U.S. History Honors Academic Library (1st Semester)

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Today there appears to be serious discussions about the history of our great nation. While this course may be authored apart from a biblical worldview, student's critical thinking skills should be able to note any material that omits the hand of God working in America. It is expected that student's will be able to incorporate a biblical worldview in their thoughts and writings. 

​Students in this course are expected to work responsibly, self-motivated and in some cases independently.   History tells us much about the past, but it also can tell us much about the future of where a nation may be headed.
Students should see our statement about these courses which are not authored from a biblical worldview. Students uncomfortable with these courses should enroll in our courses from a biblical worldview 

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THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE
HISTORY COURSE
Unit 1: Post-Civil War Industrialization
  1. Studying History Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do historians study the past?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Use the skills of a historian.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the Civil War change the United States?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
    4. Assignment - Read the Gettysburg Address.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. A New Revolution Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up  Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - Why did the US shift to an industrial economy, and what impact did this change have on society?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about the impact of new technology on industrialization
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. New American Industries Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the development of railroads lead to the growth of other industries in the United States?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice using maps and charts.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Trusts and Big Business Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction -During the Gilded Age, how did companies build monopolies?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about John D. Rockefeller.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Technology and Society in the Industrial Age Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did technology change Americans’ lives during the Industrial Age?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about connections between changing technologies in communications.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Unit Test
    1. ​Unit Test Review Answers
    2. ​Unit Test Answers
Unit 2: Labor and Workers
  1. A Worker's Life Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did industrialization affect the lives of workers and their families?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read an excerpt from Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle about workers’ lives.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Labor Unions Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the labor movement in America try to improve the lives of workers?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about the formation of unions.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. Strikes and Unrest Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did companies oppose strikes in the late 1800s?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about the pros and cons of strikes.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. Socialism and Workers' Parties Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the ideals of socialism and Marxism affect workers in the United States?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write a speech for Debs.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Reforming Business Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did governments try to regulate business in the 1800s, and why were their efforts largely unsuccessful?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about Standard Oil’s business practices.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Project: Working Hard In Florida
    1. ​Short Writing Assignment - Explore web resources about the history of the Florida cigar-making industry. Then write 1-2 paragraphs explaining the perspectives of workers and management in the cigar factory labor disputes.
    2. Project: Working Hard in Florida - Engage in a group role-playing simulation to explore labor issues in the Florida cigar industry.
  7. Unit Test
    1. ​Unit Test Review Answers
    2. ​Unit Test Answers
Unit 3: Immigration and Urbanization
  1. Coming to America Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - Why did immigrants come to America in the late 1800s, and what was their experience?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read “The New Colossus”.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. New Waves of Immigration Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did immigration to the United States change in the 1800s?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice interpreting data to draw conclusions.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. The Immigrant Experience Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What challenges did new immigrants face as they adjusted to life in the United States?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read and write about the Asian immigrant experience.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. The Growth of Cities Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - Why did urbanization occur during the late 1800s, and what effects did it have?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Research to write about the growth of Chicago.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Living and Working in Cities Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the rapid growth of cities affect their inhabitants?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read How the Other Half Lives.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Urban and Social Reforms Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did reformers seek to solve problems in America’s growing cities?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about urban and social reform during the Progressive Era
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Political Machines Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did political machines cause corruption and encourage reform in the late 1800s?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore cartoonist Thomas Nast’s efforts to expose the corruption of Tammany Hall.
    5. Quiz Answers
  8. Reforming Government Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson. 
    2. Instruction - How did reforms passed in the Gilded Age increase the influence of citizens?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice by answering questions about the government reform in the Gilded Age.
    5. Quiz Answers
  9. Writing Workshop: Summarizing Historical Trends
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you write an objective and engaging summary of a historical event?
    3. Pre-Writing -Organize ideas for a clear and coherent essay that supports a specific claim or idea based on reason and evidence.
    4. Instruction - How can you write an objective and engaging summary of a historical event?
    5. Rough Draft - Write a draft of the essay.
    6. Summary - Review and connect what you have learned.
    7. Assignment - Write a final draft that summarizes the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
    8. Final Draft - Revise and finalize the essay.
    9. Assignment - Evaluate your revised summary.
    10. Quiz Answers
  10. Unit Test
    1. ​Unit Test Review Answers
    2. ​Unit Test Answers
 Unit 4: Expansion and Progressivism
  1. Homesteaders and the Transcontinental Railroad Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the Transcontinental Railroad and the Homestead Act change the American frontier?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Answer questions about the transcontinental railroad and homesteaders.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. American Indians on a Closing Frontier Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did US American Indian policy change with westward expansion?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read from Geronimo’s autobiography.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. The Populist Party Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the Populist Party influence American politics?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read an excerpt from William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” speech.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. Early Progressivism Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What led to the progressive movement, and what were the outcomes of the movement?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. The Muckrakers Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - Who were the muckrakers, and how did their activities shape the Progressive Era?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore the Great Female Muckrakers.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Women's Rights and Suffrage Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did women fight for their rights and work to improve their position in society?
    3. Summary -Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read the Declaration of Sentiments.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Segregation and Accommodation Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did growing segregation in the late 1800s affect the lives of African Americans?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington.
    5. Quiz Answers
  8. Early Civil Rights Movements Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What viewpoints emerged during the early civil rights movement?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write an informative text that compares the views of Washington and Du Bois on the legacy of slavery.
    5. Quiz Answers
  9. The Progressive Movement Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What reforms did the Progressive movement bring to American life?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
    5. Quiz Answers
  10. Unit Test
    1. ​Unit Test Review Answers
    2. ​Unit Test Answers 
​Unit 5: Imperialism and World War I
  1. The New Frontier Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is imperialism, and what were American attitudes toward overseas expansion?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about American views on imperialism.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Expanding Borders Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the US expand its overseas territory and increase its influence in Asia?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write a speech supporting or opposing the annexation of Hawaii.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. The Spanish-American War Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What factors led to the Spanish-American War, and what was the impact of the American victory?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read “The War Prayer” by Mark Twain.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. Historical Research and Study: The USS Maine
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How has our understanding of the sinking of USS Maine changed over time?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about primary sources that describe the sinking of the Maine.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Panama and Latin America Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did US policy in Latin America change in the early 1900s?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore the building of the Panama Canal.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Neutrality and the War in Europe Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What were the causes of World War I, and why did the US avoid taking sides?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read President Woodrow Wilson’s ‘Declaration of Neutrality,’ speech.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. American Involvement in the War Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How was the United States affected by the decision to enter World War I?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment -  Read an Excerpt from Wilson’s War Message and Write an Editorial
    5. Quiz Answers
  8. A New Kind of Warfare Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What factors contributed to the horrors of World War I and to Allied victory?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment
    5. Read “Dulce et Decorum Est.”
    6. Quiz Answers
  9. Freedom of Speech and the War Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How was loyalty to the United States defined and enforced during and after World War I?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read an article about the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.
    5. Quiz Answers
  10. Wilson and the War Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did Wilson’s Fourteen Points help shape the peace after World War I?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read and write about two opposing perspectives after World War I.
    5. Quiz Answers
  11. Unit Test
    1. ​Unit Test Review Answers
    2. Unit Test Answers
Unit 6: ​The 1920s and the Great Depression
  1. Prohibition Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did Prohibition and the changing role of religion affect American life during the 1920s?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read accounts from People who lived during Prohibition.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Society in the 1920s Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did American society change in the 1920s?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read Excerpts from 1920s Writers.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. The Great Migration Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the Great Migration change American society?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment -Practice by answering questions about the Harlem Renaissance and the Great Migration.
    5. Assignment - Create a Multimedia Presentation on the Harlem Renaissance
    6. Project: Multimedia Presentation
    7. Quiz Answers
  4. A Roaring Economy Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did new economic policies lead to the rise of consumerism and credit in the 1920s?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice interpreting data to draw conclusions.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Boom and Bust Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did economic problems silence the “roar” of the Roaring Twenties?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about the stock market crash of 1929.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Effects of the Great Depression Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the beginning of the Great Depression affect Americans’ lives?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore life in a Hooverville.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. The Dust Bowl and the American Farmer Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What were the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about the Effects of a Dust Storm
    5. Quiz Answers
  8. Roosevelt's Hundred Days Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the New Deal address the problems of the Great Depression?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write a response to a fireside chat.
    5. Quiz Answers
  9. The Second New Deal Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How did the Second New Deal attempt to lift the economy out of the Great Depression?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read works from the Federal Writers’ Project.
    5. Quiz Answers
  10. Opposition to the New Deal Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - Why did the New Deal face political and judicial opposition?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write an outline for an argumentative essay about the New Deal.
    5. Quiz Answers
  11. Unit Test
    1. ​Unit Test Review Answers
    2. ​Unit Test Answers
​Unit 7: Cumulative Exam
  1. Cumulative Exam Review Answers
  2. Cumulative Exam Answers