United States History (Full Year) - Part 4 of 4 - Self-Paced
Nicole Trusky
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In this 8 week course, students will study US History from the Civil Rights Movement, into the Vietnam War, through Reaganomics and the War on Terror and into present day. This is part 4 of a full year of US History.
Class experience
This is part four of a four part series covering United States History. If all four parts are taken, this is a full year of US History. There are in class and/or homework assignments each week. If a student completes all in class assignments, reading, and homework, this four part class could be used a credit on a high school transcript depending on your state's homeschool requirements. All of my classes, especially my US History classes, are inclusive and anti-racist. We will be covering...
8 lessons//8 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Lesson OneSuggested Reading prior to Week 1: "Black Revolt and Civil Rights" chapter in A Young People's History of the United States -Topics covered: Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks, Montgomery Bus Boycotts, Freedom Riders, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr. -Montgomery Bus Boycott lesson -Rosa Parks discussionWeek 2Lesson 2Lesson Two-Topics covered: Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis, John F. Kennedy, Civil Rights Act -John F. Kennedy and Civil Rights lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 3: "Vietnam" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 3Lesson 3Lesson Three-Topics covered: Lyndon Johnson, My Lai Massacre, Vietnam War, protests against Vietnam War -Questioning the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 4: "Surprises" and "Under Control" chapters in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 4Lesson 4Lesson FourTopics covered: 1960s Cultural Revolution, Women's Lib/2nd Wave Feminism, Phyllis Schlafly and the ERA, Native American Rights/Alcatraz Occupation, Gay Rights and the Stonewall Riots -Cultural Revolution in the 1960s lecture -Stonewall Riots lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 5: "Politics as Usual" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 5Lesson 5Lesson Five-Topics covered: Ronald Reagan, Reagonomics, recession -Reagonomics lesson and activity Suggested Reading prior to Week 6: "Resistance" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 6Lesson 6Lesson Six-Topics covered: Ronald Reagan, Iran-Contra Affair -Iran-Contra Affair lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 7: "The End of the Twentieth Century" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 7Lesson 7Lesson Seven-Topics covered: Bill Clinton, NAFTA -NAFTA lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 8: "War in Iraq, Conflict at Home" and "The War on Terrorism" chapters in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 8Lesson 8Lesson Eight-Topics covered: Hurricane Katrina -Hurricane Katrina lesson
When students complete this class, they should be able to look at any historic document and "source" it. They will be able to determine who the author is, what the author's authority is, when the source was written and if that date impacts the source's reliability. They will also know how to take two accounts of the same story and pull corroborating facts out. They will know how to determine which sources are reliable and which are not. They will know what primary and secondary sources are. They will know how to determine which sources should be used for a research paper and which should not. They will learn key events and concepts in American history including the cultural changes of the 60s, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, Reagonomics, NAFTA, Hurricane Katrina and more.
My Masters degree is in American Studies and I spent a great deal of my graduate studies focusing on the Civil War, Westward Expansion, and the Industrial Revolution. I have been teaching this course in person to homeschoolers for several years and have been teaching History on Outschool for almost as long.
Homework Offered
Each week, students will have work to do that would have been considered "in class" work if this were a live class. Instead, this could all be considered homework and students should expect there to be work to do each week. All work will be given in pdf form so that students can print the worksheets or they can upload the pdf to kamiapp.com and type directly onto the pdf. Students are strongly encouraged to read A Young People's History of the United States throughout the class. If they are participating in the reading, all reading will be done as homework.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Student progress will be assessed through their in-class work and homework.Grades Offered
Grades provided by request at end of class.
Students will be given pdfs each week that contain the in-class work and homework. These pdfs need to be printed or if the student prefers to type answers, pdfs can be uploaded to the Kami App website and students can type directly onto the pdfs. Students are strongly encouraged to use A Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, though another US History book that covers all of these topics can be substituted.
As with any US History course, we will be covering topics like death, war, racism, slavery, and sexism. I will not shy away from these topics, but will help the students understand that though racism, slavery, sexism, etc. are part of the fabric of American History, they are not acceptable by our standards today.
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Hi everyone! I'm Nicole Trusky, a homeschooling mom of three and lover of all things history and pop culture! I have a Master in Humanities with a concentration in American Studies and have been studying history for as long as I can remember (my...
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Ages: 13-18
