I am so excited to welcome you to our classroom!  We are going to have a wonderful journey through more recent American History.  This will be a multi-level discussion of the events, themes, and people who have influenced our society and who we are still learning from....

          
                                                                                             

AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS GOALS
1.  Have students develop an understanding of how people view, construct and interpret history
2.  Students will identify the key concepts of continuity and change, cause and effect, complexity, unity, and diversity over time
3.  Students will understand the significance of ideas as powerful forces throughout history

TIMELINE


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Group Time OUTSIDE 


Timeline for the Year:


1st Semester


1. Reconstruction Review 
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2. The Gilded Age     
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4. American Imperialism
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 5. World War I 

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2nd Semester

 

6. Roaring 1920's

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6. The Great Depression


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8. World War II
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9.The Cold War

 

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10. Civil Rights Theme



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Pick one item from the timeline you are excited about and tell us why?
I picked  ________________  because _____________________.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 16, 2021 at 10:00 AM

    I am most excited for WW2 because i want to learn more on why the US waited so long to jump into the war.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 16, 2021 at 2:27 PM

    I am excited to learn more about the great depression because I have never really learned about why this event occurred and how it would've been to live through it.

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