Semester Ii

American Studies

This schedule is tentative – we will alter it as reality dictates…..

TOPIC

Assignment

Cycle 1

1/17 to 1/20

The Progressives and World War I

QUIZ 1 – WWI – the Image of the Enemy

Cycle 2

1/23 TO 1/27

The Progressives and World War I

Cycle 3

1/30 to 2/3

The 1920’s

Data Set 1 – Aurora’s Mobilization Effort

Cycle 4

2/6 to 2/10

The 1920’s

SUMMATIVE 1 QTR 3 – Out of class Essay

Cycle 5

2/13 to 2/16

2/16 Short Schedule

The 1930 – the Great Depression’s Impact

QUIZ 2 –  Change – see Student Server

Cycle 6

2/21 to 2/24

The 1930 – the Great Depression’s Impact

Data Set 2 – Hoover v FDR

Cycle 7

2/27 to 3/2

The Rise of the Totalitarian Powers and America’s Response

SUMMATIVE 2 – ICE - QTR3

Cycle 8

3/5 to 3/9

The Rise of the Totalitarian Powers and America’s Response

Cycle 9

3/12 to 3/16

End 3^rd Qtr

World War II 

the Pacific

QUIZ 3 – Why We Fight

Cycle 10

3/19 to 3/23

World War II

Europe

Cycle 11

3/26 to 3/30

Grades due 3/26

Post WWII America and the Cold War

Data Set 3 – WWII’s Impact

Cycle 12

4/9 to 4/13

The Civil Rights Movement

SUMMATIVE 1 QTR 4 – Out of Class Essay

Cycle 13

4/16 to 4/20

The Civil Rights Movement

Cycle 14

4/23 TO 4/27

The Civil Rights Movement

Quiz 4 – Dr. King's speech on Vietnam

(audio copy - see student server for a written copy of the speech)

CONTEXT

Cycle 15

4/30 TO 5/3

Short

The Vietnam Era

Cycle 16

5/8 to 5/10

Prom I day at end of week

The Vietnam Era

Quiz 5 – Vietnam Letters

Cycle 17

5/14 to 5/18

The Vietnam Era

Data Set 4 – Post War America

Cycle 18

5/21 to 5/25

5/24 and 5/25 short days

Watergate

FINAL – In Class Essay