Fast Fifty: A Class on the States of the US and Their History
Amy Burger
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(92)
In this 5 week course, students will learn about the history of each state in the US.
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...
This class is taught in English.
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.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
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.
We will use sources from Khan Academy, Gilder Lehrman American History, Stanford History Education Group, History.com and National Geographic for class lecture information.
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(92)
I am a teacher of Social Studies. I have taught my school students to do the same through compare and contrast and guided reading. I love my family and my cat. Sophia. I am a huge Star Wars and Ice Hockey fan and I love teaching! I teach American...
Group Class
$70
for 5 classes1x per week, 5 weeks
45 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
3-12 learners per class
