U.S. History Honors Academic Library (2nd Semester)

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This is the continuation of US History Honors with the second semester of the course. Students will experience history that is contemporary of some events they or their family have experienced. In today's culture facts often get lost, omitted or changed for reasons unrelated to the actual event.

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 8: Entering World War II

Fascism and Aggression Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What led to the rise of fascism and aggression after World War I, and how did other nations respond?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Write an assessment of Hitler.
5. Quiz Answers
America’s Entry into the War Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the early events of World War II impact US isolationism and help pave the road to war?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read excerpts from the speech “Arsenal of Democracy” by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
5. Quiz Answers
Mobilization on the Home Front Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the United States increase wartime production, and what happened as a result?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about US wartime production.
5. Quiz Answers
Americans at War Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did World War II change the social and economic conditions in America?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore the role of Hollywood during the war.
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Internment and the Constitution Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the US government imprison Japanese Americans during WWII, and was it justified?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore life in an internment camp.
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Unit Test
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Unit 9: Fighting World War II

A War on Many Fronts Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What challenges did the Allies face in fighting a two-front war?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read accounts from Bataan POWs.
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Turning Points in Europe Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were the turning points in Europe in World War II?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Write about the US contribution to the Allied war effort.
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Turning Points in the Pacific Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the United States turn the tide in the Pacific?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read about the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan.
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End of the War in Europe Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How was Europe changed by the war, and how did the Allies plan for the postwar world?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Write a comparison of the West and the East.
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End of the War in the Pacific Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the atomic bomb end the war with Japan, and how did the US help rebuild Japan?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Write about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
5. Quiz Answers
War Crimes and the Holocaust Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What occurred during the Holocaust, and how did this affect post-World War II politics?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore the role of leaders who worked to rescue Jews from the Holocaust.
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Writing Workshop: Creating an Argumentative Essay
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How do you organize and write an argumentative essay?
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 do you organize and write an argumentative essay?
5. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
6. Assignment - Write your argumentative essay.
7. Rough Draft - Write a draft of the essay.
8. Assignment - Evaluate your argumentative essay draft.
9. Final Draft - Revise and finalize the essay.
10. Assignment - Evaluate the revision of your argumentative essay.
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Unit Test
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Unit 10: The Rise of the Cold War

An Iron Curtain Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the world change after World War II?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain Speech.
5. Quiz Answers
Treaties and Blocs Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the United States respond to Soviet expansion at the beginning of the Cold War?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Write about the Berlin airlift.
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Truman's Fair Deal Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did President Truman’s policies shape the United States after World War II?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read about the Fair Deal.
5. Quiz Answers
The Korean War Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were the causes and consequences of the Korean War?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read about North Korea today.
5. Quiz Answers
The Baby Boom Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did America experience economic and social change in the 1950s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about life in America in the 1950s.
5. Assignment - Explore the California Master Plan for Higher Education.
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McCarthyism Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did Cold War fears affect American society?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore steps Americans took to survive in case of nuclear war.
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The Arms Race and the Space Race Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the arms race and space race affect the course of the Cold War?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read about the U-2 incident.
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Brinkmanship and Vietnam Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the Cold War affect US foreign policy around the world?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore the 1956 Suez Crisis.
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Unit Test
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Unit 11: Civil Rights

Early Civil Rights Efforts Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did desegregation begin in American society?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about early civil rights efforts.
5. Quiz Answers
Equal Education Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did Brown v. Board of Education impact education in America?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice by answering questions about the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
5. Quiz Answers
Organizing to Demand Rights Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What strategies did new groups and leaders use to pursue civil rights?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Nonviolent Protest Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did nonviolent civil rights protestors meet resistance in the early 1960s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
5. Quiz Answers
Civil Rights and Voting Rights Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were the causes and effects of major civil rights legislation in the 1960s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read excerpts from the "I Have a Dream" speech.
5. Quiz Answers
Other Perspectives on Civil Rights Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did different views about racial equality change the civil rights movement?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read the Black Panther Party Platform.
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Extending Civil Rights Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did different minority groups work to gain civil rights?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read about the extension of civil rights.
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Unit Test
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Unit 12: Era of Cultural Change

The Cold War and Cuba Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the Cold War affect Kennedy’s foreign policy?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore the Cuban Missile Crisis.
5. Quiz Answers
Kennedy and a New Frontier Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did Kennedy’s presidency affect the nation?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice by answering questions about Kennedy and the New Frontier.
5. Quiz Answers
Expansion of the Vietnam War Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What challenges did the United States face as it entered the Vietnam War?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice by answering questions about the Vietnam War.
5. Quiz Answers
The Counterculture Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did opposition to the Vietnam War change US culture?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about the counterculture.
5. Quiz Answers
Johnson's Great Society Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did Lyndon B. Johnson try to improve American society?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read speeches about social programs.
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The Warren Court Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the Warren Court's landmark decisions change American society?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read excerpts from Tinker v. Des Moines.
5. Quiz Answers
Changing Immigration Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did immigration to the United States change during the 1960s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about immigration during the 1960s.
5. Quiz Answers
A Political Turning Point Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How was 1968 a turning point in American history?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about the events of 1968.
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Unit Test
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Unit 13: The Contemporary Nation

Fall of Vietnam Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the Nixon administration end the war in Vietnam, and what were its effects?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about the end of the Vietnam War.
5. Quiz Answers
Nixon's Presidency Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were President Nixon’s Cold War and domestic policies?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read excerpts from Silent Spring.
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Watergate and the Ford Years Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were the short- and long-term effects of the Watergate scandal?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read excerpts from Richard Nixon’s resignation speech
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The Economy in the 1970s Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What challenges plagued the US economy in the late 1970s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice by answering questions about the economy in the 1970s.
5. Quiz Answers
Carter and the Middle East Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were the foreign policy successes and failures of the Carter administration?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read the speeches of Jimmy Carter to understand his foreign policy.
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Women's Rights Movement Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were the causes and effects of the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about the Women’s Rights Movement.
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Reagan and the 1980s Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did Ronald Reagan lead a conservative revolution in the 1980s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about Reagan’s conservative revolution
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Reagan and the Evil Empire Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What role did the United States play in global affairs during the 1980s?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read the speeches of Ronald Reagan.
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The End of the Cold War Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the Bush administration respond to the end of the Cold War?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Explore the fall of communism in Europe.
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The Bush Presidency Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What major challenges did George H. W. Bush face during his presidency?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read President Bush’s address on the Persian Gulf crisis.
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Unit Test
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Unit 14: Into a New Millennium

The Clinton Administration Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What policies shaped Bill Clinton’s presidency?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Read excerpts from Bill Clinton’s Farewell Address.
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Partisan Conflict in Government Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the partisan conflict in Congress affect Clinton’s presidency?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about partisanship during the Clinton Administration.
5. Quiz Answers
September 11, 2001 Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How did the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, affect the United States?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment -Read President Bush’s speech on terrorism.
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America in the Bush Years Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What domestic events and policies characterized the Bush administration?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about America in the Bush years.
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Military Intervention in the Middle East Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What were the causes and effects of US military action in Afghanistan and Iraq?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about US interventions in the Middle East.
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The Obama Presidency Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - What was significant about President Obama’s election and policies?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about the Obama administration.
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Unit Test
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Unit 15: Modern Issues

Immigration and Demographic Change Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How has demographic change made an impact on the modern United States?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about how the American population is changing.
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America and the Global Economy Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How do the US and global economies influence each other?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about the US and the global economies.
5. Quiz Answers
Technology and its Effects on Modern America Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How have technological advances affected the United States in recent times?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Practice answering questions about technology and its effects on modern America.
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Social Policy Guided Notes
1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
2. Instruction - How does the government respond to social policy issues?
3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
4. Assignment - Analyze data about issues facing Medicare and Social Security.
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Project: Plan a Monument
1. Short Writing Assignment - Explore web resources about Florida history. Then write 1-2 paragraphs describing a historically significant person and his/her contributions to Florida history.
2. Project: Plan a Monument - Work with a group to identify key people from Florida history to honor in a historical monument. Then create a proposal for the monument in the form of a PowerPoint presentation.
Unit Test
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Unit 16: Cumulative Exam

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