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Green Hope High School Spring 2019

AMERICAN HISTORY II
James Shanda Hutchison | Room M2-R4 | jhutchison@wcpss.net

Grading Weights

Academic:
Tests & Projects 50%
Quizzes & Small Projects 20%
Daily Work 28%
Tutorials 2%

Honors:
Tests & Projects 60%
Quizzes & Small Projects 20%
Daily Work 18%
Tutorials 2%

Academic and Why American History?


Honors Levels Students often struggle to answer this question. Studying history
can seem pointless and boring. The student experience in most
In general, all students will be history classes amounts to listening to long lectures, memorizing
encouraged to excel in this facts, names, and dates, and coloring maps… not exactly
class and to exceed what they interesting stuff. Making this even worse is the fact that many
believe was their greatest
students never see people like themselves in the story of the past.
potential. To support students
Traditionally minority groups are only minimally represented in
as they grow in the class,
academic level students can textbooks and lectures.
expect appropriately modified
The truth is, there are many important life skills that we should
assignment rubrics and
be using history classes to develop. Interpretation, analysis,
assessments.
formulation of opinions, argumentation…these are the key
Additional activities in which historians are engaged. Those will be the daily
Opportunities to activities of this class as well. We will begin by challenging your
Demonstrate
Mastery

Offered for test and quiz grades


below 59% for a maximum
rescore of 60% or at the
discretion of the teacher.

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understanding of how to define the concept “ history,” and then


engage in the same types of activities that historians do to
develop both our understanding of the past and our skills as
citizens of today and of the future.

So what is our focus?


We will be tackling the events of US history from roughly the end
of the Civil War through today. We will spend some time on
political developments, but will largely focus on social and
cultural changes, the effects of new technologies on the way
people lived and live today, the roles played by diverse groups of
people in creating the society in which we live, and the essential
conflicts and questions with which Americans have wrestled and
Materials which define who we are as a nation and as citizens.

You will be reading and interpreting historical sources. You will


For this class you will need a
small 3-ring binder and notebook be reading and debating differing interpretations of the past
paper every day. All class presented by different historians. You will be conducting
resources will be available on the research and creating your own original historical narratives. You
website, ghhsah2.weebly.com will be reading and discussing many different historical accounts.
In short, you will be “doing history.”
Late Work Policy
Our Core Belief:
Class activities, tests and
projects assigned prior to an The learning process should be ENGAGING and
absence are due immediately INFLUENTIAL for EVERY student. With dedication, work,
upon return to school. and support, EVERY student is CAPABLE of SUCCESS in this
class.
Honors: Unexcused late work
will be accepted for up to 60%
credit until the end of the
following unit


Academic: Unexcused late work


will be accepted for up to 60%
credit until the end of the
quarter.


Missed tests must be made up


before the following test or they
will remain a 0

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Course Topics and Pacing

Unit Topic Approximate


Time

1 The West and Populism 6 days

2 The Gilded Age 7 Days

3 The Progressive Era 5 Days

4 Imperialism & World War I 8 Days

5 The Boom and the Bust 13 Days

6 World War II 9 Days

7 The 1950’s and the beginnings of the Cold War 8 Days

8 Civil Rights, Kennedy, & Johnson 8 Days

9 The Vietnam War and the continuing Cold War 12 Days

10 The 1980’s and Today 8 Days

Tutorials
Social Studies Department Tutorials are Tuesdays and Fridays during
the first half of lunch

Statement on Academic Rigor


In the Green Hope High School Social Studies Department,
teachers encourage and enable students to explore and engage with
content that is challenging, to think and perform at increasingly
higher levels, and to take intellectual risks.

Class Website
www.ghhsah2.weebly.com

Final Grades Policy:


Department policy prohibits grade bumping at the end of each
grading period. Do not ask for points to be added to your final
average to move from one letter grade to another.

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