United States History II Syllabus for 2013-2014
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Course

HIST-1302-020 United States History II

Prerequisites

RDNG 0331-minimum grade of C or a score on a state-approved test indicating college-level reading skills

Course Description

A survey of the social, political, economic, cultural and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. United States History II examines industrialization, immigration, world wars, the Great Depression, Cold War and post-Cold War eras. Themes that may be addressed in United States History II include: American culture, religion, civil and human rights, technological change, economic change, immigration and migration, urbanization and suburbanization, the expansion of the federal government and the study of U.S. foreign policy.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Dual Credit Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ Kennedy, David, Lizabeth Cohen, Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant. 14th ed., Boston: Wadsworth, 2010.

\ Heffner, Richard D. A Documentary History of the United States. 8th ed., New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 2009.
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Supplies

\ Pen and notebook to take notes, colored pencils or pens for maps.

Student Performance

After studying the material presented in this course, the student will be able to:

1. Trace the development of a stable, democratic political system flexible enough to address the wholesale changes that occurred since the founding of the nation.
2. Explain how this nation has been peopled from the first inhabitants to the many groups that arrived in slavery or servitude during the colonial period down to the voluntary immigrants of the Civil War era.
3. Evaluate economic and technological changes as they have affected daily life, work, family organization, leisure, the division of wealth, and community relations.
4. Delineate the role of religion in our nation since 1877.
5. Recount how the recurring reform movements in U.S. history dealt with economic, political, and social problems in attempting to make their ideals congruent with reality.
6. Define the changes in our beliefs and values over time and describe how they have varied among different groups: women and men; non-whites and whites; and people of different regions, religions, and classes.
7. Describe the role of geographical factors in the history of the U.S.
8. Practice critical thinking and information retrieval skills.

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Expected Student Behavior

\ Students are expected to follow all Amarillo College and Ascension Academy policies and procedures.
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Grading Criteria

\ Semester test will count for 25% of semester grade. Homework and quizzes and other forms of daily work will count once; unit tests will count twice to be averaged each six weeks. Research project will count for 16% of semester grade.

Attendance

\ Student attendance is expected in this class. It is the student's responsibilty to attend.

Calendar

Course Calendar -

This is a tentative schedule of the course of study for this semester subject to adjustment:

January 6:	First day of class
by January 24:	The Roaring Twenties and the Crash Kennedy, chapters 31 & 32
by February 14:	The Great Depression and the New Deal Kennedy, chapter 33
by February 28	The late 1930's and World War II Kennedy, ch. 34 & 35
by March 7:	The Cold War, Kennedy, ch. 36
March 10 -14	SPRING BREAK
by March 28:	The Fifties and into the 1960's Kennedy, ch. 37
by April 11:	The Storm Decade and its Hangover Kennedy, ch. 38-39
by April 25:	Reagan and the New Conservatism Kennedy, ch. 40
by May 9:	The Post-Cold War Era Kennedy, ch 41
by May 23:	Facing the New Century Kennedy, ch 32
May 28:	Semester Test

Additional Information

\ This course starts with the Roaring Twenties followed quickly by the Great Depression. It will continue with a thorough look at World War II and its aftermath. The United States emerged from World War II the supreme power in the world but had a new enemy in the Soviet Union and the communist bloc. The Cold War would evolve and threaten until communism began to come apart in 1989. At home the U.S. enjoyed an increasing prosperity but had to find ways to include those on the fringes such as African-Americans. This semester will carry the story of this country down to the present day.

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