U.S. History II       

It is important to understand our heritage and identity as Americans.  This class will give students the opportunity to explore the political, economic, social, and cultural elements that have made modern America what it is today.

Rubrics and Syllabus:          Important Assignments:

Homework Rubric                                    Introductory Web Quest

Participation/Conduct Rubric                        Imperialism Web Quest

Online Discussion Rubric                            Depression Web Quest

Syllabus                                             Kennedy Virtual Field Trip

Grading and Policies:

     30%     Homework/Class work/Participation

    35%     Projects and Papers

    35%     Tests and Quizzes

Homework: Homework must be presented at the start of class.  Homework will be accepted for half credit if it is one day late.  No homework will be accepted more than one day late.  Homework will be evaluated on a 4 point system: 4=Exemplary, 3=Proficient, 2=Satisfactory, 1=Limited. 

Papers and Projects:  Graded assignments are due at the beginning of the class period.  Students should come to class with assignments printed out.  Late assignments will be deducted as follows: -10 pts. the first day and –5 pts. each day that follows.

Useful Links:

Discussion Forum:

Massone: http://massone.mass.edu/

Research:

American Rhetoric: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

Digital History: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

Modern History: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

History Matters: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/education/

Spartacus: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/

Impressions of America: http://www.ecb.org/tracks/index.htm

Presidents:

Andrew Johnson: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/aj17.html

Ulysses Grant: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug18.html

Teddy Roosevelt: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tr26.html

William Taft: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wt27.html

Woodrow Wilson: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ww28.html

Warren Harding: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wh29.html

Herbert Hoover: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html

F. D. Roosevelt: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html

Harry Truman http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html

Dwight Eisenhower: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html

John Kennedy: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html

Lyndon Johnson: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/lj36.html

Richard Nixon: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rn37.html

Gerald Ford: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html

Jimmy Carter: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jc39.html

Ronald Reagan: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rr40.html

G.H.W. Bush: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gb41.html

Bill Clinton: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html

People:

Thaddeus Stevens: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASstevens.htm

William Jennings Bryan: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande34.html

Andrew Carnegie: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/peopleevents/pande01.html

John D. Rockefeller: http://archive.rockefeller.edu/bio/jdrsr.php

Upton Sinclair: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/sinclair.htm

Jane Addams: http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/ja_bio.html

William R. Hearst: http://www.pbs.org/crucible/bio_hearst.html

Joseph Pulitzer: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/spanamer/pulitzer.htm

Franz Ferdinand: http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/ferdinand.htm

Henry Cobot Lodge: http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/lodge.htm

Al Capone: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcapone.htm

Babe Ruth: http://www.baberuth.com/flash/about/biograph.html

Charles Lindbergh: http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/history/calbio.html

Eleanor Roosevelt: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ar32.html

Huey Long: http://www.ssa.gov/history/hlong1.html

Father Charles Coughlin: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcoughlinE.htm

Adolf Hitler: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm

Benito Mussolini: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWmussolini.htm

Winston Churchill: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWchurchill.htm

Douglass MacArhtur: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/peopleevents/pandeAMEX96.html

Robert Kennedy: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkennedyR.htm

Lee Harvey Oswald: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoswald.htm

Stokely Carmichael: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcarmichael.htm

Huey Newton: http://www.answers.com/topic/huey-newton

Bobby Seale: http://www.gale.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/seale_r.htm

Woodward and Bernstein: http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/fa/woodstein.bio.html

Gloria Steinem: http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/steinem_g.htm

John Hinckley: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/HBIO.HTM

Norman Schwarzkopf: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/sch0bio-1

 Hillary Clinton: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hc42.html

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