Designed for a two-semester High School American History Survey course that is fifteen weeks long, the class will offer students with an overview of America’s past. The course will cover American History from Native America to the recent past. During both semesters, the course will challenge students to create thought-provoking questions on various topics in American History. Several of these questions will introduce thematic elements to the students, which are common throughout America’s history. Such examples include freedom, the struggle for equal rights, cultural transformations, and identity. The formation of analytical questions will engage students in gaining an understanding of America’s history.
The course will examine a distinct philosophy used when teaching American History. It will also, take a historical approach to American History from a social philosophy when studying the past. The course’s description approaches the past from a social history to demonstrate to students the importance that social groups played in developing the history of the nation. Organizing the course in a chronological method enables students to grasp a comprehensive understand of the cultural transformations in American history. The course will implement the use of primary sources to acknowledge the importance of social factors throughout America’s history. Primary sources offer students with a personal understanding of social history. The …show more content…
• Inspect the social, political, technological, and economic factors that influenced changes in American history.
• Demonstrate how women, African-Americans, immigrants, and other marginal groups played a significant role in defining American History.
• Distinguish the difference between primary and secondary sources.
• Utilize five books to demonstrate the progression of social history in
The course will examine a distinct philosophy used when teaching American History. It will also, take a historical approach to American History from a social philosophy when studying the past. The course’s description approaches the past from a social history to demonstrate to students the importance that social groups played in developing the history of the nation. Organizing the course in a chronological method enables students to grasp a comprehensive understand of the cultural transformations in American history. The course will implement the use of primary sources to acknowledge the importance of social factors throughout America’s history. Primary sources offer students with a personal understanding of social history. The …show more content…
• Inspect the social, political, technological, and economic factors that influenced changes in American history.
• Demonstrate how women, African-Americans, immigrants, and other marginal groups played a significant role in defining American History.
• Distinguish the difference between primary and secondary sources.
• Utilize five books to demonstrate the progression of social history in