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Fast Fifty: A Class on the States of the US and Their History

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Ages 11-16
Live Group Class
In this 5 week course, students will learn about the history of each state in the US.
Average rating:
4.6
Number of reviews:
(94 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week, 5 weeks
3-12 learners per class
45 min

What's included

5 live meetings
3 hrs 45 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 6 - 9
In this five week course we will be discussing the fifty states of the United States. Students will learn the history of states we acquired through the Revolution, deals, and statehood due to population requirements being met.
In week 1, we will talk about the 13 colonies and how they overthrew the British Government to become the United States of America. We will look at each state in the 13 colonies, the land gain through war (French and Indian and the Revolutionary War). We will also look at the requirements for statehood as set forth in the Articles of Confederation.
In week 2, we will discuss the territory and eventual states gained through the Louisiana Purchase. We will talk about what Lewis and Clark found on their journey and what states exist there today as well as the Adams-Onis Treaty which gave us Florida. 
In week 3. we will discuss the Texas Revolution and the Mexican American War and the states gained through the Mexican Cession Gadsden Purchase and what the states are like today
In week 4, we will discuss the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 and how that would lead the states to War.
In week 5, we will discuss our two most recent states- Hawaii and Alaska and how they completed the fifty states we call the United States. We will also look at the future for Puerto Rico and the arguments before and against statehood.
Class will be conducted through slides and video clips with a sprinkle of discussion thrown in!

Other Details

Parental Guidance
We will be discussing the expansion of the United States, which took land from Indigenous people and dealt with the issues of slavery and war.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
We will use sources from Khan Academy, Gilder Lehrman American History, Stanford History Education Group, History.com and National Geographic for class lecture information.

Meet the teacher

Joined April, 2019
4.6
94reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
I am a high school social studies teacher in a Title I school in NC. I have taken several workshops through UNC's Carolina K12 on Teaching Hard History and have read numerous articles from Teaching Tolerance (now Learning for Justice from the Southern Poverty Law Center) on Teaching Hard History. My school teaches the past while acknowledging biases that each individual comes pre-disposed to and the consequences of them.

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