This class is taught in English.

-Analyze & evaluate Historical narratives of U.S. History 
-refine writing skills
-Practice & master Social Studies skills 
-Practice Reading Comprehension
-Practice Critical Thinking
-Practice verbalizing & expressing ideas
-Learning Vocabulary
-Reviewing previously known Historical knowledge
-Develop tolerance at listening to other perspectives 
-Use evidence to support arguments & claims

*B.A. in History & Anthropology
*M.A. in History (with a focus on American Colonial & Environmental History)
*Internship experience working at a Museum (2 years)
*Taught History (public school) 10 years/Certified History Teacher
*Taught History (University) 6 years
*Training New History Teachers 7+ years
* Tutoring Students 10 years
*Experience with Research (Research Assistant 2 years) 

Homework Offered
To support students in their understanding of the topics taught during the week, students will be offered projects/assignment every other week to be completed outside of class. These activities do not require additional materials, and can be easily be adapted to whatever the student has readily available.  

📚If your learner will be taking the course for credit or a grade, it is strongly recommended that student actively participate in this course, be in attendance as much as possible, and complete projects that are assigned every other week. Students are offered feedback on their mastery of history standards for students who submit assignments. Although there is a recommended timeline for assignment completion offered to students, learner needs for additional time are considered and accommodated. 
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
There are no formal assessments for this course, however, one can be provided at parent request. 
Grades Offered

This course will be guided by: Common Core Standards + AP College Board+ National Social Studies Standards
The book we will use as a reference for this course will be:
*THE AMERICAN YAWP
A Massively Collaborative Open U.S. History Textbook: https://www.americanyawp.com/

**Additional resources may be added as the class progresses. Parents are urged to save this page and revisit periodically.**

Sources for Weeks 1-4:
This course will use primary source documents/readers/collections from:
Nextext Historical Readers (a compilation of primary sources): 
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Second Treatise of Government by John Locke 
Declaration of Rights and Grievances by the Stamp Act Congress
Speech to the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry
Declaration of Taking up Arms by the Second Continental Congress
A Plea to the Continental Congress: by Gen. George Washington
Common Sense: Thomas Paine

*For the Record Vol. 1: A Documentary History of America by David E. Shi & Holly A. Mayer 
*Call to Freedom (Reading & Activities): Beginnings to 1877 by Holt, Rineheart & Winston
*National Archives, or other websites that give access to primary sources

Week 1: Effects of European Exploration in the Americas 
*Britannica.com
*Khan Academy
*An Indigenous People's History of the United States
*1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
*A People's History of the United States 
*Native Knowledge 360

Attitudes about the (U.S.) American Revolution from the perspective of the British: 
*Time Magazine (contains primary source excerpts from British citizens)
*The British Library (collection of Articles) 

Sources for Weeks 5-8:
Primary Sources: 
*For the Record Vol. 1: A Documentary History of America by David E. Shi & Holly A. Mayer 
*Call to Freedom (Reading & Activities): Beginnings to 1877 by Holt, Rineheart & Winston
*National Archives, or other websites that give access to primary sources
*The Constitution of the United States
*Treaties (ex: Adams-Onis Treaty, etc.)
*Court Case Documents (Marbury v. Madison, Gibbons v. Ogden, McCullough v. Maryland)
*Federalist & Anti-Federalist Papers
*Letters/Writings by Presidents (ex: Washington's Farewell Address, etc.)

Secondary Sources: 
Lives of the Presidents by Kathleen Krull
Britannica.com


Week 9-12:
Primary Sources: 
*For the Record Vol. 1: A Documentary History of America by David E. Shi & Holly A. Mayer 
*Call to Freedom (Reading & Activities): Beginnings to 1877 by Holt, Rineheart & Winston
*National Archives
*Cherokee Historical.org
*National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
*Excerpts by Edgar Allen Poe & Washington Irving
*Maps of the U.S. 1607-1860
*Library of Congress

Secondary Sources: 
*The Hermitage.com
*Britannica.com
*MetMuseum.org 
*Battlefields.org (John Brown)
*Smithsonian Magazine
*The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: Andrew Jackson's Shifting Legacy

Week 13-16:
Primary Sources: 
*For the Record Vol. 1: A Documentary History of America by David E. Shi & Holly A. Mayer 
*Call to Freedom (Reading & Activities): Beginnings to 1877 by Holt, Rineheart & Winston
*National Archives
*Emancipation Proclamation
*Caring for the Wounded by Clara Barton
*Photo images of the Civil War 
*13,14, 15th Amendment  (Constitution of the United States)
*Library of Congress (Abolitionist Movement Documents, Reconstruction Amendment Documents)
*Facing History & Ourselves (Civil War stats)
*Christopher Newport University  (Primary Sources on Reconstruction)


Secondary Sources: 
*Britannica.com
*Battlefields.org 
*Lincoln's Assassination by Richard Bak
*Constitutional Rights Foundation
*Senate.Gov
*Smithsonian Magazine 
*John Jay College of Criminal Justice