Social Studies for Fourth and Fifth Grade - US History - A Full Year of Classes

I have over twenty years of experience working with and teaching students.  I have a bachelor's degree in both History and Economics.  My master's degree is in Higher Education.  I also have a juris doctorate degree in Law.  Most importantly, I have a passion for teaching, history in particular! 

Optional assignments will be posted in the Outschool Classroom each week.

45 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

The 1619 Project Curriculum - https://pulitzercenter.org/lesson-plan-grouping/1619-project-curriculum

https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery/6-12-framework

US: Narrative History (V1) by McGraw-Hill.

"Trouble in Mind” by Leon F. Litwack.

“Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History 1513-2008” by Henry Louis Gates Jr. 

Native Knowledge 360 - https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360

Resources from the Library of Congress Native American Collection and the National Museum of the American Indian will be used during our unit on the Indigenous peoples as well as throughout the course.  This includes maps, images, recordings, first-hand accounts, and documents.  These resources can be found at:  
https://americanindian.si.edu  
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/native-americans/

Resources from the Library of Congress will be used during the Civil War and Reconstruction unit which include photos and first-hand accounts.  These resources can be found at: 
https://www.loc.gov/collections/slave-narratives-from-the-federal-writers-project-1936-to-1938/about-this-collection/