Required Materials: 3-Ring Binder with Lined Notebook Paper

Required Materials: 3-Ring Binder with Lined Notebook Paper

U. S. History

2015-2016

Mrs. J. Gallagher

This course focuses on the United States, its people, institutions, and heritage. Students will study the growth of the United States into a world leader and its relation to the issues facing the nation today. The emphasis of this course will focus on the challenges presented by political, social, and cultural issues that helped shape the nation.

Required Materials: 3-ring binder with lined notebook paper

Pencils or Pen(s) – Blue or Black ink

Course Pacing:

1st Nine Weeks 2nd Nine Weeks

Three Worlds MeetThe Union in Peril

The American Colonies EmergeThe Civil War

The Colonies Come of AgeReconstruction and Its Effects

The War of IndependenceChanges on the Western Frontier

Shaping a New NationThe Industrial Age

Launching a New Nation Immigrants and Urbanization

Balancing Nationalism and SectionalismLife at the Turn of the Century

Reforming American SocietyThe Progressive Era

Expanding Markets and Moving West America Claims an Empire

3rd Nine Weeks4th Nine Weeks

The First World WarThe New Frontier and the Great Society

Politics of the Roaring TwentiesCivil Rights

The Roaring Life of the 1920’sThe Vietnam War Years

The Great Depression BeginsAn Era of Social Change

The New DealAn age of Limits

World War LoomsThe Conservation Tide

The United States in World War IIThe United States in Today’s World

Cold War Conflicts

The Postwar BoomReview for the EOCT

Grading:

60%Formative assessments (including content quizzes; vocabulary quizzes; and reading, writing and research assignments, etc.)

40%Summative assessments (including Chapter and Unit tests and Unit assessments)

A state-mandated End of Course Test (EOCT) is administered and is equal to 20% of the final grade.

Class Procedures and Expectations

  1. Always bring required materials (book, notebook with paper, writing utensil) to class. Not doing so will result in a reduced daily grade. This is an EOCT class, and you will not be able to pass the EOCT or this class if you repeatedly fail to bring the materials to class.
  2. Be in your seat BEFORE the tardy bell rings. This is a schoolpolicy that will be enforced. Remain in your seat unless given permission to be up.
  3. Common courtesies shall be exercised, including but not limited to: paying attention, raising your hand before speaking, only one person speaking at a time, and respecting others and their property and opinions.
  4. Take care of all business before class begins (sharpening pencils, using the restroom, getting your materials out, etc.). Hall passes will not be given for any reason except for 2 passes for the semester – to be explained in class.
  5. NO EATING, DRINKING, OR SLEEPING IN CLASS!
  6. No late work will be accepted except in extenuating circumstances.
  7. Arrangements to make up work MUST be made within 3 days of the absence according to school policy. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain missed assignments, NOT the teacher’s.
  8. Plagiarism and cheating (including copying another student’s work) will not be tolerated.
  9. All other rules in the student handbook shall be followed – no exceptions!

Consequences

1st Offense – Verbal Warning

2nd Offense – Parent Contact

3rd Offense – In School Detention or Lunch Detention

4th Offense – Referral

5th Offense – Conference

**Any complete disrespect, severe interruption, inappropriate behavior or violation of school policy will immediately result in a referral.

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Mrs. J. Gallagher– Instructor

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Parent/Guardian Signature

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Student Signature

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Date

*Attached is a list of the standards to be covered in this class.

Georgia Performance Standards – U.S. History

SSUSH1The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17th century.

SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America developed.

SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution.

SSUSH4 The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution.

SSUSH5 The student will explain specific events and key ideas that brought about the adoption and implementation of the United States Constitution.

SSUSH6 The student will analyze the impact of territorial expansion and population growth and the impact of this growth in the early decades of the new nation.

SSUSH7 Students will explain the process of economic growth, its regional and national impact in the first half of the 19th century, and the different responses to it.

SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.

SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.

SSUSH10 The student will identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.

SSUSH11The student will describe the economic, social, and geographic impact of the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction.

SSUSH12The student will analyze important consequences of American industrial growth.

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.

SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.

SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, especially the growth of the federal government.

SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United States.

SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the United States, 1945-1975.

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945-1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960’s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

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