U.S. History for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders is composed of 9 content sections with 40 lessons and 40 corresponding engaging activities designed to prepare students for each lesson's accompanying quiz. There is also a well thought out course review section to prepare students for the course final exam. The focus of the course is on America's founding documents; Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Individual Rights, and significant events starting with the U.S. Civil War and going through Current Day. Here is more detail:
- 9 Content Sections
- 40 Video Lessons with 40 PowerPoint Note Files
- 40 Lesson Quizzes with Answers in Resource Section
- 40 Engaging Video Activity Lessons with PowerPoint Slides and Answers
- Over 15 hours of video lecture
- 175 quiz and final exam questions that assess the material within the instructional videos
Course Goals:
By taking this course students will have a better understanding of the history of our nation from the U.S. Civil War through Current Day (1865-2020)
Target Audience: This course is designed for 9th - 11th graders.
Course Requirements: Students taking this course will need to complete each lesson, each lesson's engaging activity, and each lesson's quiz as well as course final exam to complete the course. It is intended that students review the videos or take notes in order to be able to complete the engaging activities associated with each lesson as well as the assessment at the end of each section.
Course Topics:
Section 1: Founding Documents
Lesson 1: Historical Eras
Lesson 2: Declaration of Independence
Lesson 3: U.S. Constitution
Lesson 4: Bill of Individual Rights
Lesson 5: Section Review
Section 2: Civil War, Reconstruction, and Sharecropping
Lesson 6: U.S. Civil War
Lesson 7: Reconstruction
Lesson 8: Sharecropping
Lesson 9: Section Review
Section 3: Native Americans and Gilded Age
Lesson 10: Demise of The Native Americans
Lesson 11: Gilded Age/Second Industrial Revolution
Lesson 12: Gilded Age Politics
Lesson 13: Labor Unions and Strikes
Lesson 14: Section Review
Section 4: Reform and Empire Building
Lesson 15: The Populists
Lesson 16: The Progressives
Lesson 17: Imperialism
Lesson 18: World War One
Lesson 19: Section Review
Section 5: Modern Era and Isolationism Leads to Depression
Lesson 20: Modern Era
Lesson 21: Path to Depression
Lesson 22: The Great Depression
Lesson 23: America's (FDR's) New Deal
Lesson 24: Section Review
Section 6: World War Two
Lesson 25: Events Leading to World War Two
Lesson 26: Homefront America
Lesson 27: America's War in Europe
Lesson 28: America's War in Asia and The Pacific
Lesson 29: Section Review
Section 7: The Cold War
Lesson 30: Cold War Part One (40s, 50s, & 60s)
Lesson 31: Cold War Part Two (70s, 80s, & 90s)
Lesson 32: Section Review
Section 8: Civil Rights
Lesson 33: Early Civil Rights Events
Lesson 34: Modern Civil Rights Movement
Lesson 35: Section Review
Section 9: Contemporary U.S. History
Lesson 36: The Conservative 70s & 80s
Lesson 37: The Nineties & Two Thousands
Lesson 38: America Under Attack (9/11)
Lesson 39: The Decade of the 2010s
Lesson 40: Section Review
Section 10: Course Review & Final Exam
Lesson 41: Course Review & Final Exam