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American / United States History
Class experience
US Grade 8 - 11
This course is designed to teach American history from the earliest settlers to current times. It will be taught through lectures and slides (through NearPod) for those who are auditory and/or visual learners. It will also have interactive activities, videos, discussions, and games to help students remember the material being taught. These will be through the apps/websites NearPod and Blooket (neither need existing accounts). Each lesson will cover something new, so students may join in...
This class is taught in English.
I have a degree in history and spend several years taking various history classes (US history, WWI & WWII studies, Texas, California, New Mexico, New York, theology, economics, government, civics, ethics, and American Civil Rights).
Homework Offered
Sometimes homework will be assigned in the form of a worksheet to be completed, an informative essay to be written, or a project to be made.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
If you would like a formal assessment, please let me know.Grades Offered
Because history is filled with victories and losses of lands, sensitive topics will occur. The mistreatment and genocide of Indigenous People, slavery, Jim Crow laws, and racism will be covered.
Archived documents and letters will be used as well as archeological records and artifacts/information from various museums and historians. Students will watch clips from PBS, the History Channel, as well as archived interviews from certain museum websites. Sources that are used include (but are not limited to) "The Declaration of Independence," "Constitution of the United States" (and its amendments), "The Bill of Rights," "The Magna Carta," "The Treaty of Versailles," "Articles of Confederation," "Treaty of Paris," "Washington's Farewell Address," "Louisiana Purchase Treaty," "Monroe Doctrine," "Emancipation Proclomation," "Pacific Railway Act," "Homestead Act," "Chinese Exclusion Act," "1491," "A Short History of the United States," "Oxford History of the United States," "This Republic of Suffering," "The Republic for Which It Stands," "A Black Women’s History of the United States," "Voices of Freedom," "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West," "The Best and the Brightest," "Fire in the Lake," An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People), and Big Fat Notebook American History 2nd Edition (which includes new accounts from the minority point of view). NearPod will be used for all the slides and links. Blooket will be used at the end as a fun game to reinforce what was learned in that lesson. You will not need an account for these.
I went to school for a teaching degree with a major in English and a minor in science. I later went back to add on a history degree. Throughout the years in brick and mortar schools, I taught high school English (general, pre-AP, and at-risk), AP...
Group Class
$30
weekly ($15 per class)2x per week
50 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-17
1-10 learners per class