Social Studies for Middle School Students - U.S. History - An Ongoing Class

This class is taught in English.

I have over twenty years experience working with and teaching students.  I have a bachelor's degree in both History and Economics, which included studies in the Middle Ages, History of Latin America, History of Africa, History of South Asia, History of Native Peoples of North America, and many other topics.  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 extension activities will be posted each week in Google Classroom.

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. 

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 First Civilizations 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 includes 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/