United States History for Kids: Part 6

This flexible-schedule class is part 6 to a multi-part exploration into the birth and development of America with focus on geography, economy, government, foreign affairs and the people who helped to shape the new nation. Throughout the course, an emphasis is placed on the development of social studies skills, critical thinking skills, geography skills and the multicultural nature of American society. 

As a flex class, we will not meet live!  Each week will be a flexible schedule.

We will study the following topics over the course of 5 weeks:

Week 1-2:  Civil Rights & the Hippie Movement
Week 2: Post-Vietnam in the USA
Week 3:   Watergate
Week 4:  The Iran Hostage Situation
Week 5: End of the Cold War, 1991

Students will demonstrate their learning through participation in the weekly classroom activities (no live meetings).

*This is a flexible schedule class. Each lesson will be delivered via a prerecorded video that will be uploaded into the classroom every week. Each week, students will be assigned an activity to complete related to the prerecorded video. Each student will be required to comment on the activity postings each week, as directed by the activity, throughout the course in order to to develop a sense of community in the class.  Additionally, FlipGrid will be used to promote further interaction, points of thinking, and webquests. The instructor will be available to help and will provide individual feedback throughout the course.	

Lessons will consist of some or all of the following:  slides, a lecture, and community discussion (via the Outschool classroom), where students can ask questions and express thoughts, opinions, and anecdotes on each topic that occurs through the Outschool classroom posting area.
		

By the end of the 5 weeks, students will:
 
Demonstrate and strengthen abilities to present historical information.
Strengthen note-taking skills.
Compare/contrast/synthesize and analyze information.
Exercise critical thinking and communication skills in formal and informal discussions.