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History Explorers (U.S. History)
United States History II (Full Year) - Part 1 of 4 - Self-Paced
Class experience
This is part one 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. This US History II class is meant to be versatile in that it can be taken after US History I for students...
8 lessons//8 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Lesson OneSuggested Reading prior to Week 1: "Columbus and the Indians" chapter in A Young People's History of the United States -Topics covered: colonization, Native Americans, Puritans -Pocahontas lesson -Puritans lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 2: "Black and White" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 2Lesson 2Lesson Two-Topics covered: colonization, King Philip's War -King Philip's War lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 3: "Who were the Colonists?" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 3Lesson 3Lesson Three-Topics covered: working with probate inventories, Plymouth Colony -this week we will learn to read and analyze probate inventories using several inventories from Plymouth Colony *Suggested Reading prior to Week 4: "Tyranny is Tyranny" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 4Lesson 4Lesson Four-Topics covered: Abigail Adams, lead up to Revolution -Great Awakening activity -Abigail Adams lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 5: "Revolutions" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 5Lesson 5Lesson Five-Topics covered: lead up to Revolution, American Revolution, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" -American Revolution lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 6: "The Women of Early America" chapter in A Young People's History of the United StatesWeek 6Lesson 6Lesson Six-Topics covered: American Revolution, what did those excluded from "liberty" have to say about the founding -Other Voices on "Liberty" lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 7: noneWeek 7Lesson 7Lesson Seven-Topics covered: Thomas Jefferson, US Constitution -Slavery in the Constitution lesson -Empire of Liberty lesson Suggested Reading prior to Week 8: noneWeek 8Lesson 8Lesson Eight-Topics covered: early westward movement, Lewis and Clark Expedition -Lewis and Clark 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 who was traveling to the colonies, whether by choice or by force. They will learn key events and concepts in early America including colonization, King Philip's War, Plymouth Colony, the American Revolution, Lewis and Clark Expedition, 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 a year and have been teaching History on Outschool for almost as long. I am constantly reading new works from prominent historians and I attend professional development courses each summer through The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which helps me keep up to date on historical scholarship.
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 class work.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.
I use almost entirely primary sources as the curriculum for my History courses. Students will be reading primary sources during class and working to analyze those primary sources.
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...
Self-Paced Class
$13
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1 year of access to the content
Ages: 13-18