Coosa High School

COURSE SYLLABUS

United States History

Teacher: Mr. Randy Vice Phone Number: 256-328-3914

(Class Information or Parental Contact only)

Email: rvice@floydboe.net

Webpage: http://www.coosahigh.net

Select FACULTY and choose Coach Vice’s Webpage

 

Textbook: The Americans Textbook Price: (In Case replacement is necessary) $64.98

 

Department Philosophy: The Social Studies Department expects students to apply critical thinking skills acquired from historical studies in order to develop the skills and acquire the factual knowledge necessary to meet the global community challenges to be confronted in the present and in the future.

 

Course Description: This course investigates the United States, its people, institutions, and heritage. It emphasizes political, cultural, and social issues, the role of the U.S. as a world leader, and the issues confronting the U.S. today.

 

 

Pacing Guide:

GPS Standards: See attached page.

Course Outline: (Note: this is subject to change depending on testing schedules for GHSGT and EOCT.)

Week 1:

Ch. 2 The American Colonies Emerge

Ch. 3 The Colonies Come of Age

Week 2:

Ch. 4 The War for Independence

Ch. 5 Shaping a New Nation

Week 3:

The Living Constitution

Ch. 6 Launching the New Nation

Week 4:

Ch. 7 Balancing Nationalism and

Sectionalism

Ch. 8 Reforming American Society

Week 5:

Ch. 9 Expanding Markets and Moving

West

Ch. 10 the Union in Peril

Week 6:

Ch. 11 The Civil War

Ch. 12 Reconstruction and Its Effects

Week 7:

Ch. 13 Changes on the Western Frontier

Ch. 14 A New Industrial Age

Week 8:

Ch. 15 Immigrants and Urbanization

Ch. 16 Life at the Turn of the 20th Century

 

Week 10:

Ch. 17 the Progressive Era

Ch. 18 America Claims an Empire

Week 11:

Ch. 19 The First World War

Ch. 20 Politics of the Roaring Twenties

Ch. 21 The Roaring Life of the 1920s

Week 12:

Ch. 22 The Great Depression Begins

Ch. 23 The New Deal

Week 13:

Ch. 24 World War Looms

Ch. 25 The United States in World War II

Week 14:

Ch. 26 Cold War Conflicts

Ch. 27 The Postwar Boom

Ch. 2 8 The New Frontier and the Great

Society

Week 15:

Ch. 29 Civil Rights

Ch. 30 the Vietnam War Years

Week 16:

Ch. 31 An Era of Social Change

Ch. 32 An Age of Limits

Week 17:

Ch. 33 The Conservative Tide

Ch. 34The United States in Today’s World

Week 18: Review

Week 9: Review

 

 

Grading Scale*

Classwork/Daily Work/Homwork: 20%

(Includes Class Participation, Labs, Worksheets, Quizzes over reading, etc.)

Tests 65%(Including tests and projects)

EOCT/Final Exam 15%

 

Test Weighting – (Tests, Projects, or Test Prep Usage)

 

First Test Over Chapter 2-3                     =  50 pts.

Second Test Over Chapter 4-5                 = 100 pts.

Third Test Over Chapter 6 (Constitution)   = 150 pts.

Fourth Test Over Chapter 7-8                  = 200 pts.

Fifth Test Over Chapter 9                        = 250 pts.

Sixth Test Over Chapter 10, 11, & 12       = 400 pts.

Seventh Test Over Chapters 13-14           = 450 pts

Eighth Test Over Chapters 15-18 = 600 pts.

Ninth Test Over Chapters 19-21               = 650 pts.

10th Test Over Chapters 22-23                 = 700 pts.

Eleventh Test Over Chapters 24-25          = 750 pts.

Twelfth Test Over Chapters 26-29            = 800 pts.

Thirteenth Test Over Chapters 29-32        = 900 pts.

Fourteenth Test Over Modern 80s,90s,+   = 1000 pts.

 

Powerpoint or Video Projects                  =1500 pts.

   Part A = Century Decades         

   Part B = America’s Wars

   Part C = America’s Presidents            

 

USA TESTPREP USAGE                      =500 pts.

  Complete 10 Large EOCT Practice Tests

  Complete 10 Large GHSGT Practice Tests        


Conduct and Logistical Expectations

Students are to be treated with the respect due young adults in an academic environment, however, breach of the school or classroom conduct procedures will be dealt with but not limited to the Classroom management plan and FCBOE policies.

 

Required Materials: History textbook, 1”-1 1/2” three-ring binder, looseleaf paper, calculator, pen(s), and

pencil(s), three hole punched spiral notebook.

 

Classroom Expectations:

1. BE HERE. Come to school and come to this class. Missing even one day of class can be detrimental to you.

2. BE PROMPT. Be on time for class. Tardiness will result in disciplinary action.(See Tardy Policy)

3. BE PREPARED. Come prepared with a pen/pencil, paper, your textbook, and your brain. Come ready to work.

4. BE RESPECTFUL. Please show respect to your teacher and classmates at all times. Gross displays of disrespect will result in disciplinary action.

5. BE OPEN TO LEARNING NEW THINGS. We will explore a variety of topics. Have an open mind to opinions and viewpoints that may be different from your own. Be proactive about finding information on subjects with which you are unfamiliar.

 

Other Important Expectations

• Please ensure all electronic devices are powered off prior to entering the classroom.

Please not the placing cell phones on vibrate does not constitute fulfillment of this

requirement. If parents need to contact their students during class time, please call the

school and your student can be called to the office. If an electronic device is seen to

be powered on during class time, it will be confiscated and turned over to an administrator.

• Bottled water is permitted in the classroom. Other food and drink will be allowed at the discretion of the teacher.

• Please keep your desk clean. Trash belongs in the garbage can. All writing should be

done on your own paper, not your desk.

• Please keep my desks and tables clean. Pencil sharpeners, staplers, a hole-puncher,

and Kleenex are available at the front for you to use. Please use them where they are,

NOT at your desk or any other place. Please return them neatly to their proper place

after you have used them.

• Please use the restroom before you come to class. In case a student must use the restroom during class, a teacher issued pass will be required.

• Bookbags are not permitted in the classroom.

Tardiness and Absences: Students who are tardy will receive D-hall if the Tardy is unexcused.

Late Assignments:

Classwork and homework assignments should be submitted in the labeled tray at the front of the room. Assignments should be submitted before the bell rings on the due date in order to receive full credit.

Make-up Policy:

• If a student is absent, it is their responsibility to receive and make-up the assignment. Students can find all daily assignments on the website posted on the front page of this syllabus.

Students will be given three (3) days after an excused absence to submit missed work. If the student is absent for an extended period, students will be allotted one day for each day missed to make up the work (i.e., if the student misses 7 days, they will be given 7 school days to make up work).

• If a student is absent on the day an assignment is due, the assignment will be due on the day they return to school unless otherwise noted (such as a project, details about submitting those assignments will be discussed as the assignments are given).

• If you are absent on the day of a quiz or test, you will have no more than TWO (2) days after you return to make up the missed quiz/test. If you do not make up the quiz/test within this timeframe, a ZERO (0) grade will be entered in the gradebook for that quiz/test.

 

Policy on cheating:

• Cheating will not be tolerated. If a student is seen or if there is evidence that a student has been cheating on a test or assignment, that student will receive a grade of ZERO (0) on that test or assignment. Please note that talking before all students have turned in a test or quiz is considered cheating. An activity will be given once a test or quiz is turned in to discourage talking until all students have finished with their test.

 

 

United States History Georgia Performance Standards

 

SSUSH1 The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17th

century.

SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America

developed.

SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution.

SSUSH4 The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution.

SSUSH5 The student will explain specific events and key ideas that brought about the adoption

and implementation of the United States Constitution.

SSUSH6 The student will analyze the nature of territorial and population growth and the impact

of this growth in the early decades of the new nation.

SSUSH7 Students will explain the process of economic growth, its regional and national impact in the first half of the 19th century, and the different responses to it.

SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.

SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes,

course, and consequences of the Civil War.

SSUSH10The student will identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.

SSUSH11 The student will describe the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction.

SSUSH12 The student will analyze important consequences of American industrial growth.

SSUSH13 The student will identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the

Progressive Era.

SSUSH14 The student will explain America’s evolving relationship with the world at the turn of

the twentieth century.

SSUSH15 The student will analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

SSUSH16 The student will identify key developments in the aftermath of WW I.

SSUSH17 The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

SSUSH18 The student will describe Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal as a response to the

depression and compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.

SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of

World War II, especially the growth of the federal government.

SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the

United States.

SSUSH21 The student will explain economic growth and its impact on the United States, 1945-1970.

SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1970.

SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.

SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of

the 1960s.

SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SYLLABUS COMPLETION PAGE (100 Pt Test Grade)

 

 

 

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contained in the syllabus for Coach Vice’s United States History class.

 

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