding documents of the U.S. government, which
provide a framework for its
heritage. Historical content focuses on the political, economic, and social
events and issues related to
industrialization and urbanization, major wars, domestic and foreign policies
of the Cold War and post-Cold War eras,
and reform movements, including civil rights. Students examine the impact of
geographic factors on major events
and eras and analyze their causes and effects of the Great Depression. Students
examine the impact of constitutional
issues on American society, evaluate the dynamic relationship of the three
branches of the federal government,
and analyze efforts to expand the democratic process. Students describe the
relationship between the arts and popular
culture and the times during which they were created. Students analyze the
impact of technological innovations
on the American life labor movement. Students use critical-thinking skills and
a variety of primary and secondary
source material to explain and apply different methods that historians use to
understand and interpret the past,
including multiple points of view and historical context.
Materials: Every Day.....bring
your textbook, a pen and paper, and the notion that you
live in the greatest country and are given
more opportunity to excel
and achieve than most other students....SO
TAKE ADVANTAGE!!!!!
(Map Colors will be useful when labeling
maps!!!)
Grading
Policy: Grade
calculation will be determined by the following weighting convention:
Exams
……………………….. 40%
Quizzes
……………………... 20%
Assignments…………………..
30%
Projects………………………. 10%
Semester exams will
compose 1/7th of each semester average.
Attendance
Policy:
In the case of excused absences, the
student will receive one day for each day absent to complete any missed work.
In the case of unexcused absences, the assignment/acceptance of make-up
work will be at the teacher's discretion.
Academic
Integrity: Any
student caught cheating will receive a grade of zero on the assignment, without
opportunity to resubmit. Additional administrative disciplinary action may
occur, per school policy.
Student Expectations: 1. Respect yourself, your peers, and the
learning environment
2. Follow the Jim Ned Student Code of Conduct
3. Be PREPARED!!!!
Student
Technology Use in Classroom: The student will not email, text, or otherwise
use a digital/cellular device unless requested to do so by the teacher. Furthermore,
if a student possesses a digital/cellular device, it must be turned off and not
visible.
Changes
to the Syllabus:
The course schedule and procedures in this syllabus are subject to change if
deemed appropriate by the instructor.
Topics
Covered: The
following units will be addressed in U.S. History:
Unit 1: American Beginnings Prehistory-1791 Unit 6: A Changing Home Front
1954-1978
Unit 2: A
Nation Transformed 1860-1910 Unit
7: Modern Times 1968-Present
Unit 3: A
World Power 1897-1920
Unit 4:
Prosperity and Crisis 1919-1939
Unit 5: World
Conflicts 1921-1960