Course Syllabus '09-'10
Notebook Guidelines '09-'10
Notebook Evaluation Criteria
Note-Taking Strategies Packet
This is United States History
starting in 1877 and continuing to
the present.  Students will study the
modern history of the US with focus
on the 20th Century.  As well,
development of historical writing,
analysis, and argumentation will be
emphasized.  For questions about
the interactive notebook, view the
links above (below the masthead).  
Unit Homework Calendars
Unit 1: Industrialization and Growth
Unit 2:Gilded and Progressive Ages
Unit 3: Imperialism and War
Unit 4: The 20s and 30s
Unit 5: Hot and Cold War
Unit 6: Civil Rights and Modern
America
This Week in Modern US History
7
- 11 Mar 2010
Students this week will continue learning about the impact
of t
he Cold War on both the United States and in different
regions of the world.  


Students will also continue working in their project groups
to answer the following question in a presentation due in
about 2 weeks: How did United States Cold War foreign
policy affect _____ ? One piece of this project is already
due this week.   Check the assignment calendar for more
details.  
Modern United States History
1877 to the present
Unit 1 Documents
Most Significant Event 1607-1877
NB Debate
Industrial Age Resume Project
Sample Resume #1
Sample Resume #2
NB Big Business Chart
NB Check #1 Rubric
NB Immigration Chart
NB Labor Unions Chart
Unit 2 Documents
NB Political Machines Reading
NB Jungle APPARTS Activity
NB Check #2 Rubric - Block A
NB Check #2 Rubric - Block F
NB Political Corruption Mini-Debate
Progressive Age Federal Reforms
1900-1920
NB Progressive Era Video Notes WS
NB Progressive Era Reforms and
3 Presidents (2pgs)
APPARTS Child Labor WS
NB Reforms WS + LS Questions
Unit 3 Documents
US Territory Acquisition Project
NB White Man's Burden WS
Blank World Map
for Acquisition Project
Spanish-American War Triad Debate
Spanish-American War Essay
NB Zimmerman APPARTS Activity
NB Wilson-Gorman Tariff of 1894
NB Foreign Trade Charts
NB Check #3 Block A
NB Check #3 Block B
US Foreign Policy PPT
Semester Exam
Review Questions #1
Semester Exam
Review Activity #2
Unit 4 Documents
Research Paper Project
Research Paper Rubric
What is plagiarism and paraphrasing?
Sample Exemplar Research Paper
1920's Jigsaw Activity
NB 1920s and 1930s Debates
NB Check #4 Block F
NB Check #4 Block A
Unit 5 Documents
Cold War Project
NB Causes and Effects of US
Involvement in WW2
NB WW2 on the Homefront
Regan and the Russians Reading
NB Cold War Triad Debates