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United States History
History 221
Chapter 2: When Worlds Collide
September 3 to September 7, 2007
Monday September 3, 2007 Off due to Labor Day… Enjoy the Fair!
Tuesday September 4, 2007
- Return last week's quizzes
- Introduce European expansion
- What caused expansion?
- Renaissance
- Medicine
- Enclosure movement
- Technological advancements
B) Players—Spain and the weak sisters
- Show portion of 1492 Conquest of Paradise
- Handout: Columbus My Enemy
What are the differences in the two accounts?
- Homework: Documents 2-1, 2-2 and 2-3 and complete questions
Wednesday September 5, 2007
I. Review Documents:
- What does each mean?
- What does each tell us about the time period?
- Why did I select each for you to read? What did I want you to see?
II. Using the text, who will come to dominate the New World?
- Groups of three
- Support your choice from text or document material
- Explain your choice to the class
III. Lecture on 1588: An Important Year!
IV. Complete explorers’ worksheet for Friday
Thursday September 6, 2007
I. Complete Chart:
Spanish French English
Economic Goals
Settlers
Labor
Difficulties
- We do the Spanish together
- SGA’s 3 to complete other two
- Homework—In your opinion (based in fact): Were these men heroes, or villains?
II. CAPT Writing Introduction
Friday September 7, 2007
I. Test on Chapter 2
II. Introduce Chapter 3: The Planting Colonies of North America
II. Homework: Read Chapter 3: The Planting Colonies of North America
United States History
Early America to 1877
History 221(ACP)
Fall 2007
Mr. Smith A204
Welcome back! Our job over the next few months is to develop a fundamental understanding of the history of, causes for and the development of the United States of America. Effective writing will be a major focus of this class. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Connecticut Academic Performance Test criteria. To make this class more successful for you, and me, we will have to work together. During this class you will create, you will argue, you will demonstrate, you will participate, and, hopefully, you will understand. I will come to you with any problems I have in creating a positive learning environment and I expect you to let me know what I can do to make your experience more educational. This is not my class, or your class, but our class.
So here’s what we are going to do…
Text: Out of Many: A History of the American People. By Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom and
Armitage (Prentice Hall Publishers, 2006)
Grading Policy: The grade for this class will be determined by a percentage of the total points earned throughout the semester. Tests will be held weekly and will be worth 50 points. Papers will be worth 100 points each (see below for assignment dates). Homework assignments will be worth ten points each and will be assigned weekly. There will be announced and unannounced quizzes. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to contact me for any reason, e-mail gsmith@woodstockacademy.org or at my home phone, 974-3936.
Syllabus:
8/28 to 8/31 Introduction to the course
Chapter 1 “A Continent of Villages” (pages 3 to 18)
Role of communities in Pre-Columbian America
Beginning of Regionalization
North America on the eve of colonization
9/4 to 9/7 Chapter 2 “When Worlds Collide” (pages 21 to 33)
Expansion of Europe
The Spanish invasion of America
Show film Columbus (passage)
The French, Dutch and English explore North America
9/10 to 9/14 Chapter 3 “Planting Colonies in North America, 1588 to 1701” (pages 36 to 49)
Different types of communities (Spanish, French and English)
Conflict, war and the outcomes
English colonization
Debate: The North American continent should be returned to the Native
Americans.
9/17 to 9/21 Chapter 5 “The Cultures of Colonial North America” (pages 71 to 90)
Regionalization: geographic interpretation of separation
Class conflict in the colonies: Show film Trading Places portion
“Haves” and the “Have nots” in colonial society
Show film Last of the Mohicans (entire)
Debate: Social Classes are necessary.
9/24 to 9/28 Chapter 6 “From Empire to Independence” (pages 92 to 110)
Impact of European wars on North America
Imperial Crisis: Early laws and their effect
Boston Massacre, Lies of History and Lexington and Concord
American Revolution Timeline
How to Rebel
Declaration of Independence
Debate: The Declaration of Independence gets an F
10/1 to 10/12 Chapter 7 “The Creation of the United States” (pages 112 to 130)
American Revolution: We are the luckiest country on the face of the planet!
Lies of History
Articles of Confederation
Early expansion—the Northwest Territory
Shay’s Rebellion
Colonial Newspaper
Washington’s Greatness
Debate: The American Revolution was neither.
10/15 to 10/24 Chapter 8 “The United States of America” (pages 132 to 147)
Whiskey Rebellion
Constitutional Convention
Project: Demonstrate the system of checks and balances
Paper: The First Amendment affects on your life in many ways. Explain how
each of the five sections of the First Amendment impacts on your life.
Foreign policy and challenge
Americanism begins
Debate: The Second Amendment should be abolished.
10/25 to 11/2 Chapter 9 “An Agrarian Republic” (pages 149 to 166)
The presidency of Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase and Louis and Clark
The Economy of the new Republic
Indian Wars
War of 1812
Missouri Compromise
Debate: Jefferson violated the spirit of the Constitution in the purchase of the
Louisiana Territory.
11/5 to 11/9 Chapter 10 “The Growth of Democracy” (pages 168 to 186)
Expansion of Suffrage
Jeffersonian Democracy
Transportation Revolution
Negative aspects of Jackson
Debate: Andrew Jackson’s face should be on Mt. Rushmore.
11/12 to 11/21 Chapter 11 “The South and Slavery” (pages 188 to 205)
King Cotton and Southern Expansion
What was slavery like? Bullwhip Days
Film Roots (portion)
Film Amistad (portion)
Slave uprisings and the role of Christian religion
Debate: Slavery was a necessary evil.
11/26 to 11/30 Chapter 12 “Industry and the North” (pages 207 to 218)
Cottage industry to industrialization
Lowell system
Impact of immigration: film Far and Away (portion)
Changing family structure
Debate: Working as a slave was less harsh than working in the industrial
factories of the North.
12/3 to 12/7 Chapter 14 “The Territorial Expansion of the United States” (pages 238 to 255)
Indian policy and expansion
Manifest Destiny
Gold Rush
Mexican American War
12/10 to 12/19 Chapter 15 “The Coming Crisis” (pages 257 to 279)
America in 1850—Two Communities
Compromise to 1850
Group Project: How could the Compromise of 1850 be made to work?
National politics
The Break
Debate: John Brown was a national hero.
12/20 to 1/9 Chapter 16 “The Civil War” (pages 281 to 304)
Communities prepare for war
Film—Burn’s Civil War (seletions)
Film—Glory
War to 1862
1863—The turning point
The End
Debate: Money was the basic cause of the Civil War.
1/9 to 1/15 Chapter 17 “Reconstruction” (pages 306 to 328)
The politics of Reconstruction
The meaning of Freedom
The Southern Response
The Election of 1876
1/16 What happens next?
Exams: Thursday January 17, 2006 A and B
Friday January 18, 2006 C and D
