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COURSE: AMERICAN HISTORY (SS341)
PART ONE - BIRTH OF A NATION

• Unit 1 - Colonization to Independence
• Lesson 1 - Thirteen Colonies

 
• 1-1-1-1.Thanksgiving History
• 1-1-1-2.Captain John Smith
• Lesson 2 - Revolutionary War

 
• 1-1-2-1. The Road to Revolution (game at bottom)
• 1-1-2-2.The Death of John Andre'
• Lesson 3 - Declaration of Independence

 
• 1-1-3-1.Patrick Henry's Speech
• 1-1-3-2.Poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Longfellow
• 1-1-3-3.Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
• 1-1-3-4.Declaration of Independence

• Unit 2 - Confederation
• Lesson 1 - 3

 
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• Lesson 4 - Weaknesses of Articles of Confederation

 
• 1-2-4-1.Identifying Defects in the Confederation

 

• Unit 3 - Framing the Constitution
• Lesson 1 - State Representation

 
• 1-3-1-1.The Constitution of the United States

 
• Lesson 2 - Taxation

 
• 1-3-2-1.The Whiskey Rebellion

 

• Unit 4 - The Founding Fathers
• Lesson 1 - James Madison

 
• 1-4-1-1.James Madison - Youth and Education
• 1-4-1-2.War of 1812
• Lesson 2 - George Washington

 
• 1-4-2-1.George Washington First President
• 1-4-2-2.Life in the White House
• Lesson 3 - 4

 
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• Lesson 5 - Jefferson vs. Hamilton

 
• 1-4-5-1.Jeffersonians (Democratic-Republicans) vs. Hamiltonians (Federalists)

 

PART TWO - DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION

• Unit 1 - Westward Expansion
• Lesson 1 - Westward Expansion

 
• 2-1-1-1.Lewis and Clark

 
• Lesson 2 - Growing Nationalism

 
• 2-1-2-1.Overview of the Donner Party
• 2-1-2-2.The Donner Party (Interview with film director)
• Lesson 3 - The Mexican War and the Gadsen Purchase

 
• 2-1-3-1.The Story of the Alamo

 
• Lesson 4 - Settling the Frontier

 
• 2-1-4-1.Trail of Tears

 

• Unit 2 - The Civil War
• Lesson 1 - Differences Between the North and the South

 
• 2-2-1-1.Slavery and Abolitionism

 
• Lesson 2 - The Confederacy

 
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• Lesson 3 - The Civil War

 
• 2-2-3-1.Colored Troops in the Civil War

 
• Lesson 4 - 5

 
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• Unit 3 - Industrialization and Urbanization
• Lesson 1 - The Industrial Revolution

 
• 2-3-1-1.Alexander Graham Bell
• 2-3-1-2.The Industrial Revolution
• Lesson 2 - 4

 
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• Unit 4 - Immigration
• Lesson 1 - Immigrants

 
• 2-4-1-1.Ellis Island
• 2-4-1-2.Statue of Liberty History

 
• Lesson 2 - 4

 
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• Unit 5 - Nationalism vs. Internationalism
• Lesson 1 - 5

 
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PART THREE - TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA

• Unit 1 - America from 1900 to 1930
• Lesson 1 - Late 19th Century

 
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• Lesson 2 - Imperialism (Search for Empire)

 
• 3-1-2-1.The Age of Imperialism

 
• Lesson 3 - Progressive Movement

 
• 3-1-3-1.John D. Rockefeller

 
• Lesson 4 - World War I

 
• 3-1-4-1.The First World War

 
• Lesson 5 - Postwar Turmoil

 
• 3-1-5-1.The Scopes Monkey Trial

 
• Lesson 6 - The Roaring Twenties & the Great Crash

 
• 3-1-6-1.Black Thursday

 

• Unit 2 - America from 1930 to 1945
• Lesson 1 - The Great Depression

 
• 3-2-1-1.Riding the Rails

 
• Lesson 2 - The New Deal

 
• 3-2-2-1.Surviving the Dust Bowl

 
• Lesson 3 - World War II Before U.S. Involvement

 
• 3-2-3-1.What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?

 
• Lesson 4 - World War II After U.S. Involvement

 
• 3-2-4-1.A-Bomb Museum

 

• Unit 3 - America from 1945 to 1988
• Lesson 1 - After World War II

 
• 3-3-1-1.Senator Joseph McCarthy

 
• Lesson 2 - The Cold War

 
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• Lesson 3 - Civil Rights

 
• 3-3-3-1.Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Lesson 4 - Kennedy-Johnson

 
• 3-3-4-1.John F. Kennedy
• 3-3-4-2.The Peace Corp
• Lesson 5 - Nixon-Ford-Carter-Reagan

 
• 3-3-5-1.The Watergate Decade

 
 
 

Updated 1-18-2006 VW


 


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